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Cruel Reality

Amonkhet — mythic

Enchantment — Aura Curse

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2017-04-18: The enchanted player chooses a permanent to sacrifice from among the creatures and planeswalkers that player controls. You don’t choose which type of permanent the player has to sacrifice.

2017-04-18: The enchanted player can’t choose to lose 5 life if they have a creature or planeswalker that can be sacrificed.

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Woebringer Demon

Creature — Demon (4/4)

Flying
At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player sacrifices a creature. If the player can't, sacrifice Woebringer Demon.

3.2 /10

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Curse of Leeches // Leeching Lurker

Enchantment — Aura Curse // Creature — Leech Horror (0/0)

Enchant player
As this permanent transforms into Curse of Leeches, attach it to a player.
At the beginning of enchanted player's upkeep, they lose 1 life and you gain 1 life.
Daybound (If a player casts no spells during their own turn, it becomes night next turn.)

Leeching Lurker

Lifelink
Nightbound (If a player casts at least two spells during their own turn, it becomes day next turn.)

6.6 /10

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Doom Foretold

Enchantment

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player sacrifices a nonland, nontoken permanent. If that player can't, they discard a card, they lose 2 life, you draw a card, you gain 2 life, you create a 2/2 white Knight creature token with vigilance, then you sacrifice Doom Foretold.

6.1 /10

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Wasitora, Nekoru Queen

Legendary Creature — Cat Dragon (5/4)

Flying, trample
Whenever Wasitora, Nekoru Queen deals combat damage to a player, that player sacrifices a creature. If the player can't, you create a 3/3 black, red, and green Cat Dragon creature token with flying.

7.6 /10

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Torment of Scarabs

Enchantment — Aura Curse

Enchant player
At the beginning of enchanted player's upkeep, that player loses 3 life unless they sacrifice a nonland permanent or discard a card.

7.7 /10

Accursed Witch // Infectious Curse

Creature — Human Shaman // Enchantment — Aura Curse (4/2)

Spells your opponents cast that target Accursed Witch cost less to cast.
When Accursed Witch dies, return it to the battlefield transformed under your control attached to target opponent.

Infectious Curse

Enchant player
Spells you cast that target enchanted player cost less to cast.
At the beginning of enchanted player's upkeep, that player loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

7.2 /10

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Curse of Unbinding

Enchantment — Aura Curse

Enchant player
At the beginning of enchanted player's upkeep, that player reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a creature card. Put that card onto the battlefield under your control. That player puts the rest of the revealed cards into their graveyard.

8.3 /10

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Invoke Despair

Sorcery

Target opponent sacrifices a creature. If they can't, they lose 2 life and you draw a card. Then repeat this process for an enchantment and a planeswalker.

8.3 /10

$0.21

Keldon Twilight

Enchantment

At the beginning of each player's end step, if no creatures attacked this turn, that player sacrifices a creature they controlled since the beginning of the turn.

2.7 /10

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Kuon, Ogre Ascendant // Kuon's Essence

Legendary Creature — Ogre Monk // Legendary Enchantment (2/4)

At the beginning of the end step, if three or more creatures died this turn, flip Kuon, Ogre Ascendant.

Kuon's Essence

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player sacrifices a creature.

3.5 /10

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Pillar Tombs of Aku

World Enchantment

At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player may sacrifice a creature. If that player doesn't, they lose 5 life and you sacrifice Pillar Tombs of Aku.

0.7 /10

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Sheoldred, Whispering One

Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Praetor (6/6)

Swampwalk (This creature can't be blocked as long as defending player controls a Swamp.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield.
At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, that player sacrifices a creature.

9.8 /10

Sorin, Solemn Visitor

Legendary Planeswalker — Sorin

+1: Until your next turn, creatures you control get +1/+0 and gain lifelink.
?2: Create a 2/2 black Vampire creature token with flying.
?6: You get an emblem with "At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, that player sacrifices a creature."

6.8 /10

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Vengeful Strangler // Strangling Grasp

Creature — Human Rogue // Enchantment — Aura (2/1)

Vengeful Strangler can't block.
When Vengeful Strangler dies, return it to the battlefield transformed under your control attached to target creature or planeswalker an opponent controls.

Strangling Grasp

Enchant creature or planeswalker an opponent controls
At the beginning of your upkeep, enchanted permanent's controller sacrifices a nonland permanent, then that player loses 1 life.

5.4 /10

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Curse of the Pierced Heart

Enchantment — Aura Curse

Enchant player
At the beginning of enchanted player's upkeep, Curse of the Pierced Heart deals 1 damage to that player or a planeswalker that player controls.

6.5 /10

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Decomposition

Enchantment — Aura

Enchant black creature
Enchanted creature has "Cumulative upkeep—Pay 1 life." (At the beginning of its controller's upkeep, that player puts an age counter on it, then sacrifices it unless they pay its upkeep cost for each age counter on it.)
When enchanted creature dies, its controller loses 2 life.

0.7 /10

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Ob Nixilis, Unshackled

Legendary Creature — Demon (4/4)

Flying, trample
Whenever an opponent searches their library, that player sacrifices a creature and loses 10 life.
Whenever another creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Ob Nixilis, Unshackled.

9.1 /10

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The Dalek Emperor

Legendary Artifact Creature — Dalek (6/6)

Affinity for Daleks (This spell costs less to cast for each Dalek you control.)
Other Daleks you control have haste.
At the beginning of combat on your turn, each opponent faces a villainous choice — That player sacrifices a creature they control, or you create a 3/3 black Dalek artifact creature token with menace.

6.3 /10

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Cramped Bunker

Enchantment

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, that player moves a permanent they control to touch Cramped Bunker and no other permanents. If the player can't, destroy each permanent they control that isn't touching Cramped Bunker, then sacrifice it.

10 /10

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Curse of Fool's Wisdom

Enchantment — Aura Curse

Enchant player
Whenever enchanted player draws a card, they lose 2 life and you gain 2 life.
Madness (If you discard this card, discard it into exile. When you do, cast it for its madness cost or put it into your graveyard.)

8.5 /10

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