msem-instigator

All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn. X can't be 0.
Whenever a creature dies this turn, create a colorless artifact token named Lotus Petal with “{T}, Sacrifice this artifact: Add one mana of any color.”

Flying
Whenever you cast a spell from exile, each opponent loses 2 life.

Menace
When Vicious Stinger dies, each opponent loses 2 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

When Victims of Graygulch enters, target player loses life equal to the number of Spirits you control. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

[+1]: Each player discards a card or sacrifices a creature.
[–3]: Vikalden deals X damage to any target and you gain X life, where X is the number of Swamps you control.
[–5]: You get an emblem with “{B}, Pay 2 life: Draw a card.”

Target player sacrifices a creature.
Create a Vial token. (It's an artifact with “{1}, Sacrifice this and another permanent: Draw a card. Activate only during your turn.”)

When Vile Weavers enters, if you control an enchantment, target player loses 3 life.

(As this Saga enters and after your draw step, add a lore counter. Sacrifice after III.)
Whenever a creature you control enters, each opponent loses 1 life.
I, II — Create a 1/1 black Actor creature token with lifelink.
III — Each opponent loses life equal to the number of tokens you control. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

Whenever one or more creatures die for the first time each turn, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.
Whenever you cast a black noncreature spell, Villainy deals 2 damage to any target and you gain 2 life.

Target opponent exiles two cards from their hand. If that player is cursed, they lose 3 life.

Tithe (When this creature enters, you may tap three other artifacts and/or creatures you control.)
When Vindictive Abbot enters, you may have target creature get -1/-1 until end of turn. If Vindictive Abbot's tithe was paid, destroy that creature.

All creatures get -3/-3 until end of turn.

Destroy target creature or planeswalker. Each player loses life equal to that permanent's mana value.

When Viork Woods Butcher enters, if you control another Warrior, target opponent loses 2 life.

If two or more creatures an opponent controls are attacking, you may pay {B} rather than this spell's mana cost.
Create a 1/1 black Snake creature token with deathtouch. It gains first strike until end of turn.

Target player draws X cards and loses X life.

Archive 13 (As this enters, shuffle the top thirteen cards of your main library into a new face up library. Sacrifice this after the archived library is empty.)
At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose half your life, rounded up, and you draw half of the cards from the archived library, rounded up.

Deathtouch
When Vision Beyond the Waters enters, each player sacrifices two creatures other than this creature.

Target player mills a card. Create a 3/2 colorless Horror creature token. Put a decayed counter on it. (It can't block. When it attacks, sacrifice it at end of combat.)

Golden age (If you cast an instant or sorcery spell, activated a nonmana ability, and attacked this turn, enter a renaissance for this game.)
Draw two cards. Then if you're in a renaissance, each opponent loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. Otherwise, you lose 2 life.

Vivid Marsh enters tapped with two charge counters on it.
{T}: Add {B}.
{T}, Remove a charge counter from Vivid Marsh: Add one mana of any color.

Poisonous 2 (Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player gets two poison counters.)
{2}{B}: Choose a counter on target permanent or player. Give that permanent or player another counter of that kind.

Sacrifice Voice of Ambition: Target creature gets +2/+1 until end of turn.

Discard a card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as the discarded card, reveal it, put it into your hand, then shuffle. Activate only as a sorcery and only once each turn.

If you would draw a card while your library has no cards in it, you win the game instead.