msem-instigator

(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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, if that player owns a card in exile, they lose 1 life and you gain 1 life.
At the beginning of your upkeep, if you own a card in exile, you gain 1 life and each opponent loses 1 life.

Manifest the bottom card of your library. That creature gains lifelink and deathtouch until end of turn. (To manifest a card, put it onto the battlefield face down as a 2/2 creature. Turn it face up any time for its mana cost if it's a creature card.)

Post a bounty on target creature. (Put a bounty counter on that creature. It has “When it dies, each opponent draws a card” as long as it has a bounty counter on it.)
Draw a card.

When War of Resources enters, recruit. (Create a 0/0 white Soldier Army creature token, then put a +1/+1 counter on each Army you control.)
Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent loses 1 life.

Up to one target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn.
Recruit. (Create a 0/0 white Soldier Army creature token, then put a +1/+1 counter on each Army you control.)

Spend only black mana on X.
Up to two target creatures each get -X/-X until end of turn. You gain X life.

Bleed {2}{R} (You may cast this spell for its bleed cost if an opponent has lost life this turn.)
Target player loses 2 life. If this spell's bleed cost was paid, it deals 1 damage to each creature that player controls.

Choose any number —
• Each player loses X life.
• Each player discards X cards.
• Each player sacrifices X creatures.
• Each player sacrifices X lands.

Target player discards a card. Until your next turn, whenever that player casts a spell, they discard a card.

Whenever a creature you control enters from a graveyard, target opponent loses life equal to its power.

Destroy target creature.
You gain 2 life.

This spell costs {2} less to cast if it targets a creature or planeswalker card with mana value 3 or less.
Return target creature or planeswalker card from your graveyard to the battlefield.

As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice a creature.
Look at the top three cards of your library. Put two of them into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

Germinate three times. You lose 3 life. (To germinate, put a +1/+1 counter on a creature or create a 1/1 green Saproling creature token.)