mtg pay life to draw cards Powerful black that cost life? : r/EDH card draw support for lifegain

At the hefty cost of 5BBB, Army of the Damned will make thirteen 2/2 black Zombie tokens that enter the battlefield tapped

3: Koth deals damage to target creature equal to the number of Mountains you control

Fortunately, we already want at least eight fetch lands for Deathrite Shaman, four copies of Forbidden Orchard, and at least one Forest, so were going to cover our quota as soon as we add a green dual land

Shrieking Affliction 8-rack wouldnt be a deck without Shrieking Affliction, so it deserves a spot on this ranking

It also has two abilities, the first of which is Clever Swap, which lets you draw and discard a card whenever the character has quested

the rest is up to you to figure out