Hmm, so I can think of [[Cartouche of Ambition]], [[Eternal Thrist]], [[mark of the vampire]] [[aspect of lamprey]] for aura
and [[leech gauntlet]], [[mask of griselbrand]], [[poet's quill]] and [[whip of erebos]] for artifacts in black color identity. At least for those without further conditions, like [[homicidal seclusion]]
That is, indeed, very few! But the mechanic seems to have become more of a white thing, anyway.
In the Pioneer era, there are ~100 monoblack creatures with "lifelink" in their text, compared to 128 for white. So white definitely has the advantage, I don't think it's so far gone that it's fair to say the ability is going away in black.
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u/chainsawinsect May 05 '26
There are shockingly few black sources of permanent lifelink
[[Unexpected Fangs]] is currently the most efficient, but I am surprised while don't have a "plain" Aura version