---
name: "Gonti's Machinations"
mana_cost: "{B}"
cmc: 1
type_line: "Enchantment"
colors: ["B"]
color_identity: ["B"]
keywords: []
set: "AER"
set_name: "Aether Revolt"
collector_number: "63"
rarity: "uncommon"
artist: "Daarken"
oracle_id: "4e6238d8-bd6a-4952-a7dd-9c41a78a2cba"
canonical_url: "https://avascry.com/printing/gontis-machinations-aer"
legalities:
  commander: "legal"
  standard: "not_legal"
  modern: "legal"
  pioneer: "legal"
  legacy: "legal"
  vintage: "legal"
  pauper: "not_legal"
  penny: "not_legal"
---

# Gonti's Machinations
- **Mana Cost:** `{B}` (CMC: 1)
- **Type:** Enchantment

## Oracle Text
Whenever you lose life for the first time each turn, you get {E}. (You get an energy counter. Damage causes loss of life.)
Pay {E}{E}, Sacrifice this enchantment: Each opponent loses 3 life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

> *「このちょっとした革命が我々の事業に利益をもたらすことを喜ばしく思う。」*

## Top 4096-Dim Neural Synergies
1. [Forsaken Wastes](/printing/forsaken-wastes-wc97.md) — World Enchantment
2. [Ill-Gotten Inheritance](/printing/ill-gotten-inheritance-rna.md) — Enchantment
3. [Sanguine Bond](/printing/sanguine-bond-c17.md) — Enchantment
4. [Exquisite Blood](/printing/exquisite-blood-lcc.md) — Enchantment
5. [Rain of Gore](/printing/rain-of-gore-dis.md) — Enchantment
6. [Bloodchief Ascension](/printing/bloodchief-ascension-cmm.md) — Enchantment

## Printing Details
- **Set:** Aether Revolt (AER) #63
- **Rarity:** Uncommon
- **Artist:** Daarken
- **Total Printings:** 11 across all historical editions

## Format Legalities
Commander: `legal` | Standard: `not_legal` | Modern: `legal` | Pioneer: `legal` | Legacy: `legal` | Vintage: `legal` | Pauper: `not_legal` | Penny: `not_legal`