It has 3/4 power and toughness, deathtouch, and a Ward cost of "Get five poison counters." Its final line of text is a triggered ability that reads: "Whenever another creature you control with deathtouch dies, each opponent sacrifices a nontoken creature of their choice." Poison counters, which debuted in 1994s Legends set, are a mechanic that accumulates on a player rather than anything on the battlefield
Crobat's Squared Attack should not be ignored either, as it can do a maximum of 80 damage to an adversary with some good fortune
The first time a player casts this in response to an opponents Heartless Act is going to feel great
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The loss of life might come from the effect of a mana ability causing you to be dealt damage (such as the last ability of Adarkar Wastes) or from the cost of a mana ability requiring you to pay life (such as the ability of Mana Confluence)