diff --git a/Mage.Sets/src/mage/sets/shadowmoor/AshenmoorCohort.java b/Mage.Sets/src/mage/sets/shadowmoor/AshenmoorCohort.java
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+/*
+ *  Copyright 2010 BetaSteward_at_googlemail.com. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *  Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are
+ *  permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+ *
+ *     1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of
+ *        conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *
+ *     2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list
+ *        of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials
+ *        provided with the distribution.
+ *
+ *  THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY BetaSteward_at_googlemail.com ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
+ *  WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
+ *  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL BetaSteward_at_googlemail.com OR
+ *  CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
+ *  CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
+ *  SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON
+ *  ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
+ *  NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
+ *  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ *  The views and conclusions contained in the software and documentation are those of the
+ *  authors and should not be interpreted as representing official policies, either expressed
+ *  or implied, of BetaSteward_at_googlemail.com.
+ */
+package mage.sets.shadowmoor;
+
+import java.util.UUID;
+import mage.MageInt;
+import mage.ObjectColor;
+import mage.abilities.common.SimpleStaticAbility;
+import mage.abilities.condition.Condition;
+import mage.abilities.condition.common.ControlsPermanentCondition;
+import mage.abilities.condition.common.ControlsPermanentCondition.CountType;
+import mage.abilities.decorator.ConditionalContinousEffect;
+import mage.abilities.effects.common.continious.BoostSourceEffect;
+import mage.cards.CardImpl;
+import mage.constants.CardType;
+import mage.constants.Duration;
+import mage.constants.Rarity;
+import mage.constants.Zone;
+import mage.filter.common.FilterControlledCreaturePermanent;
+import mage.filter.predicate.mageobject.ColorPredicate;
+import mage.filter.predicate.permanent.AnotherPredicate;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author jeffwadsworth
+ */
+public class AshenmoorCohort extends CardImpl {
+
+    private static final FilterControlledCreaturePermanent filter = new FilterControlledCreaturePermanent();
+
+    static {
+        filter.add(new ColorPredicate(ObjectColor.BLACK));
+        filter.add(new AnotherPredicate());
+    }
+
+    private static final String rule = "Ashenmoor Cohort gets +1/+1 as long as you control another black creature";
+
+    public AshenmoorCohort(UUID ownerId) {
+        super(ownerId, 56, "Ashenmoor Cohort", Rarity.COMMON, new CardType[]{CardType.CREATURE}, "{5}{B}");
+        this.expansionSetCode = "SHM";
+        this.subtype.add("Elemental");
+        this.subtype.add("Warrior");
+
+        this.color.setBlack(true);
+        this.power = new MageInt(4);
+        this.toughness = new MageInt(3);
+
+        // Ashenmoor Cohort gets +1/+1 as long as you control another black creature.
+        Condition condition = new ControlsPermanentCondition(filter, CountType.MORE_THAN, 0);
+        ConditionalContinousEffect effect = new ConditionalContinousEffect(new BoostSourceEffect(1, 1, Duration.WhileOnBattlefield), condition, rule);
+        this.addAbility(new SimpleStaticAbility(Zone.BATTLEFIELD, effect));
+
+    }
+
+    public AshenmoorCohort(final AshenmoorCohort card) {
+        super(card);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public AshenmoorCohort copy() {
+        return new AshenmoorCohort(this);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Mage.Sets/src/mage/sets/shadowmoor/PlagueOfVermin.java b/Mage.Sets/src/mage/sets/shadowmoor/PlagueOfVermin.java
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+/*
+ *  Copyright 2010 BetaSteward_at_googlemail.com. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *  Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are
+ *  permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+ *
+ *     1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of
+ *        conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *
+ *     2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list
+ *        of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials
+ *        provided with the distribution.
+ *
+ *  THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY BetaSteward_at_googlemail.com ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
+ *  WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
+ *  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL BetaSteward_at_googlemail.com OR
+ *  CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
+ *  CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
+ *  SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON
+ *  ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
+ *  NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
+ *  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ *  The views and conclusions contained in the software and documentation are those of the
+ *  authors and should not be interpreted as representing official policies, either expressed
+ *  or implied, of BetaSteward_at_googlemail.com.
+ */
+package mage.sets.shadowmoor;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import mage.abilities.Ability;
+import mage.abilities.effects.OneShotEffect;
+import mage.cards.Card;
+import mage.cards.CardImpl;
+import mage.constants.CardType;
+import mage.constants.Outcome;
+import mage.constants.Rarity;
+import mage.game.Game;
+import mage.game.permanent.token.RatToken;
+import mage.players.Player;
+import mage.players.PlayerList;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author jeffwadsworth
+ */
+public class PlagueOfVermin extends CardImpl {
+
+    public PlagueOfVermin(UUID ownerId) {
+        super(ownerId, 73, "Plague of Vermin", Rarity.RARE, new CardType[]{CardType.SORCERY}, "{B}");
+        this.expansionSetCode = "SHM";
+
+        this.color.setBlack(true);
+
+        // Starting with you, each player may pay any amount of life. Repeat this process until no one pays life. Each player puts a 1/1 black Rat creature token onto the battlefield for each 1 life he or she paid this way.
+        this.getSpellAbility().addEffect(new PlagueOfVerminEffect());
+
+    }
+
+    public PlagueOfVermin(final PlagueOfVermin card) {
+        super(card);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public PlagueOfVermin copy() {
+        return new PlagueOfVermin(this);
+    }
+}
+
+class PlagueOfVerminEffect extends OneShotEffect {
+
+    public PlagueOfVerminEffect() {
+        super(Outcome.PutCardInPlay);
+        this.staticText = "Starting with you, each player may pay any amount of life. Repeat this process until no one pays life. Each player puts a 1/1 black Rat creature token onto the battlefield for each 1 life he or she paid this way.";
+    }
+
+    public PlagueOfVerminEffect(final PlagueOfVerminEffect effect) {
+        super(effect);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public PlagueOfVerminEffect copy() {
+        return new PlagueOfVerminEffect(this);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean apply(Game game, Ability source) {
+        Player controller = game.getPlayer(source.getControllerId());
+        Card sourceCard = game.getCard(source.getSourceId());
+        Map<UUID, Integer> payLife = new HashMap<>();
+        int currentLifePaid;
+        int totalPaidLife;
+        if (controller != null) {
+            PlayerList playerList = game.getState().getPlayerList();
+            while (!playerList.get().equals(source.getControllerId()) && controller.isInGame()) {
+                playerList.getNext();
+            }
+            Player currentPlayer = game.getPlayer(playerList.get());
+            UUID firstInactivePlayer = null;
+
+            while (controller.isInGame()) {
+                if (currentPlayer != null && controller.getInRange().contains(currentPlayer.getId())) {
+                    if (firstInactivePlayer == null) {
+                        firstInactivePlayer = currentPlayer.getId();
+                    }
+                    currentLifePaid = 0;
+                    totalPaidLife = 0;
+                    if (currentPlayer.chooseUse(Outcome.AIDontUseIt, "Pay life?", game)) {
+                        totalPaidLife = currentPlayer.getAmount(0, controller.getLife(), "Pay how many life?", game);
+                        if (totalPaidLife > 0) {
+                            currentPlayer.loseLife(totalPaidLife, game);
+                            if (payLife.get(currentPlayer.getId()) == null) {
+                                payLife.put(currentPlayer.getId(), totalPaidLife);
+                            } else {
+                                currentLifePaid = payLife.get(currentPlayer.getId());
+                                payLife.put(currentPlayer.getId(), currentLifePaid + totalPaidLife);
+                            }
+                        }
+                        game.informPlayers(new StringBuilder(sourceCard.getName()).append(": ").append(currentPlayer.getName()).append(" pays ").append(payLife.get(currentPlayer.getId())).append(" life").toString());
+                        firstInactivePlayer = null;
+                    }
+                }
+                
+                // get next player
+                playerList.getNext();
+                currentPlayer = game.getPlayer(playerList.get());
+                
+                // if all player since this player didn't put permanent in play finish the process
+                if (currentPlayer.getId().equals(firstInactivePlayer)) {
+                    break;
+                }
+            }
+
+            // create tokens according to life spent by each player
+            RatToken token = new RatToken();
+            for (Map.Entry<UUID, Integer> entry
+                    : payLife.entrySet()) {
+                Player player = game.getPlayer(entry.getKey());
+                if (player != null) {
+                    token.putOntoBattlefield(entry.getValue(), game, source.getSourceId(), player.getId());
+                }
+            }
+
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Mage.Sets/src/mage/sets/shadowmoor/SpellSyphon.java b/Mage.Sets/src/mage/sets/shadowmoor/SpellSyphon.java
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+/*
+ *  Copyright 2010 BetaSteward_at_googlemail.com. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *  Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are
+ *  permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+ *
+ *     1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of
+ *        conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *
+ *     2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list
+ *        of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials
+ *        provided with the distribution.
+ *
+ *  THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY BetaSteward_at_googlemail.com ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
+ *  WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
+ *  FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL BetaSteward_at_googlemail.com OR
+ *  CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
+ *  CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR
+ *  SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON
+ *  ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING
+ *  NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
+ *  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ *  The views and conclusions contained in the software and documentation are those of the
+ *  authors and should not be interpreted as representing official policies, either expressed
+ *  or implied, of BetaSteward_at_googlemail.com.
+ */
+package mage.sets.shadowmoor;
+
+import java.util.UUID;
+import mage.ObjectColor;
+import mage.abilities.Ability;
+import mage.abilities.Mode;
+import mage.abilities.costs.mana.GenericManaCost;
+import mage.abilities.effects.OneShotEffect;
+import mage.cards.CardImpl;
+import mage.constants.CardType;
+import mage.constants.Outcome;
+import mage.constants.Rarity;
+import mage.constants.TargetController;
+import mage.filter.FilterPermanent;
+import mage.filter.predicate.mageobject.ColorPredicate;
+import mage.filter.predicate.permanent.ControllerPredicate;
+import mage.game.Game;
+import mage.game.stack.StackObject;
+import mage.players.Player;
+import mage.target.TargetSpell;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author jeffwadsworth
+ */
+public class SpellSyphon extends CardImpl {
+
+    public SpellSyphon(UUID ownerId) {
+        super(ownerId, 52, "Spell Syphon", Rarity.COMMON, new CardType[]{CardType.INSTANT}, "{1}{U}");
+        this.expansionSetCode = "SHM";
+
+        this.color.setBlue(true);
+
+        // Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1} for each blue permanent you control.
+        this.getSpellAbility().addEffect(new SpellSyphonEffect());
+        this.getSpellAbility().addTarget(new TargetSpell());
+        
+    }
+
+    public SpellSyphon(final SpellSyphon card) {
+        super(card);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public SpellSyphon copy() {
+        return new SpellSyphon(this);
+    }
+}
+
+class SpellSyphonEffect extends OneShotEffect {
+    
+    private static final FilterPermanent filter = new FilterPermanent("blue permanent you control");
+    
+    static {
+        filter.add(new ColorPredicate(ObjectColor.BLUE));
+        filter.add(new ControllerPredicate(TargetController.YOU));
+    }
+
+    public SpellSyphonEffect() {
+        super(Outcome.Detriment);
+    }
+
+    public SpellSyphonEffect(final SpellSyphonEffect effect) {
+        super(effect);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public SpellSyphonEffect copy() {
+        return new SpellSyphonEffect(this);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean apply(Game game, Ability source) {
+        StackObject spell = game.getStack().getStackObject(targetPointer.getFirst(game, source));
+        if (spell != null) {
+            Player player = game.getPlayer(spell.getControllerId());
+            Player controller = game.getPlayer(source.getControllerId());
+            if (player != null && controller != null) {
+                int amount = game.getBattlefield().count(filter, source.getSourceId(), controller.getId(), game);
+                if (amount == 0) {
+                    game.informPlayers("Spell Syphon: no blue permanents in controller's battlefield.");
+                } else {
+                    GenericManaCost cost = new GenericManaCost(amount);
+                    if (!cost.pay(source, game, spell.getControllerId(), spell.getControllerId(), false)) {
+                        game.informPlayers("Spell Syphon: cost wasn't payed - countering target spell.");
+                        return game.getStack().counter(source.getFirstTarget(), source.getSourceId(), game);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String getText(Mode mode) {
+        return "Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1} for each blue permanent you control";
+    }
+
+}