Essence of Ill Intent

Fading 5 (This creature enters the battlefield with
five fade counters on it. At the beginning of your
upkeep, remove a fade counter from it. If you can't, sacrifice it.)
{1}{b}: Move a fading counter from Essence of Ill
Intent to another target creature.
Any player may pay half their life total, rounded
down, to remove or add a fading counter from a
creature.