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"Find me cards equivalent to: Cruel Sadist"

Here are some equivalent cards to Cruel Sadist in black that involve +1/+1 counters and can deal damage or grow with activated abilities:
1. Defiant Bloodlord — Not a perfect match but has a lifegain/drain trigger suitable in control shells.
2. Drana, Liberator of Malakir — Grows your team with counters via combat.
3. Grim Haruspex — Rewards creature death with card draw (uses black synergy).
4. Bloodthrone Vampire — Sacrifice for growth, uses +1/+1 counters interaction often.
5. Carrion Feeder — Can grow with +1/+1 counters by sacrificing creatures.

Closest in mechanic/growth:

  • Carrion Feeder (can get big with +1/+1 counters)
  • Bloodthrone Vampire (grows, but through sacrifice, not damage)

Note: None match Cruel Sadist’s exact tap-to-gain counters and tap-to-deal-X abilities, but these are the closest black creatures with counter-growing and damage or aggressive potential.

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Bloodthrone Vampire

Carrion Feeder

Cruel Sadist

Defiant Bloodlord

Drana, Liberator of Malakir

Grim Haruspex

Bloodthrone Vampire #ROE-98 Creature — Vampire

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Rarity: Common
Converted Cost: 2
Power/Toughness: 1/1
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Vampire
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • If you sacrifice an attacking or blocking creature during the declare blockers step, it won't deal combat damage. If you wait until the combat damage step, but the creature you wish to sacrifice is dealt lethal damage, it'll be destroyed before you get a chance to sacrifice it.
  • You can sacrifice Bloodthrone Vampire to activate its own ability, but it won't be on the battlefield to get the bonus.

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    Tcgplayer 0.16 USD
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    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Sacrifice a creature: This creature gets +2/+2 until end of turn.

    Carrion Feeder #59 Creature — Zombie

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    Cost:
    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: 1/1
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Zombie
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • No entries

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    Manapool 3.45 USD / 38.12 USD
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    Cardmarket / 30.05 EUR 2.96 EUR
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    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    This creature can't block. Sacrifice a creature: Put a +1/+1counteron this creature.

    Cruel Sadist #93 Creature — Human Assassin

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    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: 1/1
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Assassin
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Rules

  • You can remove any +1/+1 counters from Cruel Sadist to activate its second ability, not just those put on Cruel Sadist by its first ability.

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    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    , , Pay 1 life: Put a +1/+1counteron this creature. , , Remove X +1/+1 counters from this creature: It deals X damage to target creature.

    Defiant Bloodlord #107s Creature — Vampire

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 7
    Power/Toughness: 4/5
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Vampire
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying

    Rules

  • A creature with lifelink dealing combat damage is a single life-gaining event. For example, if two creatures you control with lifelink deal combat damage at the same time, the ability will trigger twice. However, if a single creature with lifelink deals combat damage to multiple creatures, players, and/or planeswalkers at the same time (perhaps because it has trample or was blocked by more than one creature), the ability will trigger only once.
  • In a Two-Headed Giant game, life gained by your teammate won’t cause the ability to trigger, even though it causes your team’s life total to increase.
  • The ability triggers just once for each life-gaining event, whether it’s 1 life from Drana’s Emissary or 7 life from Nissa’s Renewal.

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    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Flying Whenever you gain life, target opponent loses that much life.

    Drana, Liberator of Malakir #109s Legendary Creature — Vampire Ally

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    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 2/3
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Vampire
  • Ally
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying

    Rules

  • Drana's last ability triggers after combat damage has been dealt, so only attacking creatures that survive the combat damage step in which Drana deals combat damage will have +1/+1 counters put on them.
  • The +1/+1 counter won't change how much damage Drana or any other attacking creature with first strike or double strike deals during that combat damage step. However, the +1/+1 counters that are put on attacking creatures without first strike will affect the damage those creatures deal during the regular combat damage step.

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    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Flying, first strike Whenever Drana deals combat damage to a player, put a +1/+1counteron each attacking creature you control.

    Grim Haruspex #152 Creature — Human Wizard

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    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 3/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Wizard
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Morph

    Abilities/Keywords

    Morph

    Rules

  • A permanent that turns face up or face down changes characteristics but is otherwise the same permanent. Spells and abilities that were targeting that permanent, as well as Auras and Equipment that were attached to the permanent, aren't affected.
  • Any time you have priority, you may turn the face-down creature face up by revealing what its morph cost is and paying that cost. This is a special action. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to. Only a face-down permanent can be turned face up this way; a face-down spell cannot.
  • At any time, you can look at a face-down spell or permanent you control. You can't look at face-down spells or permanents you don't control unless an effect instructs you to do so.
  • Because the permanent is on the battlefield both before and after it's turned face up, turning a permanent face up doesn't cause any enters-the-battlefield abilities to trigger.
  • If a face-down permanent leaves the battlefield, you must reveal it. You must also reveal all face-down spells and permanents you control if you leave the game or if the game ends.
  • Morph lets you cast a card face down by paying {3}, and lets you turn the face-down permanent face up any time you have priority by paying its morph cost.
  • The face-down spell has no mana cost and has a mana value of 0. When you cast a face-down spell, put it on the stack face down so no other player knows what it is, and pay {3}. This is an alternative cost.
  • When the spell resolves, it enters the battlefield as a 2/2 creature with no name, mana cost, creature types, or abilities. It's colorless and has a mana value of 0. Other effects that apply to the creature can still grant it any of these characteristics.
  • You must ensure that your face-down spells and permanents can easily be differentiated from each other. You're not allowed to mix up the cards that represent them on the battlefield in order to confuse other players. The order they entered the battlefield should remain clear. Common methods for doing this include using markers or dice, or simply placing them in order on the battlefield.

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    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Morph (You may cast this card face down as a 2/2 creature for . Turn it face up any time for its morph cost.) Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, draw a card.