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"Find me cards equivalent to: Netherborn Altar"

Card searched for: Netherborn Altar

Equivalent black artifact cards that interact with commanders in a similar way are rare. Here are close alternatives:
1. Command Beacon

  • Not an artifact, but a colorless land with:
    T: Add C. Sacrifice Command Beacon: Put your commander into your hand from the command zone.
  • Similar effect (returns commander to hand), but lacks life loss mechanic.
    2. Conjurer's Closet
  • ETB blink effect for creatures, not commanders specifically.
    3. Strionic Resonator
  • Copies triggered abilities, synergizes with commander triggers.

No other black artifact exists with a direct effect as Netherborn Altar. Closest match in artifact form is Command Beacon (though it's not black and is not an artifact), but nothing truly equivalent exists in mono-black artifacts.


Reason: This is a unique effect, and alternatives either miss the color requirement or are not artifacts.

Found Cards

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Command Beacon

Conjurer's Closet

Netherborn Altar

Strionic Resonator

Command Beacon #352 Land

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  • If you cast a commander from your hand, the additional cost based on the number of times you've cast it from your command zone (sometimes referred to as the "commander tax") doesn't apply. Additionally, that casting won't add to the tax if you later cast the commander from the command zone.
  • If your commander isn't in the command zone (or you're not playing Commander) as the last ability resolves, nothing happens.
  • If you have two commanders with the partner ability in the command zone, Command Beacon's effect puts one of your choice into your hand, not both.
  • If you cast a commander from your hand, the commander tax doesn't apply. Additionally, that casting won't add to commander tax if you later cast the commander from the command zone.
  • If you have two commanders with the partner ability in the command zone, Command Beacon's effect puts one of your choice into your hand, not both.
  • If your commander isn't in the command zone (or you don't have a commander) as the last ability resolves, nothing happens.

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    Cardkingdom 10.99 USD
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    Tcgplayer 8.34 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

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    : Add . ,Sacrificethis land: Put your commander into your hand from the command zone.

    Conjurer's Closet #214 Artifact

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    Converted Cost: 5
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  • If a token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won't return to the battlefield.
  • If you gain control of a creature “until end of turn,” you control it during that turn's end step.
  • Once the exiled creature returns, it's considered a new object with no relation to the object that it was. Auras attached to the exiled creature will be put into their owners' graveyards. Equipment attached to the exiled creature will become unattached and remain on the battlefield. Any counters on the exiled creature will cease to exist.
  • When an effect returns the exiled card “under your control,” you control it indefinitely after that. In a multiplayer game, if a player leaves the game, all cards that player owns leave as well. If you leave the game, any creatures you control from Conjurer's Closet effect are exiled.

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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

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    At the beginning of your end step, you may exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under your control.

    Netherborn Altar #C20-45 Artifact

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    Converted Cost: 2
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  • If Netherborn Altar leaves the battlefield while its ability is on the stack, the amount of life you lose is determined by the number of soul counters it had on it immediately before it left the battlefield.
  • If you have two commanders in the command zone, Netherborn Altar’s ability puts one of your choice into your hand, not both.
  • If your commander isn’t in the command zone (or if you’re not playing the Commander variant), Netherborn Altar only makes you lose life.
  • Putting a soul counter onto Netherborn Altar is part of the cost to activate its ability, and counting the number of soul counters is done as the ability resolves. Players may take actions between those times to change the number of soul counters, perhaps by removing them all so that you lose no life.
  • The “commander tax” increases based on how many times a commander was cast from the command zone. Casting a commander from your hand doesn’t require that additional cost, and it doesn’t increase what the cost will be the next time you cast that commander from the command zone.

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    Cardmarket 0.46 EUR
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    Tcgplayer 0.44 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

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    , Put a soulcounteron this artifact: Put your commander into your hand from the command zone. Then you lose 3 life for each soulcounteron this artifact.

    Strionic Resonator #165 Artifact

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    Converted Cost: 2
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  • Any choices made when the triggered ability resolves won't have been made yet when it's copied. Any such choices will be made separately when the copy resolves. If the triggered ability asks you to pay a cost (such as that of Frenzied Goblin), you pay that cost for the copy.
  • If a triggered ability is linked to a second ability, copies of that triggered ability are also linked to that second ability. If the second ability refers to "the exiled card," it refers to all cards exiled by the triggered ability and the copy. For example, if Fiend Hunter's enters-the-battlefield ability is copied and two creatures are exiled, they both return when Fiend Hunter leaves the battlefield.
  • If the triggered ability divides damage or distributes counters among a number of targets (for example, the ability of Bogardan Hellkite), the division and number of targets can't be changed. If you choose new targets, you must choose the same number of targets.
  • If the triggered ability is modal (that is, if it says, "Choose one —" or similar), the mode is copied and can't be changed.
  • In some cases involving linked abilities, an ability requires information about "the exiled card." When this happens, the ability gets multiple answers. If these answers are being used to determine the value of a variable, the sum is used. For example, if Elite Arcanist's enters-the-battlefield ability is copied, two cards are exiled. The value of X in the activation cost of Elite Arcanist's other ability is the sum of the two cards' mana values. As the ability resolves, you create copies of both cards and can cast none, one, or both of the copies in any order.
  • Strionic Resonator targets a triggered ability that has triggered and is on the stack and creates another instance of that ability on the stack. It doesn't cause any object to gain an ability.
  • The source of the copy is the same as the source of the original ability.
  • Triggered abilities use the word "when," "whenever," or "at." They're often written as "[Trigger condition], [effect]."

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    Cardmarket 7.17 EUR / 2.5 EUR
    Cardkingdom 10.99 USD
    Tcgplayer 7.22 USD
    Manapool 6.08 USD

    Legalities

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

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    , : Copy target triggered ability you control. You may choose new targets for the copy. (A triggered ability uses the words "when," "whenever," or "at.")