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"Find me cards equivalent to: Smiting Helix"

Equivalent cards to Smiting Helix (Sorcery, Black, deals damage & gains life):
1. Smiting Helix
2. Blightning – Deals 3 damage to a player and forces discard (no lifegain, but close in effect and colors).
3. Lightning Helix – Deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life (Instant, but same effect, different color identity).
4. Kaya's Guile – Black/White; different modes, but one mode drains for 3 and another gains 3 life (not direct, but similar in color and partial effect).


Reason: There are very few pure black sorceries that both deal damage to any target and gain life; most require red or white, as with Smiting Helix. None exactly match all attributes in just black.

Found Cards

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Blightning

Kaya's Guile

Lightning Helix

Smiting Helix

Blightning #69 Sorcery

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Cost:
Rarity: Common
Converted Cost: 3
Power/Toughness: /
Types:
  • Sorcery
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • The targeted player will discard two cards even if some or all of Blightning's damage is prevented or redirected.

    • Prices

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    Manapool 0.15 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.49 USD
    Cardmarket 0.34 EUR
    Tcgplayer 0.21 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Blightning deals 3 damage to target player or planeswalker. That player or that planeswalker's controller discards two cards.

    Kaya's Guile #205 Instant

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    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Instant
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Tokens:
    Spirit

    Abilities/Keywords

    Entwine

    Rules

  • A creature sacrificed for the first mode of Kaya’s Guile will be exiled if it ends up in an opponent’s graveyard and the second mode was also chosen.
  • As the first mode is performed, first the opponent whose turn it is (or, if it’s not an opponent’s turn, the next opponent in turn order) chooses a creature they control, then each other opponent in turn order does the same, knowing the choices made before them. Then all the chosen creatures are sacrificed at the same time.
  • Each chosen mode is performed in the order specified. Abilities that trigger while one mode is being performed won’t be put onto the stack until Kaya’s Guile has finished resolving.
  • If Kaya’s Guile isn’t entwined, you must choose two different modes.

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    Tcgplayer 1.37 USD / 4.71 USD
    Manapool 0.95 USD / 4.68 USD
    Cardkingdom 1.79 USD / 7.99 USD
    Cardmarket 1.04 EUR / 5.96 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Choose two — • Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. • Exile all opponents' graveyards. • Create a 1/1 white and black Spirit creature token with flying. • You gain 4 life. Entwine (Choose all if you pay the entwine cost.)

    Lightning Helix #197 Instant

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Info

    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Instant
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • If the chosen target is illegal when Lightning Helix tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't gain 3 life.
  • If the chosen target is illegal when Lightning Helix tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't gain 3 life.

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    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.18 USD
    Cardmarket / 0.29 EUR 0.21 EUR
    Tcgplayer / 0.37 USD 0.24 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.39 USD / 0.49 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Lightning Helix deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life.

    Smiting Helix #MH1-109 Sorcery

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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Sorcery
    • SubTypes:
    Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Flashback

    Rules

  • If the chosen target is an illegal target by the time Smiting Helix tries to resolve, the spell doesn’t resolve. You won’t gain 3 life.
  • Smiting Helix is always a black spell. It’s not red and white if you cast it for its flashback cost.
  • A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
  • If a card with flashback is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it if it’s legal to do so before any other player can take any actions.
  • To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you’re paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.
  • You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
  • You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card’s type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using flashback only when you could normally cast a sorcery.
  • “Flashback [cost]” means “You may cast this card from your graveyard by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost” and “If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack.”

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.16 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD
    Cardmarket 0.14 EUR
    Manapool 0.15 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Smiting Helix deals 3 damage to any target and you gain 3 life. Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)