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"Find me cards equivalent to: Archfiend of Despair"

Here are some equivalent cards in black (B) with similar effects to Archfiend of Despair:
1. Wound Reflection

  • Type: Enchantment
  • Color: B
  • Text: At the end of each end step, each opponent loses life equal to the life lost this turn.
    2. Havoc Festival
  • Type: Enchantment
  • Color: B R
  • Text: Players can't gain life. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player loses half their life, rounded up.
    3. Defiler of Dreams (Not exact, but it's a Demon with a punishing effect)

None have all three effects (flying, life-loss trigger, life-gain prevention) on a black Demon creature exactly like Archfiend of Despair. Wound Reflection is the closest in terms of the life-loss effect.

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Archfiend of Despair

Defiler of Dreams

Havoc Festival

Wound Reflection

Archfiend of Despair #503 Creature — Demon

Variations: v1 v2
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Info

Color:
Identifies:
Cost:
Rarity: Mythic
Converted Cost: 8
Power/Toughness: 6/6
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Demon
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying

    Rules

  • Archfiend of Despair’s last ability counts only how much life was lost. It doesn’t care whether a player also gained life.
  • In a Two-Headed Giant game, damage and life loss happen to each player individually. If each player on a team is dealt 2 damage, each of those players loses 2 life and the team’s life total goes down by 4. When Archfiend of Despair’s ability resolves, each of those players again loses 2 life and the team’s life total goes down again by 4; they don’t each lose 4 life.
  • The amount of life to lose is determined only as Archfiend of Despair’s triggered ability resolves. For example, if you control two of them and an opponent lost 3 life earlier in the turn, the first ability to resolve would have that player lose 3 life, and the second would have that player lose 6 life.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Manapool 38.93 USD / 38.93 USD
    Tcgplayer 42.81 USD
    Cardmarket 36.22 EUR
    Cardkingdom 44.99 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Flying Your opponents can't gain life. At the beginning of each end step, each opponent loses life equal to the life that player lost this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.)

    Defiler of Dreams #46p Creature — Phyrexian Sphinx

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: 4/3
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Phyrexian
  • Sphinx
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying

    Rules

  • Some players may make the mental shortcut that the Defilers effectively turn one of the colored mana symbols in the spell’s cost into a Phyrexian colored mana symbol. Despite the similarity in function, this ability does not cause the spells to have Phyrexian mana symbols in their costs. Sorry, Rage Extractor!
  • You may only pay the additional cost once per permanent spell.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.55 USD / 0.86 USD
    Cardkingdom / 1.49 USD 2.49 USD
    Manapool / 0.89 USD 1.62 USD
    Cardmarket / 0.75 EUR 0.45 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Flying As an additional cost to cast blue permanent spells, you may pay 2 life. Those spells cost less to cast if you paid life this way. This effect reduces only the amount of blue mana you pay. Whenever you cast a blue permanent spell, draw a card.

    Havoc Festival #166 Enchantment

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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 6
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Enchantment
    • SubTypes:
    Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • Effects that would replace gaining life with another effect won’t apply because it’s impossible for players to gain life.
  • If an effect says to set a player’s life total to a certain number and that number is higher than the player’s current life total, that part of the effect won’t do anything. (If the number is lower than the player’s current life total, the effect will work as normal.)
  • In a Two-Headed Giant game, the last ability triggers for each player. Any life loss is applied to the team’s life total. For example, if the team has 30 life, the first ability will cause the player (and thus the team) to lose 15 life and then the second ability will cause the other player (and thus the team) to lose 8 life. The team will end up having 7 life.
  • Spells and abilities that would cause a player to gain life still resolve, but the life-gain part has no effect.
  • The amount of life lost is calculated when the triggered ability resolves. For example, if a player has 20 life and there are two Havoc Festivals on the battlefield, the first ability will cause that player to lose 10 life and then the second ability will cause that player to lose 5 life.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.41 USD / 1.62 USD
    Manapool / 1.12 USD 0.21 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.79 USD / 2.49 USD
    Cardmarket / 0.86 EUR 0.46 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Players can't gain life. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player loses half their life, rounded up.

    Wound Reflection #113 Enchantment

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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 6
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Enchantment
    • SubTypes:
    Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • If Wound Reflection's ability resolves, then an opponent loses life later in the same turn, that life loss is never counted by Wound Reflection.
  • Multiple Wound Reflections each trigger separately. For example, if an opponent lost 1 life, the first one's triggered ability to resolve causes them to lose another 1 life. Since they've now lost 2 life, the next triggered ability causes them to lose 2 life, and the next 4, and so on.
  • When Wound Reflection's ability resolves, it checks how much life each opponent lost over the course of the turn, then it causes that opponent to lose that much life. It doesn't matter how the opponent lost life or who caused it. It also doesn't matter if Wound Reflection wasn't on the battlefield at the time some or all of the life was lost.
  • Wound Reflection's ability checks only whether life was lost. It doesn't care whether life was also gained. For example, if an opponent lost 4 life and gained 6 life during the turn, that player will have a higher life total than they started the turn with but Wound Reflection's ability will still cause that player to lose 4 life.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Manapool / 16.05 USD 12.2 USD
    Cardkingdom 16.99 USD / 16.99 USD
    Tcgplayer / 17.62 USD 14.17 USD
    Cardmarket 5.78 EUR / 7.33 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    At the beginning of each end step, each opponent loses life equal to the life they lost this turn. (Damage causes loss of life.)