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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Archfiend of Despair

Cards equivalent to Archfiend of Despair (black, punisher/damage doubler effects) include:

  • Wound Reflection (doubles life loss for opponents)
  • Archfiend of Ifnir (another black Archfiend, but focuses on -1/-1 counters, less direct but similar threat level)
  • Ob Nixilis, Unshackled (punishes searching libraries, not a damage doubler but black punisher)
  • Painful Quandary (opponent punisher on casting spells)
  • Havoc Festival (multicolor, but black/red: halves life totals each upkeep—very punishing)


Reason: Black doesn’t have many damage doublers aside from Wound Reflection, but it does have strong life-loss punishers like the examples above.

Results:

Archfiend of Despair #503 Creature — Demon

Variations: v1 v2

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Rarity: Mythic
Converted Cost: 8
Power/Toughness: 6/6
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  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Demon
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    Normal
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    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

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    Tcgplayer 33.38 USD
    Cardmarket 28.71 EUR
    Cardkingdom 37.99 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    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.)

    Archfiend of Ifnir #78 Creature — Demon

    Variations: v1 v2

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: 5/4
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Demon
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Cycling Flying

    Rules

  • An ability that triggers whenever you discard a card doesn’t give you permission to discard cards. You’ll need another effect that instructs or allows you to discard them.
  • An ability that triggers whenever you “cycle or discard” a card triggers only once if you cycle a card. The ability “Whenever you discard a card” is functionally identical to this ability; cycling is mentioned for clarity.
  • If a player discards a card during their cleanup step due to having too many cards in hand, any appropriate abilities that trigger on discarding that card trigger. If this happens, those triggered abilities are put onto the stack and players receive priority in that cleanup step to cast spells or activate abilities (normally, no players may take actions during a cleanup step). Another cleanup step is created following that one.
  • Some cards have an ability that triggers whenever you cycle any card. These triggered abilities resolve before you draw from the cycling ability.

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    Tcgplayer 2.63 USD
    Cardmarket 1.25 EUR
    Cardkingdom 5.99 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Flying Whenever you cycle ordiscardanother card, put a -1/-1counteron each creature your opponents control. Cycling (,Discardthis card: Draw a card.)

    Havoc Festival #166 Enchantment

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 6
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Enchantment
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    Normal
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    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.

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    Tcgplayer 0.36 USD / 1.93 USD
    Cardmarket 0.32 EUR / 1.16 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.59 USD / 0.99 USD
    Cardsphere 0.46 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

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

    Ob Nixilis, Unshackled #84 Legendary Creature — Demon

    Variations: v1 v2

    Info

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 6
    Power/Toughness: 4/4
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Demon
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    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying Trample

    Rules

  • If the opponent controls no creatures when the first triggered ability resolves, that player still loses 10 life.
  • Ob Nixilis's first triggered ability won't trigger if you search an opponent's library or if an opponent searches another player's library.
  • The first triggered ability won't be put on the stack until after the spell or ability causing the opponent to search their library finishes resolving. Notably, if that spell or ability causes any other abilities to trigger (for example, if the opponent searched for a creature card and put it onto the battlefield), those abilities and Ob Nixilis's triggered ability will go on the stack together. The active player puts all of their abilities on the stack in any order, then each other player in turn order does the same. The last ability put onto the stack this way will be the first to resolve, and so on.

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    Tcgplayer 2.47 USD / 2.7 USD
    Cardmarket 1.52 EUR / 3.04 EUR
    Cardkingdom 3.49 USD / 3.99 USD
    Cardsphere 2.06 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Flying, trample Whenever an opponent searches their library, that player sacrifices a creature of their choice and loses 10 life. Whenever another creature dies, put a +1/+1counteron Ob Nixilis.

    Painful Quandary #73 Enchantment

    Info

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Enchantment
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • Whenever an opponent casts a spell, Painful Quandary's ability triggers and goes on the stack on top of it. It will resolve before the spell does.
  • Whenever an opponent casts a spell, Painful Quandary's ability triggers and goes on the stack on top of it. It will resolve before the spell does.

    • Prices

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    Tcgplayer 1.48 USD / 9.68 USD
    Cardmarket 1.04 EUR / 5 EUR
    Cardkingdom 2.49 USD / 5.99 USD
    Cardsphere 1.86 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player loses 5 life unless theydiscarda card.

    Wound Reflection #113 Enchantment

    Info

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 6
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Enchantment
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    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
    Tcgplayer 9.09 USD / 8.71 USD
    Cardmarket 3.55 EUR / 7.06 EUR
    Cardkingdom 8.49 USD / 12.99 USD
    Cardsphere 6.51 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

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

    Archfiend of Despair Creature — Demon Normal - ~$19.45

    Archfiend of Ifnir Creature — Demon Normal - ~$4.42

    Havoc Festival Enchantment Normal - ~$2.25

    Ob Nixilis, Unshackled Legendary Creature — Demon Normal - ~$3.59

    Painful Quandary Enchantment Normal - ~$4.42

    Wound Reflection Enchantment Normal - ~$7.3

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