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Cards similar to Captive Audience (type: Enchantment, color: B, R, similar 'punisher' effect) include:

  • Cruel Reality — Another Enchantment that severely hoses an opponent each upkeep.
  • Demons' Horn and similar, but they're less punisher and more incremental.
  • Painful Quandary — Makes opponents suffer or discard.


Reason: All are B/R Enchantments that give opponents tough choices or detrimental effects continuously, like Captive Audience.

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Captive Audience

Cruel Reality

Painful Quandary

Captive Audience #160 Enchantment

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Info

Color:
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Cost:
Rarity: Mythic
Converted Cost: 7
Power/Toughness: /
Types:
  • Enchantment
    • SubTypes:
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Tokens:
    Zombie

    Rules

  • For a player’s life total to become 4, that player gains or loses the appropriate amount of life. For example, if a player’s life total is 20, Captive Audience will cause that player to lose 16 life; alternatively, if their life total is 1, it will cause them to gain 3 life. Other cards that interact with life gain or life loss will interact with this effect accordingly.
  • If all three modes have been chosen, Captive Audience’s triggered ability is removed from the stack with no effect, but Captive Audience remains on the battlefield.
  • In a Two-Headed Giant game, Captive Audience’s first mode causes its controller to gain or lose life so that their team’s life total becomes 4.
  • In a multiplayer game, if Captive Audience’s owner leaves the game, Captive Audience leaves the game with them. If Captive Audience’s controller leaves the game, Captive Audience is exiled (assuming that player wasn’t also Captive Audience’s owner).
  • Once Captive Audience is controlled by your opponent, its ability triggers during that player’s upkeep and that player makes all choices for it. That player is affected by its first two modes, and that player’s opponents create the tokens for its last mode.
  • You may choose Captive Audience’s first mode even if your life total is already 4. Similarly, you may choose its second mode even if you have no cards in hand.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 4.52 USD / 7.51 USD
    Cardkingdom 7.99 USD
    Manapool / 7.29 USD 4.74 USD
    Cardmarket 2.82 EUR / 5.19 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    This enchantment enters under the control of an opponent of your choice. At the beginning of your upkeep, choose one that hasn't been chosen — • Your life total becomes 4. •Discardyour hand. • Each opponent creates five 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens.

    Cruel Reality #84s Enchantment — Aura Curse

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    Info

    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 7
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Enchantment
    • SubTypes:
  • Aura
  • Curse
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Enchant

    Rules

  • The enchanted player can’t choose to lose 5 life if they have a creature or planeswalker that can be sacrificed.
  • The enchanted player chooses a permanent to sacrifice from among the creatures and planeswalkers that player controls. You don’t choose which type of permanent the player has to sacrifice.
  • There are many important moments in the story, but the most crucial—called “story spotlights”—are shown on cards. These cards have the Planeswalker symbol in their text box; this symbol has no effect on gameplay. You can read more about these events in the official Magic fiction at http://www.mtgstory.com.

    • Prices

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    Cardkingdom 7.49 USD
    Cardmarket 2.48 EUR
    Manapool 4.79 USD
    Tcgplayer 4.6 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Enchant player At the beginning of enchanted player's upkeep, that player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice. If the player can't, they lose 5 life.

    Painful Quandary #73 Enchantment

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    Info

    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Enchantment
    • SubTypes:
    Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    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

    Seller Price
    Cardkingdom / 8.99 USD 2.99 USD
    Cardmarket / 6.51 EUR 1.36 EUR
    Tcgplayer 2.13 USD / 17.78 USD
    Manapool / 5.1 USD 0.98 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.