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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Cruel Reality

Equivalent cards to Cruel Reality (black/red):
1. Tyrannical Pitlord (Black) – Forces opponent to sacrifice or lose life.
2. Painful Quandary (Black) – Opponent loses life or discards.
3. Polluted Bonds (Black) – Opponent loses life for actions.
4. Despotic Scepter (Black) – Destroys enchantments, punishment.
5. Sulfuric Vortex (Red) – Constant life loss, hard to avoid.


Reason: All punish opponents over time or via triggered/sacrifice effects in black/red.

Results:

Cruel Reality #84s Enchantment — Aura Curse

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

    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

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 6.06 USD
    Cardmarket 2.35 EUR
    Cardkingdom 7.99 USD
    Manapool 5.39 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.

    Despotic Scepter #206 Artifact

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Artifact
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • You own a nontoken permanent if it started the game in your deck. If it started the game in no one's deck (for example, it was brought into the game by Living Wish), you own it if you brought it into the game.
  • A token's owner is the player under who created it.

    • Prices

    Seller Price

    Legalities

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

    Text

    :Destroytarget permanent you own. It can't be regenerated.

    Painful Quandary #73 Enchantment

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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

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 1.85 USD / 10.94 USD
    Cardmarket 0.91 EUR / 5.78 EUR
    Cardkingdom 2.99 USD / 5.99 USD
    Manapool 1.14 USD / 8.33 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.

    Polluted Bonds #95 Enchantment

    Variations: v1 v2 v3

    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

  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 58.57 USD
    Cardmarket 30.43 EUR
    Cardkingdom 64.99 USD
    Manapool 53.77 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 a land an opponent controls enters, that player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life.

    Sulfuric Vortex #2210 Enchantment

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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Enchantment
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.96 USD / 1.89 USD
    Cardmarket 2.78 EUR / 5.73 EUR
    Cardkingdom 2.49 USD / 2.49 USD
    Manapool 0.95 USD / 1.89 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 player's upkeep, this enchantment deals 2 damage to that player. If a player would gain life, that player gains no life instead.

    Tyrannical Pitlord #425 Creature — Demon

    Variations: v1 v2

    Info

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

    Flying Trample

    Rules

  • If Tyrannical Pitlord enters the battlefield at the same time as another creature, that creature can’t be chosen.
  • If Tyrannical Pitlord’s leaves-the-battlefield triggered ability resolves while its controller is not the same as the controller of the chosen creature, that creature will not be sacrificed.
  • If another player gains control of the chosen creature while Tyrannical Pitlord is still on the battlefield, that creature will continue to have flying and get +3/+3.
  • If the chosen creature leaves the battlefield, you can’t choose a new creature.
  • The ability of Tyrannical Pitlord that allows you to choose a creature isn’t a triggered ability and doesn’t use the stack. Players can’t respond to your choice of which creature it’s affecting.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.23 USD
    Cardmarket 0.19 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.49 USD
    Manapool 0.23 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 As this creature enters, choose another creature you control. The chosen creature gets +3/+3 and has flying. When this creature leaves the battlefield,sacrificethe chosen creature.

    Cruel Reality Enchantment — Aura Curse Normal - ~$5.45

    Despotic Scepter Artifact Normal

    Painful Quandary Enchantment Normal - ~$4.74

    Polluted Bonds Enchantment Normal - ~$51.94

    Sulfuric Vortex Enchantment Normal - ~$2.4

    Tyrannical Pitlord Creature — Demon Normal - ~$0.29

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