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"Find me cards equivalent to: Essence Extraction"

Cards similar to Essence Extraction (Instant, Black, deals damage to a creature with lifegain):
1. Tendrils of Corruption — Deals X damage to a creature and you gain X life (X = Swamps you control).
2. Sorin's Thirst — Deals 2 damage to a creature and you gain 2 life.
3. Bloodchief's Thirst — Can destroy a creature or planeswalker; no lifegain, but similar removal.
4. Vraska's Contempt — Exiles a creature or planeswalker, you gain 2 life.


Reason: All are black instants (except some are also sorceries) that remove a creature and grant life. No card exactly copies Essence Extraction, but these offer close mechanical and color analogs.

Found Cards

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Bloodchief's Thirst

Essence Extraction

Sorin's Thirst

Tendrils of Corruption

Vraska's Contempt

Bloodchief's Thirst #94 Sorcery

Variations: v1 v2
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Rarity: Uncommon
Converted Cost: 1
Power/Toughness: /
Types:
  • Sorcery
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Kicker

    Rules

  • If a creature or planeswalker on the battlefield has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
  • If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.
  • If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
  • If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked. If the copied spell is a permanent spell, the token the copy of that spell becomes when it enters is also kicked.
  • If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
  • The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
  • To determine a spell's total cost, start with the mana cost (or an alternative cost if another card's effect allows you to pay one instead), add any cost increases (such as kicker), then apply any cost reductions. The spell's mana value remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

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    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer / 0.25 USD 0.33 USD
    Cardkingdom / 0.49 USD 0.35 USD
    Cardmarket 0.12 EUR / 0.49 EUR
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 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

    Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.) Destroy target creature or planeswalker with mana value 2 or less. If this spell was kicked, insteaddestroytarget creature or planeswalker.

    Essence Extraction #80 Instant

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    Info

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Instant
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • If the target creature becomes an illegal target, Essence Extraction doesn't resolve and you don't gain life.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardmarket / 0.15 EUR 0.16 EUR
    Tcgplayer 0.25 USD
    Manapool 0.19 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Essence Extraction deals 3 damage to target creature and you gain 3 life.

    Sorin's Thirst #104 Instant

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    Cost:
    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Instant
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Sorin’s Thirst tries to resolve, the spell doesn’t resolve. You won’t gain 2 life.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardmarket / 0.21 EUR 0.05 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD
    Manapool / 0.26 USD 0.15 USD
    Tcgplayer / 0.31 USD 0.12 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Sorin's Thirst deals 2 damage to target creature and you gain 2 life.

    Tendrils of Corruption #136 Instant

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    Info

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    Cost:
    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Instant
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Tendrils of Corruption tries to resolve, the spell doesn't resolve. You don't gain X life.

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    Manapool 0.16 USD / 1.35 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.16 USD / 1.14 USD
    Cardkingdom / 0.99 USD 0.35 USD
    Cardmarket / 1.09 EUR 0.2 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Tendrils of Corruption deals X damage to target creature and you gain X life, where X is the number of Swamps you control.

    Vraska's Contempt #129p Instant

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Instant
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • If the target creature or planeswalker is an illegal target by the time Vraska’s Contempt resolves, the entire spell doesn’t resolve. You won’t gain life.
  • 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.

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    Manapool / 4.7 USD 1.63 USD
    Cardmarket / 2.15 EUR 1.06 EUR
    Tcgplayer / 1.67 USD 3.16 USD
    Cardkingdom / 7.99 USD 6.99 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Exile target creature or planeswalker. You gain 2 life.