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"Find me cards equivalent to: Hellfire Mongrel"

Equivalent cards to Hellfire Mongrel (red, punishes opponents for having few cards in hand) include:

  • Shrieking Affliction (black, opponent loses life with few cards in hand)
  • The Rack (colorless, similar effect)
  • Liliana's Caress (black, punishes discarding)
  • Bloodchief Ascension (black, incremental life loss)

These all fit in discard/punisher decks, mostly black but colorless (The Rack) fits anywhere.

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Bloodchief Ascension

Hellfire Mongrel

Liliana's Caress

Shrieking Affliction

The Rack

Bloodchief Ascension #23 Enchantment

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  • Bloodchief Ascension's first ability checks how much life was lost by each opponent over the course of the entire turn, even if Bloodchief Ascension wasn't on the battlefield the whole time.
  • Bloodchief Ascension's first 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 Bloodchief Ascension's first ability will still trigger.
  • Bloodchief Ascension's first ability has an "intervening 'if' clause." It won't trigger at all unless an opponent has already lost 2 or more life by the time the end step begins.
  • Bloodchief Ascension's second ability doesn't behave like a leaves-the-battlefield triggered ability, since the card put into an opponent's graveyard may come from anywhere. If a Bloodchief Ascension with three quest counters on it and a permanent an opponent owns are destroyed at the same time, for example, the game will not "look back in time" at the game state, and Bloodchief Ascension's second ability won't trigger.
  • For the first ability to trigger, a single opponent must have lost 2 life. Two opponents each losing 1 life won't cause it to trigger. It will trigger a maximum of once per turn, no matter how many opponents have lost 2 or more life.

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    Cardmarket 10.78 EUR / 12.3 EUR
    Cardkingdom 12.99 USD / 13.99 USD
    Tcgplayer 9.93 USD / 10.16 USD
    Manapool 9.56 USD

    Legalities

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

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    At the beginning of each end step, if an opponent lost 2 or more life this turn, you may put a questcounteron this enchantment. (Damage causes loss of life.) Whenever a card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, if this enchantment has three or more quest counters on it, you may have that player lose 2 life. If you do, you gain 2 life.

    Hellfire Mongrel #48 Creature — Elemental Dog

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 2/2
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  • Dog
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    Rules

  • Hellfire Mongrel’s triggered ability has an “intervening ‘if’ clause.” That means (1) the ability won’t trigger at all unless the opponent whose turn it is has two or fewer cards in hand as their upkeep starts, and (2) the ability will do nothing if that player has three or more cards in hand by the time it resolves.
  • In a Two-Headed Giant game, this ability will potentially trigger twice at the beginning of the opposing team’s upkeep — once for each player on that team.

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    Cardmarket 0.06 EUR
    Manapool 0.15 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.15 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

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    At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, if that player has two or fewer cards in hand, this creature deals 2 damage to that player.

    Liliana's Caress #M11-103 Enchantment

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 2
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  • If an opponent discards multiple cards (due to a spell, an ability, or the action of discarding down to the maximum hand size during their cleanup step), Liliana’s Caress’s ability triggers that many times.

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    Cardkingdom 9.49 USD
    Manapool 5.79 USD
    Tcgplayer 6.33 USD

    Legalities

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

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    Whenever an opponent discards a card, that player loses 2 life.

    Shrieking Affliction #76 Enchantment

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 1
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  • Shrieking Affliction’s ability will trigger only if an opponent begins their upkeep with one or fewer cards in hand. The ability will check the number of cards in that player’s hand again when it tries to resolve. If that player has two or more cards in hand at that time, that player won’t lose life.

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    Cardkingdom / 4.49 USD 0.59 USD
    Cardmarket / 1.46 EUR 0.68 EUR
    Manapool 0.2 USD / 1.55 USD
    Tcgplayer / 2.48 USD 0.31 USD

    Legalities

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

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    At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, if that player has one or fewer cards in hand, they lose 3 life.

    The Rack #278 Artifact

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 1
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  • You choose one opposing player as this card enters, and it only affects that one player. This choice is not changed even if this card changes controllers. It becomes useless but stays on the battlefield if the chosen player leaves the game.

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    Cardmarket 0.02 EUR

    Legalities

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

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    As this artifact enters, choose an opponent. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this artifact deals X damage to that player, where X is 3 minus the number of cards in their hand.