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"Find me cards equivalent to: Keen Duelist"

Equivalent cards to Keen Duelist (Black Creatures with similar card draw/life loss mechanics):
1. Dark Confidant — At upkeep, reveal top card, put it in hand, lose life equal to its mana value.
2. Grimoire Thief — Exiles opponent's cards for possible draw (not direct, but close in effect).
3. Glint-Sleeve Siphoner — Draws a card and loses life (with energy mechanic).


Reason: These black creatures involve drawing cards with a personal life-loss downside, like Keen Duelist. Dark Confidant is the most direct equivalent.

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Dark Confidant

Glint-Sleeve Siphoner

Grimoire Thief

Keen Duelist

Dark Confidant #94s aka. Bob Creature — Human Wizard

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Info

Color:
Identifies:
Cost:
Rarity: Mythic
Converted Cost: 2
Power/Toughness: 2/1
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Wizard
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • If a card in a player's library has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
  • If a card in a player's library has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardkingdom 42.99 USD
    Tcgplayer 35.95 USD
    Cardmarket 15.97 EUR
    Manapool 27.82 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 your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value.

    Glint-Sleeve Siphoner #62 Creature — Human Rogue

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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: 2/1
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Rogue
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:
    Tokens:
    Energy Reserve

    Abilities/Keywords

    Menace

    Rules

  • The first triggered ability triggers both when Glint-Sleeve Siphoner enters the battlefield and whenever it attacks. You don't have to choose only one.
  • Energy counters are a kind of counter that a player may have. They're not associated with any specific permanents.
  • Energy counters aren't mana. They don't go away as steps, phases, and turns end, and effects that add mana "of any type" can't give you energy counters.
  • If a spell or ability with one or more targets states that you "may pay" some amount of {E}, and each permanent that it targets has become an illegal target, the spell or ability won't resolve. You can't pay any {E} even if you want to.
  • If an effect says you get one or more {E}, you get that many energy counters. To pay one or more {E}, you lose that many energy counters. You can't pay more energy counters than you have. Any effects that interact with counters a player gets, has, or loses can interact with energy counters.
  • Keep track of how many energy counters each player has. Potential ways to track this include writing theme down on paper or using dice, but any method that is clear and mutually agreeable is fine. (At higher levels of tournament play, dice may not be allowed for tracking counters that players have.)
  • Some spells and abilities that give you {E} may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't get any {E}.
  • Some triggered abilities state that you "may pay" a certain amount of {E}. You can't pay that amount multiple times to multiply the effect. You simply choose whether or not to pay that amount of {E} as the ability resolves.
  • Some triggered abilities that state that you "may pay" a certain amount of {E} describe an effect that happens "If you do." In that case, no player may take actions to try to stop the ability's effect after you make your choice. If the payment is followed by the phrase "When you do," then you'll choose any targets for that reflexive triggered ability and put it on the stack before players can take actions.
  • {E} is the energy symbol. It represents one energy counter.

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    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.45 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.26 USD / 1.31 USD
    Cardmarket 0.16 EUR / 0.91 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Menace Whenever this creature enters or attacks, you get (an energy counter). At the beginning of your upkeep, you may pay . If you do, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

    Grimoire Thief #35 Creature — Merfolk Rogue

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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: 2/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Merfolk
  • Rogue
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • If a split card is turned face up, the ability counters all spells with the same name as either side of that split card.
  • The last ability counters all spells on the stack with any of the appropriate names, no matter who controls them.
  • The only cards you turn face up are the cards exiled with the Grimoire Thief that was sacrificed.
  • Once a player gains control of Grimoire Thief, that player can look at all cards it exiled, even if those cards were exiled while someone else controlled Grimoire Thief.
  • Once a player is allowed to look at the exiled face-down cards, that player may continue to do so even after Grimoire Thief leaves the battlefield or another player gains control of it.

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    Cardkingdom / 7.99 USD 0.79 USD
    Cardmarket / 2.32 EUR 0.75 EUR
    Tcgplayer 0.63 USD / 4.92 USD
    Manapool / 3.54 USD 0.51 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 this creature becomes tapped, exile the top three cards of target opponent's library face down. You may look at cards exiled with this creature. ,Sacrificethis creature: Turn all cards exiled with this creature face up.Counterall spells with those names.

    Keen Duelist #218 Creature — Human Wizard

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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: 2/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Wizard
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

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    Cardkingdom 0.69 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.31 USD
    Cardmarket 0.32 EUR

    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 your upkeep, you and target opponent each reveal the top card of your library. You each lose life equal to the mana value of the card revealed by the other player. You each put the card you revealed into your hand.