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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Martyr for the Cause

Equivalent cards to Martyr for the Cause (white, triggers on death to distribute counters):
1. Samurai of the Pale Curtain — Exiles rather than triggers counters, but similar death-focused mechanic.
2. Benevolent Bodyguard — Dies for a benefit, though grants protection instead.
3. Safehold Elite — Recurs from persist (doesn't distribute counters).
4. Good-Fortune Unicorn — White/green; supports +1/+1 counters, but not on death.

Note: Few white creatures do exactly Martyr for the Cause's death-to-distribute-counters ability.

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Benevolent Bodyguard #17 Creature — Human Cleric

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Rarity: Common
Converted Cost: 1
Power/Toughness: 1/1
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Cleric
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    Layout:
    Normal
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  • No entries

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    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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    Sacrifice this creature: Target creature you control gains protection from the color of your choice until end of turn.

    Good-Fortune Unicorn #1711 Creature — Unicorn

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 2/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Unicorn
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Rules

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    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 2.85 USD
    Cardmarket 4.14 EUR / 3.1 EUR
    Cardkingdom 3.99 USD / 4.49 USD
    Cardsphere 2.67 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 another creature you control enters, put a +1/+1counteron that creature.

    Martyr for the Cause #23 Creature — Human Soldier

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: 2/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Soldier
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Proliferate

    Rules

  • If another creature with a +1/+1 counter on it is dealt lethal damage at the same time as Martyr for the Cause, the triggered ability can't proliferate a +1/+1 counter on the other creature in time to save it.
  • An ability that triggers "Whenever you proliferate" triggers even if you chose no permanents or players while doing so.
  • If a permanent ever has both +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters on it at the same time, they're removed in pairs as a state-based action so that the permanent has only one of those kinds of counters on it.
  • If a player or permanent has more than one kind of counter on it, and you choose for it to get additional counters, it must get one of each kind of counter it already has. You can't have it get just one kind of counter it already has and not the others.
  • Players can respond to a spell or ability whose effect includes proliferating. Once that spell or ability starts to resolve, however, and its controller chooses which permanents and players will get new counters, it's too late for anyone to respond.
  • To proliferate, you can choose any permanent that has a counter, including ones controlled by opponents. You can choose any player who has a counter, including opponents. You can't choose cards in any zone other than the battlefield, even if they have counters on them.
  • You don't have to choose every permanent or player that has a counter, only the ones you want to add another counter to. Since "any number" includes zero, you don't have to choose any permanents at all, and you don't have to choose any players at all.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.06 USD / 0.38 USD
    Cardmarket 0.09 EUR / 0.29 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD
    Cardsphere 0.19 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    When this creature dies, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each anothercounterof each kind already there.)

    Safehold Elite #239 Creature — Elf Scout

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: 2/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Elf
  • Scout
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Persist

    Rules

  • If a creature with persist stops being a creature, persist will still work.
  • If a creature with persist that has +1/+1 counters on it receives enough -1/-1 counters to cause it to be destroyed by lethal damage or put into its owner’s graveyard for having 0 or less toughness, persist won’t trigger and the card won’t return to the battlefield. That’s because persist checks the creature’s existence just before it leaves the battlefield, and it still has all those counters on it at that point.
  • If a permanent has multiple instances of persist, they’ll each trigger separately, but the redundant instances will have no effect. If one instance returns the card to the battlefield, the next to resolve will do nothing.
  • If a token with no -1/-1 counters on it has persist, the ability will trigger when the token is put into the graveyard. However, the token will cease to exist and can’t return to the battlefield.
  • If multiple creatures with persist are put into the graveyard at the same time (due to combat damage or a spell that destroys all creatures, for example), the active player (the player whose turn it is) puts all of their persist triggers on the stack in any order, then each other player in turn order does the same. The last trigger put on the stack is the first one that resolves. That means that in a two-player game, the nonactive player’s persist creatures will return to the battlefield first, then the active player’s persist creatures do the same. The creatures return to the battlefield one at a time.
  • The persist ability triggers when the permanent is put into a graveyard. Its last known information (that is, how the creature last existed on the battlefield) is used to determine whether it had a -1/-1 counter on it.
  • When a permanent with persist returns to the battlefield, it’s a new object with no memory of or connection to its previous existence.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.21 USD / 2.87 USD
    Cardmarket 0.12 EUR / 1.59 EUR
    Cardsphere 0.27 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1counteron it.)

    Samurai of the Pale Curtain #CHK-43 Creature — Fox Samurai

    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: 2/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Fox
  • Samurai
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Bushido

    Rules

  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.17 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD
    Cardsphere 0.16 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Bushido 1 (Whenever this creature blocks or becomes blocked, it gets +1/+1 until end of turn.) If a permanent would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.

    Benevolent Bodyguard Creature — Human Cleric Normal

    Good-Fortune Unicorn Creature — Unicorn Normal - ~$3.54

    Martyr for the Cause Creature — Human Soldier Normal - ~$0.23

    Safehold Elite Creature — Elf Scout Normal - ~$1.01

    Samurai of the Pale Curtain Creature — Fox Samurai Normal - ~$0.23

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