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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Moonlight Bargain

Equivalent cards to Moonlight Bargain (black, instant, card selection/card draw):
1. Sign in Blood — Cheaper, but less selection.
2. Read the Bones — Scry 2, draw 2, lose 2 life.
3. Stinging Study — Instant, draws cards equal to commander’s mana value, lose that much life.
4. Vampiric Rites — Repeatable, requires creature sacrifice.
5. Painful Truths — Draw up to 3 cards, lose life per card, sorcery.


Reason: All are black cards that trade life for cards, like Moonlight Bargain.

Results:

Moonlight Bargain #114 Instant

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 5
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  • Instant
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  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.36 USD
    Cardmarket 0.29 EUR / 0.15 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.69 USD
    Cardsphere 0.46 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 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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    Look at the top five cards of your library. For each card, put that card into your graveyard unless you pay 2 life. Then put the rest into your hand.

    Painful Truths #120p Sorcery

    Variations: v1 v2

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
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  • Sorcery
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    Normal
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  • If a spell with a converge ability is copied, no mana was spent to cast the copy, so the number of colors of mana spent to cast the spell will be zero. The number of colors spent to cast the original spell is not copied.
  • If there are any alternative or additional costs to cast a spell with a converge ability, the mana spent to pay those costs will count. For example, if an effect makes sorcery spells cost {1} more to cast, you could pay {W}{U}{B}{R} to cast Radiant Flames and deal 4 damage to each creature.
  • If you cast a spell with converge without spending any mana to cast it (perhaps because an effect allowed you to cast it without paying its mana cost), then the number of colors spent to cast it will be zero.
  • The maximum number of colors of mana you can spend to cast a spell is five. Colorless is not a color. Note that the cost of a spell with converge may limit how many colors of mana you can spend.
  • Unless a spell or ability allows you to, you can't choose to pay more mana for a spell with a converge ability just to spend more colors of mana. Likewise, if a spell or ability reduces the amount of mana it costs you to cast a spell with converge, you can't ignore that cost reduction in order to spend more colors of mana.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 1.07 USD / 2.11 USD
    Cardmarket 0.4 EUR / 0.84 EUR
    Cardkingdom 1.29 USD / 4.99 USD
    Cardsphere 0.94 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 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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    Converge — You draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast this spell.

    Read the Bones #101 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 3
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  • Sorcery
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    Scry

    Rules

  • Scry appears on some spells and abilities with one or more targets. If all of the spell or ability's targets are illegal when it tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't scry.
  • The loss of life is part of the spell's effect. It's not an additional cost. If Read the Bones doesn't resolve, you won't lose life.
  • When you scry, you may put all the cards you look at back on top of your library, you may put all of those cards on the bottom of your library, or you may put some of those cards on top and the rest of them on the bottom.
  • You choose how to order cards returned to your library after scrying no matter where you put them.
  • You perform the actions stated on a card in sequence. For some spells and abilities, that means you'll scry last. For others, that means you'll scry and then perform other actions.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.29 USD
    Cardmarket 0.37 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.69 USD
    Cardsphere 0.27 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Scry 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

    Sign in Blood #32 Sorcery

    Variations: v1 v2

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 2
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  • Sorcery
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    Normal
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  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 1.16 USD 3.74 USD 4.03 USD
    Cardmarket 1.75 EUR / 4.64 EUR
    Cardkingdom 2.49 USD 4.49 USD 6.49 USD
    Cardsphere 1.86 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 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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    Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.

    Stinging Study #371 Instant

    Variations: v1 v2

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 5
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  • Instant
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    Rules

  • If you own multiple commanders on the battlefield and/or in the command zone, you choose one of them as Stinging Study resolves to determine the value of X.
  • If your commander is under the control of another player as Stinging Study resolves, it is still on the battlefield and will still be used to determine the value of X.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 9.39 USD
    Cardmarket 8.86 EUR / 5.99 EUR
    Cardkingdom 15.99 USD
    Cardsphere 9.09 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 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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    You draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is the mana value of a commander you own on the battlefield or in the command zone.

    Vampiric Rites #116 Enchantment

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 1
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  • Enchantment
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    Normal
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  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.19 USD
    Cardmarket 0.16 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.59 USD
    Cardsphere 0.16 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    ,Sacrificea creature: You gain 1 life and draw a card.

    Moonlight Bargain Instant Normal - ~$2.32

    Painful Truths Sorcery Normal - ~$2.83

    Read the Bones Sorcery Normal - ~$2.61

    Sign in Blood Sorcery Normal - ~$3.94

    Stinging Study Instant Normal - ~$8.25

    Vampiric Rites Enchantment Normal - ~$2.53

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