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"Find me cards equivalent to: Shadow Slice"

Equivalent cards to Shadow Slice (Sorcery, Black, makes opponent lose life) include:

  • Blightning – Each opponent loses 3 life and discards two cards. (Black/Red)
  • Syphon Soul – Each other player loses 2 life, you gain life. (Black, not cipher, but similar effect)
  • Mind Rot – Opponent discards two cards. (Black, does not cause life loss, but is similar common sorcery in effect and cost)
  • Drain Life – Target player loses X life, you gain X life (Black)
  • Drainpipe Vermin is a creature, not a sorcery, but has discard-for-life-loss.

No other black sorcery has cipher and the exact same effect as Shadow Slice. The cipher mechanic was unique to the Gatecrash set and appears almost exclusively in blue and black, making such equivalents rare.

Found Cards

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Blightning

Drain Life

Drainpipe Vermin

Mind Rot

Shadow Slice

Syphon Soul

Blightning #69 Sorcery

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Rarity: Common
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    Rules

  • The targeted player will discard two cards even if some or all of Blightning's damage is prevented or redirected.

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    Manapool 0.15 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.49 USD
    Cardmarket 0.34 EUR
    Tcgplayer 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

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    Blightning deals 3 damage to target player or planeswalker. That player or that planeswalker's controller discards two cards.

    Drain Life #67 Sorcery

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    Converted Cost: 2
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  • Cost reducers can be used to reduce the X part of the mana cost.
  • You may gain up to the total toughness of the creature even if it was already damaged.

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    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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    Spend only black mana on X. Drain Life deals X damage to any target. You gain life equal to the damage dealt, but not more life than the player's life total before the damage was dealt, the planeswalker's loyalty before the damage was dealt, or the creature's toughness.

    Drainpipe Vermin #224 Creature — Rat

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    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: 1/1
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  • You may pay {B} only once. The target player will discard a maximum of one card because of Drainpipe Vermin’s ability.

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    Tcgplayer 0.37 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD
    Cardmarket 0.36 EUR

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    When this creature dies, you may pay . If you do, target player discards a card.

    Mind Rot #70 Sorcery

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    Manapool / 0.15 USD 0.15 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD
    Cardmarket / 0.15 EUR 0.08 EUR
    Tcgplayer 0.15 USD / 0.17 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 discards two cards.

    Shadow Slice #77 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 5
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Cipher

    Rules

  • If a creature with an encoded card deals combat damage to more than one player simultaneously (perhaps because some of the combat damage was redirected), the triggered ability will trigger once for each player it deals combat damage to. Each ability will create a copy of the exiled card and allow you to cast it.
  • If another player gains control of the creature, that player will control the triggered ability. That player will create a copy of the encoded card and may cast it.
  • If the creature leaves the battlefield, the exiled card will no longer be encoded on any creature. It will stay exiled.
  • If the spell with cipher doesn’t resolve, none of its effects will happen, including cipher. The card will go to its owner’s graveyard and won’t be encoded on a creature.
  • If you choose not to cast the copy, or you can’t cast it (perhaps because there are no legal targets available), the copy will cease to exist the next time state-based actions are performed. You won’t get a chance to cast the copy at a later time.
  • If you want to encode the card with cipher onto a noncreature permanent such as a Keyrune that can turn into a creature, that permanent has to be a creature before the spell with cipher starts resolving. You can choose only a creature to encode the card onto.
  • The copy of the card with cipher is created in and cast from exile.
  • The exiled card with cipher grants a triggered ability to the creature it’s encoded on. If that creature loses that ability and subsequently deals combat damage to a player, the triggered ability won’t trigger. However, the exiled card will continue to be encoded on that creature.
  • The spell with cipher is encoded on the creature as part of that spell’s resolution, just after the spell’s other effects. That card goes directly from the stack to exile. It never goes to the graveyard.
  • You cast the copy of the card with cipher during the resolution of the triggered ability. Ignore timing restrictions based on the card’s type.
  • You choose the creature as the spell resolves. The cipher ability doesn’t target that creature, although the spell with cipher may target that creature (or a different creature) because of its other abilities.

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    Cardmarket / 0.29 EUR 0.13 EUR
    Cardkingdom / 0.49 USD 0.35 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.23 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 opponent loses 3 life. Cipher (Then you may exile this spell card encoded on a creature you control. Whenever that creature deals combat damage to a player, its controller may cast a copy of the encoded card without paying its mana cost.)

    Syphon Soul #176 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 3
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    Cardmarket / 0.84 EUR 0.06 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 1.49 USD
    Tcgplayer / 3.07 USD 0.28 USD
    Manapool / 0.59 USD 0.15 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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    Syphon Soul deals 2 damage to each other player. You gain life equal to the damage dealt this way.