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"Find me cards equivalent to: The Book of Vile Darkness"

Equivalent cards to The Book of Vile Darkness (Legendary Black Artifacts that make tokens or have synergy with loss of life):
1. Throne of Death

  • Legendary Artifact, black, related to graveyard/sacrifice.
    2. God-Pharaoh's Gift
  • Creates zombie tokens (not legendary or black-only, but close in function).
    3. Desecrated Tomb
  • Black-aligned artifact, creates 1/1 Bat tokens when creatures leave your graveyard.
    4. Tombstone Stairwell
  • Black, makes Zombie tokens each upkeep (enchantment, not artifact, but similar effect).

Closest direct equivalent: Throne of Death (Legendary Black Artifact).
Reason: Not many legendary black artifacts create tokens or Care about life loss; most artifacts with this effect are not legendary or not black.

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Desecrated Tomb

God-Pharaoh's Gift

The Book of Vile Darkness

Tombstone Stairwell

Desecrated Tomb #230 Artifact

Variations: v1 v2
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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 3
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    Bat

    Rules

  • You create one Bat token each time Desecrated Tomb’s ability triggers, no matter how many cards left your graveyard.

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    Cardkingdom 2.79 USD
    Manapool 0.9 USD
    Tcgplayer 2.38 USD
    Cardmarket 0.88 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Whenever one or more creature cards leave your graveyard, create a 1/1 black Bat creature token with flying.

    God-Pharaoh's Gift #272 Artifact

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 7
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    Copy

    Rules

  • If the card copied by the token had any "when [this permanent] enters the battlefield" abilities, then the token also has those abilities and will trigger them when it's created. Similarly, any "as [this permanent] enters the battlefield" or "[this permanent] enters the battlefield with" abilities that the token has copied will also work.
  • The ability of God-Pharaoh's Gift doesn't target the creature card you'll exile. You choose one as the ability resolves. No player may take actions between the time you choose a creature card to exile and the time you create the token.
  • The token copies exactly what was printed on the original card and nothing else, except the characteristics it specifically modifies. It doesn't copy any information about the object the card was before it was put into your graveyard.
  • The token is a Zombie instead of its other types (unlike Zombies created by an eternalize ability) and is black instead of its other colors. Its power and toughness are 4/4. These are copiable values of the token that other effects may copy.
  • Unlike the tokens created by an eternalize ability, this token has the mana cost and thus mana value of the card it's copying.

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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

    Text

    At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may exile a creature card from your graveyard. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that card, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie. It gains haste until end of turn.

    The Book of Vile Darkness #91p Legendary Artifact — Book

    Variations: v1 v2 v3
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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 3
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  • Artifact
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  • Book
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    Zombie Vecna

    Rules

  • In some strange cases, you might make something into a copy of the Eye and/or Hand of Vecna and then exile that copy to activate The Book of Vile Darkness's ability. The ability that creates Vecna will look at the cards in exile, not the permanents on the battlefield, so it's possible to have Vecna gain different triggered abilities.
  • In the vast majority of cases, Vecna will gain the triggered ability printed on Hand of Vecna and the two triggered abilities printed on Eye of Vecna.
  • The Book of Vile Darkness has received an update to its Oracle text. Specifically, the triggered abilities that Vecna gains are part of its copiable values. This means any enters-the-battlefield triggered abilities it gains (such as the one from Eye of Vecna) will trigger.

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    Cardmarket / 1.69 EUR 1.48 EUR
    Cardkingdom / 2.99 USD 1.29 USD
    Tcgplayer / 3.72 USD 1.48 USD
    Manapool 1.53 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 end step, if you lost 2 or more life this turn, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. , Exile The Book of Vile Darkness and artifacts you control named Eye of Vecna and Hand of Vecna: Create Vecna, a legendary 8/8 black Zombie God creature token with indestructible and all triggered abilities of the exiled cards.

    Tombstone Stairwell #149 World Enchantment

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
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  • Enchantment
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    Rules

  • All the tokens are put onto the battlefield simultaneously.
  • Both the cumulative upkeep and the triggered ability trigger at the beginning of upkeep, so you can choose what order they resolve.
  • Does not put the Zombies onto the battlefield if this card is not still on the battlefield when its ability resolves.
  • If something changes the names of the tokens, then the "at end of turn" ability will still destroy them.
  • You control the triggered ability, but each player controls the token creature they put onto the battlefield due to the ability's effect.
  • This has the supertype world. When a world permanent enters, any world permanents that were already on the battlefield are put into their owners' graveyards. This is a state-based action called the "world rule." The new world permanent stays on the battlefield. If two world permanents enter at the same time, they're both put into their owners' graveyards.

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    Cardmarket 31.74 EUR
    Manapool 44.8 USD
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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

    Text

    Cumulative upkeep (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an agecounteron this permanent, thensacrificeit unless you pay its upkeep cost for each agecounteron it.) At the beginning of each upkeep, if this enchantment is on the battlefield, each player creates a 2/2 black Zombie creature token with haste named Tombspawn for each creature card in their graveyard. At the beginning of each end step and when this enchantment leaves the battlefield,destroyall tokens created with this enchantment. They can't be regenerated.