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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: The Book of Vile Darkness

Equivalent cards to The Book of Vile Darkness (Black artifacts with a graveyard or life loss focus):
1. Demonic Pact — Black enchantment with multiple powerful but dangerous effects.
2. Necropotence — Black enchantment trading life for cards, graveyard synergy.
3. Phyrexian Arena — Black enchantment, draws cards at the cost of life.

All involve black, artifacts or enchantments, and themes around life loss or graveyard use.

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Demonic Pact #92 Enchantment

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Rarity: Mythic
Converted Cost: 4
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    Rules

  • If the ability doesn't resolve (either for having its target become illegal or because a spell or ability counters it), the mode chosen for that instance of the ability still counts as being chosen.
  • In some very unusual situations, you may not be able to choose a mode, either because all modes have previously been chosen or the only remaining modes require targets and there are no legal targets available. In this case, the ability is simply removed from the stack with no effect.
  • It doesn't matter who has chosen any particular mode. For example, say you control Demonic Pact and have chosen the first two modes. If an opponent gains control of Demonic Pact, that player can choose only the third or fourth mode.
  • The phrase "that hasn't been chosen" refers only to that specific Demonic Pact. If you control one and cast another one, you can choose any mode for the second one the first time its ability triggers.
  • Yes, if the fourth mode is the only one remaining, you must choose it. You read the whole contract, right?
  • You choose the mode as the triggered ability goes on the stack. You can choose a mode that requires targets only if there are legal targets available.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 1.2 USD / 15.41 USD
    Cardmarket 2.15 EUR / 5.91 EUR
    Cardkingdom 1.99 USD / 11.99 USD
    Cardsphere 1.22 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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    At the beginning of your upkeep, choose one that hasn't been chosen — • This enchantment deals 4 damage to any target and you gain 4 life. • Target opponent discards two cards. • Draw two cards. • You lose the game.

    Necropotence #21 aka. Necro Enchantment

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
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  • If a discarded card isn't put into your graveyard (due to an effect such as that of Obstinate Baloth) or leaves your graveyard (perhaps because another effect returned it to your hand), it won't be exiled.
  • If you discard a card with madness and wish to cast it, Necropotence's ability won't exile that card. If you don't wish to cast it, you choose whether it ends up exiled or in your graveyard.
  • Necropotence's last ability creates a delayed triggered ability that will put the exiled card into your hand. That ability still triggers even if Necropotence is removed from the battlefield before your end step.
  • You can't look at the cards exiled by the last ability while they're face down.

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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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    Skip your draw step. Whenever youdiscarda card, exile that card from your graveyard. Pay 1 life: Exile the top card of your library face down. Put that card into your hand at the beginning of your next end step.

    Phyrexian Arena #283 Enchantment

    Variations: v1 v2 v3

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    Converted Cost: 3
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    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 1.15 USD
    Cardmarket 2.35 EUR / 2.02 EUR
    Cardkingdom 3.49 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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    At the beginning of your upkeep, you draw a card and you lose 1 life.

    The Book of Vile Darkness #91p Legendary Artifact

    Variations: v1 v2 v3

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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 3
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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.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 1.27 USD / 1.58 USD
    Cardmarket 1.6 EUR / 1.45 EUR
    Cardkingdom 4.99 USD / 2.49 USD
    Cardsphere 0.84 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

    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.

    Demonic Pact Enchantment Normal - ~$5.65

    Necropotence Enchantment Normal

    Phyrexian Arena Enchantment Normal - ~$2.25

    The Book of Vile Darkness Legendary Artifact Normal - ~$3.09

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