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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Unspeakable Symbol

Equivalent cards to Unspeakable Symbol (black, repeatable life-for-counter mechanic) include:
1. Yawgmoth, Thran Physician – Pays life to put -1/-1 counters, but also draws cards and sacrifices creatures.
2. Mortician Beetle – Gains +1/+1 counters when creatures die, but not via life payment.
3. Necropolis Regent – Puts counters but via combat damage, not life.
4. Bloodchief Ascension – See below for reasoning.

Best functional equivalents in black:

  • Bloodchief Ascension is similar in using life payment/counters, but not as repeatable on demand.

Closest in all colors:

  • Crystalline Crawler (all colors, but can use counters for mana—still not as direct).
  • None in black exactly substitute the same pay life for +1/+1 counters on any creature effect as Unspeakable Symbol.


Reason: Very few cards let you pay life for repeatable +1/+1 counters on demand. Yawgmoth, Thran Physician is the closest, but with a twist.

Results:

Bloodchief Ascension #23 Enchantment

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Rarity: Mythic
Converted Cost: 1
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    Rules

  • Bloodchief Ascension's first ability checks how much life was lost by each opponent over the course of the entire turn, even if Bloodchief Ascension wasn't on the battlefield the whole time.
  • Bloodchief Ascension's first ability checks only whether life was lost. It doesn't care whether life was also gained. For example, if an opponent lost 4 life and gained 6 life during the turn, that player will have a higher life total than they started the turn with — but Bloodchief Ascension's first ability will still trigger.
  • Bloodchief Ascension's first ability has an "intervening 'if' clause." It won't trigger at all unless an opponent has already lost 2 or more life by the time the end step begins.
  • Bloodchief Ascension's second ability doesn't behave like a leaves-the-battlefield triggered ability, since the card put into an opponent's graveyard may come from anywhere. If a Bloodchief Ascension with three quest counters on it and a permanent an opponent owns are destroyed at the same time, for example, the game will not "look back in time" at the game state, and Bloodchief Ascension's second ability won't trigger.
  • For the first ability to trigger, a single opponent must have lost 2 life. Two opponents each losing 1 life won't cause it to trigger. It will trigger a maximum of once per turn, no matter how many opponents have lost 2 or more life.

    • Prices

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    Tcgplayer 7.94 USD / 9.27 USD
    Cardmarket 9.94 EUR / 10.52 EUR
    Cardkingdom 10.99 USD / 12.99 USD
    Manapool 24.25 USD / 10.6 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 each end step, if an opponent lost 2 or more life this turn, you may put a questcounteron this enchantment. (Damage causes loss of life.) Whenever a card is put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, if this enchantment has three or more quest counters on it, you may have that player lose 2 life. If you do, you gain 2 life.

    Crystalline Crawler #133 Artifact Creature — Construct

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 1/1
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  • Construct
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  • 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 Crystalline Crawler cost {1} more to cast, you could pay {W}{U}{B}{R}{G} to cast it and have it enter the battlefield with five +1/+1 counters.
  • 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 colors of mana are white, blue, black, red, and green. Colorless is not a color.
  • 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.

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    Tcgplayer 0.22 USD
    Cardmarket 0.47 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.49 USD
    Manapool 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

    Text

    Converge — This creature enters with a +1/+1counteron it for each color of mana spent to cast it. Remove a +1/+1counterfrom this creature: Add one mana of any color. : Put a +1/+1counteron this creature.

    Mortician Beetle #78 Creature — Insect

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: 1/1
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  • Creature
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  • Insect
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    Rules

  • If a creature is sacrificed as a cost to cast a spell or activate an ability, Mortician Beetle’s ability resolves before that spell or ability.
  • Mortician Beetle’s ability triggers whenever any player, including you, sacrifices a creature because some other spell, ability, or cost instructed the player to do so. Mortician Beetle itself doesn’t allow you to sacrifice any creatures.

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    Tcgplayer 2.4 USD / 1.05 USD
    Cardmarket 4.46 EUR / 6.97 EUR
    Cardkingdom 2.99 USD
    Manapool 2.44 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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    Whenever a player sacrifices a creature, you may put a +1/+1counteron this creature.

    Necropolis Regent #132 Creature — Vampire

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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 6
    Power/Toughness: 6/5
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  • Vampire
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying

    Rules

  • If that creature deals combat damage to a player at the same time it's dealt lethal damage (perhaps because it has trample and was blocked), it will die before the triggered ability resolves and puts +1/+1 counters on it.

    • Prices

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    Tcgplayer 0.55 USD
    Cardmarket 0.61 EUR / 0.3 EUR
    Cardkingdom 1.29 USD
    Manapool 0.35 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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    Flying Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, put that many +1/+1 counters on it.

    Unspeakable Symbol #79 Enchantment

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Enchantment
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    Rules

  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 3.49 USD / 22.15 USD
    Cardmarket 1.12 EUR / 8.74 EUR
    Cardkingdom 2.99 USD / 24.99 USD
    Manapool 1.07 USD / 15.73 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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    Pay 3 life: Put a +1/+1counteron target creature.

    Yawgmoth, Thran Physician #336 Legendary Creature — Human Cleric

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    Rarity: Special
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 2/4
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  • Creature
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  • Human
  • Cleric
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Proliferate Protection

    Rules

  • Protection from Humans refers only to the creature type Human. As far as Yawgmoth is concerned, you, your opponents, and planeswalkers aren't Humans.
  • You may activate Yawgmoth's first activated ability without choosing a target creature. You'll just draw a card. However, if you choose a target and it becomes illegal before the ability tries to resolve, the ability won't resolve and you won't draw a card.
  • If a permanent has +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters on it, they're removed in pairs as a state-based action until that permanent has only one of those kinds of counters on it.
  • 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'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.
  • 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 17.02 USD / 67.52 USD
    Cardmarket 16.98 EUR / 70.31 EUR
    Cardkingdom 79.99 USD
    Manapool 17.69 USD / 65.85 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Protection from Humans Pay 1 life,Sacrificeanother creature: Put a -1/-1counteron up to one target creature and draw a card. ,Discarda card: Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each anothercounterof each kind already there.)

    Bloodchief Ascension Enchantment Normal - ~$12.06

    Crystalline Crawler Artifact Creature — Construct Normal - ~$0.33

    Mortician Beetle Creature — Insect Normal - ~$3.39

    Necropolis Regent Creature — Vampire Normal - ~$0.62

    Unspeakable Symbol Enchantment Normal - ~$10.04

    Yawgmoth, Thran Physician Legendary Creature — Human Cleric Normal - ~$47.91

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