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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Archfiend of Ifnir

Equivalent cards to Archfiend of Ifnir (Black, creature, discard or cycle to distribute -1/-1 counters):

  • Yawgmoth, Thran Physician (can put -1/-1 counters by discarding creatures)
  • Shefet Dunes (not direct, but gives -1/-1 counters with cycling/Deserts synergy in black/white)
  • Nest of Scarabs (synergizes with -1/-1 counters, not destruction)
  • Skinrender (ETB to distribute -1/-1 counters)
  • The Scorpion God (puts -1/-1 counters, card draw synergy)


Reason: All are black cards that distribute -1/-1 counters, similar to Archfiend of Ifnir. Closest functional match is Yawgmoth, Thran Physician and The Scorpion God.

Results:

Archfiend of Ifnir #78 Creature — Demon

Variations: v1 v2

Info

Color:
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Cost:
Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 5
Power/Toughness: 5/4
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Demon
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Cycling Flying

    Rules

  • An ability that triggers whenever you discard a card doesn’t give you permission to discard cards. You’ll need another effect that instructs or allows you to discard them.
  • An ability that triggers whenever you “cycle or discard” a card triggers only once if you cycle a card. The ability “Whenever you discard a card” is functionally identical to this ability; cycling is mentioned for clarity.
  • If a player discards a card during their cleanup step due to having too many cards in hand, any appropriate abilities that trigger on discarding that card trigger. If this happens, those triggered abilities are put onto the stack and players receive priority in that cleanup step to cast spells or activate abilities (normally, no players may take actions during a cleanup step). Another cleanup step is created following that one.
  • Some cards have an ability that triggers whenever you cycle any card. These triggered abilities resolve before you draw from the cycling ability.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 2.86 USD
    Cardmarket 2.52 EUR
    Cardkingdom 6.99 USD
    Manapool 3.81 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Flying Whenever you cycle ordiscardanother card, put a -1/-1counteron each creature your opponents control. Cycling (,Discardthis card: Draw a card.)

    Nest of Scarabs #101 Enchantment

    Info

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Enchantment
    • SubTypes:
    Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:
    Tokens:
    Insect

    Rules

  • If a creature with wither or infect deals damage to a creature, the controller of the creature with wither or infect puts that many -1/-1 counters on the second creature.
  • If an effect has you put more -1/-1 counters on a creature than it has toughness, you’ll put all of those counters on it and create that many Insects, even if that makes its toughness a negative number.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 6.67 USD / 9.26 USD
    Cardmarket 0.52 EUR / 3.18 EUR
    Manapool 10.31 USD / 10.4 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Whenever you put one or more -1/-1 counters on a creature, create that many 1/1 black Insect creature tokens.

    Shefet Dunes #183 Land — Desert

    Info

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    Cost:
    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 0
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Land
    • SubTypes:
  • Desert
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • Desert is a land subtype with no special meaning. It doesn't grant the land an intrinsic mana ability. Other cards may care about which lands are Deserts.
  • If a Desert has an ability with a cost of "Sacrifice a Desert," you can sacrifice that Desert to pay the cost for its own ability.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.16 USD / 0.99 USD
    Cardmarket 0.19 EUR / 1.55 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 2.49 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.79 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    : Add . , Pay 1 life: Add . , ,Sacrificea Desert: Creatures you control get +1/+1 until end of turn. Activate only as a sorcery.

    Skinrender #78 Creature — Phyrexian Zombie

    Info

    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 3/3
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Phyrexian
  • Zombie
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • This ability is mandatory. If there are no other creatures on the battlefield, you must target Skinrender itself.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.2 USD / 0.72 USD
    Cardmarket 0.2 EUR / 0.51 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 1.49 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.48 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    When this creature enters, put three -1/-1 counters on target creature.

    The Scorpion God #904 Legendary Creature — God

    Info

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    Cost:
    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: 6/5
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • God
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • If a creature with a -1/-1 counter on it dies at the same time as The Scorpion God does, you’ll draw a card. The same is true if The Scorpion God dies with a -1/-1 counter on it.
  • If this creature dies but leaves your graveyard before the next end step, it will remain in its new zone.
  • The “next end step” refers to the next end step that occurs, not the end step of the next turn. If this creature dies before a turn’s end step (for example, during combat), it will be returned to its owner’s hand at the beginning of that turn’s end step.
  • You’ll draw only one card when a creature with more than one -1/-1 counter on it dies.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 20.24 USD
    Cardmarket 13.65 EUR
    Manapool 36.45 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Whenever a creature with a -1/-1counteron it dies, draw a card. : Put a -1/-1counteron another target creature. When The Scorpion God dies, return it to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.

    Yawgmoth, Thran Physician #336 Legendary Creature — Human Cleric

    Info

    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Special
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 2/4
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Cleric
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    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.)

    Archfiend of Ifnir Creature — Demon Normal - ~$4.05

    Nest of Scarabs Enchantment Normal - ~$6.72

    Shefet Dunes Land — Desert Normal - ~$0.83

    Skinrender Creature — Phyrexian Zombie Normal - ~$0.51

    The Scorpion God Legendary Creature — God Normal - ~$23.45

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

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