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"Find me cards equivalent to: Ardyn, the Usurper"

Equivalent cards to Ardyn, the Usurper (Black, Legendary Creature, supporting Demons or graveyard recursion):
1. Liliana, Death's Majesty

  • Creates Zombie tokens from graveyard creatures.
    2. Teysa Karlov
  • Boosts creature death triggers and tokens (not specific to Demons).
    3. Gyruda, Doom of Depths
  • Recurs creatures from graveyards as tokens but more restrictive.
    4. Chainer, Nightmare Adept
  • Allows casting creatures from graveyards (has haste synergy).
    5. Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
  • Buffs non-Human creatures and graveyard recursion.


Reason: All listed cards are legendary, black, and interact with graveyards or tokens, like Ardyn, the Usurper. None offer exact demon synergy but are the closest thematic and mechanical fits.

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Ardyn, the Usurper

Chainer, Nightmare Adept

Gyruda, Doom of Depths

Liliana, Death's Majesty

Mikaeus, the Unhallowed

Teysa Karlov

Ardyn, the Usurper #89s Legendary Creature — Elder Human Noble

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Info

Color:
Identifies:
Cost:
Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 8
Power/Toughness: 4/4
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Elder
  • Human
  • Noble
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:
    Tokens:
    Copy

    Abilities/Keywords

    Rules

  • Except for the listed exceptions, the token copies exactly what was printed on the original card and nothing else. It doesn't copy any information about the object the card was before it was put into a graveyard.
  • If a card copied by the token had any "when [this permanent] enters" abilities, the token also has those abilities, and they'll trigger when it's created. Similarly, any "as [this permanent] enters" or "[this permanent] enters with" abilities that the token has copied will also work.
  • If the copied card has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0.
  • The token is a Demon creature instead of its other types and is black instead of its other colors. Its base power and toughness are 5/5. These are copiable values of the token that other effects may copy.

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    Manapool 9.69 USD
    Cardmarket 4.04 EUR
    Tcgplayer 7.72 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Demons you control have menace, lifelink, and haste. Starscourge — At the beginning of combat on your turn, exile up to one target creature card from a graveyard. If you exiled a card this way, create a token that's a copy of that card, except it's a 5/5 black Demon.

    Chainer, Nightmare Adept #289 Legendary Creature — Human Minion

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Info

    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 3/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Minion
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • Chainer's first ability doesn't change when you can cast the creature card. You can normally only cast it during your turn while the stack is empty, but if the creature card has flash, you can cast it at other times.
  • Chainer's last ability triggers if Chainer enters the battlefield without being cast from your hand.
  • Chainer's last ability triggers if the entering creature was cast from a zone other than your hand, or if it wasn't cast at all and is entering the battlefield from anywhere (including from your hand).
  • If you somehow activate Chainer's first ability more than once during a turn (perhaps because Chainer left the battlefield and returned), you can cast a creature card for each ability's permission. Similarly, if another effect allows you to cast a creature card from your graveyard, you may use that permission and later use Chainer's permission to cast another creature card.
  • You don't choose a creature card to cast while activating or resolving Chainer's first ability. The ability creates a permission for you to cast a creature card from your graveyard later in the turn.

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    Tcgplayer 1.28 USD 2.41 USD 1.1 USD
    Cardkingdom 1.79 USD 4.49 USD 1.79 USD
    Manapool 1.8 USD 1.22 USD 0.52 USD
    Cardmarket 0.59 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Discard a card: You may cast a creature spell from your graveyard this turn. Activate only once each turn. Whenever a nontoken creature you control enters, if you didn't cast it from your hand, it gains haste until your next turn.

    Gyruda, Doom of Depths #221p Legendary Creature — Demon Kraken

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 6
    Power/Toughness: 6/6
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Demon
  • Kraken
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Companion Mill

    Rules

  • A card with mana value 0 has an even mana value.
  • Before shuffling your deck to become your library, you may reveal one card from outside the game to be your companion if your starting deck meets the requirements of the companion ability. You can't reveal more than one. It remains revealed outside the game as the game begins.
  • If a card in a player's graveyard has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
  • If a replacement effect causes a player to exile the top four cards of their library instead of putting them into their graveyard as Gyruda's triggered ability resolves, the creature card you choose may be one of those cards in exile.
  • If more than one player wishes to reveal a companion, the starting player does so first, and players proceed in turn order. Once a player has chosen not to reveal a companion, that player can't change their mind.
  • If you reveal a companion outside the game, for as long as it remains there, you may pay {3} any time you could cast a sorcery (that is, you have priority during your main phase and the stack is empty). Once you do, you put it into your hand and behaves like any other card you've brought into the game. For example, if it's discard, countered, or destroyed, it's put into your graveyard, remaining in the game. This is a change from previous rules.
  • Paying {3} to put your companion into your hand is a special action. It doesn't use the stack and players can't respond to it. Once you take this action, you may cast that card if it's legal to do so before any other player can take actions.
  • The companion ability has no effect if the card is in your starting deck and creates no restriction on putting a card with a companion ability into your starting deck. For example, Zirda may be in your starting deck even if your other permanent cards don't all have activated abilities.
  • The companion's other abilities apply only if the creature is on the battlefield. They have no effect while the companion is outside the game.
  • The requirements of the companion ability apply only to your starting deck. They do not apply to your sideboard.
  • You may have one companion in the Commander variant. Your deck, including your commander, must meet its companion requirement. Your companion is not one of your one hundred cards.
  • Your companion begins the game outside the game. In tournament play, this means your sideboard. In casual play, it's simply a card you own that's not in your starting deck.
  • If you reveal a companion outside the game, for as long as it remains there, you may pay {3} any time you could cast a sorcery (that is, you have priority during your main phase and the stack is empty). Once you do, you put it into your hand and behaves like any other card you've brought into the game. For example, if it's discarded, countered, or destroyed, it's put into your graveyard, remaining in the game. This is a change from previous rules.
  • Once you put your companion into your hand, it behaves like any other card you’ve brought into the game. For example, if it’s countered or destroyed, it’s put into your graveyard, remaining in the game.
  • Paying {3} to put your companion into your hand is a special action. It doesn't use the stack and players can't respond to it. Once you take this action, you may cast that card if it's legal to do so before any other player can take actions.
  • Wizards of the Coast has issued functional errata for the Companion mechanic. Instead of casting companions from outside the game: Once per game, any time you could cast a sorcery (during your main phase when the stack is empty), you can pay {3} to put your companion from your sideboard into your hand. This is a special action, not an activated ability. It happens immediately and can’t be responded to. It can’t be countered or stopped by cards like Phyrexian Revoker. For more information please see https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/news/june-1-2020-banned-and-restricted-announcement

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    Cardkingdom / 2.99 USD 2.29 USD
    Cardmarket 0.93 EUR / 1.67 EUR
    Manapool 2.61 USD
    Tcgplayer / 1 USD 1.25 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Companion — Your starting deck contains only cards with even mana values. (If this card is your chosen companion, you may put it into your hand from outside the game for as a sorcery.) When Gyruda enters, each player mills four cards. Put a creature card with an even mana value from among the milled cards onto the battlefield under your control.

    Liliana, Death's Majesty #97s Legendary Planeswalker — Liliana

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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Planeswalker
    • SubTypes:
  • Liliana
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:
    Tokens:
    Zombie

    Abilities/Keywords

    Mill

    Rules

  • A creature that is a Zombie and has other types, such as a Zombie Jackal, isn't a non-Zombie creature.

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    Manapool 11.45 USD
    Cardkingdom 18.99 USD
    Cardmarket 10.07 EUR
    Tcgplayer 13.66 USD

    Legalities

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    +1 Create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token.Milltwo cards.
    −3 Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. That creature is a black Zombie in addition to its other colors and types.
    −7Destroyall non-Zombie creatures.

    Mikaeus, the Unhallowed #DKA-70 Legendary Creature — Zombie Cleric

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 6
    Power/Toughness: 5/5
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Zombie
  • Cleric
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Intimidate

    Rules

  • Any damage dealt to you by a Human will cause Mikaeus’s ability to trigger, including noncombat damage dealt to you by a Human and damage dealt to you by a Human you control.
  • If a Human deals damage to you at the same time that Mikaeus is dealt lethal damage, Mikaeus’s triggered ability triggers. That Human will be destroyed even though Mikaeus has left the battlefield.
  • If a non-Human creature you control without a +1/+1 counter dies at the same time as Mikaeus, that creature’s undying ability granted by Mikaeus triggers and will return it to the battlefield.
  • The +1/+1 bonus that Mikaeus gives to other non-Human creatures you control isn’t a counter. It won’t prevent undying from triggering.

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    Intimidate (This creature can't be blocked except by artifact creatures and/or creatures that share a color with it.) Whenever a Human deals damage to you,destroyit. Other non-Human creatures you control get +1/+1 and have undying. (When a creature with undying dies, if it had no +1/+1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a +1/+1counteron it.)

    Teysa Karlov #1235 Legendary Creature — Human Advisor

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    Info

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

    Rules

  • An ability that triggers on an event that causes a creature to die doesn't trigger twice. For example, an ability that triggers “whenever you sacrifice a creature” triggers only once.
  • An ability that triggers when a creature “leaves the battlefield” will trigger twice if that creature leaves the battlefield by dying.
  • If a creature dying at the same time as Teysa (including Teysa itself dying) causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
  • If a creature dying at the same time that another permanent you control leaves the battlefield causes a triggered ability of that permanent to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time.
  • If you somehow control two Teysas, a creature dying causes abilities to trigger three times, not four. A third Teysa causes abilities to trigger four times, a fourth causes abilities to trigger five times, and so on. This also means that if you control Teysa and cast a second one, an ability that triggers when it dies due to the “legend rule” triggers three times.
  • Look at each creature as it exists on the battlefield, taking into account continuous effects, to determine whether any triggered abilities will trigger multiple times. For example, if a land that has become a creature dies, an ability that triggers when it dies triggers twice.
  • Teysa affects a creature's own “when this creature dies” triggered abilities as well as other triggered abilities that trigger when that creature dies. Such triggered abilities start with “when” or “whenever.”
  • Teysa's effect doesn't copy the triggered ability; it just causes the ability to trigger twice. Any choices made as you put the ability onto the stack, such as modes and targets, are made separately for each instance of the ability. Any choices made on resolution, such as whether to pay a cost for that triggered ability, are also made separately.
  • The trigger event doesn't have to specifically refer to “creatures.” In these cases, the trigger event may also refer to something being “put into a graveyard from the battlefield.” For example, an ability that triggers “whenever an artifact is put into a graveyard from the battlefield” would trigger twice if an artifact creature dies while Teysa Karlov is on the battlefield.

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    Cardkingdom 64.99 USD / 94.99 USD
    Cardmarket / 97.54 EUR 72.77 EUR
    Manapool / 71.23 USD 68.71 USD
    Tcgplayer 77.09 USD / 81.59 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    If a creature dying causes a triggered ability of a permanent you control to trigger, that ability triggers an additional time. Creature tokens you control have vigilance and lifelink.