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"Find me cards equivalent to: Backlash"

Equivalent cards to Backlash (Instant, Black/Red, similar effect):
1. Deflecting Palm (Instant, Red/White): Redirects damage from a source to its controller.
2. Repay in Kind (Sorcery, Black): Each player's life total becomes the lowest among them (not instant, not close on effect).
3. Rakdos Charm (Instant, Black/Red): One mode makes opponents take 1 damage per creature they control.

Closest match: Backlash is unique among BR instants for forcing a tapped creature to damage its controller. There is no strict direct equivalent, but Rakdos Charm is close in both color and damaging effect, while Deflecting Palm is similar in redirecting but not the same.

Example card for rules:
Backlash

Instant  
Tap target untapped creature. That creature deals damage equal to its power to its controller.


Reason: No strict equivalent exists with the exact color, type, and effect. Backlash is unique in Rakdos colors for this effect.

Found Cards

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Backlash

Deflecting Palm

Rakdos Charm

Repay in Kind

Backlash #INV-234 Instant

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Rarity: Uncommon
Converted Cost: 3
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    Rules

  • Being untapped is a targeting restriction. If the target is tapped before this spell resolves, then this spell doesn’t resolve.

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    Cardkingdom 1.99 USD
    Manapool 1.12 USD
    Cardmarket 0.57 EUR
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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

    Tap target untapped creature. That creature deals damage equal to its power to its controller.

    Deflecting Palm #128 Instant

    Variations: v1 v2 v3
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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 2
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  • Instant
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  • Deflecting Palm doesn't target any permanent or player. You choose a source of damage as Deflecting Palm resolves.
  • If multiple prevention and/or replacement effects are trying to apply to the same damage, the player who would be dealt damage chooses the order in which to apply them.

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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

    The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent that damage. If damage is prevented this way, Deflecting Palm deals that much damage to that source's controller.

    Rakdos Charm #125 Instant

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 2
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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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    Choose one — • Exile target player's graveyard. •Destroytarget artifact. • Each creature deals 1 damage to its controller.

    Repay in Kind #125 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 7
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  • Sorcery
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  • For a player’s life total to become a certain number that’s lower than their current life total, what actually happens is that the player loses the appropriate amount of life. For example, if the lowest life total in the game is 5 and another player has 12 life, Repay in Kind will cause that player to lose 7 life. Abilities that interact with life loss will interact with this effect accordingly.
  • In a Two-Headed Giant game, anything that cares about a player’s life total checks the life total of that player’s team. In addition, if an effect would cause the life total of each member of a team to become a certain number, that team chooses one of its members. On that team, only that player is affected, then the life total change is applied to the entire team. For example, if one team has 13 life and another team has 21 life, the team with the higher life total chooses one of its members and Repay in Kind causes that player to lose 8 life, thus causing that team’s life total to also be 13.

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    Cardkingdom 5.99 USD / 17.99 USD
    Cardmarket 2.66 EUR / 6.64 EUR
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    Tcgplayer 3.88 USD / 15.63 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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    Each player's life total becomes the lowest life total among all players.