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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Battle at the Bridge

Cards equivalent to Battle at the Bridge (black, single-target removal with lifegain) are:

  • Defile (removal, but no lifegain)
  • Eat to Extinction (removal + incidental gain)
  • Vraska's Contempt (exile, lifegain)
  • Murderous Rider (removal via Adventure, lifegain when cast as creature)


Reason: These cards remove threats and some offer lifegain, like Battle at the Bridge. (Note: Vraska's Contempt is closest for lifegain and exile.)

Results:

Battle at the Bridge #2 Sorcery

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 1
Power/Toughness: /
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  • Sorcery
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    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Improvise

    Rules

  • Because improvise isn’t an alternative cost, it can be used in conjunction with alternative costs.
  • Equipment attached to a creature doesn’t become tapped when that creature becomes tapped, and tapping that Equipment doesn’t cause the creature to become tapped.
  • If an artifact you control has a mana ability with {T} in the cost, activating that ability while casting a spell with improvise will result in the artifact being tapped when you pay the spell’s costs. You won’t be able to tap it again for improvise. Similarly, if you sacrifice an artifact to activate a mana ability while casting a spell with improvise, that artifact won’t be on the battlefield when you pay the spell’s costs, so you won’t be able to tap it for improvise.
  • If the target creature becomes an illegal target, Battle at the Bridge doesn’t resolve and none of its effects happen. You won’t gain life.
  • Improvise can’t be used to pay for anything other than the cost of casting the spell. For example, it can’t be used during the resolution of an ability that says “Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.”
  • Improvise can’t pay for {W}, {U}, {B}, {R}, {G}, or {C} mana symbols in a spell’s total cost.
  • Improvise doesn’t change a spell’s mana cost or mana value.
  • Tapping an artifact won’t cause its abilities to stop applying unless those abilities say so.
  • When calculating a spell’s total cost, include any alternative costs, additional costs, or anything else that increases or reduces the cost to cast the spell. Improvise applies after the total cost is calculated.
  • When using improvise to cast a spell with {X} in its mana cost, first choose the value for X. That choice, plus any cost increases or decreases, will determine the spell’s total cost. Then you can tap artifacts you control to help pay that cost. For example, if you cast Whir of Invention (a spell with improvise and mana cost {X}{U}{U}{U}) and choose X to be 3, the total cost is {3}{U}{U}{U}. If you tap two artifacts, you’ll have to pay {1}{U}{U}{U}.
  • There are many important moments in the story, but the most crucial—called “story spotlights”—are shown on cards. These cards have the Planeswalker symbol in their text box; this symbol has no effect on gameplay. You can read more about these events in the official Magic fiction at http://www.mtgstory.com.

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

    Text

    Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for .) Target creature gets -X/-X until end of turn. You gain X life.

    Defile #1793 Instant

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Instant
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    Rules

  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 3.98 USD
    Cardmarket 4.11 EUR / 5.58 EUR
    Cardkingdom 6.99 USD / 5.49 USD
    Cardsphere 2.99 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each Swamp you control.

    Eat to Extinction #312 Instant

    Variations: v1 v2

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Instant
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    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Surveil

    Rules

  • If the target creature or planeswalker is an illegal target by the time Eat to Extinction tries to resolve, the spell won't resolve. You won't look at or move the top card of your library.
  • If you don't put the top card of your library into your graveyard, it remains on top of your library.
  • You perform the actions stated on a card in sequence. For some spells and abilities, you'll surveil last. For others, you'll surveil and then perform other actions.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.3 USD / 0.68 USD
    Cardmarket 0.38 EUR / 0.71 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.59 USD / 1.49 USD
    Cardsphere 0.28 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

    Exile target creature or planeswalker. Surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card into your graveyard.)

    Vraska's Contempt #129p Instant

    Variations: v1 v2

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Instant
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • If the target creature or planeswalker is an illegal target by the time Vraska’s Contempt resolves, the entire spell doesn’t resolve. You won’t gain life.
  • There are many important moments in the story, but the most crucial—called “story spotlights”—are shown on cards. These cards have the Planeswalker symbol in their text box; this symbol has no effect on gameplay. You can read more about these events in the official Magic fiction at http://www.mtgstory.com.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.93 USD / 2.61 USD
    Cardmarket 1 EUR / 2.15 EUR
    Cardkingdom 4.49 USD / 6.99 USD
    Cardsphere 1.53 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

    Exile target creature or planeswalker. You gain 2 life.

    Battle at the Bridge Sorcery Normal

    Defile Instant Normal - ~$4.86

    Eat to Extinction Instant Normal - ~$2.11

    Vraska's Contempt Instant Normal - ~$3.63

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