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"Find me cards equivalent to: Battle at the Bridge"

Equivalent cards to Battle at the Bridge (sorcery, black, -X/-X, life gain):
1. Tendrils of Corruption – Sorcery, deals X and gains X life, but X equals number of Swamps you control.
2. Grasp of Darkness – Sorcery, target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn.
3. Feed the Serpent – Sorcery, exile target creature or planeswalker (no life gain).
4. Bile Blight – Sorcery, gives all creatures with same name as target -3/-3.

Closest match with life gain and -X/-X:

  • Battle at the Bridge – still most unique due to improvise, X, and life gain in one.


Reason: Very few sorceries combine -X/-X, life gain, and flexibility; most give fixed reductions or lack life gain.

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Battle at the Bridge

Bile Blight

Feed the Serpent

Grasp of Darkness

Tendrils of Corruption

Battle at the Bridge #2 Sorcery

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Rarity: Rare
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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}.
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    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.

    Bile Blight #53838 Instant

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  • Bile Blight has only one target. Other creatures with that name are not targeted. For example, a creature with hexproof will still get -3/-3 if it has the same name as the target creature.
  • If the target creature is an illegal target as Bile Blight tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. No creature will get -3/-3.
  • Unless a token is a copy of another permanent or was explicitly given a name by the effect that created it, its name is the subtypes it was given when it was created plus the word "Token." For example, if an effect creates a 1/1 Soldier creature token, that token is named "Soldier Token."

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    Target creature and all other creatures with the same name as that creature get -3/-3 until end of turn.

    Feed the Serpent #95 Instant

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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

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    Exile target creature or planeswalker.

    Grasp of Darkness #65 Instant

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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

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    Target creature gets -4/-4 until end of turn.

    Tendrils of Corruption #136 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 4
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    Rules

  • If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Tendrils of Corruption tries to resolve, the spell doesn't resolve. You don't gain X life.

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    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.98 USD
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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

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    Tendrils of Corruption deals X damage to target creature and you gain X life, where X is the number of Swamps you control.