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4 Cards Found

AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Cruel Reality

Equivalent black cards:

  • Torment of Scarabs (similar recurring sacrifice effect)
  • Dread Presence (repeatable life drain, though not a curse)
  • Oblivion Sower (punishes opponent by exiling resources on ETB)


Reason: Cruel Reality is a black enchantment (Curse) forcing sacrifice/loss every upkeep; above cards offer similar ongoing punishing effects within black.

Results:

Cruel Reality #84s Enchantment — Aura Curse

Info

Color:
Identifies:
Cost:
Rarity: Mythic
Converted Cost: 7
Power/Toughness: /
Types:
  • Enchantment
    • SubTypes:
  • Aura
  • Curse
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Enchant

    Rules

  • The enchanted player can’t choose to lose 5 life if they have a creature or planeswalker that can be sacrificed.
  • The enchanted player chooses a permanent to sacrifice from among the creatures and planeswalkers that player controls. You don’t choose which type of permanent the player has to sacrifice.
  • 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 6.33 USD
    Cardmarket 2.33 EUR
    Cardkingdom 8.99 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Enchant player At the beginning of enchanted player's upkeep, that player sacrifices a creature or planeswalker of their choice. If the player can't, they lose 5 life.

    Dread Presence #96 Creature — Nightmare

    Info

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

    Rules

  • A Swamp is a land with the subtype Swamp, not any land with a mana ability that produces black mana.
  • If you choose the second mode and the chosen target is an illegal target by the time Dread Presence's triggered ability tries to resolve, the ability doesn't resolve. You won't gain 2 life, and the ability won't change to the first mode.

    • Prices

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    Tcgplayer 1.76 USD / 3.99 USD
    Cardmarket 1.47 EUR / 2.51 EUR
    Cardkingdom 4.99 USD
    Cardsphere 1.85 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Whenever a Swamp you control enters, choose one — • You draw a card and you lose 1 life. • This creature deals 2 damage to any target and you gain 2 life.

    Oblivion Sower #11s Creature — Eldrazi

    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 6
    Power/Toughness: 5/8
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Eldrazi
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • Cards that are face down in exile have no characteristics. Such cards can't be put onto the battlefield with Oblivion Sower's ability.
  • Oblivion Sower's ability allows you to put any land cards the player owns from exile onto the battlefield, regardless of how those cards were exiled.

    • Prices

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    Tcgplayer 7.28 USD
    Cardmarket 4.84 EUR / 4.86 EUR
    Cardkingdom 8.99 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    When you cast this spell, target opponent exiles the top four cards of their library, then you may put any number of land cards that player owns from exile onto the battlefield under your control.

    Torment of Scarabs #78 Enchantment — Aura Curse

    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Enchantment
    • SubTypes:
  • Aura
  • Curse
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Enchant

    Rules

  • While resolving the triggered ability of Torment of Scarabs, the enchanted player chooses a card to be discarded without revealing it, chooses a nonland permanent to be sacrificed, or chooses to do neither. Then that player discards that card, sacrifices that permanent, or loses 3 life. That player can always choose to lose 3 life, even if they have cards to discard or nonland permanents to sacrifice.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.3 USD / 2.04 USD
    Cardmarket 0.28 EUR / 1.62 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.59 USD / 2.99 USD
    Cardsphere 0.33 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Enchant player At the beginning of enchanted player's upkeep, that player loses 3 life unless theysacrificea nonland permanent of their choice ordiscarda card.

    Cruel Reality Enchantment — Aura Curse Normal - ~$5.88

    Dread Presence Creature — Nightmare Normal - ~$2.76

    Oblivion Sower Creature — Eldrazi Normal - ~$6.49

    Torment of Scarabs Enchantment — Aura Curse Normal - ~$1.16

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