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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Descent into Madness

Cards equivalent to Descent into Madness (black, resource denial effects) include:

  • Smokestack (colorless—artifact, but similar stack effect)
  • Pox (black, each player sacrifices creatures, lands, discards cards)
  • Smallpox (black, similar symmetrical sacrifice)
  • Death Cloud (black, each player sacrifices, discards, loses life)


Reason: All force players to sacrifice permanents or resources regularly.

Results:

Death Cloud #DST-40 Sorcery

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 3
Power/Toughness: /
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  • Sorcery
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    EDH Bracket Attr:
    Mass Land Denial
    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • If you control a permanent that’s a creature and a land, and you choose to sacrifice it as you sacrifice creatures, it won’t be on the battlefield when you sacrifice lands. You can’t sacrifice it again.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 1.68 USD
    Cardmarket 1.07 EUR
    Cardkingdom 3.49 USD
    Cardsphere 1.59 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

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    Each player loses X life, discards X cards, sacrifices X creatures of their choice, then sacrifices X lands of their choice.

    Descent into Madness #97 Enchantment

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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Enchantment
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • First you choose the permanents and/or cards from your hand that will be exiled. Then each other player in turn order does the same. Then all the chosen permanents and cards are exiled simultaneously. Players who choose after you will know what permanents you’ll be exiling when they choose. They’ll know how many cards you’ll be exiling from your hand, but they won’t see those cards.
  • For each despair counter on Descent into Madness, you’ll exile a permanent you control or exile a card from your hand, not both.
  • If Descent into Madness isn’t on the battlefield when its ability resolves, use the number of counters on it when it left the battlefield to determine how many permanents and/or cards from hands to exile.
  • If there are more counters on Descent into Madness than the total number of permanents you control plus the number of cards in your hand, you’ll exile all permanents you control (including Descent into Madness) and all cards from your hand.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.37 USD / 0.93 USD
    Cardmarket 0.6 EUR / 1.62 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.99 USD / 2.99 USD
    Cardsphere 0.5 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

    At the beginning of your upkeep, put a despaircounteron this enchantment, then each player exiles X permanents they control and/or cards from their hand, where X is the number of despair counters on this enchantment.

    Pox #63 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Sorcery
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • Each part of Pox's effect is processed separately. For each part, first the player whose turn it is makes all necessary choices (such as which cards to discard), then each other player in turn order chooses, then the actions happen at the same time. Then Pox's effect moves to the next stage.
  • The losses, discards, and sacrifices are rounded up. For example, if you have 5 life, you'll lose 2 life, leaving you at 3 life. (Five divided by three is one and two-thirds. Rounding that up to the nearest whole number gives you two.)
  • The number you need to lose, discard, or sacrifice isn't calculated until it's time to perform that part of the effect. For example, if your opponent casts Pox and you discard Dodecapod as part of Pox's discard effect, Dodecapod will be put onto the battlefield instead of into your graveyard. Then, when determining how many creatures you need to sacrifice, the Dodecapod is taken into account.

    • Prices

    Seller Price

    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 loses a third of their life, then discards a third of the cards in their hand, then sacrifices a third of the creatures they control of their choice, then sacrifices a third of the lands they control of their choice. Round up each time.

    Smallpox #139 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Sorcery
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • Any abilities of the lands sacrificed may modify or trigger on the creatures being sacrificed and on the cards being discarded. Abilities of the creatures won't modify or trigger on the lands being sacrificed, but may modify or trigger on the cards being discarded.
  • Any abilities that trigger while Smallpox is resolving will wait to be put onto the stack until Smallpox is done resolving.
  • As Smallpox resolves, first each player loses 1 life at the same time. Next, each player chooses a card in hand without revealing it, then all of the cards are discarded at the same time. Then starting with the player whose turn it is and proceeding in turn order, each player chooses a creature, knowing the choices made before them. All of the creatures are sacrificed at the same time, then finally repeat this process for lands.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.34 USD / 2.89 USD
    Cardmarket 0.21 EUR / 2.86 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.39 USD
    Cardsphere 0.37 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

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    Each player loses 1 life, discards a card, sacrifices a creature of their choice, then sacrifices a land of their choice.

    Smokestack #1998 Artifact

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Artifact
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • Adding a counter is optional. If you forget to add one during your upkeep, you cannot back up and add one later.
  • If a player does not have enough permanents, they sacrifice all the ones they have.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 4.19 USD / 4.64 USD
    Cardkingdom 3.99 USD
    Cardsphere 3.57 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

    At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a sootcounteron this artifact. At the beginning of each player's upkeep, that player sacrifices a permanent of their choice for each sootcounteron this artifact.

    Death Cloud Sorcery Normal - ~$3.5

    Descent into Madness Enchantment Normal - ~$2.46

    Pox Sorcery Normal

    Smallpox Sorcery Normal - ~$2.63

    Smokestack Artifact Normal - ~$4.72

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