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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Dire Tactics

Equivalent cards (in black and white) to Dire Tactics (exile target creature, with conditional downside):
1. Anguished Unmaking – Exiles any nonland permanent, but you lose 3 life.
2. Despark – Exiles a permanent with mana value 4 or greater.
3. Fateful Absence – Destroys (not exiles) a creature or planeswalker, opponent gets a Clue.
4. Utter End – Exiles any nonland permanent.
5. Vindicate – Destroys (not exiles) any permanent.


Reason: All these cards provide removal in black and white with minor downsides or restrictions, similar to Dire Tactics. None exile a creature quite as efficiently, but these are the closest in color and effect.

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Anguished Unmaking #242 Instant

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 3
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    Rules

  • If the target nonland permanent is an illegal target as Anguished Unmaking tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't lose 3 life.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 1.87 USD / 6.16 USD
    Cardmarket 1.92 EUR / 4.56 EUR
    Cardsphere 1.86 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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    Exile target nonland permanent. You lose 3 life.

    Despark #122 Instant

    Variations: v1 v2

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 2
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  • If a permanent has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.

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    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 2.06 USD 3.9 USD 3.25 USD
    Cardmarket 3.3 EUR / 4.44 EUR
    Cardkingdom 3.49 USD 7.99 USD 3.99 USD
    Cardsphere 1.92 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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    Exile target permanent with mana value 4 or greater.

    Dire Tactics #183 Instant

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 2
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  • Use the exiled creature’s toughness as it last existed on the battlefield to determine how much life you lose.
  • Whether you control a Human is checked only after exiling the target creature. If that creature had exiled a Human you controlled until that creature left the battlefield, that Human will return to the battlefield in time to be counted.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.15 USD / 0.41 USD
    Cardmarket 0.16 EUR / 0.45 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.49 USD / 0.79 USD
    Cardsphere 0.23 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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    Exile target creature. If you don't control a Human, you lose life equal to that creature's toughness.

    Fateful Absence #93902 Instant

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    Clue

    Abilities/Keywords

    Investigate

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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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    Destroy target creature or planeswalker. Its controller investigates. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ",Sacrificethis token: Draw a card.")

    Utter End #210s Instant

    Variations: v1 v2 v3

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
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    • Prices

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    Tcgplayer 2.1 USD
    Cardmarket 1 EUR / 0.85 EUR
    Cardkingdom 2.49 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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    Exile target nonland permanent.

    Vindicate #9 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
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    • Prices

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    Cardkingdom 11.99 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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    Destroy target permanent.

    Anguished Unmaking Instant Normal - ~$3.27

    Despark Instant Normal - ~$3.82

    Dire Tactics Instant Normal - ~$0.38

    Fateful Absence Instant Normal

    Utter End Instant Normal - ~$1.61

    Vindicate Sorcery Normal - ~$11.99

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