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"Find me cards equivalent to: Emissary of Despair"

Equivalent cards to Emissary of Despair (black, Spirit, cares about artifacts/opponents taking damage):
1. Emissary of Despair itself
2. Emissary of Dread (similar in name, but not identical effect)
3. Gonti, Lord of Luxury (black; cares about opponents' cards but not artifacts specifically)
4. Hypnotic Specter (black, flying, punishes hand, not artifacts)
5. Disciple of Phenax (black, ETB effect, not combat damage)

No other direct equivalent matches all attributes. Emissary of Despair is unique in punishing players for artifacts via combat damage in black.

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Disciple of Phenax

Emissary of Despair

Gonti, Lord of Luxury

Hypnotic Specter

Disciple of Phenax #84 Creature — Human Cleric

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Info

Color:
Identifies:
Cost:
Rarity: Common
Converted Cost: 4
Power/Toughness: 1/3
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Cleric
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • Hybrid mana symbols, monocolored hybrid mana symbols, and Phyrexian mana symbols do count toward your devotion to their color(s).
  • If an activated ability or triggered ability has an effect that depends on your devotion to a color, you count the number of mana symbols of that color among the mana costs of permanents you control as the ability resolves. The permanent with that ability will be counted if it's still on the battlefield at that time.
  • Mana symbols in the text boxes of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.
  • Numeric mana symbols ({0}, {1}, and so on) in mana costs of permanents you control don't count toward your devotion to any color.
  • Use your devotion to black as the triggered ability resolves to determine how many cards will be revealed. If Disciple of Phenax is still on the battlefield at that time, its mana cost will count toward your devotion to black.

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    Seller Price
    Cardmarket / 0.3 EUR 0.12 EUR
    Tcgplayer 0.07 USD / 0.25 USD
    Cardkingdom / 0.49 USD 0.35 USD
    Manapool / 0.15 USD 0.15 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 this creature enters, target player reveals a number of cards from their hand equal to your devotion to black. You choose one of them. That player discards that card. (Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

    Emissary of Despair #42 Creature — Spirit

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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 2/1
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Spirit
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying

    Rules

  • No entries

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    Seller Price
    Cardkingdom / 0.99 USD 0.35 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 1.35 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.15 USD / 2.79 USD
    Cardmarket 0.14 EUR / 0.59 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Flying Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player loses 1 life for each artifact they control.

    Gonti, Lord of Luxury #1566 Legendary Creature — Aetherborn Rogue

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 2/3
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Aetherborn
  • Rogue
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Deathtouch

    Rules

  • An effect that instructs you to "cast" a card doesn't allow you to play lands.
  • Casting the card causes it to leave exile. You can't cast it multiple times.
  • Gonti doesn't change when you can cast the exiled card. For example, if you exile a creature card without flash, you can cast it only during your main phase when the stack is empty.
  • If you leave the game, the card remains exiled face down indefinitely. No player may look at it.
  • You may look at and cast that card (and spend mana as though it were mana of any type to do so) even if Gonti leaves the battlefield. If another player gains control of Gonti, that player can't look at or cast the card, and you still can.
  • You pay the costs for the exiled card if you cast it. You may pay alternative costs such as emerge rather than the card's mana cost.
  • The six types of mana are white, blue, black, red, green, and colorless. Snow mana is not a type of mana. Gonti, Lord of Luxury won't let you pay a snow cost using mana produced by a nonsnow source.

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    Tcgplayer 6.71 USD
    Manapool 5.84 USD
    Cardkingdom 3.99 USD
    Cardmarket / 3.58 EUR 3 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Deathtouch When Gonti enters, look at the top four cards of target opponent's library, exile one of them face down, then put the rest on the bottom of that library in a random order. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell.

    Hypnotic Specter #1 aka. Hippy Creature — Specter

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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 2/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Specter
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying

    Rules

  • The ability triggers even if the Specter’s damage is being redirected to an opponent. It does not trigger if damage that would have been dealt to the opponent is redirected to a nonopponent player or a creature, or if the damage is prevented.

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    Cardmarket / 11.71 EUR 10.27 EUR
    Cardkingdom 14.99 USD
    Manapool 16.41 USD
    Tcgplayer 17.96 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Flying Whenever this creature deals damage to an opponent, that player discards a card at random.