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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Essence Anchor

Equivalent cards to Essence Anchor (black, instant, gain life for a spell's mana value):

  • Life Goes On (green, but not black; not as equivalent)
  • Sanguimancy (black, but scales with creatures, not CMC)
  • Tendrils of Corruption (black, instant, gains life, not based on spell's mana value, but lands)
  • Defile (black, instant, scales with Swamps)

Closest equivalent in black specifically is not available; Essence Anchor is unique in black for gaining life equal to a spell's mana value. Most other black cards either cost life or have different life gain triggers. None match this exact effect in black as of 2024-06.

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Defile #1793 Instant

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 1
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  • Instant
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    Normal
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  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 3.98 USD
    Cardmarket 4.11 EUR / 5.58 EUR
    Cardkingdom 6.99 USD / 5.49 USD
    Cardsphere 2.99 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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    Target creature gets -1/-1 until end of turn for each Swamp you control.

    Essence Anchor #44 Artifact

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 3
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  • Artifact
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    Zombie Druid

    Abilities/Keywords

    Surveil

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    Tcgplayer 0.07 USD / 0.2 USD
    Cardmarket 0.12 EUR / 0.25 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD
    Cardsphere 0.08 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, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.) : Create a 2/2 black Zombie Druid creature token. Activate only during your turn and only if a card left your graveyard this turn.

    Life Goes On #199 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 1
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  • Instant
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    Normal
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  • You won't gain more than 8 life if more than one creature died this turn.

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    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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    You gain 4 life. If a creature died this turn, you gain 8 life instead.

    Sanguimancy #81 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Sorcery
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    Normal
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    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.

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    Tcgplayer 0.09 USD / 0.34 USD
    Cardmarket 0.11 EUR / 0.44 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD
    Cardsphere 0.21 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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    You draw X cards and you lose X life, where X is your devotion to black. (Each in the mana costs of permanents you control counts toward your devotion to black.)

    Tendrils of Corruption #136 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Instant
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    Normal
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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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    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.22 USD / 1.87 USD
    Cardmarket 0.18 EUR / 0.79 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 1.99 USD
    Cardsphere 0.23 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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    Tendrils of Corruption deals X damage to target creature and you gain X life, where X is the number of Swamps you control.

    Defile Instant Normal - ~$4.86

    Essence Anchor Artifact Normal - ~$1.82

    Life Goes On Instant Normal

    Sanguimancy Sorcery Normal - ~$1.87

    Tendrils of Corruption Instant Normal - ~$2.23

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