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"Find me cards equivalent to: Lesser Masticore"

Equivalent cards to Lesser Masticore (colorless, artifact creature, discard or damage ability, persist or similar recursion):
1. Masticore — Colorless, artifact creature, discard a card at upkeep, can deal 1 damage to a creature.
2. Molten-Tail Masticore — Colorless, artifact creature, exile a creature from graveyard for 4 damage, discard on upkeep.
3. Magistrate’s Scepter (Not a creature, but colorless artifact with persistent recursion synergies.)
4. Steel Hellkite — Colorless artifact creature, repeatable removal effect (but not discard or persist).


Reason: Very few artifact creatures offer both a discard cost and recursion like Persist, but older Masticore variants are the closest. Lesser Masticore itself is fairly unique.

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Lesser Masticore

Masticore

Molten-Tail Masticore

Steel Hellkite

Lesser Masticore #225 Artifact Creature — Masticore

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Rarity: Uncommon
Converted Cost: 2
Power/Toughness: 2/2
Types:
  • Artifact
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Masticore
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Persist

    Rules

  • If a card with persist is removed from the graveyard after it dies but before the ability trigger resolves, it won't be returned to the battlefield.
  • If a creature has +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters on it, state-based actions remove the same number of each so that it has only one kind of those of counters on it. Lesser Masticore's persist ability can bring it back again if its -1/-1 counters are removed this way.
  • If a creature with persist that has +1/+1 counters on it receives enough -1/-1 counters to cause it to be destroyed by lethal damage or put into its owner's graveyard for having 0 or less toughness, persist won't trigger and the card won't return to the battlefield. That's because persist checks the creature as it last existed on the battlefield, and it still had -1/-1 counters on it at that point.
  • Once persist returns the creature, it's considered a new object with no relation to the object that it was. Auras that were attached to it won't return to the battlefield. Equipment that was attached to it will remain unattached. Any counters that were on it won't be put on the new creature.
  • You must discard exactly one card to cast Lesser Masticore; you can't cast it without discarding a card, and you can't discard additional cards. If Lesser Masticore enters the battlefield without being cast (perhaps because of its persist ability) you don't discard a card.

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    Cardmarket / 1.88 EUR 0.26 EUR
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 3 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.79 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.35 USD / 7.07 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    As an additional cost to cast this spell,discarda card. : This creature deals 1 damage to target creature. Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1counteron it.)

    Masticore #275 Artifact Creature — Masticore

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 4/4
    Types:
  • Artifact
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Masticore
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    Layout:
    Normal
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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

    Text

    At the beginning of your upkeep,sacrificethis creature unless youdiscarda card. : This creature deals 1 damage to target creature. : Regenerate this creature.

    Molten-Tail Masticore #177 Artifact Creature — Masticore

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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 4/4
    Types:
  • Artifact
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Masticore
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

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    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardmarket 0.45 EUR / 0.49 EUR
    Cardkingdom / 1.99 USD 0.99 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.37 USD / 0.89 USD
    Manapool 0.27 USD / 0.72 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,sacrificethis creature unless youdiscarda card. , Exile a creature card from your graveyard: This creature deals 4 damage to any target. : Regenerate this creature.

    Steel Hellkite #327 Artifact Creature — Dragon

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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 6
    Power/Toughness: 5/5
    Types:
  • Artifact
  • Creature
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  • Dragon
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying

    Rules

  • If Steel Hellkite's third ability is activated with X equal to 0, it will destroy each nonland permanent with mana value 0 the appropriate players control.
  • If a nonland permanent has no mana symbols in its upper right corner (because it's a token that's not copying something else, for example), its mana value is 0.
  • If a permanent is copying something else, its mana value is the mana value of whatever it's copying.
  • If the mana cost of a permanent includes {X}, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.
  • In all cases, ignore any alternative costs or additional costs (such as kicker) paid when the permanent was cast.
  • It doesn't matter who controlled those permanents at the time Steel Hellkite dealt combat damage, or if those permanents were even on the battlefield at that time.
  • Steel Hellkite's last ability destroys only nonland permanents whose mana value is exactly equal to X, and only those controlled by players who have been dealt combat damage by Steel Hellkite this turn.
  • The mana value of a permanent is determined solely by the mana symbols printed in its upper right corner, unless it's copying something else (see below). The mana value is the total amount of mana in that cost, regardless of color. For example, a card with mana cost {3}{U}{U} has mana value 5.
  • You may activate the last ability even if Steel Hellkite hasn't dealt combat damage to any players that turn. If you do, the ability won't do anything.

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    Cardmarket 0.19 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.69 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.3 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 : This creature gets +1/+0 until end of turn. :Destroyeach nonland permanent with mana value X whose controller was dealt combat damage by this creature this turn. Activate only once each turn.