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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Magister Sphinx

Some equivalent cards to Magister Sphinx (Esper colors: Blue, Black, White) that set or adjust opponent life totals:
1. Sorcerous Spyglass – Not life related.
2. Serra Ascendant – Not equivalent.
3. Tree of Perdition – Similar function, sets opponent’s life to
13.
4. Divine Intervention – White, ends the game but doesn’t set life.
5. Phyrexian Unlife – Black/White, changes how life works, but not equivalent.

Best pick:

  • Tree of Perdition—sets life total like Magister Sphinx.


Reason: Only Tree of Perdition (Black) directly sets an opponent's life total in a way similar to Magister Sphinx (Esper). No other Esper cards do exactly this.

Results:

Divine Intervention #8 Enchantment

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 8
Power/Toughness: /
Types:
  • Enchantment
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • Divine Intervention’s third ability triggers only if its controller removes the last intervention counter from it. It doesn’t matter how that happens. For example, if you control Divine Intervention and the last intervention counter is removed as a result of a Clockspinning you control, the ability will trigger. On the other hand, if the last intervention counter is removed as a result of a Clockspinning another player controls, the ability won’t trigger (and won’t ever be able to).
  • In a multiplayer game played with the limited range of influence option, Divine Intervention won’t necessarily end the entire game when its third ability resolves. All players within range of Divine Intervention will leave the game. They’ll neither win nor lose; as far as they’re concerned, the result of the game is a draw. All other players will continue playing.
  • When Divine Intervention’s third ability resolves, the game ends immediately. The game is a draw, meaning neither player wins and neither player loses.

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    Tcgplayer 160.89 USD
    Cardmarket 106.46 EUR
    Cardsphere 166.97 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    This enchantment enters with two intervention counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove an interventioncounterfrom this enchantment. When you remove the last interventioncounterfrom this enchantment, the game is a draw.

    Magister Sphinx #247 Artifact Creature — Sphinx

    Variations: v1 v2

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    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 7
    Power/Toughness: 5/5
    Types:
  • Artifact
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Sphinx
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    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying

    Rules

  • For a player's life total to become 10, what actually happens is that the player gains or loses the appropriate amount of life. For example, if the targeted player's life total is 4 when this ability resolves, it will cause that player to gain 6 life; alternately, if the targeted player's life total is 17 when this ability resolves, it will cause that player to lose 7 life. Other cards that interact with life gain or life loss will interact with this effect accordingly.
  • This ability is not optional.
  • In a Two-Headed Giant game, this ability basically causes the team's life total to become 10, but only the targeted player is considered to have actually gained or lost life.

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    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.65 USD / 0.66 USD
    Cardmarket 0.34 EUR / 0.57 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.99 USD
    Cardsphere 0.63 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Flying When this creature enters, target player's life total becomes 10.

    Phyrexian Unlife #1213 Enchantment

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Enchantment
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    Normal
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    Tokens:
    Poison Counter

    Rules

  • If you’re at 0 or less life and Phyrexian Unlife leaves the battlefield, you’ll lose the game (unless some other effect is keeping you from losing).
  • If you’re at 0 or less life, you can’t pay any amount of life except 0.
  • Phyrexian Unlife won’t affect damage that reduces your life total from a positive number to 0 or less. For example, if you’re at 3 life and are dealt 5 damage, you’ll end up at -2 life. The next time you’re dealt damage, it will be dealt as though its source had infect.
  • You can still lose the game for other reasons, including having ten or more poison counters or drawing a card from a library with no cards in it.

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    Tcgplayer 7.96 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    You don't lose the game for having 0 or less life. As long as you have 0 or less life, all damage is dealt to you as though its source had infect. (Damage is dealt to you in the form of poison counters.)

    Serra Ascendant #1125 Creature — Human Monk

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: 1/1
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Monk
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Lifelink

    Rules

  • If Serra Ascendant is dealt damage at the same time that you gain life (most likely because it dealt combat damage to a creature blocking or blocked by it), and your life total becomes 30 or greater, apply its last effect before considering whether or not the damage dealt to it is lethal.
  • In a Two-Headed Giant game, anything that cares about your life total checks your team’s life total. Serra Ascendant gets +5/+5 and has flying as long as your team has 30 or more life.

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    Tcgplayer 32.25 USD / 39.8 USD
    Cardsphere 25.89 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) As long as you have 30 or more life, this creature gets +5/+5 and has flying.

    Sorcerous Spyglass #233s Artifact

    Variations: v1 v2

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    Color:
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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Artifact
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keyword abilities (such as equip) are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text. Triggered abilities (starting with "when," "whenever," or "at") are unaffected by the last ability of Sorcerous Spyglass.
  • An activated mana ability is one that produces mana as it resolves, not one that costs mana to activate.
  • Sorcerous Spyglass affects cards regardless of what zone they're in. This includes cards in hand, cards in the graveyard, and exiled cards.
  • You can choose any card name, even if that card doesn't normally have an activated ability. You're not limited to the names of cards you saw in the opponent's hand.
  • You can't choose the name of a token unless that token has the same name as a card.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.65 USD
    Cardmarket 0.42 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.49 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    As this artifact enters, look at an opponent's hand, then choose any card name. Activated abilities of sources with the chosen name can't be activated unless they're mana abilities.

    Tree of Perdition #109s Creature — Plant

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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 0/13
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Plant
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Defender

    Rules

  • Any toughness-modifying effects, counters, Auras, or Equipment will apply after its toughness is set to the player’s former life total. For example, say Tree of Perdition is equipped with Cultist’s Staff (which makes it 2/15) and the player’s life total is 7. After the exchange, Tree of Perdition would be a 2/9 creature (its toughness became 7, which was then modified by Cultist’s Staff) and the player’s life total would be 15.
  • If Tree of Perdition isn’t on the battlefield when the ability resolves, the exchange can’t happen and the ability will have no effect. Notably, activating the ability and giving Tree of Perdition -13/-13 in response won’t cause your opponent to lose the game.
  • When the ability resolves, Tree of Perdition’s toughness becomes the targeted opponent’s former life total and that player gains or loses an amount of life necessary so that their life total equals Tree of Perdition’s former toughness. Other effects that interact with life gain or life loss will interact with this effect accordingly.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 34.7 USD
    Cardmarket 10.5 EUR / 19.73 EUR
    Cardkingdom 47.99 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Defender : Exchange target opponent's life total with this creature's toughness.

    Divine Intervention Enchantment Normal - ~$144.77

    Magister Sphinx Artifact Creature — Sphinx Normal - ~$0.64

    Phyrexian Unlife Enchantment Normal - ~$7.96

    Serra Ascendant Creature — Human Monk Normal - ~$32.65

    Sorcerous Spyglass Artifact Normal - ~$0.52

    Tree of Perdition Creature — Plant Normal - ~$28.23

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