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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Minion of the Wastes

Some equivalent cards to Minion of the Wastes (a black creature that enters with power/toughness equal to life paid) are:

  • Lesser Masticore (but not quite equivalent, as it requires mana and cards discarded instead of life)
  • Death's Shadow (also black, but its power/toughness depend on your life total, not life paid)
  • Serra Avatar (white, power/toughness equal to your life total)
  • Moorland Haunt (not equivalent, just exiles for tokens)

Closest in black: Necropolis Regent and Hatred can make creatures huge for life, but don’t have the same effect on ETB. There aren't many exactly like it in black, but Death's Shadow is mechanically closest.


Reason: They all scale with life, like Minion of the Wastes.

Results:

Death's Shadow #40 Creature — Avatar

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 1
Power/Toughness: 13/13
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Avatar
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    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Rules

  • Death's Shadow's ability applies only while Death's Shadow is on the battlefield. In all other zones, its power and toughness are 13.
  • If your life total is negative, X is considered to be 0.
  • In a Two-Headed Giant game, your life total is your team's life total.
  • The value of X changes as you gain and lose life. It's not locked in as Death's Shadow enters the battlefield.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 13.18 USD / 10.51 USD
    Cardmarket 4.93 EUR / 5.35 EUR
    Cardkingdom 18.99 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

    This creature gets -X/-X, where X is your life total.

    Hatred #js64sb Instant

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Instant
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • The life payment is part of the cost to cast Hatred, so it is lost if this spell is countered.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 17.38 USD
    Cardmarket 11.94 EUR
    Cardkingdom 32.99 USD
    Cardsphere 15.96 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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    As an additional cost to cast this spell, pay X life. Target creature gets +X/+0 until end of turn.

    Lesser Masticore #225 Artifact Creature — Masticore

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: 2/2
    Types:
  • Artifact
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Masticore
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    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.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.27 USD / 5.84 USD
    Cardmarket 0.24 EUR / 1.63 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.39 USD / 4.49 USD
    Cardsphere 0.32 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

    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.)

    Minion of the Wastes #146 Creature — Minion

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 6
    Power/Toughness: */*
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Minion
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Trample

    Rules

  • The life is paid as Minion of the Wastes enters. If Minion of the Wastes is countered, you don't get the opportunity to pay any life.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 1.02 USD
    Cardmarket 0.57 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.69 USD
    Cardsphere 0.92 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

    Trample As this creature enters, pay any amount of life. Minion of the Wastes's power and toughness are each equal to the life paid as it entered.

    Moorland Haunt #310 Land

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 0
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Land
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    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Tokens:
    Spirit

    Rules

  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.12 USD
    Cardmarket 0.17 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.49 USD
    Cardsphere 0.11 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

    : Add . , , Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Create a 1/1 white Spirit creature token with flying.

    Necropolis Regent #132 Creature — Vampire

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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 6
    Power/Toughness: 6/5
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Vampire
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying

    Rules

  • If that creature deals combat damage to a player at the same time it's dealt lethal damage (perhaps because it has trample and was blocked), it will die before the triggered ability resolves and puts +1/+1 counters on it.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.59 USD
    Cardmarket 0.48 EUR / 0.3 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.99 USD
    Cardsphere 0.67 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

    Flying Whenever a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, put that many +1/+1 counters on it.

    Serra Avatar #45 Creature — Avatar

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 7
    Power/Toughness: */*
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Avatar
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Rules

  • If Serra Avatar is no longer in your graveyard when its triggered ability resolves, you still shuffle your library.
  • The ability that defines Serra Avatar’s power and toughness works in all zones, not only the battlefield.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 4.09 USD
    Cardmarket 1.69 EUR
    Cardkingdom 2.99 USD
    Cardsphere 3.15 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

    Serra Avatar's power and toughness are each equal to your life total. When Serra Avatar is put into a graveyard from anywhere,shuffleit into its owner's library.

    Death's Shadow Creature — Avatar Normal - ~$8.7

    Hatred Instant Normal - ~$13.56

    Lesser Masticore Artifact Creature — Masticore Normal - ~$2.98

    Minion of the Wastes Creature — Minion Normal - ~$2.83

    Moorland Haunt Land Normal - ~$2.5

    Necropolis Regent Creature — Vampire Normal - ~$2.46

    Serra Avatar Creature — Avatar Normal - ~$4.08

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