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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Pain's Reward

Equivalent cards to Pain's Reward (black, bidding or life-for-reward mechanics):
1. Scheming Symmetry — Black, lets two players tutor, high-risk, high-reward.
2. Dark Confidant — Black, rewards with extra draw at the cost of life.
3. Ad Nauseam — Black, draws cards at the cost of life, but without bidding.
4. Peer into the Abyss — Black, draws cards for life.


Reason: All are black cards that convert life into card advantage or involve bidding/negotiation. No exact bid mechanic but similar risk-reward play.

Results:

Ad Nauseam #76 Instant

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 5
Power/Toughness: /
Types:
  • Instant
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    EDH Bracket Attr:
    Game Changer
    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • Each time you put the revealed card into your hand and lose the appropriate amount of life, you decide whether to continue by revealing another card. You don't decide in advance how many cards to put into your hand this way.
  • If a card in a player's library has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
  • You may continue to reveal cards with Ad Nauseam even if your life total has been reduced to 0 or less. If you continue, you will continue to lose life, dropping your life total into negative numbers. As soon as you stop, you'll lose the game as a state-based action.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 24.55 USD / 53.91 USD
    Cardmarket 9.54 EUR / 33.35 EUR
    Manapool 24.33 USD / 50.01 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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    Reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value. You may repeat this process any number of times.

    Dark Confidant #94s aka. Bob Creature — Human Wizard

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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: 2/1
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Wizard
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    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • If a card in a player's library has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
  • If a card in a player's library has {X} in its mana cost, X is 0 for the purpose of determining its mana value.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 14.19 USD
    Cardmarket 10.96 EUR

    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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    At the beginning of your upkeep, reveal the top card of your library and put that card into your hand. You lose life equal to its mana value.

    Pain's Reward #85 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Sorcery
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • A player may bid more life than they have.
  • Bidding continues until all players except the one with the current high bid have declined to top that bid.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 8.23 USD / 36.98 USD
    Cardmarket 2.84 EUR / 10.68 EUR
    Manapool 5.77 USD / 14.35 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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    Each player may bid life. You start the bidding with a bid of any number. In turn order, each player may top the high bid. The bidding ends if the high bid stands. The high bidder loses life equal to the high bid and draws four cards.

    Peer into the Abyss #2002 Sorcery

    Variations: v1 v2

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 7
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Sorcery
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    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Rules

  • The life lost is rounded up, not the remaining life total. For example, if the target player has 7 life, they lose 4 life and end up with 3. Similarly, the number of cards drawn is rounded up, not the number of cards remaining in the library.
  • To draw the cards, first the player determines how many cards to draw, then draws them. This event may be modified so that a different number of cards are actually drawn.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 4.34 USD
    Cardmarket 3.15 EUR / 3.73 EUR
    Cardkingdom 5.49 USD / 7.49 USD
    Manapool 3.64 USD / 5.25 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 player draws cards equal to half the number of cards in their library and loses half their life. Round up each time.

    Scheming Symmetry #1997 Sorcery

    Variations: v1 v2 v3

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    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Sorcery
    • SubTypes:
    Languages:
    EDH Bracket Attr:
    Tutors
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 4.74 USD
    Cardmarket 7.57 EUR / 6.88 EUR
    Cardkingdom 10.99 USD / 11.99 USD
    Manapool 5.46 USD / 12.45 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Choose two target players. Each of them searches their library for a card, then shuffles and puts that card on top.

    Ad Nauseam Instant Normal - ~$32.62

    Dark Confidant Creature — Human Wizard Normal - ~$12.58

    Pain's Reward Sorcery Normal - ~$13.14

    Peer into the Abyss Sorcery Normal - ~$4.73

    Scheming Symmetry Sorcery Normal - ~$8.58

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