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"Find me cards equivalent to: Persistent Constrictor"

Equivalent cards (mono-black, similar mechanics, life drain and/or persist/recursion):
1. Murderous Redcap — Persist, deals damage on ETB.
2. Liliana's Shade — ETB drains life (variation).
3. Pontiff of Blight — Gives creatures extort (life drain).
4. Tymaret, the Murder King — Recursion from graveyard.
5. Dreadhorde Invasion (not a creature, but mono-black, recurring -1/-1 counters and life loss trigger).
6. Searched card: Persistent Constrictor


Reason: Closest matches in mono-black that fit life loss/drain, recurring, or persist effects. No exact Zombie Snake with both effects, but these have strong similarities.

Found Cards

6 Results

Dreadhorde Invasion

Liliana's Shade

Murderous Redcap

Persistent Constrictor

Pontiff of Blight

Tymaret, the Murder King

Dreadhorde Invasion #86 Enchantment

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 2
Power/Toughness: /
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  • Enchantment
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Tokens:
    Zombie Army

    Abilities/Keywords

    Amass

    Rules

  • If the token's power changes later in the turn after it has attacked, including while Dreadhorde Invasion's second ability is on the stack, it won't cause the token to gain or lose lifelink.
  • The power of the Zombie token is checked only immediately after it attacks. Any other abilities that trigger when creatures you control attack won't have resolved yet.
  • Amass Orcs works the same way, except you create a 0/0 black Orc Army creature token if you don't control an Army. If the Army creature you chose isn't already an Orc, it becomes an Orc in addition to its other types. By combining cards with amass Orcs and amass Zombies, you can end up with an Orc Zombie Army.
  • Amass abilities are now written as "amass [subtype] N." Previous cards with amass have received errata to say "amass Zombies N."
  • If you don't control an Army, the Zombie Army token you create enters the battlefield as a 0/0 creature before receiving counters. Any abilities that trigger when a creature with a certain power enters the battlefield, such as that of Mentor of the Meek, will see the token enter as a 0/0 creature before it gets +1/+1 counters.
  • In the rare case that you control multiple Army creatures (perhaps because you played a creature with changeling) while you amass Zombies, you choose which of your Army creatures to put the +1/+1 counters on. If that creature isn't a Zombie, it becomes a Zombie in addition to its other types.
  • Some cards refer to the "amassed Army." That means the Army creature you chose to receive counters, even if no counters were placed on it for some reason.
  • Some cards that cause you to amass Zombies also provide bonuses to "Zombie tokens." These affect any token that happens to be a Zombie, not just a Zombie Army you've amassed.
  • To amass Zombies N, if you don't control an Army creature, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token. Then you choose an Army creature you control and put N +1/+1 counters on it. If that Army isn't already a Zombie, it becomes a Zombie in addition to its other types.

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    Legalities

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    Text

    At the beginning of your upkeep, you lose 1 life and amass Zombies 1. (Put a +1/+1counteron an Army you control. It's also a Zombie. If you don't control an Army, create a 0/0 black Zombie Army creature token first.) Whenever a Zombie token you control with power 6 or greater attacks, it gains lifelink until end of turn.

    Liliana's Shade #98 Creature — Shade

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 1/1
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Shade
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    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Rules

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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

    Text

    When this creature enters, you may search your library for a Swamp card, reveal it, put it into your hand, thenshuffle : This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.

    Murderous Redcap #217 Creature — Goblin Assassin

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    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 2/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Goblin
  • Assassin
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Persist

    Rules

  • Murderous Redcap’s power is checked at the time the ability resolves. If it’s left the battlefield by then, its last known information is used.
  • If a creature with persist stops being a creature, persist will still work.
  • 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’s existence just before it leaves the battlefield, and it still has all those counters on it at that point.
  • If a permanent has multiple instances of persist, they’ll each trigger separately, but the redundant instances will have no effect. If one instance returns the card to the battlefield, the next to resolve will do nothing.
  • If a token with no -1/-1 counters on it has persist, the ability will trigger when the token is put into the graveyard. However, the token will cease to exist and can’t return to the battlefield.
  • If multiple creatures with persist are put into the graveyard at the same time (due to combat damage or a spell that destroys all creatures, for example), the active player (the player whose turn it is) puts all of their persist triggers on the stack in any order, then each other player in turn order does the same. The last trigger put on the stack is the first one that resolves. That means that in a two-player game, the nonactive player’s persist creatures will return to the battlefield first, then the active player’s persist creatures do the same. The creatures return to the battlefield one at a time.
  • The persist ability triggers when the permanent is put into a graveyard. Its last known information (that is, how the creature last existed on the battlefield) is used to determine whether it had a -1/-1 counter on it.
  • When a permanent with persist returns to the battlefield, it’s a new object with no memory of or connection to its previous existence.

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    Legalities

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    Text

    When this creature enters, it deals damage equal to its power to any target. 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.)

    Persistent Constrictor #52 Creature — Zombie Snake

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: 5/3
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Zombie
  • Snake
    • 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 counters on it. A creature'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.
  • If the target creature is an illegal target as Persistent Constrictor's first ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. No player will lose life.
  • 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.

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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

    Text

    At the beginning of each opponent's upkeep, they lose 1 life and you put a -1/-1counteron up to one target creature they control. 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.)

    Pontiff of Blight #848 Creature — Zombie Cleric

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    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 6
    Power/Toughness: 2/7
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Zombie
  • Cleric
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Extort

    Rules

  • The amount of life you gain from extort is based on the total amount of life lost, not necessarily the number of opponents you have. For example, if your opponent's life total can't change (perhaps because that player controls Platinum Emperion), you won't gain any life.
  • The extort ability doesn't target any player.
  • The extort ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. The ability resolves even if that spell is countered.
  • You may pay {W/B} a maximum of one time for each extort triggered ability. You decide whether to pay when the ability resolves.

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    Legalities

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    Text

    Extort (Whenever you cast a spell, you may pay . If you do, each opponent loses 1 life and you gain that much life.) Other creatures you control have extort. (If a creature has multiple instances of extort, each triggers separately.)

    Tymaret, the Murder King #207 Legendary Creature — Zombie Warrior

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    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: 2/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Zombie
  • Warrior
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • Tymaret's last ability can be activated only if Tymaret is in your graveyard. Notably, Tymaret can't be sacrificed to return itself.

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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

    Text

    ,Sacrificeanother creature: Tymaret deals 2 damage to target player or planeswalker. ,Sacrificea creature: Return this card from your graveyard to your hand.