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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Repay in Kind

Equivalent cards to Repay in Kind (black, life total manipulation):
1. Reverse the Sands – Sets each player’s life to a chosen amount (white card).
2. Tree of Perdition – Sets a player's life total to 13 (black).
3. Magister Sphinx – Sets target player's life to 10 (Esper, includes black).
4. Sorins Vengeance – Not exactly the same, but deals 10 to opponent, you gain 10 (black).

Closest straight equivalent within only black is Tree of Perdition—it also resets life, just to a set number rather than matching a player's life total. There’s no exact same black card, but these have similar effects.

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Magister Sphinx #247 Artifact Creature — Sphinx

Variations: v1 v2

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 7
Power/Toughness: 5/5
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  • Artifact
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Sphinx
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    Normal
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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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    Tcgplayer 0.69 USD / 0.65 USD
    Cardmarket 0.42 EUR / 0.79 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.99 USD / 0.99 USD
    Cardsphere 0.43 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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    Flying When this creature enters, target player's life total becomes 10.

    Repay in Kind #125 Sorcery

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

  • For a player’s life total to become a certain number that’s lower than their current life total, what actually happens is that the player loses the appropriate amount of life. For example, if the lowest life total in the game is 5 and another player has 12 life, Repay in Kind will cause that player to lose 7 life. Abilities that interact with life loss will interact with this effect accordingly.
  • In a Two-Headed Giant game, anything that cares about a player’s life total checks the life total of that player’s team. In addition, if an effect would cause the life total of each member of a team to become a certain number, that team chooses one of its members. On that team, only that player is affected, then the life total change is applied to the entire team. For example, if one team has 13 life and another team has 21 life, the team with the higher life total chooses one of its members and Repay in Kind causes that player to lose 8 life, thus causing that team’s life total to also be 13.

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    Tcgplayer 3.93 USD / 11.48 USD
    Cardmarket 1.84 EUR / 5.25 EUR
    Cardkingdom 6.99 USD / 10.99 USD
    Cardsphere 3.65 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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    Each player's life total becomes the lowest life total among all players.

    Reverse the Sands #75 Sorcery

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

  • You can’t split up a life total when you redistribute it. For example, suppose that in a two-player game your life total is 5 and your opponent’s life total is 15 when Reverse the Sands starts to resolve. You can choose to (a) leave the life totals as they are or (b) make your life total 15 and your opponent’s 5. You can’t choose to make your life total 20 and your opponent’s 0.
  • You choose which player gets which life total when the spell resolves.

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    Tcgplayer 0.45 USD
    Cardmarket 0.32 EUR
    Cardsphere 0.6 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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    Redistribute any number of players' life totals. (Each of those players gets one life total back.)

    Tree of Perdition #109s Creature — Plant

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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 0/13
    Types:
  • Creature
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  • Plant
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    Normal
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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.

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    Tcgplayer 33.83 USD
    Cardmarket 10.5 EUR / 21.7 EUR
    Cardkingdom 42.99 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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    Defender : Exchange target opponent's life total with this creature's toughness.

    Magister Sphinx Artifact Creature — Sphinx Normal - ~$2.16

    Repay in Kind Sorcery Normal - ~$6.08

    Reverse the Sands Sorcery Normal - ~$3

    Tree of Perdition Creature — Plant Normal - ~$27.26

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