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"Find me cards equivalent to: Risky Research"

Equivalent cards in black (B), sorcery, that surveil and/or draw cards with life loss:
1. Risky Research (your card)
2. Night's Whisper – Sorcery, draw two cards, lose 2 life.
3. Read the Bones – Sorcery, scry 2, draw two cards, lose 2 life.
4. Sign in Blood – Sorcery, draw two cards, lose 2 life.
5. Painful Truths – Sorcery, converge – draw X cards, lose X life.


Reason: These are all black sorceries that draw cards with a life loss component and/or scry/surveil-like effects.

Found Cards

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Night's Whisper

Painful Truths

Read the Bones

Risky Research

Sign in Blood

Night's Whisper #158 Sorcery

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Rarity: Common
Converted Cost: 2
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    Cardkingdom 0.59 USD / 2.99 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.2 USD
    Cardmarket 0.27 EUR
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 3.45 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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    You draw two cards and lose 2 life.

    Painful Truths #82 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
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  • If a spell with a converge ability is copied, no mana was spent to cast the copy, so the number of colors of mana spent to cast the spell will be zero. The number of colors spent to cast the original spell is not copied.
  • If there are any alternative or additional costs to cast a spell with a converge ability, the mana spent to pay those costs will count. For example, if an effect makes sorcery spells cost {1} more to cast, you could pay {W}{U}{B}{R} to cast Radiant Flames and deal 4 damage to each creature.
  • If you cast a spell with converge without spending any mana to cast it (perhaps because an effect allowed you to cast it without paying its mana cost), then the number of colors spent to cast it will be zero.
  • The maximum number of colors of mana you can spend to cast a spell is five. Colorless is not a color. Note that the cost of a spell with converge may limit how many colors of mana you can spend.
  • Unless a spell or ability allows you to, you can't choose to pay more mana for a spell with a converge ability just to spend more colors of mana. Likewise, if a spell or ability reduces the amount of mana it costs you to cast a spell with converge, you can't ignore that cost reduction in order to spend more colors of mana.

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    Tcgplayer 0.33 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Converge — You draw X cards and lose X life, where X is the number of colors of mana spent to cast this spell.

    Read the Bones #7069 Sorcery

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
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    Scry

    Rules

  • Scry appears on some spells and abilities with one or more targets. If all of the spell or ability's targets are illegal when it tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't scry.
  • The loss of life is part of the spell's effect. It's not an additional cost. If Read the Bones doesn't resolve, you won't lose life.
  • When you scry, you may put all the cards you look at back on top of your library, you may put all of those cards on the bottom of your library, or you may put some of those cards on top and the rest of them on the bottom.
  • You choose how to order cards returned to your library after scrying no matter where you put them.
  • You perform the actions stated on a card in sequence. For some spells and abilities, that means you'll scry last. For others, that means you'll scry and then perform other actions.

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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

    Scry 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life. (To scry 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them on the bottom and the rest on top in any order.)

    Risky Research #52 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 3
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    Surveil

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    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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    Surveil 2, then draw two cards. You lose 2 life. (To surveil 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

    Sign in Blood #32 Sorcery

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 2
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    • Prices

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    Manapool 4.41 USD 2.26 USD 4.47 USD
    Tcgplayer 4.89 USD 3.95 USD 5.93 USD
    Cardkingdom 7.99 USD 4.99 USD 2.79 USD
    Cardmarket 4.28 EUR / 1.57 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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    Target player draws two cards and loses 2 life.