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"Find me cards equivalent to: Rowan's Grim Search"

Cards similar to Rowan's Grim Search (Black, Instant, card draw, lose life, plus extra effect):
1. Sign in Blood — Black, Sorcery, draw 2, lose 2 life (no instant speed or top deck manipulation, but common comparison).
2. Night's Whisper — Black, Sorcery, draw 2, lose 2 life.
3. Read the Bones — Black, Sorcery, scry 2, draw 2, lose 2 life (closest in effect, but sorcery).
4. Village Rites — Black, Instant, as an additional cost sacrifice a creature, draw 2 cards—no life loss, but similar in sac/draw aspect.

There are very few black instants that draw 2+ with a life loss and additional card filtering at instant speed.

Closest in function: Read the Bones (sorcery, but includes scry and life loss like Rowan’s Grim Search).

Found Cards

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Night's Whisper

Read the Bones

Rowan's Grim Search

Sign in Blood

Village Rites

Night's Whisper #81 Sorcery

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Rarity: Common
Converted Cost: 2
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  • Sorcery
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    Cardmarket 0.47 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.99 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.34 USD
    Manapool 0.18 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    You draw two cards and lose 2 life.

    Read the Bones #7069 Sorcery

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
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    Abilities/Keywords

    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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    Cardmarket 6.52 EUR
    Manapool 4.33 USD
    Cardkingdom 6.99 USD
    Tcgplayer 4.77 USD

    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.)

    Rowan's Grim Search #104 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 3
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Bargain

    Rules

  • Bargain means "As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice an artifact, enchantment, or token."
  • Bargain represents an optional additional cost. A spell cast with that additional cost paid is "bargained."
  • If you copy a bargained spell, the copy is also bargained. If a card or token enters the battlefield as a copy of a permanent that's already on the battlefield, the new permanent isn't bargained, even if the original was.
  • Some instant and sorcery spells require additional targets if they're bargained. You ignore those targeting requirements if those spells aren't bargained, and you can't bargain those spells unless you can choose the appropriate targets. On the other hand, you can bargain a permanent spell even if you won't be able to choose targets for an enters-the-battlefield ability of that permanent once the spell resolves.
  • You may sacrifice only one artifact, enchantment, or token to pay a spell's bargain cost.

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    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.15 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.12 USD / 0.24 USD
    Cardmarket 0.16 EUR / 0.5 EUR
    Cardkingdom / 0.79 USD 0.35 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Bargain (You maysacrificean artifact, enchantment, or token as you cast this spell.) If this spell was bargained, look at the top four cards of your library, then put up to two of them back on top of your library in any order and the rest into your graveyard. You draw two cards and you lose 2 life.

    Sign in Blood #32 Sorcery

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 2
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    Cardkingdom 5.49 USD 6.99 USD 4.49 USD
    Manapool 2.73 USD 3.94 USD 3.94 USD
    Tcgplayer 2.78 USD 4.14 USD 4.35 USD
    Cardmarket 1.42 EUR / 3.27 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.

    Village Rites #2248 Instant

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 1
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  • Instant
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    Rules

  • You must sacrifice exactly one creature to cast this spell; you can't cast it without sacrificing a creature, and you can't sacrifice additional creatures.

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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

    Text

    As an additional cost to cast this spell,sacrificea creature. Draw two cards.