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"Find me cards equivalent to: Rowan, Scion of War"

Equivalent cards to Rowan, Scion of War (type: Legendary Creature — Human Wizard, colors: Black/Red) with similar cost reduction or spell-cost-modifying effects in BR:

  • K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth — Reduces black spell costs by paying life (Mono-B, but similar effect).
  • Rakdos, Lord of Riots — Reduces cost of creature spells by damage dealt to opponents (BR).
  • Heartless Hidetsugu — Synergizes with life loss in BR, though not cost reduction.
  • Harsh Mentor — Punishes life, not cost reduction, but synergy.
  • Rowan, Scion of War — Original card.


Reason: Few cards give cost reduction explicitly tied to life lost—most are generic cost reducers or damage-based like Rakdos, Lord of Riots. If you want Wizards, Rakdos, Lord of Riots is closest in color and function.

Found Cards

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Harsh Mentor

Heartless Hidetsugu

K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth

Rakdos, Lord of Riots

Rowan, Scion of War

Harsh Mentor #135s Creature — Human Cleric

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 2
Power/Toughness: 2/2
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Cleric
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keyword abilities (such as equip) are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text. An activated mana ability is one that produces mana as it resolves, not one that costs mana to activate. Notably, exerting a creature isn't an activated ability.
  • Harsh Mentor's ability doesn't trigger when an opponent activates an ability of a card in hand (such as cycling) or a card in a graveyard (such as embalm), even if that causes a card to be put onto the battlefield.
  • Harsh Mentor's ability resolves before the ability that caused it to trigger.

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    Cardkingdom 5.99 USD
    Manapool 2.67 USD
    Cardmarket 2.48 EUR
    Tcgplayer 5.27 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Whenever an opponent activates an ability of an artifact, creature, or land on the battlefield, if it isn't a mana ability, this creature deals 2 damage to that player.

    Heartless Hidetsugu #107 Legendary Creature — Ogre Shaman

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    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: 4/3
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Ogre
  • Shaman
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • No entries

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    Cardkingdom 5.49 USD / 19.99 USD
    Cardmarket / 9.27 EUR 1.19 EUR
    Tcgplayer / 16.15 USD 3.25 USD
    Manapool / 8.32 USD 2.34 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    : Heartless Hidetsugu deals damage to each player equal to half that player's life total, rounded down.

    K'rrik, Son of Yawgmoth #2 Legendary Creature — Phyrexian Horror Minion

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    Info

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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 7
    Power/Toughness: 2/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Phyrexian
  • Horror
  • Minion
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    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Lifelink

    Rules

  • If a cost contains a mana symbol that may be paid in multiple ways, such as {B/R}, {B/P}, or {2/B}, you choose how you'll pay it before you do so. If you choose to pay {B} this way, K'rrik's ability allows you to pay life rather than pay that mana.
  • K'rrik's ability doesn't modify or reduce costs you pay. It changes only how you may pay those costs.
  • K'rrik's last ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.
  • You can't pay 2 life to pay for generic mana in costs you pay, even if an effect says that you must spend black mana to pay that generic mana.
  • A Phyrexian mana symbol contributes 1 toward the mana value of a card, even if life is paid for it. Specifically, K'rrik's mana value is always 7.
  • K'rrik's ability lets you pay 2 life for {B} in any cost you pay, including the mana costs of spells, activation costs, and even costs for special actions (such as morph). Any time you pay mana, that's a cost.

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    Manapool 47.35 USD
    Tcgplayer 51.48 USD
    Cardmarket 19.25 EUR
    Cardkingdom 34.99 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    ( can be paid with either or 2 life.) Lifelink For each in a cost, you may pay 2 life rather than pay that mana. Whenever you cast a black spell, put a +1/+1counteron K'rrik.

    Rakdos, Lord of Riots #187 Legendary Creature — Demon

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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 6/6
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Demon
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying Trample

    Rules

  • Damage dealt to a player causes that player to lose that much life.
  • If an opponent lost life and subsequently lost the game, Rakdos's first ability is satisfied, and its last ability counts that loss of life.
  • If there are additional costs to cast a creature spell, such as a kicker cost or the commander tax, apply those increases before applying cost reductions.
  • Rakdos can be put onto the battlefield by another spell or ability even if no opponent has lost life that turn.
  • Rakdos's last ability can't reduce the colored mana requirement of a creature spell you cast.
  • Rakdos's last ability cares about the total life lost, not necessarily what an opponent's life total is compared to what it was at the beginning of the turn. For example, if an opponent loses 5 life and then gains 10 life in a turn, creature spells you cast will cost {5} less to cast.
  • Rakdos's last ability won't reduce the cost to cast Rakdos itself. It applies only to creature spells you cast once Rakdos is on the battlefield.

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    Manapool 0.88 USD / 4.15 USD
    Cardmarket / 6.36 EUR 1.09 EUR
    Cardkingdom 2.79 USD
    Tcgplayer 1.2 USD / 9.41 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 can't cast Rakdos unless an opponent lost life this turn. Flying, trample Creature spells you cast cost less to cast for each 1 life your opponents have lost this turn.

    Rowan, Scion of War #211p Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 4/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Wizard
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Menace

    Rules

  • Rowan's activated ability can't reduce the amount of colored mana you pay for a spell. It reduces only the generic mana component of that cost.
  • Rowan's activated ability counts the total amount of life you lost without taking into account any life you gained during that turn. For example, if you gained 3 life and lost 3 life earlier in the turn, the cost of black and/or red spells you cast this turn will be reduced by {3}.
  • Rowan's activated ability doesn't change the mana cost or mana value of any spell. It changes only the total cost you pay.
  • The value of X is determined only once, at the time Rowan, Scion of War's activated ability resolves.

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    Tcgplayer 1.14 USD / 1.51 USD
    Cardkingdom / 3.49 USD 2.79 USD
    Manapool / 22.61 USD 2.41 USD
    Cardmarket 0.81 EUR / 1.35 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Menace : Spells you cast this turn that are black and/or red cost less to cast, where X is the amount of life you lost this turn. Activate only as a sorcery.