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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Staff of the Death Magus

Equivalent cards to Staff of the Death Magus (black, lifegain from playing Swamps or casting black spells):
1. Diamond Mare – Gains you 1 life whenever you cast a spell of the chosen color, including black.
2. Marble Chalice – Not strictly black, but it provides repeatable lifegain.
3. Cabal Stronghold – Not lifegain, but a Swamp-based mana source (no direct lifegain).
4. Whip of Erebos – Gives all your creatures lifelink (utility black lifegain).
5. Filigree Familiar – Gains you 2 life when it enters, colorless but frequently used in black decks.


Reason: Variable amounts of lifegain attached to black spells, permanents, or Swamps. Diamond Mare is mechanically the closest.

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Cabal Stronghold #238s Land

Variations: v1 v2

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 0
Power/Toughness: /
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  • Land
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    Normal
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  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 24.36 USD
    Cardmarket 12.46 EUR
    Cardkingdom 29.99 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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    : Add . , : Add for each basic Swamp you control.

    Diamond Mare #231 aka. Butt Stallion Artifact Creature — Horse

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: 1/3
    Types:
  • Artifact
  • Creature
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  • Horse
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    Normal
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  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.12 USD / 1.83 USD
    Cardmarket 0.13 EUR / 0.73 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 1.99 USD
    Cardsphere 0.23 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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    As this creature enters, choose a color. Whenever you cast a spell of the chosen color, you gain 1 life.

    Filigree Familiar #53 Artifact Creature — Fox

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 2/2
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  • Artifact
  • Creature
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  • Fox
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    Layout:
    Normal
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  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.2 USD
    Cardmarket 0.06 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD
    Cardsphere 0.23 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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    When this creature enters, you gain 2 life. When this creature dies, draw a card.

    Marble Chalice #18 Artifact

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Artifact
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • The only difference between a colored artifact and a colorless artifact is, obviously, its color. Unlike most artifacts, a colored artifact requires colored mana to cast. Also unlike most artifacts, a colored artifact has a color in all zones. It will interact with cards that care about color. Other than that, a colored artifact behaves just like any other artifact. It will interact as normal with any card that cares about artifacts, such as Shatter or Arcbound Ravager.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.12 USD / 0.36 USD
    Cardmarket 0.09 EUR / 0.19 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD
    Cardsphere 0.21 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

    Text

    : You gain 1 life.

    Staff of the Death Magus #232 Artifact

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Artifact
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • Each of these artifacts cares about any land with the appropriate basic land type. For example, Staff of the Sun Magus’s ability triggers when any land with the subtype Plains enters the battlefield under your control, not just lands named Plains.
  • If you cast a copy of a card that’s a certain color, the appropriate Staff’s ability will trigger. However, if you copy a spell on the stack without casting that copy, it will not.
  • Most nonbasic lands don’t have basic land types, even if they produce colored mana. For example, Caves of Koilos is neither a Plains nor a Swamp. Having one enter the battlefield under your control won’t cause Staff of the Sun Magus’s ability to trigger.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.23 USD / 1.06 USD
    Cardmarket 0.12 EUR / 0.5 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.99 USD
    Cardsphere 0.27 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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    Whenever you cast a black spell or a Swamp you control enters, you gain 1 life.

    Whip of Erebos #110 Legendary Enchantment Artifact

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Enchantment
  • Artifact
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • At the beginning of the next end step, the creature returned to the battlefield with Whip of Erebos is exiled. This is a delayed triggered ability. If the ability is countered, the creature will stay on the battlefield and the delayed trigger won't trigger again. However, the replacement effect will still exile the creature when it eventually leaves the battlefield.
  • If a creature returned to the battlefield with Whip of Erebos would leave the battlefield for any reason, it's exiled instead. However, if that creature is already being exiled, then the replacement effect won't apply. If the spell or ability that exiles it later returns it to the battlefield (as Chained to the Rocks might, for example), the creature card will return to the battlefield as a new object with no relation to its previous existence. The effects from Whip of Erebos will no longer apply to it.
  • The exiled creature is never put into the graveyard. Any abilities the creature has that trigger when it dies won't trigger.
  • Whip of Erebos grants haste to the creature that's returned to the battlefield. However, neither of the "exile" abilities is granted to that creature. If that creature loses all its abilities, it will still be exiled at the beginning of the end step, and if it would leave the battlefield, it is still exiled instead.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 6.87 USD / 21.06 USD
    Cardmarket 5.7 EUR / 12.17 EUR
    Cardkingdom 12.99 USD / 19.99 USD
    Cardsphere 7.44 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

    Text

    Creatures you control have lifelink. , : Return target creature card from your graveyard to the battlefield. It gains haste. Exile it at the beginning of the next end step. If it would leave the battlefield, exile it instead of putting it anywhere else. Activate only as a sorcery.

    Cabal Stronghold Land Normal - ~$13.91

    Diamond Mare Artifact Creature — Horse Normal - ~$2.2

    Filigree Familiar Artifact Creature — Fox Normal - ~$2.5

    Marble Chalice Artifact Normal - ~$1.85

    Staff of the Death Magus Artifact Normal - ~$2.02

    Whip of Erebos Legendary Enchantment Artifact Normal - ~$10.29

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