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"Find me cards equivalent to: Starving Revenant"

Here are some black (B) creatures similar to Starving Revenant based on enter-the-battlefield triggers, surveil, or effects tied to card draw and graveyard size:
1. Nightmare Shepherd

  • Returns other nontoken creatures as 1/1 copies when they die. Graveyard-interaction creature.
    2. Tomebound Lich
  • ETB/damage: Surveil 1, then discard a card. Similar ETB filtering effect.
    3. Dread Presence
  • When Swamp enters under your control, you can draw a card and lose 1 life. Draw with life loss.
    4. Disciple of Bolas
  • ETB: Sacrifice another creature; gain life and draw cards equal to its power. Life-loss/gain bound to card draw.
    5. Syr Konrad, the Grim
  • Triggers whenever creatures die or leave graveyard, deals damage. Graveyard-size matters.

Starving Revenant remains unique in combining surveil, conditional draw/life-loss, and the descend 8 mechanic, but these are the closest black equivalents based on mechanics.

Found Cards

6 Results

Disciple of Bolas

Dread Presence

Nightmare Shepherd

Starving Revenant

Syr Konrad, the Grim

Tomebound Lich

Disciple of Bolas #178 Creature — Human Wizard

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Info

Color:
Identifies:
Cost:
Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 4
Power/Toughness: 2/1
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Wizard
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • If you control at least one other creature when the ability resolves, you must sacrifice one. If you don't control any other creatures at that time, the ability won't do anything.
  • The creature's power as it last existed on the battlefield is the amount of life you gain and the number of cards you draw.

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    Seller Price
    Manapool 0.26 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.28 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.99 USD
    Cardmarket 0.35 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    When this creature enters,sacrificeanother creature. You gain X life and draw X cards, where X is that creature's power.

    Dread Presence #96 Creature — Nightmare

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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 3/3
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Nightmare
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • A Swamp is a land with the subtype Swamp, not any land with a mana ability that produces black mana.
  • If you choose the second mode and the chosen target is an illegal target by the time Dread Presence's triggered ability tries to resolve, the ability doesn't resolve. You won't gain 2 life, and the ability won't change to the first mode.

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    Cardmarket 2 EUR / 2.99 EUR
    Manapool / 3.9 USD 2.7 USD
    Tcgplayer 2.32 USD / 4.41 USD
    Cardkingdom / 7.99 USD 5.99 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Whenever a Swamp you control enters, choose one — • You draw a card and you lose 1 life. • This creature deals 2 damage to any target and you gain 2 life.

    Nightmare Shepherd #315 Enchantment Creature — Demon

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 4/4
    Types:
  • Enchantment
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Demon
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:
    Tokens:
    Copy

    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying

    Rules

  • Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied creature will trigger when the token enters the battlefield. Any "as [this creature] enters the battlefield" or "[this creature] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the creature will also work.
  • If something becomes a copy of the token, the copy is also a 1/1 and a Nightmare.
  • If the copied creature had {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
  • If the copied creature was copying something else, then the token enters the battlefield as whatever that creature copied.
  • If the token is a copy of a creature whose power and toughness are defined by an ability (usually printed as */* or similar), the token doesn't copy the ability that defines its power and toughness. It remains a 1/1 creature.
  • The token copies exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing else (unless that creature is copying something else; see below). It doesn't copy whether that creature was tapped or untapped, whether it had any counters on it or Auras or Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that had changed its power, toughness, types, color, or so on.
  • The token copies the creature as it last existed on the battlefield before it died, not as it existed in the graveyard before it was exiled.

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    Cardkingdom 2.99 USD / 5.99 USD
    Tcgplayer / 3.24 USD 2.15 USD
    Manapool / 3.63 USD 1.92 USD
    Cardmarket / 3.04 EUR 1.28 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Flying Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, you may exile it. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it's 1/1 and it's a Nightmare in addition to its other types.

    Starving Revenant #123 Creature — Spirit Horror

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 4/4
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Spirit
  • Horror
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Surveil

    Rules

  • Cards with the ability word "descend N" have abilities that care if you have at least N permanent cards in your graveyard.
  • Except in some unusual cases, the cards you put on top of your library while surveilling will be the cards you draw.
  • For Starving Revenant's enters-the-battlefield ability, you put cards into your graveyard for surveil (if any) before drawing cards. If there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard by the time you draw cards, those draws will cause the descend 8 ability to trigger.
  • Some descend triggered abilities include intervening "if" clauses (i.e. "if you have [four or eight] permanent cards in your graveyard" in the middle of the ability). Each of these abilities checks your graveyard at the moment it would trigger to see if it does. If you don't have the required number of permanent cards in your graveyard at that time, the ability doesn't trigger at all. If it does trigger, it will check again as it tries to resolve. If you don't have the required number of permanent cards in your graveyard at that time, the ability won't resolve and none of its effects will happen.
  • When you surveil, you may put all the cards you look at back on top of your library, you may put all of those cards into your graveyard, or you may put some of those cards on top and the rest of them into your graveyard.

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    Cardmarket / 0.28 EUR 0.19 EUR
    Cardkingdom / 0.49 USD 0.49 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.19 USD / 0.38 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.26 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    When this creature enters, surveil 2. Then for each card you put on top of your library, you draw a card and you lose 3 life. Descend 8 — Whenever you draw a card, if there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard, target opponent loses 1 life and you gain 1 life.

    Syr Konrad, the Grim #1297 Legendary Creature — Human Knight

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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: 5/4
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Knight
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Mill

    Rules

  • If one or more creatures die at the same time as Syr Konrad, its first ability triggers for each of those creatures.
  • In a Two-Headed Giant game, Syr Konrad's first ability causes it to deal 1 damage twice.

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    Cardmarket 33.72 EUR / 37.16 EUR
    Manapool 48.29 USD / 49.49 USD
    Tcgplayer 37.83 USD / 52.63 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 another creature dies, or a creature card is put into a graveyard from anywhere other than the battlefield, or a creature card leaves your graveyard, Syr Konrad deals 1 damage to each opponent. : Each player mills a card. (They each put the top card of their library into their graveyard.)

    Tomebound Lich #219 Creature — Zombie Wizard

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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 1/3
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Zombie
  • Wizard
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Deathtouch Lifelink

    Rules

  • You draw a card and discard a card all while Tomebound Lich’s triggered ability is resolving. Nothing can happen between the two, and no player may choose to take actions.

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    Cardkingdom / 1.49 USD 0.35 USD
    Cardmarket 0.23 EUR / 0.79 EUR
    Tcgplayer / 0.83 USD 0.32 USD
    Manapool / 0.64 USD 0.15 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Deathtouch (Any amount of damage this deals to a creature is enough todestroyit.) Lifelink (Damage dealt by this creature also causes you to gain that much life.) Whenever this creature enters or deals combat damage to a player, draw a card, thendiscarda card.