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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Syphon Life

Equivalent cards to Syphon Life (Black, repeatable lifedrain):

  • Drain Life – Scales with mana, drains life.
  • Exsanguinate – Drains life from all opponents, not retrace but big effect.
  • Tendrils of Corruption – Single target, scales with Swamps.
  • Wrench Mind – Same retrace mechanic, but it discards instead of draining life.
  • Blightning (red/black) – Damage + discard, but not mono-black.


Reason: Focused on black cards with repeatable lifedrain or similar recursive utility. Closest retrace effects are rare in black, but these fulfill similar life drain/repeat use roles.

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Blightning #69 Sorcery

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Rarity: Common
Converted Cost: 3
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    Rules

  • The targeted player will discard two cards even if some or all of Blightning's damage is prevented or redirected.

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    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.27 USD
    Cardmarket 0.18 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD
    Cardsphere 0.33 USD

    Legalities

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

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    Blightning deals 3 damage to target player or planeswalker. That player or that planeswalker's controller discards two cards.

    Drain Life #67 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 2
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    Rules

  • Cost reducers can be used to reduce the X part of the mana cost.
  • You may gain up to the total toughness of the creature even if it was already damaged.

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    Legalities

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

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    Spend only black mana on X. Drain Life deals X damage to any target. You gain life equal to the damage dealt, but not more life than the player's life total before the damage was dealt, the planeswalker's loyalty before the damage was dealt, or the creature's toughness.

    Exsanguinate #61 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 2
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    Rules

  • Players can lose more life than they have. For example, say you're playing a multiplayer game in which one of your opponents has 3 life and your other opponent has 10 life. If you cast Exsanguinate with X of 4, your opponents will wind up at -1 life and 6 life, respectively. You'll gain 8 life.

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    Tcgplayer 0.67 USD / 8.73 USD
    Cardmarket 0.79 EUR / 4.23 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.79 USD / 4.99 USD
    Cardsphere 0.91 USD

    Legalities

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

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    Each opponent loses X life. You gain life equal to the life lost this way.

    Syphon Life #46 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 3
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Retrace

    Rules

  • A retrace card cast from your graveyard follows the normal timing rules for its card type.
  • Casting a card by using its retrace ability works just like casting any other spell, with two exceptions: You’re casting it from your graveyard rather than your hand, and you must discard a land card in addition to any other costs.
  • If the active player casts a spell that has retrace, that player may cast that card again after it resolves, before another player can remove the card from the graveyard. The active player has priority after the spell resolves, so they can immediately cast a new spell. Since casting a card with retrace from the graveyard moves that card onto the stack, no one else would have the chance to affect it while it’s still in the graveyard.
  • When a retrace card you cast from your graveyard resolves, fails to resolve, or is countered, it’s put back into your graveyard. You may use the retrace ability to cast it again.

    • Prices

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    Tcgplayer 0.27 USD / 0.71 USD
    Cardmarket 0.15 EUR / 0.56 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD
    Cardsphere 0.26 USD

    Legalities

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

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    Target player loses 2 life and you gain 2 life. Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)

    Tendrils of Corruption #136 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 4
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  • If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Tendrils of Corruption tries to resolve, the spell doesn't resolve. You don't gain X life.

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    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.2 USD / 1.68 USD
    Cardmarket 0.24 EUR / 0.63 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 2.49 USD
    Cardsphere 0.23 USD

    Legalities

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

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    Tendrils of Corruption deals X damage to target creature and you gain X life, where X is the number of Swamps you control.

    Wrench Mind #IMA-115 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 2
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    Rules

  • You can discard either one artifact card or two cards which may or may not be artifacts. If you really want to, you can discard two artifact cards.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.12 USD
    Cardmarket 0.2 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD
    Cardsphere 0.2 USD

    Legalities

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

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    Target player discards two cards unless theydiscardan artifact card.

    Blightning Sorcery Normal - ~$0.28

    Drain Life Sorcery Normal

    Exsanguinate Sorcery Normal - ~$3.02

    Syphon Life Sorcery Normal - ~$0.4

    Tendrils of Corruption Instant Normal - ~$0.83

    Wrench Mind Sorcery Normal - ~$0.22

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