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"Find me cards equivalent to: Tainted Aether"

Equivalent cards to Tainted Aether (Black) that tax or punish creature plays:
1. Oppression – Makes players discard when they play spells.
2. Painful Quandary – Punishes opponents for casting spells.
3. Pox – Forces sacrifice of creatures, lands, and discards.
4. Grave Pact – Each time you lose a creature, others do too.
5. Dictate of Erebos – Same as Grave Pact, but as a flash enchantment.

All create board control or punishment like Tainted Aether.

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Dictate of Erebos

Grave Pact

Oppression

Painful Quandary

Pox

Tainted Aether

Dictate of Erebos #2204 Enchantment

Variations: v1 v2
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flash

    Rules

  • If multiple creatures you control die at the same time, Dictate of Erebos's triggered ability will trigger that many times.
  • If you and an opponent each control a Dictate of Erebos and a creature dies, a chain reaction happens. First the ability of one player's Dictate of Erebos will trigger, causing each opponent to sacrifice a creature. That sacrifice causes the ability of the other player's Dictate of Erebos to trigger, and so on.
  • If you control more than one Dictate of Erebos and a creature you control dies, each of the triggered abilities will trigger. Each opponent will sacrifice a creature each time one of those abilities resolves.
  • None of the opponents are targeted. An opponent with hexproof would still sacrifice a creature.
  • When the triggered ability resolves, first the player whose turn it is (if that player is an opponent) chooses which creature they will sacrifice, then each other opponent in turn order does the same, then all chosen creatures are sacrificed at the same time.

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    Cardkingdom 18.99 USD / 20.99 USD
    Cardmarket 11.75 EUR / 12.32 EUR
    Tcgplayer 12.6 USD
    Manapool 15.63 USD / 19.65 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Flash Whenever a creature you control dies, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice.

    Grave Pact #60 Enchantment

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    Rules

  • If multiple creatures you control die at the same time, Grave Pact's ability will trigger that many times.
  • If two players each control a Grave Pact and a creature controlled by one of those players dies, a chain reaction happens. First the ability of that player's Grave Pact will trigger, causing each other player to sacrifice a creature. That sacrifice causes the ability of the other player's Grave Pact to trigger, and so on.
  • If you control more than one Grave Pact and a creature you control dies, each of the triggered abilities will trigger. Each other player will sacrifice a creature each time one of those abilities resolves.
  • In a Two-Headed Giant game, when a creature you control dies, Grave Pact's triggered ability will cause each other player, including your teammate, to sacrifice a creature. Grave Pact's ability won't trigger when a creature your teammate controls dies.
  • None of the players are targeted. A player with hexproof would still sacrifice a creature.
  • When the triggered ability resolves, first the player whose turn it is (if it isn't your turn) chooses which creature they will sacrifice, then each other player in turn order does the same, then all chosen creatures are sacrificed at the same time.

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    Cardkingdom 37.99 USD
    Cardmarket 16.74 EUR
    Tcgplayer 21.92 USD
    Manapool 33.12 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 creature you control dies, each other player sacrifices a creature of their choice.

    Oppression #143 Enchantment

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    Cardkingdom 6.99 USD
    Tcgplayer 4.48 USD
    Manapool 2.59 USD
    Cardmarket 3.96 EUR

    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 player casts a spell, that player discards a card.

    Painful Quandary #73 Enchantment

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    Converted Cost: 5
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  • Whenever an opponent casts a spell, Painful Quandary's ability triggers and goes on the stack on top of it. It will resolve before the spell does.
  • Whenever an opponent casts a spell, Painful Quandary's ability triggers and goes on the stack on top of it. It will resolve before the spell does.

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    Tcgplayer / 12.65 USD 2.35 USD
    Cardkingdom / 5.99 USD 3.49 USD
    Manapool 1.27 USD / 6.23 USD
    Cardmarket 1.08 EUR / 6.36 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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    Whenever an opponent casts a spell, that player loses 5 life unless theydiscarda card.

    Pox #63 Sorcery

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    Converted Cost: 3
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    Rules

  • Each part of Pox's effect is processed separately. For each part, first the player whose turn it is makes all necessary choices (such as which cards to discard), then each other player in turn order chooses, then the actions happen at the same time. Then Pox's effect moves to the next stage.
  • The losses, discards, and sacrifices are rounded up. For example, if you have 5 life, you'll lose 2 life, leaving you at 3 life. (Five divided by three is one and two-thirds. Rounding that up to the nearest whole number gives you two.)
  • The number you need to lose, discard, or sacrifice isn't calculated until it's time to perform that part of the effect. For example, if your opponent casts Pox and you discard Dodecapod as part of Pox's discard effect, Dodecapod will be put onto the battlefield instead of into your graveyard. Then, when determining how many creatures you need to sacrifice, the Dodecapod is taken into account.

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    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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    Each player loses a third of their life, then discards a third of the cards in their hand, then sacrifices a third of the creatures they control of their choice, then sacrifices a third of the lands they control of their choice. Round up each time.

    Tainted Aether #167★ Enchantment

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
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    Rules

  • If more than one of these is on the battlefield, the controller sacrifices a creature for each one of these.
  • If the controller has no other lands or creatures on the battlefield, they must sacrifice the creature that just entered.
  • If the creature changes controllers before this ability resolves, its new controller has to sacrifice something.
  • Tainted Aether's controller is the one that controls its triggered ability, but the controller of the creature that entered chooses what creature they sacrifice during resolution.

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    Tcgplayer / 55.11 USD 7.45 USD
    Manapool 84.62 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 a creature enters, its controller sacrifices a creature or land of their choice.