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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Tainted Strike

Equivalent cards to Tainted Strike (black, instant, grants infect and a bonus):
1. Phthisis — Not instant-speed or a direct infect-giver, but black and kill-based.
2. Glistening Oil — Black aura that gives infect.
3. Corrupted Resolve — Black, infect-themed, but is a counterspell.
4. Viral Drake — Black/blue, can proliferate infect, but not instant-speed.

Short reason: There’s no exact black instant that gives infect + power, but Glistening Oil is the closest in color and effect.

Results:

Corrupted Resolve #32 Instant

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Rarity: Uncommon
Converted Cost: 2
Power/Toughness: /
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  • Instant
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • A player is poisoned if that player has one or more poison counters.
  • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.27 USD / 3.8 USD
    Cardmarket 0.25 EUR / 1.47 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 4.99 USD
    Cardsphere 0.32 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

    Counter target spell if its controller is poisoned.

    Glistening Oil #62 Enchantment — Aura

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Enchantment
  • SubTypes:
  • Aura
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    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Enchant

    Rules

  • Multiple instances of infect are redundant.
  • The last ability will trigger no matter how Glistening Oil is put into the graveyard from the battlefield, not just when the enchanted creature is put into the graveyard.
  • You choose a target creature for Glistening Oil as you cast it, just as you would with any Aura. If that creature is an illegal target when Glistening Oil tries to resolve, Glistening Oil won't resolve and will be put into its owner's graveyard. It won't enter and its last ability won't trigger.
  • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 4.83 USD / 16.76 USD
    Cardmarket 4.6 EUR / 11.31 EUR
    Cardkingdom 8.99 USD / 16.99 USD
    Cardsphere 5.06 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

    Enchant creature Enchanted creature has infect. At the beginning of your upkeep, put a -1/-1counteron enchanted creature. When this Aura is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return it to its owner's hand.

    Phthisis #129 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 7
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Sorcery
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    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Suspend

    Rules

  • If the creature's power is negative, you still add its power and toughness to determine how much life is lost. If that total is negative, its controller doesn't gain or lose any life. For example, Phthisis destroying a -1/3 creature would cause a loss of 2 life. Pthisis destroying a -4/3 creature would cause no loss of life.
  • If the target creature is an illegal target by the time Phthisis tries to resolve, the spell doesn't resolve. No player loses life. If the target is legal but not destroyed (most likely because it has indestructible), its controller does lose life.
  • Cards exiled with suspend are exiled face up.
  • Due to a recent rules change to suspend, you are no longer required to cast the suspended card as the second triggered ability of suspend resolves. Instead, as the second triggered ability resolves, you may cast the card. Timing permissions based on the card's type are ignored. If you don't cast the card, it remains exiled with no time counters on it, and it's no longer suspended.
  • Exiling a card with suspend isn't casting that card. This action doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to.
  • If an effect refers to a "suspended card," that means a card that (1) has suspend, (2) is in exile, and (3) has one or more time counters on it.
  • If the card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
  • If the first triggered ability of suspend (the one that removes time counters) is countered, no time counter is removed. The ability will trigger again at the beginning of the card's owner's next upkeep.
  • If the second triggered ability is countered, the card can't be cast. It remains exiled with no time counters on it, and it's no longer suspended.
  • If the spell requires any targets, those targets are chosen when the spell is finally cast, not when it's exiled.
  • If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," such as with suspend, you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those if you want to cast the card.
  • Suspend is a keyword that represents three abilities. The first is a static ability that allows you to exile the card from your hand with the specified number of time counters (the number before the dash) on it by paying its suspend cost (listed after the dash). The second is a triggered ability that removes a time counter from the suspended card at the beginning of each of your upkeeps. The third is a triggered ability that gives you the option to cast the card when the last time counter is removed.
  • The mana value of a spell cast without paying its mana cost is determined by its mana cost, even though that cost wasn't paid.
  • When the last time counter is removed, the second triggered ability of suspend (the one that lets you cast the card) triggers. It doesn't matter why the last time counter was removed or what effect removed it.
  • You can exile a card in your hand using suspend any time you could cast that card. Consider its card type, any effects that modify when you could cast it (such as flash) and any other effects that stop you from casting it (such as from Meddling Mage's ability) to determine if and when you can do this. Whether you could actually complete all steps in casting the card is irrelevant. For example, you can exile a card with suspend that has no mana cost or that requires a target even if no legal targets are available at that time.
  • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.08 USD / 0.36 USD
    Cardmarket 0.13 EUR / 0.16 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 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

    Text

    Destroy target creature. Its controller loses life equal to its power plus its toughness. Suspend 5— (Rather than cast this card from your hand, you may pay and exile it with five time counters on it. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove a timecounter When the last is removed, you may cast it without paying its mana cost.)

    Tainted Strike #80 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Instant
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • A player who has ten or more poison counters loses the game. This is a state-based action.
  • Damage from a source with infect affects planeswalkers normally.
  • Damage from a source with infect is damage in all respects. If the source with infect also has lifelink, damage dealt by that source also causes its controller to gain that much life. Damage from a source with infect can be prevented or redirected. Abilities that trigger on damage being dealt will trigger if a source with infect deals damage, if appropriate.
  • If damage from a source with infect that would be dealt to a player is prevented, that player doesn’t get poison counters. If damage from a source with infect that would be dealt to a creature is prevented, that creature doesn’t get -1/-1 counters.
  • Infect’s effect applies to any damage, not just combat damage.
  • The -1/-1 counters remain on the creature indefinitely. They’re not removed if the creature regenerates or the turn ends.
  • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 1.67 USD / 25.75 USD
    Cardmarket 1.75 EUR / 9.01 EUR
    Cardkingdom 3.49 USD / 17.99 USD
    Cardsphere 1.81 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

    Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains infect until end of turn. (It deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.)

    Viral Drake #49 Creature — Phyrexian Drake

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 1/4
    Types:
  • Creature
  • SubTypes:
  • Phyrexian
  • Drake
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    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying Infect Proliferate

    Rules

  • An ability that triggers "Whenever you proliferate" triggers even if you chose no permanents or players while doing so.
  • If a permanent ever has both +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters on it at the same time, they're removed in pairs as a state-based action so that the permanent has only one of those kinds of counters on it.
  • If a player or permanent has more than one kind of counter on it, and you choose for it to get additional counters, it must get one of each kind of counter it already has. You can't have it get just one kind of counter it already has and not the others.
  • Players can respond to a spell or ability whose effect includes proliferating. Once that spell or ability starts to resolve, however, and its controller chooses which permanents and players will get new counters, it's too late for anyone to respond.
  • To proliferate, you can choose any permanent that has a counter, including ones controlled by opponents. You can choose any player who has a counter, including opponents. You can't choose cards in any zone other than the battlefield, even if they have counters on them.
  • You don't have to choose every permanent or player that has a counter, only the ones you want to add another counter to. Since "any number" includes zero, you don't have to choose any permanents at all, and you don't have to choose any players at all.
  • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 2.45 USD / 14.94 USD
    Cardmarket 2.17 EUR / 6.21 EUR
    Cardkingdom 2.29 USD / 14.99 USD
    Cardsphere 3.38 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

    Flying Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.) : Proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each anothercounterof each kind already there.)

    Corrupted Resolve Instant Normal - ~$2.81

    Glistening Oil Enchantment — Aura Normal - ~$8.52

    Phthisis Sorcery Normal - ~$1.84

    Tainted Strike Instant Normal - ~$7.81

    Viral Drake Creature — Phyrexian Drake Normal - ~$6.31

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