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"Find me cards equivalent to: Tainted Strike"

Equivalent cards to Tainted Strike (black instants that grant infect or similar effects) are very limited:

  • Tainted Strike itself is unique in granting infect as a black instant.
  • Closest alternatives (though not exact) in black are:
    • Grim Affliction (Instant, gives -1/-1 counter and proliferates, B)
    • Blight Mamba (creature, has infect but not instant)
    • Corrupted Resolve (counterspell if you have poisoned opponent, not infect but related)


Reason: No other black instant exactly replicates Tainted Strike’s effect. The infect keyword is rare outside green/black creatures and a few pump spells.

Found Cards

4 Results

Blight Mamba

Corrupted Resolve

Grim Affliction

Tainted Strike

Blight Mamba #112 Creature — Phyrexian Snake

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Info

Color:
Identifies:
Cost:
Rarity: Common
Converted Cost: 2
Power/Toughness: 1/1
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Phyrexian
  • Snake
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:
    Tokens:
    Poison Counter

    Abilities/Keywords

    Infect

    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
    Cardmarket / 3.26 EUR 0.42 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.59 USD
    Manapool 0.22 USD / 3.06 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.31 USD / 3.59 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Infect (This creature deals damage to creatures in the form of -1/-1 counters and to players in the form of poison counters.) : Regenerate this creature.

    Corrupted Resolve #32 Instant

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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Instant
    • SubTypes:
    Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

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

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardkingdom / 3.99 USD 0.35 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.27 USD / 3.75 USD
    Cardmarket / 1.92 EUR 0.34 EUR
    Manapool / 1.74 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

    Counter target spell if its controller is poisoned.

    Grim Affliction #63 Instant

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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Instant
    • SubTypes:
    Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Proliferate

    Rules

  • You may choose the creature you put the -1/-1 counter on to get another -1/-1 counter when proliferating.
  • 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
    Cardkingdom 0.69 USD / 7.99 USD
    Manapool / 4.31 USD 0.25 USD
    Cardmarket / 2.4 EUR 0.45 EUR
    Tcgplayer 0.3 USD / 5.15 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Put a -1/-1counteron target creature, then proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each anothercounterof each kind already there.)

    Tainted Strike #80 Instant

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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Instant
    • SubTypes:
    Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:
    Tokens:
    Poison Counter

    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
    Manapool / 19.93 USD 1.56 USD
    Tcgplayer 3.74 USD / 25 USD
    Cardkingdom / 27.99 USD 2.99 USD
    Cardmarket / 10.88 EUR 1.94 EUR

    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.)