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"Find me cards equivalent to: The Balrog, Durin's Bane"

Here are equivalent cards to The Balrog, Durin's Bane with similar color identity (Black/Red), legendary status, and impactful death or combat abilities:
1. Rakdos, the Showstopper

  • Legendary Creature — Demon
  • Effect: When it enters, destroy other creatures at random.

  • Reason: Same colors, legendary demon, strong ETB/destruction effect.
    2. Ob Nixilis, Unshackled
  • Legendary Creature — Demon
  • Effect: When another creature dies, put a +1/+1 counter on Ob Nixilis.

  • Reason: Black, legendary, benefits from sacrifice/dies triggers.
    3. Kari Zev, Skyship Raider
  • Legendary Creature — Human Pirate
  • Effect: Menace, generates a token attacker.

  • Reason: Red, legendary, hard to block like The Balrog.
    4. Rakdos the Defiler
  • Legendary Creature — Demon
  • Effect: Sacrifice permanents, opponent sacrifices permanents on attack/combat damage.

  • Reason: Black/Red, legendary, tied to sacrifice theme.

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  • The Balrog, Durin's Bane

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Kari Zev, Skyship Raider

Ob Nixilis, Unshackled

Rakdos the Defiler

Rakdos, the Showstopper

The Balrog, Durin's Bane

Kari Zev, Skyship Raider #87s Legendary Creature — Human Pirate

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 2
Power/Toughness: 1/3
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Pirate
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    Normal
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    Ragavan

    Abilities/Keywords

    Menace

    Rules

  • Although Ragavan is attacking, it was never declared as an attacking creature (for the purposes of abilities that trigger whenever a creature attacks, for example).
  • The delayed triggered ability that exiles Ragavan triggers at end of combat even if Kari Zev is no longer on the battlefield.
  • You choose which opponent or opposing planeswalker Ragavan is attacking as you create the token. It doesn't have to be the same player or planeswalker Kari Zev is attacking.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Manapool 1.92 USD
    Tcgplayer 2.74 USD
    Cardmarket 1.55 EUR
    Cardkingdom 2.79 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    First strike, menace Whenever Kari Zev attacks, create Ragavan, a legendary 2/1 red Monkey creature token. Ragavan enters tapped and attacking. Exile that token at end of combat.

    Ob Nixilis, Unshackled #84 Legendary Creature — Demon

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 6
    Power/Toughness: 4/4
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Demon
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying Trample

    Rules

  • If the opponent controls no creatures when the first triggered ability resolves, that player still loses 10 life.
  • Ob Nixilis's first triggered ability won't trigger if you search an opponent's library or if an opponent searches another player's library.
  • The first triggered ability won't be put on the stack until after the spell or ability causing the opponent to search their library finishes resolving. Notably, if that spell or ability causes any other abilities to trigger (for example, if the opponent searched for a creature card and put it onto the battlefield), those abilities and Ob Nixilis's triggered ability will go on the stack together. The active player puts all of their abilities on the stack in any order, then each other player in turn order does the same. The last ability put onto the stack this way will be the first to resolve, and so on.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardkingdom 4.49 USD / 4.49 USD
    Tcgplayer 5.1 USD / 4.21 USD
    Cardmarket 1.86 EUR / 2.59 EUR
    Manapool 3.64 USD / 4.1 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, trample Whenever an opponent searches their library, that player sacrifices a creature of their choice and loses 10 life. Whenever another creature dies, put a +1/+1counteron Ob Nixilis.

    Rakdos the Defiler #129 Legendary Creature — Demon

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    Info

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 6
    Power/Toughness: 7/6
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Demon
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying Trample

    Rules

  • A permanent with the subtype Demon, including Rakdos the Defiler itself, can't be sacrificed this way.
  • To calculate the number of permanents that must be sacrificed, count the number of permanents the affected player controls that don't have the subtype Demon, then divide that number in half and round up. For example, a player who controls eleven non-Demon permanents will need to sacrifice six of them.

    • Prices

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    Tcgplayer / 16.99 USD 1.59 USD
    Cardkingdom 2.29 USD / 32.99 USD
    Manapool / 7.55 USD 1.11 USD
    Cardmarket 0.8 EUR / 17.03 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, trample Whenever Rakdos attacks,sacrificehalf the non-Demon permanents you control, rounded up. Whenever Rakdos deals combat damage to a player, that player sacrifices half the non-Demon permanents they control of their choice, rounded up.

    Rakdos, the Showstopper #205 Legendary Creature — Demon

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    Color:
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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 6
    Power/Toughness: 6/6
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Demon
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying Trample

    Rules

  • All of the creatures whose coins come up tails are destroyed at the same time.
  • Players can't take any action between the time that coins are flipped and the time creatures are destroyed. For example, if they wish to cast a spell to have a creature gain indestructible, they must do so before Rakdos's triggered ability resolves, without knowing whether that creature's coin will come up heads or tails.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 3.28 USD
    Cardkingdom 3.49 USD
    Cardmarket 1.08 EUR
    Manapool 2.28 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, trample When Rakdos enters, flip a coin for each creature that isn't a Demon, Devil, or Imp.Destroyeach creature whose coin comes up tails.

    The Balrog, Durin's Bane #646 Legendary Creature — Avatar Demon

    Variations: v1 v2 v3
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    Info

    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 7
    Power/Toughness: 7/5
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Avatar
  • Demon
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Haste

    Rules

  • The Balrog, Durin's Bane's first ability can't reduce its cost to less than {B}{R}.
  • The Balrog, Durin's Bane's first ability counts every permanent that was sacrificed this turn, by any player.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardkingdom / 6.99 USD 5.49 USD
    Tcgplayer 4.8 USD / 5.2 USD
    Manapool 5 USD / 5.22 USD
    Cardmarket 4.18 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    This spell costs less to cast for each permanent sacrificed this turn. Haste The Balrog can't be blocked except by legendary creatures. When The Balrog dies,destroytarget artifact or creature an opponent controls.