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"Find me cards equivalent to: The Book of Vile Darkness"

Equivalent cards to The Book of Vile Darkness (Legendary Black Artifact with Zombie/token/life loss interaction):
1. God-Pharaoh's Gift – Artifact, creates 4/4 Zombie tokens from your graveyard.
2. Tamiyo's Journal – Legendary Artifact, not black, but generates value with tokens/clues.
3. Desecrated Tomb – Artifact, black synergy, makes 1/1 Bats on graveyard triggers.
4. Graveyard Marshal – Black creature, creates 2/2 Zombie tokens by exiling cards.
5. Endless Ranks of the Dead – Black enchantment, multiplies Zombie tokens.


Reason: True 'Legendary Artifact — Book, B' and unique Vecna synergy is only on The Book of Vile Darkness, but above cards are black, artifact/enchantment, and make Zombie tokens leveraging life/graveyard synergy. No strict equivalents exist; closest in color and function are listed.

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Desecrated Tomb

Endless Ranks of the Dead

God-Pharaoh's Gift

Graveyard Marshal

Tamiyo's Journal

The Book of Vile Darkness

Desecrated Tomb #230 Artifact

Variations: v1 v2
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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 3
Power/Toughness: /
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  • Artifact
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    Normal
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    Bat

    Rules

  • You create one Bat token each time Desecrated Tomb’s ability triggers, no matter how many cards left your graveyard.

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    Tcgplayer 1.66 USD
    Manapool 1.1 USD
    Cardkingdom 2.79 USD
    Cardmarket 0.73 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Whenever one or more creature cards leave your graveyard, create a 1/1 black Bat creature token with flying.

    Endless Ranks of the Dead #97 Enchantment

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Enchantment
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    Normal
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    Zombie

    Rules

  • If you control fewer than two Zombies, you won't get any tokens.
  • The number of Zombies you control is counted when the ability resolves. If you control multiple Endless Ranks of the Dead, the tokens you get when the first ability resolves will count for the subsequent abilities (if the tokens are still under your control at that time).

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    Cardkingdom 2.49 USD
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    Legalities

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

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    At the beginning of your upkeep, create X 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens, where X is half the number of Zombies you control, rounded down.

    God-Pharaoh's Gift #272 Artifact

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 7
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    Copy

    Rules

  • If the card copied by the token had any "when [this permanent] enters the battlefield" abilities, then the token also has those abilities and will trigger them when it's created. Similarly, any "as [this permanent] enters the battlefield" or "[this permanent] enters the battlefield with" abilities that the token has copied will also work.
  • The ability of God-Pharaoh's Gift doesn't target the creature card you'll exile. You choose one as the ability resolves. No player may take actions between the time you choose a creature card to exile and the time you create the token.
  • The token copies exactly what was printed on the original card and nothing else, except the characteristics it specifically modifies. It doesn't copy any information about the object the card was before it was put into your graveyard.
  • The token is a Zombie instead of its other types (unlike Zombies created by an eternalize ability) and is black instead of its other colors. Its power and toughness are 4/4. These are copiable values of the token that other effects may copy.
  • Unlike the tokens created by an eternalize ability, this token has the mana cost and thus mana value of the card it's copying.

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

    Text

    At the beginning of combat on your turn, you may exile a creature card from your graveyard. If you do, create a token that's a copy of that card, except it's a 4/4 black Zombie. It gains haste until end of turn.

    Graveyard Marshal #99s Creature — Zombie Soldier

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: 3/2
    Types:
  • Creature
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  • Zombie
  • Soldier
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    Normal
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    Zombie

    Rules

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    Cardmarket 0.57 EUR
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    Legalities

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

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    , Exile a creature card from your graveyard: Create a tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature token.

    Tamiyo's Journal #265†b Legendary Artifact — Book

    Variations: v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6
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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 5
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    Types:
  • Artifact
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  • Book
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    Normal
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    Clue

    Abilities/Keywords

    Investigate

    Rules

  • Clue is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some cards with other permanent types, it's never a creature type, a land type, or anything but an artifact type.
  • If an effect refers to a Clue, it means any Clue artifact, not just a Clue artifact token. For example, you can sacrifice Wrench to pay for Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth's activated ability.
  • You can't sacrifice a Clue to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Clue token to activate its own ability and also to activate Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth's ability.

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    Legalities

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

    Text

    At the beginning of your upkeep, investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ",Sacrificethis token: Draw a card.") ,Sacrificethree Clues: Search your library for a card, put that card into your hand, thenshuffle

    The Book of Vile Darkness #91p Legendary Artifact — Book

    Variations: v1 v2 v3
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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Artifact
    • SubTypes:
  • Book
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    Normal
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    Zombie Vecna

    Rules

  • In some strange cases, you might make something into a copy of the Eye and/or Hand of Vecna and then exile that copy to activate The Book of Vile Darkness's ability. The ability that creates Vecna will look at the cards in exile, not the permanents on the battlefield, so it's possible to have Vecna gain different triggered abilities.
  • In the vast majority of cases, Vecna will gain the triggered ability printed on Hand of Vecna and the two triggered abilities printed on Eye of Vecna.
  • The Book of Vile Darkness has received an update to its Oracle text. Specifically, the triggered abilities that Vecna gains are part of its copiable values. This means any enters-the-battlefield triggered abilities it gains (such as the one from Eye of Vecna) will trigger.

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    Legalities

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

    Text

    At the beginning of your end step, if you lost 2 or more life this turn, create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. , Exile The Book of Vile Darkness and artifacts you control named Eye of Vecna and Hand of Vecna: Create Vecna, a legendary 8/8 black Zombie God creature token with indestructible and all triggered abilities of the exiled cards.