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"Find me cards equivalent to: Theater of Horrors"

Cards similar to Theater of Horrors (Enchantment, Black/Red, exiles cards for later play if opponent lost life):
1. Outpost Siege (Red) – Exiles a card each upkeep, lets you play it that turn.
2. Chandra, Torch of Defiance (Red, planeswalker, not enchantment, but similar effect: exile to play).
3. Light Up the Stage (Red, sorcery, exile/play mechanics based on opponent losing life).
4. Future Sight (Blue, Enchantment, shows/play top card, but off-color).
5. Stolen Strategy (Red, exile/play opponents' cards).
6. Vance's Blasting Cannons (Red, exile/play your card each upkeep).

None are exact for all conditions, but Outpost Siege is closest. All above are red or red/black where possible.
Reason: Black/Red rarely have enchantments with both exile/damage/play-from-exile mechanics combined like Theater of Horrors.

Found Cards

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Chandra, Torch of Defiance

Future Sight

Light Up the Stage

Outpost Siege

Stolen Strategy

Theater of Horrors

Chandra, Torch of Defiance #244 Legendary Planeswalker — Chandra

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Rarity: Mythic
Converted Cost: 4
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  • Planeswalker
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  • Chandra
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    Normal
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    Chandra, Torch Of Defiance Emblem

    Rules

  • An effect that instructs you to "cast" a card doesn't allow you to play lands. If the card exiled with Chandra's first ability is a land card, you can't play it and Chandra deals 2 damage to each opponent.
  • Chandra's emblem's ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger.
  • If you cast the exiled card, you do so as part of the resolution of Chandra's ability. You can't wait to cast it later in the turn. Timing permissions based on the card's type are ignored, but other restrictions (such as "Cast [this card] only during combat") are not.
  • In a Two-Headed Giant game, Chandra's first ability causes 4 damage total to be dealt to the opposing team.
  • Loyalty abilities can't be mana abilities. Chandra's second ability uses the stack and can be countered or otherwise responded to. Like all loyalty abilities, it can be activated only once per turn, during your main phase, when the stack is empty, and only if no other loyalty abilities of the planeswalker have been activated this turn.
  • The emblem created by Chandra's last ability is colorless. The damage it deals is from a colorless source.
  • You pay the costs for the exiled card if you cast it. You may pay alternative costs such as emerge rather than the card's mana cost.

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    +1 Exile the top card of your library. You may cast that card. If you don't, Chandra deals 2 damage to each opponent.
    +1 Add .
    −3 Chandra deals 4 damage to target creature.
    −7 You get an emblem with "Whenever you cast a spell, this emblem deals 5 damage to any target."

    Future Sight #2700 Enchantment

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Enchantment
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • If the top card of your library changes while you're casting a spell, playing a land, or activating an ability (most likely because that top card is the card you're playing), the new top card won't be revealed until you finish doing so.
  • If the top card of your library is a land, you may play that land only if you have any available land plays.
  • The top card of your library isn't in your hand, so you can't suspend it, cycle it, or activate any of its abilities.
  • You must follow the normal timing permissions and restrictions for the top card of your library and pay its costs. If the card has alternative or additional costs, you may pay those. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.

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    Play with the top card of your library revealed. You may play lands and cast spells from the top of your library.

    Light Up the Stage #2528 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Sorcery
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    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Spectacle

    Rules

  • Casting an exiled card causes it to leave exile. You can't cast it multiple times.
  • If you don't play a card exiled this way, it remains in exile.
  • Light Up the Stage doesn't change when you can play the exiled cards. For example, if you exile a sorcery card, you can cast it only during your main phase when the stack is empty. If you exile a land card, you can play it only during your main phase and only if you have an available land play remaining.
  • A card's spectacle cost is the same no matter how much life your opponents lost or how many opponents lost life.
  • Damage dealt to a player causes that player to lose that much life.
  • In a multiplayer game, if an opponent loses life and later that turn leaves the game, you can cast a spell for its spectacle cost. (If a player leaves the game during their turn, that turn continues without an active player.)
  • Spectacle cares only that an opponent lost life during the turn, not that the opponent's life total is currently lower than it was. For example, if an opponent loses 1 life and then gains 2 life in the same turn, you can cast a spell for its spectacle cost that turn.
  • Spectacle doesn't change when you can cast the spell. For example, you can't cast a sorcery with spectacle during an opponent's turn unless another effect allows you to do so, even if that player has lost life this turn.
  • To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as a spectacle cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

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    Cardkingdom 1.79 USD
    Manapool 0.34 USD
    Tcgplayer 1.15 USD
    Cardmarket 0.44 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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    Spectacle (You may cast this spell for its spectacle cost rather than its mana cost if an opponent lost life this turn.) Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.

    Outpost Siege #110★ Enchantment

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Enchantment
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • Each Siege will have one of the two listed abilities, depending on your choice as it enters the battlefield.
  • Each of the last two abilities is linked to the first ability. They each refer only to the choice made as a result of the first ability. If a permanent enters the battlefield as a copy of one of the Sieges, its controller will make a new choice for that Siege. Which ability the copy has won't depend on the choice made for the original permanent.
  • If a noncreature card is manifested and then leaves the battlefield while face down, the "Dragons" ability will trigger.
  • If you exile a land card using the "Khans" ability, you may play that land only if you have any available land plays. Normally, this means you can play the land only if you haven't played a land yet that turn.
  • The card exiled by the "Khans" ability is exiled face up. Playing a card exiled with the "Khans" ability follows the normal rules for playing the card. You must pay its costs, and you must follow all applicable timing rules. For example, if it's a creature card, you can cast it only during your main phase while the stack is empty.
  • The words "Khans" and "Dragons" are anchor words, connecting your choice to the appropriate ability. Anchor words are a new rules concept. "[Anchor word] — [Ability]" means "As long as you chose [anchor word] as this permanent entered the battlefield, this permanent has [ability]." Notably, the anchor word "Dragons" has no connection to the creature type Dragon.

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    Cardmarket 0.26 EUR / 1.98 EUR
    Manapool 2.6 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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    As this enchantment enters, choose Khans or Dragons. • Khans — At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of your library. Until end of turn, you may play that card. • Dragons — Whenever a creature you control leaves the battlefield, this enchantment deals 1 damage to any target.

    Stolen Strategy #467 Enchantment

    Variations: v1 v2 v3 v4
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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Enchantment
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • Casting an exiled card causes it to leave exile. You can't cast it multiple times.
  • If you don't cast the exiled cards, they remain exiled. They can't be cast on later turns.
  • Stolen Strategy doesn't change when you can cast the exiled card. For example, if you exile a sorcery card, you can cast it only during your main phase when the stack is empty.

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    Tcgplayer 0.56 USD / 0.68 USD
    Manapool / 0.46 USD 0.52 USD
    Cardkingdom 1.79 USD / 1.49 USD
    Cardmarket 0.38 EUR / 0.56 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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    At the beginning of your upkeep, exile the top card of each opponent's library. Until end of turn, you may cast spells from among those exiled cards, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast those spells.

    Theater of Horrors #250 Enchantment

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Enchantment
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • Casting an exiled card causes it to leave exile. You can't cast it multiple times.
  • Damage dealt to a player causes that player to lose that much life.
  • In a multiplayer game, if an opponent loses life during your turn and then leaves the game, you can play cards exiled with Theater of Horrors.
  • Theater of Horrors doesn't change when you can play the exiled cards during your turn. For example, if you exile a sorcery card, you can cast it only during your main phase when the stack is empty. If you exile a land card, you can play it only during your main phase and only if you have an available land play remaining.

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    Cardkingdom 0.49 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.13 USD
    Cardmarket 0.21 EUR

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander 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, exile the top card of your library. During your turn, if an opponent lost life this turn, you may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled with this enchantment. : This enchantment deals 1 damage to target opponent or planeswalker.