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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Tyrant's Choice

Equivalent cards in black (same color) that force opponents to choose between life loss or sacrificing creatures are:

  • Death Cloud (flexible, but hits everyone)
  • Torment of Hailfire (repeatable version)
  • Capital Punishment (gives opponents a choice)
  • Delete (lesser-known, same mechanic as Tyrant's Choice)


Reason: All force difficult choices on opponents, fitting the Will of the Council/sacrifice-or-damage theme in black.

Results:

Capital Punishment #40 Sorcery

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 6
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  • Because the votes are made in turn order, each player will know the votes of players who voted beforehand.
  • Each opponent chooses an appropriate number of creatures to sacrifice in turn order, then all of those creatures are sacrificed simultaneously. After that is complete, each opponent sets aside an appropriate number of cards to discard in turn order, then all cards are revealed and discarded simultaneously.
  • If a creature with an enters-the-battlefield council’s dilemma ability leaves the battlefield before that ability resolves, players can still vote for any option that would put +1/+1 counters on that creature, even though—or perhaps especially because—those votes won’t generate an effect.
  • If an opponent controls fewer creatures or has fewer cards in hand than the number of appropriate votes, all those creatures are sacrificed or all those cards are discarded, as applicable.
  • No player votes until the spell or ability resolves. Any responses to that spell or ability must be made without knowing the outcome of the vote.
  • Players can’t do anything between voting and finishing the resolution of the spell or ability that included the vote.
  • The effects of each council’s dilemma ability happen in the stated order. First the vote occurs, then the first effect, and finally the second effect.
  • Unlike the will of the council cards from the original Conspiracy set, where a majority of votes determined what happened, each vote made for a council’s dilemma card adds to the ultimate effect.
  • You must vote for one of the available options. You can’t abstain.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 2.78 USD / 4.84 USD
    Cardmarket 2.39 EUR / 5.28 EUR
    Cardkingdom 4.99 USD / 11.99 USD
    Cardsphere 2.78 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

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    Council's dilemma — Starting with you, each player votes for death or taxes. Each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice for each death vote and discards a card for each taxes vote.

    Death Cloud #DST-40 Sorcery

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    Converted Cost: 3
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    Mass Land Denial
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    Rules

  • If you control a permanent that’s a creature and a land, and you choose to sacrifice it as you sacrifice creatures, it won’t be on the battlefield when you sacrifice lands. You can’t sacrifice it again.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 1.68 USD
    Cardmarket 1.07 EUR
    Cardkingdom 3.49 USD
    Cardsphere 1.59 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

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    Each player loses X life, discards X cards, sacrifices X creatures of their choice, then sacrifices X lands of their choice.

    Delete #686 Sorcery

    Variations: v1 v2 v3 v4

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 2
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    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 3.55 USD
    Cardkingdom 2.49 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

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    Delete deals X damage to each nonartifact creature and each player.

    Torment of Hailfire #77p Sorcery

    Variations: v1 v2

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 2
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  • Each repetition through this process is done separately. If an opponent sacrifices a creature with an ability that triggers when another creature dies, for example, it will see creatures that are sacrificed before it, but not those are sacrificed after it.
  • If X is 0, Torment of Hailfire resolves with no effect.
  • In a Two-Headed Giant game, Torment of Hailfire causes both opponents to sacrifice a nonland permanent, discard a card, or lose 3 life X times. Your opponents can choose the same torment or different ones each time.
  • In a multiplayer game, each opponent in turn order makes their choice once, then all of the actions occur simultaneously, then they repeat this process if it hasn’t been done X times yet. Opponents will know choices made by earlier opponents when making their choices, although a card chosen to be discarded this way isn’t revealed until it’s discarded.
  • State-based actions aren’t checked in between repetitions of this process, so the game state may be a little unusual while making the choice. For example, a player may sacrifice a creature and then later sacrifice an Aura that was attached to that creature.
  • While resolving Torment of Hailfire, your opponent chooses a card to be discarded without revealing it, chooses a nonland permanent to be sacrificed, or chooses to do neither. Then that player discards that card, sacrifices that permanent, or loses 3 life, then repeats this process if it hasn’t been done X times yet. Your opponent can always choose to lose 3 life, even if they have cards to discard or nonland permanents to sacrifice.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 31.2 USD / 40.14 USD
    Cardmarket 20.97 EUR / 22.91 EUR
    Cardkingdom 54.99 USD / 84.99 USD
    Cardsphere 24.22 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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    Repeat the following process X times. Each opponent loses 3 life unless that player sacrifices a nonland permanent of their choice or discards a card.

    Tyrant's Choice #143 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 2
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  • Because the votes are cast in turn order, each player will know the votes of players who voted beforehand.
  • If death gets more votes, each opponent chooses and sacrifices a creature they control. None of these creatures are targeted. An opponent could sacrifice a creature with protection from black, for example.
  • No player votes until the spell or ability resolves. Any responses to that spell or ability must be made without knowing the outcome of the vote.
  • Players can't do anything after they finish voting but before the spell or ability that included the vote finishes resolving.
  • The phrase "the vote is tied" refers only to when there is more than one choice that received the most votes. For example, if a 5-player vote from among three different choices ends 3 votes to 1 vote to 1 vote, the vote isn't tied.
  • You must vote for one of the available options. You can't abstain.

    • Prices

    Seller Price

    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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    Will of the council — Starting with you, each player votes for death or torture. If death gets more votes, each opponent sacrifices a creature of their choice. If torture gets more votes or the vote is tied, each opponent loses 4 life.

    Capital Punishment Sorcery Normal - ~$5.17

    Death Cloud Sorcery Normal - ~$3.5

    Delete Sorcery Normal - ~$4.54

    Torment of Hailfire Sorcery Normal - ~$39.92

    Tyrant's Choice Sorcery Normal

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