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Cursed Totemutility$7.51Very close functional hate piece that shuts off activated abilities of creatures, especially combo creatures and mana dorks. It is narrower than Damping Matrix because it does not affect artifacts.Torpor Orbutility$10.18Another cheap artifact-based stax piece that disrupts creature-based combo and ETB-dependent decks, often serving a similar hate role in control or prison shells. It attacks a different axis than Damping Matrix but fills the same general slot of slowing activated/engine-based decks.Stony Silenceutility$1.36Classic artifact hate that turns off activated abilities of artifacts, overlapping strongly with half of Damping Matrix's text. It is stronger against artifact decks but does not affect creatures.Null Rodutility$119.76Functionally similar to Stony Silence, it stops activated abilities of artifacts and is a potent colorless-hate prison piece. It does not hit creatures, but it is a very close analog in gameplay role.Karn, the Great Creatorutility$13.20Not a direct lock piece like Damping Matrix, but it strongly suppresses opposing artifact mana abilities and artifact synergies while also acting as a toolbox prison card. It often occupies the same anti-artifact control role in constructed and Commander.Suppression Fieldutility$0.76Tax effect that makes activated abilities cost more, slowing down many of the same decks Damping Matrix punishes. It is less absolute, but it hits fetchlands, planeswalkers, and many activated-ability engines.Pithing Needleutility$1.50Generic activated-ability hate that can shut off key creatures, artifacts, planeswalkers, or lands by name. It is more surgical than Damping Matrix, but fills a similar disruption role in low-mana stax shells.Phyrexian RevokerutilityBudget$0.33Creature-based version of Pithing Needle that stops a chosen activated ability source from working. It is often used in the same decks that want efficient, low-cost activated-ability hate.
