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Virulent Swipecombat_trick$0.11Very close functional cousin: it gives a creature deathtouch for the turn and adds an aggressive combat damage rider. It plays as a cheap black combat trick that can turn a small attacker into a threat.Tainted Strikecombat_trick$1.94Another 1-mana black combat trick that rewards attacking and can let a creature trade up explosively. It’s not the same life-loss clause, but it fills a similar surprise lethal role.Undying Maliceprotection$7.00Cheap black trick that protects a creature and can enable profitable combat by encouraging attacks into removal or blockers. It serves a similar one-mana instant role in creature-combat decks.Feign Deathprotection$0.94One-mana black instant that functions as combat trick plus protection, often used to push damage or preserve a key attacker. It occupies the same low-cost reactive slot.Supernatural Staminaprotection$0.21A budget-friendly black combat trick that can save a creature and keep pressure on the board. Like Touch of Moonglove, it is a cheap instant that supports aggressive creature play.Deadly Allurecombat_trick$0.10Another black combat trick that helps a creature win combat by affecting a blocker and enabling favorable trades. It’s more about forced combat advantage than direct pump, but it fills a similar role.Grafted Exoskeletonutility$5.65If the goal is deathtouch-style pressure and punishing damage, this is a much stronger payoff card. It turns any attacker into a serious threat and mirrors the “one creature matters” plan.Basilisk Collarutility$3.77A premier upgrade for deathtouch-based combat because it gives repeated deathtouch and lifelink. It’s not an instant trick, but it serves the same battlefield function more efficiently over time.
