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Feign DeathprotectionBudget$0.94Very close functional reprint of Undying Malice, giving a creature a death-triggered return with a +1/+1 counter for one black mana.Undying EvilprotectionBudget$0.47Same basic effect as Undying Malice, granting a delayed return-from-death with a +1/+1 counter.Not Dead After AllprotectionBudget$1.64Another black one-mana protection spell that brings the creature back after it dies, with an additional power boost when it returns.Supernatural StaminaprotectionBudget$0.21A one-mana black trick that effectively saves a creature from death by returning it tapped and ready to use, though it comes back with a power/toughness reduction instead of a counter.Ghoulish Impetusutility$8.16While not instant-speed protection, it is a black aura that can serve a similar role in sacrificing or recur-focused decks by making the creature harder to lose permanently.Body DropperutilityBudget$0.07Pairs well with undying-style effects by rewarding creatures that die and return, making it functionally adjacent in sacrifice-heavy black decks.Kaya's GhostformprotectionBudget$1.13A cheap black protection enchantment that returns a creature or planeswalker to the battlefield after it dies or is exiled, offering a broader version of the same survival plan.Persistprotection$3.68Not color-identical but extremely similar in gameplay: it returns a dead creature with a counter, and is a classic analogue for undying-style recursion.
