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Hex Parasiteutility$7.95A low-cost counter-removal creature that can strip counters from any permanent, echoing Vampire Hexmage’s utility role. It is colorless, but functions as a flexible hate piece for planeswalkers and other counter-based threats.Power Conduitutility$8.70Provides repeatable counter manipulation by removing counters from permanents and converting them into counters elsewhere. It fills a similar anti-counter, anti-planeswalker utility role in longer games.Nulldrifterutility$3.83This is not a direct counter-removal analogue, but as a disruptive blackless utility creature it occupies the same low-cost, board-interacting slot in some decks. However, it is much less similar functionally than the other entries.Mwonvuli Acid-Mossutility$0.76Like Vampire Hexmage, it answers a permanent problem and can swing tempo, though it does so by land destruction rather than removing counters. It’s a functional disruption piece for decks seeking proactive interaction.Fain, the Brokerutility$1.62Can remove counters from permanents and convert them into value, giving black decks a similar counter-manipulation tool. It is broader and more engine-like than Hexmage, but serves the same general role.Mishra's Self-ReplicatorutilityBudget$0.29Not a direct match in effect, but it is another blackless colorless utility creature that can occupy a similar low-cost role in artifact-heavy shells. Its similarity is mostly as a flexible, synergistic body rather than counter removal.Thrull Parasiteutility$0.48A black one-drop that can remove counters from target nonland permanent, making it one of the closest functional replacements to Hexmage. It is smaller and narrower, but still excellent for planeswalker and counter removal.Knight of the Ebon Legionutility$1.96A cheap black threat that uses counters as part of its gameplay, often appearing in similar aggressive black shells. While it does not remove counters, it fills a comparable early-game black creature slot.
