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Tragic Slipremoval$0.25One-mana black instant removal that can function as a cheap answer to small creatures, similar to Virulent Wound's early interaction role.Fatal Pushremoval$12.59A premier one-mana black instant removal spell that handles early creatures efficiently, filling the same low-cost interaction slot.DisfigureremovalBudget$0.06Cheap black instant creature removal that answers small threats at instant speed, overlapping with Virulent Wound's use as efficient early disruption.Dead WeightremovalBudget$0.04A low-cost black removal effect for small creatures; while sorcery-speed enchantment-based, it serves a similar role of weakening and killing early threats.Virulent Sliverutility$0.43A poison-focused card that advances poison counter strategies, similar to Virulent Wound's poison payoff even though it is a creature rather than removal.Glistening Oilutility$8.49An infect-style enchantment that repeatedly enables poison-counter pressure, serving a similar poison-centric game plan.Fungal Infectionremoval$0.13A one-mana black instant that shrinks a creature and creates a token, offering comparable early interaction to a -1/-1-counter spell.Wither and BloomremovalBudget$0.09A black-green spell with a -1/-1 counter mode and board impact; it has a similar debuff-and-tempo feel, though at a higher cost.
