Best Mono-Black budget alternatives to Rankle, Master of Pranksters

Rankle, Master of Pranksters
$29.99 MarketCard Breakdown: Rankle, Master of Pranksters (Legendary Creature — Faerie Rogue) is a high-demand MTG card. At $29.99, budget-conscious players can leverage vector embedding similarity to achieve similar game actions for under $5.00.
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Thieving Sprite
(Creature — Faerie Rogue)
Flying When this creature enters, target player reveals X cards from their hand, where X is the number of Faeries you control. You choose one of those cards. That player discards that card.
Functions as a Creature alternative to Rankle, Master of Pranksters's Legendary Creature and costs 1 less mana to cast (3 MV vs 4 MV). Overlaps on functional mechanics including #evasion, #triggered-ability.
Rankle, Master of Pranks
(Legendary Creature — Faerie Rogue)
Flying, haste Whenever Rankle deals combat damage to a player, choose any number — • Each player discards a card. • Each player loses 1 life and draws a card. • Each player sacrifices a creature of their choice.
Matches Rankle, Master of Pranksters's Legendary Creature card type and shares the exact same mana value (4 MV). Overlaps on functional mechanics including #evasion, #triggered-ability.
Nettling Nuisance
(Creature — Faerie Rogue)
Flying Whenever one or more Faeries you control deal combat damage to a player, that player creates a 4/2 red Pirate creature token with "This token can't block." The token is goaded for the rest of the game. (It attacks each combat if able and attacks a player other than you if able.)
Functions as a Creature alternative to Rankle, Master of Pranksters's Legendary Creature and costs 1 less mana to cast (3 MV vs 4 MV). Overlaps on functional mechanics including #evasion, #saboteur, #triggered-ability.
Dream Seizer
(Creature — Faerie Rogue)
Flying When this creature enters, you may blight 1. If you do, each opponent discards a card. (To blight 1, put a -1/-1 counter on a creature you control.)
Functions as a Creature alternative to Rankle, Master of Pranksters's Legendary Creature and shares the exact same mana value (4 MV). Overlaps on functional mechanics including #evasion, #triggered-ability.
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