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Best Mono-Black budget alternatives to Tax Sweeper

Automated Vector Analysis 5 min readUpdated August 3, 2026
Magic: The Gathering card image for Tax Sweeper (Sorcery)

Tax Sweeper

$25.00 Market

Card Breakdown: Tax Sweeper (Sorcery) is a high-demand MTG card. At $25.00, budget-conscious players can leverage vector embedding similarity to achieve similar game actions for under $5.00.

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Top Vector-Ranked Budget Swaps

#1 Best Swap

Mutilate

(Sorcery)
$1.99
Magic: The Gathering budget alternative card image for Mutilate (Sorcery)
75% Vector Match

All creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn for each Swamp you control.

Vector Synergy Breakdown

Matches Tax Sweeper's Sorcery card type and costs 1 more mana to cast (4 MV). Overlaps on functional mechanics including #sweeper.

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#2 Best Swap

Glistening Deluge

(Sorcery)
$0.25
Magic: The Gathering budget alternative card image for Glistening Deluge (Sorcery)
73% Vector Match

All creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn. Creatures that are green and/or white get an additional -2/-2 until end of turn.

Vector Synergy Breakdown

Matches Tax Sweeper's Sorcery card type and shares the exact same mana value (3 MV). Overlaps on functional mechanics including #sweeper.

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#3 Best Swap

Deluge of Doom

(Sorcery)
$0.29
Magic: The Gathering budget alternative card image for Deluge of Doom (Sorcery)
73% Vector Match

All creatures get -X/-X until end of turn, where X is the number of card types among cards in your graveyard.

Vector Synergy Breakdown

Matches Tax Sweeper's Sorcery card type and shares the exact same mana value (3 MV). Overlaps on functional mechanics including #sweeper.

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#4 Best Swap

Nausea

(Sorcery)
$0.15
Magic: The Gathering budget alternative card image for Nausea (Sorcery)
72% Vector Match

All creatures get -1/-1 until end of turn.

Vector Synergy Breakdown

Matches Tax Sweeper's Sorcery card type and costs 1 less mana to cast (2 MV vs 3 MV). Overlaps on functional mechanics including #sweeper.

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