Black Clover: 5 Power-Equalizer Techniques That Rival Soul Chain Deathmatch, Ranked

There is nothing quite like watching an anime antagonist flaunt a god-tier power level, only for a craftier fighter to turn the entire match into a glorified street brawl. Black Clover’s Magna’s Soul Chain Deathmatch showed how terrifying a battle becomes when a technique forces two combatants to share the exact same pool of magic power.

Suddenly, grand cosmic scaling collapses into raw grit and tactical skill. While Dante Zogratis learned that hard lesson, other anime universes feature their own terrifying power-equalising abilities.

5 Ban’s Physical Hunt Siphons Enemy Stats To Bridge Huge Power Gaps

Ban’s Snatch ability is the ultimate stat-thief mechanic, but Physical Hunt is where things get truly petty. Instead of stealing weapons, Ban directly siphons physical strength and speed from his opponent, adding their power straight into his own body. In his brutal beatdown of Galand of the Ten Commandments, Ban completely closed a massive power gap by turning the Demon’s monstrous muscle into his own, forcing an elite warrior to swing like an amateur.

However, it lands at #5 because it only targets raw physical attributes (leaving supernatural magic untouched) and places an agonizing physical toll on Ban’s body if he over-siphons beyond his limits.

4 Aizawa’s Erasure Sight Shuts Down Superpowers For Pure Martial Arts

Shota Aizawa’s Erasure Quirk is a walking nightmare for heroes and villains who rely entirely on flashy superpowers. With a single glance, Aizawa completely shuts down an opponent’s Quirk factor, forcing god-like figures like Tomura Shigaraki to fight on purely human terms. During the War Arc, keeping his gaze locked on Shigaraki single-handedly prevented immediate, wide-scale annihilation.

It earns #4 for instantly neutralizing supernatural abilities, but its strict conditions hold it back: the moment Aizawa blinks or loses line of sight, the enemy’s superpowers snap right back. Plus, it does nothing to nerf an opponent’s natural physical strength or mutant-type body structures.

3 Knuckle’s APR Bankrupts Enemy Energy Reserves To Lock Their Powers

Knuckle Bine’s Amortizing Power Redirector (APR) turns high-stakes Nen combat into a high-stress financial audit. Upon landing a hit, Knuckle attaches an indestructible mascot that lends aura to the target, accumulating compound interest every ten seconds. The target cannot take damage until they pay off the debt with their own attacks. If their debt exceeds their total aura pool, they go bankrupt, triggering IRS to force them into a 30-day state of Zetsu, completely locking away their Nen.

Knuckle used this to temporarily disarm Youpi, proving its ability to neutralize hyper-powered threats. It ranks at #3 because forced Zetsu is devastating, though maintaining close physical range while waiting for interest to compound remains a high-risk gamble.

2 Higuruma’s Deadly Sentencing Strips Away Magic Powers In Court

Jujutsu Kaisen‘s Hiromi Higuruma’s Domain Expansion, Deadly Sentencing, instantly bans all physical violence and institutes a supernatural courtroom trial. Judgeman presents evidence of the opponent’s past offenses; if found guilty, the domain imposes a penalty like Confiscation, which strips the target of their inherent Cursed Technique (or forces them to rely solely on basic physical attributes). Against Sukuna, it proved capable of confiscating lethal cursed tools.

It takes #2 over standard erasures because it completely bypasses physical scaling within its non-violent domain. The only flaw? The penalty depends heavily on trial outcomes, legal loopholes, and whether the opponent carries a primary cursed tool to take the hit instead.

1 Kumagawa’s Bookmaker Forces Gods Down To Baseline Human Weakness

At the absolute top sits Misogi Kumagawa’s Bookmaker, the ultimate equalizer in anime history. By impaling a target with his unscrewed oversized screw, Bookmaker doesn’t just steal or seal powers; it forcibly rewrites the target’s mind, body, stats, and spirit to match Kumagawa’s exact level. That means their physical strength, speed, intellect, and supernatural capabilities fall straight down to his baseline: a self-proclaimed loser.

Against the near-omnipotent Ajimu Najimi, Bookmaker dragged an entity possessing trillions of abilities down to ordinary human vulnerability. Because it destroys every competitive advantage an opponent possesses without reliance on energy reserves or legal rules, it rightfully takes #1.

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