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"Find me cards equivalent to: Biomancer's Familiar"

Equivalent cards to Biomancer's Familiar (creature, green/blue, activated ability reduction):
1. Training Grounds – Blue enchantment, reduces creature ability costs by {2}.
2. Heartstone – Colorless artifact, reduces all creature ability costs by {1}.
3. Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy – Green/blue, also deals with activated abilities and counters.
4. Fathom Mage – Green/blue, interacts with +1/+1 counters.

Closest true equivalent in GU creature: Biomancer's Familiar itself; most similar effect is Training Grounds (though it's not a creature). There are few (if any) GU creatures that directly reduce activated ability costs like Biomancer's Familiar. The card is very unique.

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Biomancer's Familiar

Fathom Mage

Heartstone

Training Grounds

Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy

Biomancer's Familiar #158s Creature — Mutant

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 2
Power/Toughness: 2/2
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  • Creature
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  • Mutant
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    Rules

  • Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keyword abilities are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text. Triggered abilities (starting with “when,” “whenever,” or “at”) are unaffected by the cost reduction ability of Biomancer’s Familiar.
  • An ability that has only one generic mana and some amount of other mana symbols in its activation cost will have its cost reduced by {1}.
  • Biomancer’s Familiar affects only abilities of creatures you control on the battlefield. The costs of activated abilities of creature cards that work in other zones (such as cycling) won’t be reduced.
  • The last ability of Biomancer’s Familiar doesn’t add or remove any counters. It just lets the creature adapt despite already having +1/+1 counters on it.

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    Manapool 19.09 USD
    Cardkingdom 24.99 USD
    Cardmarket 5.36 EUR
    Tcgplayer 21.24 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Activated abilities of creatures you control cost less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana. : The next time target creature adapts this turn, it adapts as though it had no +1/+1 counters on it.

    Fathom Mage #162★ Creature — Human Wizard

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 1/1
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  • Creature
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  • Human
  • Wizard
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Evolve

    Rules

  • Fathom Mage's last ability will trigger whenever any +1/+1 counter is placed on it, not just ones due to the evolve ability.
  • If Fathom Mage enters with a +1/+1 counter on it (perhaps due to Master Biomancer), its last ability will trigger once for each +1/+1 counter it entered with.
  • If multiple +1/+1 counters are placed on Fathom Mage simultaneously, its last ability will trigger once for each of those counters.
  • If a creature enters the battlefield with +1/+1 counters on it, consider those counters when determining if evolve will trigger. For example, a 1/1 creature that enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it will cause the evolve ability of a 2/2 creature to trigger.
  • If evolve triggers, the stat comparison will happen again when the ability tries to resolve. If neither stat of the new creature is greater, the ability will do nothing. If the creature that entered the battlefield leaves the battlefield before evolve tries to resolve, use its last known power and toughness to compare the stats.
  • If multiple creatures enter the battlefield at the same time, evolve may trigger multiple times, although the stat comparison will take place each time one of those abilities tries to resolve. For example, if you control a 2/2 creature with evolve and two 3/3 creatures enter the battlefield, evolve will trigger twice. The first ability will resolve and put a +1/+1 counter on the creature with evolve. When the second ability tries to resolve, neither the power nor the toughness of the new creature is greater than that of the creature with evolve, so that ability does nothing.
  • When comparing the stats as the evolve ability resolves, it's possible that the stat that's greater changes from power to toughness or vice versa. If this happens, the ability will still resolve and you'll put a +1/+1 counter on the creature with evolve. For example, if you control a 2/2 creature with evolve and a 1/3 creature enters the battlefield under your control, it toughness is greater so evolve will trigger. In response, the 1/3 creature gets +2/-2. When the evolve trigger tries to resolve, its power is greater. You'll put a +1/+1 counter on the creature with evolve.
  • When comparing the stats of the two creatures for evolve, you always compare power to power and toughness to toughness.
  • Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, check its power and toughness against the power and toughness of the creature with evolve. If neither stat of the new creature is greater, evolve won't trigger at all.

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    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Evolve (Whenever a creature you control enters, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1counteron this creature.) Whenever a +1/+1counteris put on this creature, you may draw a card.

    Heartstone #STH-134 Artifact

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Artifact
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    Rules

  • It will never reduce any colored mana portion of an activation cost.
  • It will not add a {1} to abilities with no generic mana in their activation cost.
  • The cost reduction can be applied to additional costs.
  • Can’t reduce Snow mana costs.
  • Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keywords are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text.

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    Cardmarket 1.81 EUR
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    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Activated abilities of creatures cost less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.

    Training Grounds #20 Enchantment

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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Enchantment
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • Training Grounds won't affect a cost that isn't the cost to activate a creature's activated ability. For example, it won't affect Flameblast Dragon's {X}{R} cost, since that's a cost paid when a triggered ability resolves, and it won't affect a kicker cost, since that's an additional cost to cast a spell. Activated ability costs appear before a colon (:) in a card's rules text, or, in the case of some keywords, before a colon in reminder text.
  • If an activated ability of a creature you control costs no generic mana to activate (for example, if it costs {R}{R}, it costs {0}, or it costs only nonmana actions such as {T} or "Sacrifice a creature"), Training Grounds simply won't affect it. In particular, it won't increase the cost to include a mana payment of {1}.
  • Training Grounds affects only creatures you control on the battlefield. The costs of activated abilities that work in other zones (such as cycling or unearth) won't be reduced.
  • Training Grounds can reduce the amount you pay for a creature's activated ability cost that includes {X}. For example, Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief has an activated ability that costs {X}{B}{B}. If you control Training Grounds and you activate the ability with X equal to 5, you'll have to pay only {3}{B}{B}. This is true even if the ability states that {X} must be paid with a certain color of mana, as Crimson Hellkite's ability does.
  • Training Grounds can reduce the part of an activation cost represented by generic mana symbols down to nothing, as long as it still costs at least one mana. For example, if an activation cost is {2}{G}, you'd have to pay only {G}. If an activation cost is {2}, though, you'd still have to pay {1}.
  • Training Grounds reduces the generic mana in waterbend costs for activated abilities. It will not reduce waterbend costs that are additional costs for casting spells.
  • Training Grounds takes the total cost to activate a creature's activated ability into account, not just the cost printed on it. For example, Urabrask has an activated ability that costs {R}, and Suppression Field says "Activated abilities cost {2} more to activate unless they're mana abilities." Since activating Urabrask's activated ability would now cost {2}{R}, Training Grounds reduces that cost back to {R}.
  • Training Grounds won't affect the part of an activation cost represented by colored mana symbols or snow mana symbols. It also won't affect nonmana parts of an activation cost, if there are any.

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    Tcgplayer 8.99 USD / 11.87 USD
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    Cardmarket 4.04 EUR / 5.19 EUR

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    Activated abilities of creatures you control cost less to activate. This effect can't reduce the mana in that cost to less than one mana.

    Zimone, Quandrix Prodigy #341 Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

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    Cost:
    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: 1/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Wizard
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    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Rules

  • Zimone's first ability isn't the same as playing a land. As it resolves, you may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped even if you have no available land plays or it's another player's turn.
  • Zimone's last ability counts the number of lands you control as it resolves, not as you activate it.

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    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD
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    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Future Gladiator Historic Legacy Modern Oathbreaker Oldschool Pauper Paupercommander Penny Pioneer Predh Premodern Standard Standardbrawl Timeless Vintage

    Text

    , : You may put a land card from your hand onto the battlefield tapped. , : Draw a card. If you control eight or more lands, draw two cards instead.