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"Find me cards equivalent to: Machinate"

Equivalent cards to Machinate (blue instants, library manipulation, artifact synergy) include:

  • Whir of Invention: Blue instant, artifact-matters, tutors artifacts (not an exact library manipulation but very close with artifact count).
  • Insidious Will: Blue instant, versatile effect but not library manipulation.
  • Mystic Retrieval: Blue instant, graveyard to hand (not library, but similar utility).

Closest to the effect and color is still Machinate; nothing is exactly the same, but Whir of Invention is artifact-synergy blue instant. The tutor versus card draw is the main difference.

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Insidious Will

Machinate

Mystic Retrieval

Whir of Invention

Insidious Will #52s Instant

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 4
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  • Instant
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    Rules

  • If the spell has damage divided as it was cast (like Chandra's Pyrohelix), the division can't be changed (although the targets receiving that damage still can).
  • If the spell that's copied has an X whose value was determined as it was cast (like Eliminate the Competition does), the copy will have the same value of X.
  • If the spell that's copied is modal (that is, it says “Choose one —” or the like), the copy will have the same mode. A different mode cannot be chosen.
  • If you choose new targets for the target spell or for the copy, the new targets must be legal.
  • If you copy a spell, you control the copy.
  • The controller of a copy can't choose to pay any alternative or additional costs for the copy. However, effects based on any alternative or additional costs that were paid for the original spell are copied as though those same costs were paid for the copy.
  • The copy is created on the stack, so it's not “cast.” Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell won't trigger.
  • The copy will have the same targets as the spell it's copying unless you choose new ones. You may change any number of the targets, including all of them or none of them. If, for one of the targets, you can't choose a new legal target, then it remains unchanged (even if the current target is illegal).
  • The third mode can copy any instant or sorcery spell, not just one with targets.

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    Legalities

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

    Text

    Choose one — •Countertarget spell. • You may choose new targets for target spell. • Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

    Machinate #24 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 3
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    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD
    Cardmarket 0.06 EUR / 0.31 EUR
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.36 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.08 USD / 0.57 USD

    Legalities

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

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    Look at the top X cards of your library, where X is the number of artifacts you control. Put one of those cards into your hand and the rest on the bottom of your library in any order.

    Mystic Retrieval #INR-77 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 4
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  • Sorcery
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flashback

    Rules

  • Mystic Retrieval can't target itself. It's on the stack when you choose its target.
  • "Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost" and "If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack."
  • A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
  • If a card with flashback is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it if it's legal to do so before any other player can take any actions.
  • To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.
  • You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
  • You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using flashback only when you could normally cast a sorcery.

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

    Text

    Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

    Whir of Invention #86 Instant

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 3
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Improvise

    Rules

  • Because improvise isn't an alternative cost, it can be used in conjunction with alternative costs.
  • Equipment attached to a creature doesn't become tapped when that creature becomes tapped, and tapping that Equipment doesn't cause the creature to become tapped.
  • If an artifact you control has a mana ability with {T} in the cost, activating that ability while casting a spell with improvise will result in the artifact being tapped when you pay the spell's costs. You won't be able to tap it again for improvise. Similarly, if you sacrifice an artifact to activate a mana ability while casting a spell with improvise, that artifact won't be on the battlefield when you pay the spell's costs, so you won't be able to tap it for improvise.
  • Improvise can't be used to pay for anything other than the cost of casting the spell. For example, it can't be used during the resolution of an ability that says "Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}."
  • Improvise can't pay for {W}, {U}, {B}, {R}, {G}, or {C} mana symbols in a spell's total cost.
  • Improvise doesn't change a spell's mana cost or mana value.
  • Tapping an artifact won't cause its abilities to stop applying unless those abilities say so.
  • When calculating a spell's total cost, include any alternative costs, additional costs, or anything else that increases or reduces the cost to cast the spell. Improvise applies after the total cost is calculated.
  • When using improvise to cast a spell with {X} in its mana cost, first choose the value for X. That choice, plus any cost increases or decreases, will determine the spell's total cost. Then you can tap artifacts you control to help pay that cost. For example, if you cast Whir of Invention (a spell with improvise and mana cost {X}{U}{U}{U}) and choose X to be 3, the total cost is {3}{U}{U}{U}. If you tap two artifacts, you'll have to pay {1}{U}{U}{U}.

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    Cardmarket / 11.75 EUR 6.01 EUR
    Manapool / 12.5 USD 7.29 USD
    Tcgplayer / 14.3 USD 8.91 USD
    Cardkingdom / 22.99 USD 15.99 USD

    Legalities

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

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    Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for .) Search your library for an artifact card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, thenshuffle