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"Find me cards equivalent to: Author of Shadows"

Equivalent cards to Author of Shadows (Black creatures, exile opponent's graveyard, cast a card):
1. Gonti, Lord of Luxury – Exiles top four cards of opponent's library, you may cast one.
2. Thief of Sanity – When it deals damage, exile top three cards, can play one each turn.
3. Nightveil Specter – Exiles top card of opponent's library on combat damage, can play those cards.
4. Dauthi Voidwalker – Exiles opponent's cards; can sacrifice it to cast an exiled card.


Reason: All are black creatures that allow you to cast exiled cards owned by opponents, similar to Author of Shadows.

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Author of Shadows

Dauthi Voidwalker

Gonti, Lord of Luxury

Nightveil Specter

Thief of Sanity

Author of Shadows #90066 Creature — Shade Warlock

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 5
Power/Toughness: 3/3
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Shade
  • Warlock
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    Layout:
    Normal
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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

    When this creature enters, exile all opponents' graveyards. Choose a nonland card exiled this way. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.

    Dauthi Voidwalker #63 Creature — Dauthi Rogue

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    Color:
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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: 3/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Dauthi
  • Rogue
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Shadow

    Rules

  • If a card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
  • If an attacking creature has multiple evasion abilities, such as shadow and flying, a creature can block it only if that creature satisfies all of the appropriate evasion abilities.
  • If you cast a card this way, you may not cast it for any other alternative costs it has, but you may pay for additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the spell requires an additional cost, you must pay that cost.
  • If your opponent discards a card while you control Dauthi Voidwalker, abilities that function when that card is discarded still work, even though that card never reaches that player's graveyard. In addition, spells or abilities that check the characteristics of the discarded card can find that card in exile.
  • Playing a card with Dauthi Voidwalker's last ability is still subject to normal timing restrictions.
  • Tokens still die while Dauthi Voidwalker is on the battlefield.
  • While Dauthi Voidwalker is on the battlefield, nontoken creatures your opponents control won't die. They'll be exiled instead. Abilities that would trigger when those creatures die won't trigger.

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    Manapool 3.69 USD / 5.21 USD
    Cardkingdom / 9.99 USD 7.49 USD
    Cardmarket 5.32 EUR / 7.04 EUR
    Tcgplayer / 6.69 USD 3.85 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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    Shadow (This creature can block or be blocked by only creatures with shadow.) If a card would be put into an opponent's graveyard from anywhere, instead exile it with a voidcounteron it. ,Sacrificethis creature: Choose an exiled card an opponent owns with a voidcounteron it. You may play it this turn without paying its mana cost.

    Gonti, Lord of Luxury #CMM-162 Legendary Creature — Aetherborn Rogue

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 2/3
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Aetherborn
  • Rogue
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    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Deathtouch

    Rules

  • An effect that instructs you to "cast" a card doesn't allow you to play lands.
  • Casting the card causes it to leave exile. You can't cast it multiple times.
  • Gonti doesn't change when you can cast the exiled card. For example, if you exile a creature card without flash, you can cast it only during your main phase when the stack is empty.
  • If you leave the game, the card remains exiled face down indefinitely. No player may look at it.
  • You may look at and cast that card (and spend mana as though it were mana of any type to do so) even if Gonti leaves the battlefield. If another player gains control of Gonti, that player can't look at or cast the card, and you still can.
  • You pay the costs for the exiled card if you cast it. You may pay alternative costs such as emerge rather than the card's mana cost.
  • The six types of mana are white, blue, black, red, green, and colorless. Snow mana is not a type of mana. Gonti, Lord of Luxury won't let you pay a snow cost using mana produced by a nonsnow source.

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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

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    Deathtouch When Gonti enters, look at the top four cards of target opponent's library, exile one of them face down, then put the rest on the bottom of that library in a random order. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell.

    Nightveil Specter #222★ Creature — Specter

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    Color:
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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 2/3
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Specter
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying

    Rules

  • Nightveil Specter’s last ability applies to cards exiled with that specific Nightveil Specter, not any other creature named Nightveil Specter. You should keep cards exiled by different Nightveil Specters separate.
  • Playing a card exiled with Nightveil Specter follows all the normal rules for playing that card. You must pay its costs, and you must follow all timing restrictions, for example.
  • The card is exiled face up. All players may look at it.

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    Cardmarket 0.94 EUR
    Cardkingdom 1.79 USD
    Tcgplayer 2.08 USD
    Manapool 0.95 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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    Flying Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles the top card of their library. You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled with this creature.

    Thief of Sanity #OTC-243 Creature — Specter

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    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 2/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Specter
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying

    Rules

  • An effect that instructs you to "cast" a card doesn't allow you to play lands.
  • Casting an exiled card causes it to leave exile. You can't cast it multiple times.
  • In a multiplayer game, if a player leaves the game, all cards that player owns leave as well. If you leave the game, any spells or permanents you control from Thief of Sanity's effect are exiled, and any of the face-down exiled cards remain face down indefinitely. No player may look at them.
  • Thief of Sanity's effect doesn't change when you can cast the exiled card. For example, if you exile a sorcery card, you can cast it only during your main phase when the stack is empty.
  • You can still cast the exiled card if Thief of Sanity leaves the battlefield or leaves your control. If another player gains control of Thief of Sanity, that player can't cast the exiled card.

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    Manapool 0.36 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Flying Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, look at the top three cards of that player's library, exile one of them face down, then put the rest into their graveyard. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell.