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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Comparative Analysis

Equivalent cards to Comparative Analysis (blue instant, card draw, 3U, can cost less):

  • Divination (draw two cards, sorcery, 2U)
  • Glimmer of Genius (draw two, scry 2, 3U, instant)
  • Hieroglyphic Illumination (draw two, 3U, instant, or cycle for U)
  • Behold the Multiverse (draw two, scry 2, 3U, instant)


Reason: All are blue, similar CMC, draw-two effects at instant or sorcery speed.

Results:

Behold the Multiverse #46 Instant

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Rarity: Common
Converted Cost: 4
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  • Instant
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    Foretell

    Abilities/Keywords

    Foretell Scry

    Rules

  • Because exiling a card with foretell from your hand is a special action, you can do so any time you have priority during your turn, including in response to spells and abilities. Once you announce you're taking the action, no other player can respond by trying to remove the card from your hand.
  • Casting a foretold card from exile follows the timing rules for that card. If you foretell an instant card, you can cast it as soon as the next player's turn. In most cases, if you foretell a card that isn't an instant (or doesn't have flash), you'll have to wait until your next turn to cast it.
  • If you're casting a foretold card from exile for its foretell cost, you can't choose to cast it for any other alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.

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    Tcgplayer 0.18 USD / 0.34 USD
    Cardmarket 0.18 EUR / 0.37 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.59 USD / 0.79 USD
    Cardsphere 0.23 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Scry 2, then draw two cards. Foretell (During your turn, you may pay and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)

    Comparative Analysis #51 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 4
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  • Instant
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    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Surge

    Rules

  • Casting a spell for its surge cost doesn't change its mana cost or its mana value.
  • For some cards, surge represents only an alternative cost, a discount that applies if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn. Other cards, like Reckless Bushwhacker, have additional abilities or effects if you paid the surge cost to cast the spell.
  • If an instant or sorcery spell cast for its surge cost is copied, the copy is also considered to have had its surge cost paid.
  • The other spell that you or a teammate cast can be one that's resolved, one that was countered, or (for instants with surge) one that's still on the stack.

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    Tcgplayer 0.03 USD / 0.45 USD
    Cardmarket 0.04 EUR / 0.19 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.49 USD
    Cardsphere 0.19 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Surge (You may cast this spell for its surge cost if you or a teammate has cast another spell this turn.) Target player draws two cards.

    Divination #36 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 3
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  • Sorcery
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • No entries

    • Prices

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    Tcgplayer 0.06 USD / 0.38 USD
    Cardmarket 0.09 EUR / 0.31 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD
    Cardsphere 0.19 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Draw two cards.

    Glimmer of Genius #704 Instant

    Variations: v1 v2

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 4
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  • Instant
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    Normal
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    Energy Reserve

    Abilities/Keywords

    Scry

    Rules

  • Energy counters are a kind of counter that a player may have. They're not associated with any specific permanents.
  • Energy counters aren't mana. They don't go away as steps, phases, and turns end, and effects that add mana "of any type" can't give you energy counters.
  • If a spell or ability with one or more targets states that you "may pay" some amount of {E}, and each permanent that it targets has become an illegal target, the spell or ability won't resolve. You can't pay any {E} even if you want to.
  • If an effect says you get one or more {E}, you get that many energy counters. To pay one or more {E}, you lose that many energy counters. You can't pay more energy counters than you have. Any effects that interact with counters a player gets, has, or loses can interact with energy counters.
  • Keep track of how many energy counters each player has. Potential ways to track this include writing theme down on paper or using dice, but any method that is clear and mutually agreeable is fine. (At higher levels of tournament play, dice may not be allowed for tracking counters that players have.)
  • Some spells and abilities that give you {E} may require targets. If each target chosen is an illegal target as that spell or ability tries to resolve, it won't resolve. You won't get any {E}.
  • Some triggered abilities state that you "may pay" a certain amount of {E}. You can't pay that amount multiple times to multiply the effect. You simply choose whether or not to pay that amount of {E} as the ability resolves.
  • Some triggered abilities that state that you "may pay" a certain amount of {E} describe an effect that happens "If you do." In that case, no player may take actions to try to stop the ability's effect after you make your choice. If the payment is followed by the phrase "When you do," then you'll choose any targets for that reflexive triggered ability and put it on the stack before players can take actions.
  • {E} is the energy symbol. It represents one energy counter.

    • Prices

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    Tcgplayer 4.68 USD
    Cardkingdom 2.99 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Scry 2, then draw two cards. You get (two energy counters).

    Hieroglyphic Illumination #57 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Instant
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    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Cycling

    Rules

  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.08 USD / 0.48 USD
    Cardmarket 0.09 EUR / 1.12 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD
    Cardsphere 0.21 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Draw two cards. Cycling (,Discardthis card: Draw a card.)

    Behold the Multiverse Instant Normal - ~$1.93

    Comparative Analysis Instant Normal - ~$2

    Divination Sorcery Normal - ~$1.85

    Glimmer of Genius Instant Normal - ~$4.86

    Hieroglyphic Illumination Instant Normal - ~$1.95

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