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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Eliminate the Impossible

Equivalent cards (blue, instant, investigate/clue mechanic):
1. Confirm Suspicions
2. Confront the Unknown (green, but investigates)
3. Unsubstantiated
4. Compelling Deterrence (blue, clues synergy)


Reason: Eliminate the Impossible is a blue instant that investigates and counteracts, so I focused on blue instants and clue-related cards. Few exact equivalents, but Confirm Suspicions is closest.

Results:

Compelling Deterrence #55 Instant

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Rarity: Uncommon
Converted Cost: 2
Power/Toughness: /
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  • Instant
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • Compelling Deterrence checks to see if you control a Zombie after the target nonland permanent is returned to its owner’s hand. For example, if you target the only Zombie you control with Compelling Deterrence, you won’t discard a card.
  • If the target nonland permanent is an illegal target as Compelling Deterrence tries to resolve, it won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. No player will discard a card.
  • The card returned to its owner’s hand may be the card they discard. If it’s the only card in that player’s hand, it must be discarded if you control a Zombie.

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

    Text

    Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Then that player discards a card if you control a Zombie.

    Confirm Suspicions #56 Instant

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Instant
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Tokens:
    Clue

    Abilities/Keywords

    Investigate

    Rules

  • Clue is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some cards with other permanent types, it's never a creature type, a land type, or anything but an artifact type.
  • If an effect refers to a Clue, it means any Clue artifact, not just a Clue artifact token. For example, you can sacrifice Wrench to pay for Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth's activated ability.
  • You can't cast a spell without choosing legal targets. If all of those targets become illegal, the spell doesn't resolve and you won't investigate.
  • You can't sacrifice a Clue to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Clue token to activate its own ability and also to activate Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth's ability.

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

    Text

    Counter target spell. Investigate three times. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ",Sacrificethis token: Draw a card.")

    Confront the Unknown #190 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Instant
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Tokens:
    Clue

    Abilities/Keywords

    Investigate

    Rules

  • Clue is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some cards with other permanent types, it's never a creature type, a land type, or anything but an artifact type.
  • If an effect refers to a Clue, it means any Clue artifact, not just a Clue artifact token. For example, you can sacrifice Wrench to pay for Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth's activated ability.
  • No player may take any action in between the two steps of Confront the Unknown, so the target creature will get at least +1/+1.
  • You can't cast a spell without choosing legal targets. If all of those targets become illegal, the spell doesn't resolve and you won't investigate.
  • You can't sacrifice a Clue to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Clue token to activate its own ability and also to activate Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth's ability.

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    Seller Price

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Investigate, then target creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn for each Clue you control. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ",Sacrificethis token: Draw a card.")

    Eliminate the Impossible #54 Instant

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    Color:
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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Instant
    • SubTypes:
    Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Tokens:
    Clue

    Abilities/Keywords

    Investigate

    Rules

  • Being suspected isn't a copiable value. If a permanent becomes a copy of a suspected creature, it won't be suspected.
  • Clue is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some cards with other permanent types, it's never a creature type, a land type, or anything but an artifact type.
  • Eliminate the Impossible affects only creatures your opponents control at the time it resolves. Creatures they begin to control later in the turn won't get -2/-0 and won't stop being suspected.
  • If a creature is already suspected, suspecting it again won't have any effect.
  • If a suspected creature loses all abilities, it will lose menace and "This creature can't block", but it won't stop being suspected.
  • If an effect refers to a Clue, it means any Clue artifact, not just a Clue artifact token. For example, you can sacrifice Wrench to pay for Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth's activated ability.
  • Some abilities trigger "whenever you sacrifice a Clue". Those abilities trigger whenever you sacrifice a Clue for any reason, not just to activate a Clue's activated ability.
  • Some spells and abilities that investigate 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 create any Clue tokens.
  • There's no limit to the number of creatures that can be suspected simultaneously. Suspecting a new creature doesn't cause other creatures to stop being suspected.
  • When an effect suspects a creature, it becomes suspected. It gains menace and "This creature can't block" for as long as it's suspected. It stays suspected until it leaves the battlefield or another effect causes it to no longer be suspected.
  • You can't sacrifice a Clue to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Clue token to activate its own ability and also to activate Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth's ability.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.07 USD / 0.04 USD
    Cardmarket 0.09 EUR / 0.12 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD
    Cardsphere 0.06 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

    Investigate. Creatures your opponents control get -2/-0 until end of turn. If any of them are suspected, they're no longer suspected. (To investigate, create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ",Sacrificethis token: Draw a card.")

    Compelling Deterrence Instant Normal

    Confirm Suspicions Instant Normal

    Confront the Unknown Instant Normal

    Eliminate the Impossible Instant Normal - ~$1.79

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