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"Find me cards equivalent to: Guardians of Koilos"

Similar cards to Guardians of Koilos (artifact creatures, colorless, with enters-the-battlefield effects, ideally bouncing artifacts or historic permanents):
1. Phyrexian Metamorph — Artifact Creature, copies any artifact/creature, versatile ETB.
2. Mirror of the Forebears — Not a creature, but copies another creature type.
3. Salvager of Ruin — Artifact Creature, can return a permanent card from graveyard (not ETB).
4. Junk Diver — Artifact Creature, returns an artifact from graveyard on death (not ETB).
5. Scrap Trawler — Artifact Creature, returns artifact of lower mana value on death.

None do exactly what Guardians of Koilos does, but these fill similar colorless/artifact/ETB/bounce or recursion niches. Guardians of Koilos itself is unique for bouncing historic permanents.

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Guardians of Koilos

Junk Diver

Mirror of the Forebears

Phyrexian Metamorph

Salvager of Ruin

Scrap Trawler

Guardians of Koilos #216 Artifact Creature — Construct

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Rarity: Common
Converted Cost: 5
Power/Toughness: 4/4
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    Rules

  • A card, spell, or permanent is historic if it has the legendary supertype, the artifact card type, or the Saga subtype. Having two of those qualities doesn’t make an object more historic than another or provide an additional bonus—an object either is historic or it isn’t.

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    Tcgplayer / 0.32 USD 0.07 USD
    Cardmarket 0.02 EUR / 0.23 EUR
    Manapool / 0.23 USD 0.15 USD
    Cardkingdom / 0.49 USD 0.35 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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    When this creature enters, you may return another target historic permanent you control to its owner's hand. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

    Junk Diver #132 Artifact Creature — Bird

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 1/1
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  • Creature
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  • Bird
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    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying

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    Cardmarket 2.13 EUR / 33.67 EUR
    Cardkingdom / 59.99 USD 2.49 USD
    Tcgplayer 2.95 USD / 89.49 USD
    Manapool 0.98 USD / 52.1 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 When this creature dies, return another target artifact card from your graveyard to your hand.

    Mirror of the Forebears #54 Artifact

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 2
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  • If Mirror of the Forebears becomes a copy of a creature that itself has an ability that asks you to choose a creature type as it enters the battlefield and another ability that references “the chosen creature type,” that ability won’t have a choice made for it. You won’t use the type chosen for Mirror of the Forebears.
  • If Mirror of the Forebears becomes a copy of a legendary creature you control, you’ll put one of them into your graveyard.
  • If Mirror of the Forebears becomes a creature the same turn it enters the battlefield, you can’t attack with it or use any of its {T} abilities (if it gains any) unless it has haste.
  • If Mirror of the Forebears copies a creature that’s copying something else, it will become whatever the target is copying.
  • If an effect begins to apply to Mirror of the Forebears before it becomes a copy of another permanent, that effect will continue to apply. For example, if Mirror of the Forebears is activated twice in response to itself targeting first Spirit of the Hearth then Temur Sabertooth, the ability it has while it’s a copy of Temur Sabertooth can be activated and its effect will continue to apply while Mirror of the Forebears is a copy of Spirit of the Hearth.
  • If you activate the second ability of Mirror of the Forebears multiple times in a turn in response to itself, then each time one of those abilities resolves, it will overwrite whatever Mirror of the Forebears is copying. Mirror of the Forebears will wind up as a copy of the permanent targeted by the last ability to resolve. When the turn ends, all instances of the ability will wear off at the same time.
  • If you somehow control a Mirror of the Forebears with no chosen creature type, its activated ability can’t be activated.
  • Mirror of the Forebears becomes an artifact in addition to its other types. This is a copiable value that other effects may copy.
  • Mirror of the Forebears copies the printed values of the target creature, plus any copy effects that have been applied to it. It won’t copy counters on that creature or effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, or so on. Notably, it won’t copy effects that made the target creature become a creature.
  • Once the second ability of Mirror of the Forebears resolves, it no longer has that ability.
  • You can’t choose multiple creature types, such as “Cat Warrior.” A Cat Warrior is both a Cat and a Warrior. It’s affected by anything that affects either type and unaffected by things that affect non-Cat or non-Warrior creatures.
  • You must choose an existing creature type, such as Vampire or Cat. Card types such as “artifact” can’t be chosen.

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    Cardmarket 1.32 EUR
    Cardkingdom 2.99 USD
    Tcgplayer 1.81 USD
    Manapool 1.07 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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    As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. : Until end of turn, this artifact becomes a copy of target creature you control of the chosen type, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types.

    Phyrexian Metamorph #75 Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 0/0
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  • Phyrexian
  • Shapeshifter
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  • Any "enters" abilities of the copied permanent will trigger when Phyrexian Metamorph enters. Any "as [this] enters" or "[this] enters with" abilities of the chosen permanent will also work.
  • Except for also being an artifact, Phyrexian Metamorph copies exactly what was printed on the original permanent and nothing more (unless that creature is itself copying something or is a token; see below). It doesn't copy whether that permanent is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras attached to it, or any noncopy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.
  • If Phyrexian Metamorph copies a noncreature artifact, it is no longer a creature.
  • If Phyrexian Metamorph somehow enters at the same time as another permanent (due to Mass Polymorph or Liliana Vess's third ability, for example), Phyrexian Metamorph can't become a copy of that permanent. You may choose only a permanent that's already on the battlefield.
  • If the chosen creature is copying something else (for example, if the chosen creature is a Clone), then your Phyrexian Metamorph enters as whatever the chosen creature copied, except it's also an artifact.
  • If the chosen permanent has {X} in its mana cost (such as Protean Hydra), X is considered to be zero.
  • If the chosen permanent is a token, Phyrexian Metamorph copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that put the token onto the battlefield, except it's also an artifact. Phyrexian Metamorph is not a token.
  • You can choose not to copy anything. In that case, Phyrexian Metamorph simply enters as a 0/0 artifact creature and is put into its owner's graveyard as a state-based action (unless something else is raising its toughness).

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    Manapool 2.37 USD
    Cardkingdom 3.49 USD
    Tcgplayer 2.2 USD
    Cardmarket 2.46 EUR

    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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    ( can be paid with either or 2 life.) You may have this creature enter as a copy of any artifact or creature on the battlefield, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types.

    Salvager of Ruin #237 Artifact Creature — Construct

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 2/1
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    Rules

  • A permanent card is an artifact, creature, enchantment, land, or planeswalker card.
  • Because targets are chosen for activated abilities before costs (such as “Sacrifice Salvager of Ruin”) are paid, Salvager of Ruin’s ability can’t target itself.
  • Permanent spells that were countered earlier in the turn never entered the battlefield, so they are not legal targets for Salvager of Ruin’s ability.
  • Salvager of Ruin’s ability can target a permanent card in your graveyard that was put there from the battlefield before Salvager of Ruin entered the battlefield during the same turn.

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    Tcgplayer 0.33 USD / 0.47 USD
    Manapool / 0.32 USD 0.15 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 1.49 USD
    Cardmarket 0.14 EUR / 0.39 EUR

    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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    Sacrifice this creature: Choose target permanent card in your graveyard that was put there from the battlefield this turn. Return it to your hand.

    Scrap Trawler #175 Artifact Creature — Construct

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 3/2
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  • If Scrap Trawler and another artifact you control are put into a graveyard at the same time, Scrap Trawler's ability triggers for each of them.
  • If an artifact is a copy of another artifact with greater mana value, such as Sculpting Steel copying an artifact with mana value 4, Scrap Trawler's ability can target that artifact card in your graveyard when that artifact is put into your graveyard.
  • The target artifact card must have a lesser mana value than the artifact that caused Scrap Trawler's ability to trigger by being put into a graveyard. Use the artifact's mana value as it last existed on the battlefield to determine what may be returned.
  • While on the battlefield or in a graveyard, {X} in an object's mana cost is 0.

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    Tcgplayer 2.07 USD
    Cardmarket 1.37 EUR
    Manapool 1.81 USD
    Cardkingdom 3.49 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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    Whenever this creature dies or another artifact you control is put into a graveyard from the battlefield, return to your hand target artifact card in your graveyard with lesser mana value.