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"Find me cards equivalent to: How to Keep an Izzet Mage Busy"

Closest equivalents to How to Keep an Izzet Mage Busy (Sorcery, Red/Blue, returns to hand):
1. Whispers of the Muse (Instant, Blue): Buyback lets you return it to hand after use.
2. Fire // Ice (Instant, Red/Blue): Two effects, but doesn't return itself.
3. Reiterate (Instant, Red): Buyback returns it to hand, but it's a copy spell.

None are perfect; returning a sorcery to hand as its own effect is extremely rare. Whispers of the Muse is closest due to the self-recurring theme.

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Ice

How to Keep an Izzet Mage Busy

Reiterate

Whispers of the Muse

Fire (Fire // Ice) #225 Instant

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  • A split card's characteristics are a combination of its two halves while it is not on the stack. For example, Assault // Battery has a mana value of 5 while it is in your library. If an effect allows you to search your library for a card with mana value 4 or less, you can't find Assault // Battery.
  • Each split card has two names. If an effect instructs you to choose a card name, you may choose one of those names, but not both.
  • Each split card is a single card. For example, if you discard a split card, you've discarded one card, not two. If an effect counts the number of sorcery cards in your graveyard, Assault // Battery counts once, not twice.
  • If an effect allows you to cast a spell with certain characteristics, consider only the characteristics of the half you're casting. For example, if an effect allows you to cast a sorcery spell with mana value 2 or less from among cards in your graveyard, you could cast Assault this way, but not Battery.
  • If you copy a spell that's half of a split card, the copy copies that same half. For example, if you copy Assault, the copy is also Assault, not Battery.
  • Split cards have two card faces on a single card. The characteristics of the half you didn't cast are ignored while the spell is on the stack.
  • To cast a split card, choose one of its halves to cast. There's no way to cast both halves of this split card.

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    Manapool / 0.21 USD 0.15 USD
    Cardkingdom / 0.49 USD 0.35 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.1 USD / 0.21 USD
    Cardmarket / 0.42 EUR 0.2 EUR

    Legalities

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

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    Fire deals 2 damage divided as you choose among one or two targets.

    Ice (Fire // Ice) #225 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 4
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    Rules

  • A split card's characteristics are a combination of its two halves while it is not on the stack. For example, Assault // Battery has a mana value of 5 while it is in your library. If an effect allows you to search your library for a card with mana value 4 or less, you can't find Assault // Battery.
  • Each split card has two names. If an effect instructs you to choose a card name, you may choose one of those names, but not both.
  • Each split card is a single card. For example, if you discard a split card, you've discarded one card, not two. If an effect counts the number of sorcery cards in your graveyard, Assault // Battery counts once, not twice.
  • If an effect allows you to cast a spell with certain characteristics, consider only the characteristics of the half you're casting. For example, if an effect allows you to cast a sorcery spell with mana value 2 or less from among cards in your graveyard, you could cast Assault this way, but not Battery.
  • If you copy a spell that's half of a split card, the copy copies that same half. For example, if you copy Assault, the copy is also Assault, not Battery.
  • Split cards have two card faces on a single card. The characteristics of the half you didn't cast are ignored while the spell is on the stack.
  • To cast a split card, choose one of its halves to cast. There's no way to cast both halves of this split card.

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    Seller Price
    Cardmarket 0.2 EUR / 0.42 EUR
    Tcgplayer 0.1 USD / 0.21 USD

    Legalities

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

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    Tap target permanent. Draw a card.

    How to Keep an Izzet Mage Busy #93 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 1
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    Cardmarket 2.37 EUR
    Tcgplayer 1.57 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD
    Manapool 1.64 USD

    Legalities

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

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    Return How to Keep an Izzet Mage Busy to its owner's hand.

    Reiterate #182 Instant

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Buyback

    Rules

  • If the spell has damage divided as it was cast, the division can't be changed, although the targets receiving that damage still can. The same is true of spells that distribute counters.
  • If the spell that's copied has an X whose value was determined as it was cast, 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 can't be chosen.
  • Reiterate can copy any instant or sorcery spell, not just one with targets.
  • 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 resolve before the original spell does.
  • 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).
  • You 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.

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    Cardkingdom 20.99 USD
    Tcgplayer 15.81 USD / 20.91 USD
    Manapool / 25.11 USD 16.31 USD
    Cardmarket 5.63 EUR / 12.28 EUR

    Legalities

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

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    Buyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.) Copy target instant or sorcery spell. You may choose new targets for the copy.

    Whispers of the Muse #79 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 1
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    Legalities

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

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    Buyback (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell. If you do, put this card into your hand as it resolves.) Draw a card.