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"Find me cards equivalent to: Isochron Scepter"

Cards similar to Isochron Scepter (colorless artifacts that copy/cast spells):
1. Panoptic Mirror: Imprint — Exile an instant/sorcery, and you can copy/cast it at upkeep.
2. Prototype Portal: Imprint — Exile an artifact to make token copies.
3. Spellbinder: Imprint — Exile an instant and pay X to copy/cast it (unusual casting method).


Reason: These are colorless artifacts with imprint and similar copy/cast effects. Isochron Scepter is the most efficient for instants with mana value 2 or less.

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Isochron Scepter

Panoptic Mirror

Prototype Portal

Spellbinder

Isochron Scepter #36 Artifact

Variations: v1 v2
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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 2
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  • If Isochron Scepter leaves the battlefield while the activated ability is on the stack, the ability can still make a copy. On the other hand, if the imprinted card leaves the exile zone while the activated ability is on the stack, the copy can't be made.
  • If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
  • If you cast a spell "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast the spell.
  • If you don't want to cast the copy, you can choose not to; the copy ceases to exist the next time state-based actions are checked.
  • You cast the copy while the ability is resolving and still on the stack. You can't wait to cast it later in the turn.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardmarket 17.03 EUR
    Manapool 29.68 USD
    Cardkingdom 34.99 USD
    Tcgplayer 28.21 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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    Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile an instant card with mana value 2 or less from your hand. , : You may copy the exiled card. If you do, you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.

    Panoptic Mirror #136 Artifact

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • As Panoptic Mirror's triggered ability resolves, it allows you to create a copy of one of the instant or sorcery cards imprinted on Panoptic Mirror in the Exile zone (that's where the imprinted card is) and then cast it without paying its mana cost.
  • Exiling a card when the activated ability resolves is optional. If you choose to exile a card, you can exile only a card with mana value equal to X.
  • The triggered ability triggers only once each upkeep, not once per imprinted card. If no cards are imprinted on Panoptic Mirror when the triggered ability resolves, it does nothing.
  • You don't pay the spell's mana cost. If the spell has X in its mana cost, X is 0. You do pay any additional costs for that spell. You can't use any alternative costs.
  • You may imprint a card on Panoptic Mirror in response to the upkeep-triggered ability. If you do, that card is available to copy when the triggered ability resolves.
  • The creation of the copy and then the casting of the copy are both optional.
  • To imprint a split card, you pay X equal to card's mana value, determined by the combined mana cost of its two halves. If the copied card is a split card, you choose which one side of it to cast, but you can't cast both sides.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardkingdom / 89.99 USD 27.99 USD
    Manapool 14.91 USD / 58.27 USD
    Cardmarket 6.79 EUR / 20.97 EUR
    Tcgplayer / 63.95 USD 27.17 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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    Imprint — , : You may exile an instant or sorcery card with mana value X from your hand. At the beginning of your upkeep, you may copy a card exiled with this artifact. If you do, you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost.

    Prototype Portal #195 Artifact

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
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    Copy

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  • Any "enters" abilities of the exiled card will trigger when the token is put onto the battlefield. Any "as [this permanent] enters" or "[this permanent] enters with" abilities of the exiled card will also work.
  • If Prototype Portal has left the battlefield by the time its second ability resolves, you'll still put a token onto the battlefield that's a copy of the exiled card. On the other hand, if Prototype Portal is still on the battlefield at this time but there is no exiled card (because, perhaps, Riftsweeper's ability caused the exiled card to be put into its owner's library), no token is created.
  • If the exiled card has {X} in its mana cost (such as Chalice of the Void), that X is considered to be 0. The {X} in Prototype Portal's activation cost takes this into account, though it may be greater than 0 if the exiled card has other mana symbols in its mana cost (such as Riptide Replicator).
  • You don't choose the value of {X}. Rather, the value of X is defined by the activated ability.
  • You may not activate the second ability if no card has been exiled with Prototype Portal. In that case, the value of {X} is undefined and can't be paid.

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    Seller Price
    Cardkingdom 0.79 USD / 7.99 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.85 USD / 12.15 USD
    Cardmarket / 2.87 EUR 0.39 EUR
    Manapool / 3.63 USD 0.56 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Imprint — When this artifact enters, you may exile an artifact card from your hand. , : Create a token that's a copy of the exiled card. X is the mana value of that card.

    Spellbinder #143 Artifact — Equipment

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Artifact
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  • Equipment
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Equip

    Rules

  • If the copied card is a split card, you choose which one side of it to cast, but you can't cast both sides. You can choose the other side later in the game, though.
  • Spellbinder imprints a card only once, when it enters. Attaching Spellbinder to a creature doesn't trigger its "enters" ability.
  • Spellbinder's second ability allows you to create a copy of the imprinted instant card in the Exile zone (that's where the imprinted instant card is) and then cast it without paying its mana cost.
  • You don't pay the spell's mana cost. If the spell has X in its mana cost, X is 0. You do pay any additional costs for that spell. You can't use any alternative costs.
  • The creation of the copy and then the casting of the copy are both optional.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Manapool / 9.22 USD 2.44 USD
    Cardmarket 1.19 EUR / 5.27 EUR
    Tcgplayer 5.27 USD / 20.64 USD
    Cardkingdom / 17.99 USD 4.49 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Imprint — When this Equipment enters, you may exile an instant card from your hand. Whenever equipped creature deals combat damage to a player, you may copy the exiled card. If you do, you may cast the copy without paying its mana cost. Equip