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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Isochron Scepter

Equivalent cards to Isochron Scepter (in blue or white) that let you repeatedly cast or copy instants:

  • Elite Arcanist (lets you exile an instant from hand and cast it repeatedly)
  • Mystic Forge (lets you cast top cards, including instants, if colorless fits deck)
  • Panoptic Mirror (exiles instant/sorcery from hand, copies it each upkeep—colorless)


Reason: These cards let you imprint/cast/copy instants repeatedly, similar to Isochron Scepter.

Results:

Elite Arcanist #54 Creature — Human Wizard

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 4
Power/Toughness: 1/1
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Wizard
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    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Rules

  • If Elite Arcanist leaves the battlefield, you will no longer be able to copy the exiled card. If it returns to the battlefield, you'll be able to exile another instant card from your hand, but Elite Arcanist will be a different permanent with no connection to the first exiled card.
  • If the copied card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as its value when casting the copy. Don't confuse that {X} with the {X} in the activation cost of Elite Arcanist's ability.
  • If the exiled card is a split card, then X is determined by the combined mana cost of both halves. However, when you cast the copy, you choose only one half to cast. You may cast a different half each time you create and cast a copy.
  • The copy is created in and cast from exile. You must still follow any timing restrictions, such as "Cast [this spell] only during combat."
  • You can't pay any alternative costs such as overload costs. You can pay additional costs such as kicker costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.
  • You don't choose the value of {X} in the activation cost of Elite Arcanist's ability. It's defined by the mana value of the exiled instant card.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.42 USD / 1.49 USD
    Cardmarket 0.34 EUR / 0.9 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.49 USD / 1.99 USD
    Cardsphere 0.46 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    When this creature enters, you may exile an instant card from your hand. , : Copy the exiled card. You may cast the copy without paying its mana cost. X is the mana value of the exiled card.

    Isochron Scepter #3 Artifact

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    Cost:
    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Artifact
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Rules

  • 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
    Tcgplayer 25.5 USD
    Cardmarket 14.21 EUR

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel Explorer 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 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.

    Mystic Forge #1012 Artifact

    Variations: v1 v2 v3 v4

    Info

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Artifact
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    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • Because you never "cast" a land card, Mystic Forge doesn't allow you to play an artifact land from the top of your library.
  • If the top card of your library changes while you're casting a spell, playing a land, or activating an ability, you can't look at the new top card until you finish doing so. This means that if you cast the top card of your library, you can't look at the next one until you're done paying for that spell.
  • If the top card of your library has a morph ability, you can cast it face down from the top of your library, even if it's normally not a colorless card.
  • Mystic Forge lets you look at the top card of your library whenever you want (with one restriction—see below), even if you don't have priority. This action doesn't use the stack. Knowing what that card is becomes part of the information you have access to, just like you can look at the cards in your hand.
  • You must follow the normal timing permissions and restrictions of the spells you cast from your library.
  • You still pay all costs for a spell you cast from your library, including additional costs. You may also pay alternative costs.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 4.6 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    You may look at the top card of your library any time. You may cast artifact spells and colorless spells from the top of your library. , Pay 1 life: Exile the top card of your library.

    Panoptic Mirror #136 Artifact

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Artifact
    • SubTypes:
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    EDH Bracket Attr:
    Game Changer
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Rules

  • 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
    Tcgplayer 40.76 USD / 106.04 USD
    Cardmarket 6.26 EUR / 36.18 EUR
    Cardkingdom 39.99 USD / 94.99 USD
    Cardsphere 37.99 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    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.

    Elite Arcanist Creature — Human Wizard Normal - ~$0.87

    Isochron Scepter Artifact Normal - ~$19.86

    Mystic Forge Artifact Normal - ~$4.6

    Panoptic Mirror Artifact Normal - ~$51.74

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