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"Find me cards equivalent to: Lay Down Arms"

Here are cards similar to Lay Down Arms, all white sorceries that exile creatures and might offer life gain to the controller:
1. Dispatch (if you control three or more artifacts, exile target creature)
2. Swords to Plowshares (instant, exile, controller gains life equal to its power)
3. Sunlance (not exile, but deals damage to a nonwhite creature)
4. Fateful Absence (instant, destroys, controller creates a Clue)

Closest functional equivalents:

  • Swords to Plowshares is closest, though it's an instant.
  • Council's Judgment (sorcery, exiles, but voting mechanic).

There are no white sorceries that exactly match Lay Down Arms, but Swords to Plowshares is the most functionally similar.

Found Cards

6 Results

Council's Judgment

Dispatch

Fateful Absence

Lay Down Arms

Sunlance

Swords to Plowshares

Council's Judgment #7041 Sorcery

Variations: v1 v2 v3
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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 3
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  • Because the votes are cast in turn order, each player will know the votes of players who voted beforehand.
  • Each player must vote for one of the candidate permanents. They can't abstain.
  • In the unusual case that no permanents have any votes, nothing is exiled.
  • No player votes until the spell or ability resolves. Any responses to that spell or ability must be made without knowing the outcome of the vote.
  • None of the candidate permanents are targeted. Players may vote for a permanent with protection from white, for example.
  • Players can't do anything after they finishing voting but before the "winning" permanent or permanents are exiled.

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    Cardmarket 28 EUR
    Cardkingdom 22.99 USD
    Tcgplayer 24.38 USD
    Manapool 18.94 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Will of the council — Starting with you, each player votes for a nonland permanent you don't control. Exile each permanent with the most votes or tied for most votes.

    Dispatch #123 Instant

    Variations: v1 v2 v3
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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 1
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  • If you control three or more artifacts when Dispatch resolves, you'll tap the creature, then exile it.

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    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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    Tap target creature. Metalcraft — If you control three or more artifacts, exile that creature.

    Fateful Absence #30 Instant

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 2
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    Clue

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    Cardkingdom 0.49 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD
    Cardmarket 0.29 EUR
    Tcgplayer 0.27 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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    Destroy target creature or planeswalker. Its controller investigates. (They create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ",Sacrificethis token: Draw a card.")

    Lay Down Arms #1J Sorcery

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 1
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    Cardmarket 0.8 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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    Exile target creature with mana value less than or equal to the number of Plains you control. Its controller gains 3 life.

    Sunlance #47 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 1
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    Manapool / 0.18 USD 0.15 USD
    Cardmarket 0.11 EUR / 0.26 EUR
    Tcgplayer 0.24 USD / 0.2 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 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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    Sunlance deals 3 damage to target nonwhite creature.

    Swords to Plowshares #2125 Instant

    Variations: v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10
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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 1
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  • Instant
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    Rules

  • Use the power of the creature from when it was last on the battlefield to determine how much life is gained.

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    Manapool 3.74 USD
    Cardmarket 8.18 EUR
    Tcgplayer 3.91 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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    Exile target creature. Its controller gains life equal to its power.