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"Find me cards equivalent to: Mages' Contest"

Mages' Contest is unique, but similar red instant counterspells include:

  • Red Elemental Blast: Counters blue spells (less interaction but similar color and type).
  • Pyroblast: Counters blue spells (same).
  • Shunt: Redirection rather than counter, but a red instant interacting with spells.


Reason: Red rarely gets true counterspells, but these are the closest in red instants. All have similar color and type.

Found Cards

4 Results

Mages' Contest

Pyroblast

Red Elemental Blast

Shunt

Mages' Contest #154 Instant

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 3
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  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Manapool 13.21 USD / 40.1 USD
    Tcgplayer / 90.78 USD 16.76 USD
    Cardmarket / 33.96 EUR 7.31 EUR
    Cardkingdom 16.99 USD / 74.99 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    You and target spell's controller bid life. You start the bidding with a bid of 1. In turn order, each player may top the high bid. The bidding ends if the high bid stands. The high bidder loses life equal to the high bid. If you win the bidding,counterthat spell.

    Pyroblast #5 Instant

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 1
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    Rules

  • The decision to counter a spell or destroy a permanent is a decision made on announcement before the target is selected. If the spell is redirected, this mode can't be changed, so only targets of the selected type are valid.
  • Pyroblast can target any spell or permanent, not just a blue one. It checks the color of the target only on resolution.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardkingdom 13.99 USD / 32.99 USD
    Cardmarket 10.44 EUR / 20.83 EUR
    Tcgplayer 10.38 USD / 20.23 USD
    Manapool / 19.81 USD 10.23 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Choose one — •Countertarget spell if it's blue. •Destroytarget permanent if it's blue.

    Red Elemental Blast #171 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 1
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  • Instant
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    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardmarket 839 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Choose one — •Countertarget blue spell. •Destroytarget blue permanent.

    Shunt #233 Instant

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Instant
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    Rules

  • If there is no other legal target for the spell, this does not change the target.
  • Once the spell resolves, the new target is considered to be targeted by the deflected spell. This will trigger any effects which trigger on being targeted.
  • The target of a spell that targets another spell on the stack can be changed to any other spell on the stack, even if the new target will resolve before the spell does.
  • This does not check if the current target is legal. It just checks if the spell has a single target.
  • This only targets the spell being changed, not the original or new target of the spell it is affecting.
  • You can choose to make a spell on the stack target this spell (if such a target choice would be legal had the spell been cast while this spell was on the stack). The new target for the deflected spell is not chosen until this spell resolves. This spell is still on the stack when new targets are selected for the spell.
  • You can’t make a spell which is on the stack target itself.
  • You choose the spell to target on announcement, but you pick the new target for that spell on resolution.
  • If a spell targets multiple things, you can’t target it with Shunt, even if all but one of those targets has become illegal.
  • If a spell targets the same player or object multiple times, you can’t target it with Shunt.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer / 2.3 USD 0.94 USD
    Manapool / 1.99 USD 0.88 USD
    Cardkingdom 2.49 USD / 2.99 USD
    Cardmarket / 1.4 EUR 0.5 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Change the target of target spell with a single target.