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"Find me cards equivalent to: Nix"

Equivalent cards to Nix (which is blue, instant, and counters a spell cast without paying its mana cost) are:

  • Disrupting Shoal (Blue, can counter a spell with a specific mana value unpaid)
  • Stubborn Denial (Blue, counters noncreature spells unless their controller pays {1}, close in utility for free-cast prevention)
  • Nullify (Blue, counters creature or aura spells; not free-cast focused, but generic)

There are very few direct equivalents, as Nix is unique in countering only spells cast without paying mana. Most similar alternatives are broader counters with slight utility overlap.

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Disrupting Shoal

Nix

Nullify

Stubborn Denial

Disrupting Shoal #51 Instant — Arcane

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 2
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  • Instant
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  • Arcane
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    Rules

  • Disrupting Shoal can target any spell, but does nothing unless that spell's mana value is X.
  • If a card in your hand has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
  • If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, include the value chosen for that X when determining the mana value of that spell, even if it was cast for an alternative cost and no mana was spent on X.

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    Tcgplayer / 39.98 USD 16.05 USD
    Cardkingdom / 59.99 USD 16.99 USD
    Manapool / 45.95 USD 11.76 USD
    Cardmarket / 41.67 EUR 10.27 EUR

    Legalities

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    Text

    You may exile a blue card with mana value X from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Counter target spell if its mana value is X.

    Nix #55 Instant

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 1
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    Rules

  • Nix can target any spell. The condition is checked only on resolution.
  • Nix checks whether any player paid mana to cast the spell, not whether its current controller did. If Commandeer is cast on a spell, then Nix is cast on that spell, Nix won’t counter it unless the player who originally cast that spell spent no mana to cast it.
  • Nix doesn’t check whether a spell’s mana cost is 0. Rather, it checks how much mana was actually spent to cast it. It can counter a spell with mana cost 0 (such as Slaughter Pact), a spell cast via an alternative nonmana cost (such as Allosaurus Rider) or alternative cost of {0} (such as Basking Rootwalla), a spell whose cost to cast it was reduced to 0 (such as Frogmite), a spell cast without paying its cost due to an effect (such as suspend or Mindleech Mass’s ability), or a copy of a spell, among other possibilities. It will not counter a spell that had an additional or alternative mana cost paid to cast it, regardless of that spell’s mana value (such as a face-down spell cast with morph, or an Ornithopter cast while Trinisphere is on the battlefield, for example).

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    Cardmarket 0.76 EUR / 1.8 EUR
    Cardkingdom 1.29 USD / 16.99 USD
    Tcgplayer / 42.65 USD 0.98 USD
    Manapool / 11.72 USD 0.51 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

    Counter target spell if no mana was spent to cast it.

    Nullify #45 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 2
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    Cardmarket / 0.02 EUR 0.12 EUR
    Manapool / 0.19 USD 0.15 USD
    Tcgplayer / 0.51 USD 0.04 USD
    Cardkingdom / 0.49 USD 0.35 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

    Counter target creature or Aura spell.

    Stubborn Denial #56 Instant

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 1
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    Rules

  • Ferocious abilities of instants and sorceries that don’t use the word “instead” will provide an additional effect if you control a creature with power 4 or greater as they resolve.
  • Some ferocious abilities that appear on instants and sorceries use the word “instead.” These spells have an upgraded effect if you control a creature with power 4 or greater as they resolve. For these, you only get the upgraded effect, not both effects.

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    Cardkingdom / 37.99 USD 4.99 USD
    Cardmarket 3.05 EUR / 18.13 EUR
    Tcgplayer 4.43 USD / 22.65 USD
    Manapool / 14.08 USD 2.86 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

    Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays . Ferocious — If you control a creature with power 4 or greater,counterthat spell instead.