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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Reverse Engineer

Equivalent cards to Reverse Engineer (Blue, draw, cost reduction):

  • Vexing Scuttler: Lets you cast an instant/sorcery from your graveyard (less direct, but similar recursion).
  • Hieroglyphic Illumination: Draws two cards for four mana, has cycling for 1 blue.
  • Divination: Draws two cards for three mana.
  • Thoughtcast: Draws two cards, affinity for artifacts as well.
  • Whir of Invention: Not draw, but similar improvise mechanic.

Thoughtcast is the closest—draw with artifact cost reduction, same color.

Results:

Divination #36 Sorcery

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Rarity: Common
Converted Cost: 3
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  • Sorcery
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • No entries

    • Prices

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    Tcgplayer 0.07 USD / 0.24 USD
    Cardmarket 0.1 EUR / 0.31 EUR
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    Cardsphere 0.19 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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    Draw two cards.

    Hieroglyphic Illumination #57 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Instant
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    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Cycling

    Rules

  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.05 USD / 0.44 USD
    Cardmarket 0.1 EUR / 1.19 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.79 USD
    Cardsphere 0.21 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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    Draw two cards. Cycling (,Discardthis card: Draw a card.)

    Reverse Engineer #99 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Sorcery
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    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Improvise

    Rules

  • Equipment attached to a creature doesn't become tapped when that creature becomes tapped, and tapping that Equipment doesn't cause the creature to become tapped.
  • If an artifact you control has a mana ability with {T} in the cost, activating that ability while casting a spell with improvise will result in the artifact being tapped when you pay the spell's costs. You won't be able to tap it again for improvise. Similarly, if you sacrifice an artifact to activate a mana ability while casting a spell with improvise, that artifact won't be on the battlefield when you pay the spell's costs, so you won't be able to tap it for improvise.
  • Improvise can't be used to pay for anything other than the cost of casting the spell. For example, it can't be used during the resolution of an ability that says “Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.”
  • Improvise can't pay for {W}, {U}, {B}, {R}, {G}, or {C} mana symbols in a spell's total cost.
  • Improvise doesn't change a spell's mana cost or mana value.
  • Tapping an artifact won't cause its abilities to stop applying unless those abilities say so.
  • When calculating a spell's total cost, include any alternative costs, additional costs, or anything else that increases or reduces the cost to cast the spell. Improvise applies after the total cost is calculated.
  • When using improvise to cast a spell with {X} in its mana cost, first choose the value for X. That choice, plus any cost increases or decreases, will determine the spell's total cost. Then you can tap artifacts you control to help pay that cost. For example, if you cast Saheeli's Directive and choose X to be 3, the total cost is {3}{R}{R}{R}. If you tap two artifacts, you'll have to pay {1}{R}{R}{R}.

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    Tcgplayer 0.12 USD
    Cardmarket 0.15 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD
    Cardsphere 0.23 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for .) Draw three cards.

    Thoughtcast #85 Sorcery

    Variations: v1 v2

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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Sorcery
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    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Affinity

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    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 7.09 USD / 8.98 USD
    Cardmarket 4.65 EUR / 10.7 EUR
    Cardkingdom 12.99 USD
    Cardsphere 6.33 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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    Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs less to cast for each artifact you control.) Draw two cards.

    Vexing Scuttler #11 Creature — Eldrazi Crab

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 8
    Power/Toughness: 4/5
    Types:
  • Creature
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  • Eldrazi
  • Crab
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    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Emerge

    Rules

  • An ability that triggers when a player casts a spell resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack without resolving.
  • A creature’s mana value is determined solely by the mana symbols printed in its upper right corner (unless that creature is the back face of a double-faced card, is a melded permanent, or is copying something else; see below). If the mana cost includes {X}, X is 0. If it’s a single-faced card with no mana symbols in its upper right corner (because it’s an animated land, for example), its mana value is 0. Ignore any alternative costs or additional costs (such as kicker) that were paid as the creature was cast.
  • Colored mana components of emerge costs can’t be reduced with emerge.
  • Emerge represents two static abilities that function while the spell with emerge is on the stack. “Emerge [cost]” means “You may cast this spell by paying [cost] and sacrificing a creature rather than paying its mana cost” and “If you chose to pay this spell’s emerge cost, its total cost is reduced by an amount of generic mana equal to the sacrificed creature’s mana value.”
  • If you cast a spell for another cost “rather than paying its mana cost,” such as an emerge cost, you can’t choose to cast it for any other alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast it.
  • If you sacrifice a creature with {X} in its mana cost, that X is 0.
  • Once you begin to cast a spell with emerge, no player may take actions until you’re done. Notably, opponents can’t try to remove the creature you wish to sacrifice.
  • The creature chosen to be sacrificed is still on the battlefield as the cost of the emerge spell is determined and as you activate mana abilities to cast the emerge spell. Its abilities may affect the spell’s cost, be activated to generate mana, and so on. However, if it has an ability that triggers when a spell is cast, it will have been sacrificed before that ability can trigger.
  • The mana value of a creature spell with emerge isn’t affected by whether its emerge cost is paid. For example, if you cast Decimator of the Provinces for its emerge cost and sacrifice a creature whose mana value is 3, Decimator of the Provinces’s mana value remains 10.
  • The mana value of the back face of a double-faced card is the mana value of its front face. The mana value of a melded permanent is the sum of the mana values of its front faces. A creature that’s a copy of either has a mana value of 0.
  • You may sacrifice a creature with a mana value of 0, such as a token creature that’s not a copy of another permanent, to cast a spell for its emerge cost. You’ll just pay the full emerge cost with no reduction.
  • You may sacrifice a creature with mana value greater than or equal to the emerge cost. If you do, you’ll pay only the colored mana component of the emerge cost.

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    Tcgplayer 0.09 USD / 0.69 USD
    Cardmarket 0.22 EUR / 0.37 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD
    Cardsphere 0.23 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Emerge (You may cast this spell by sacrificing a creature and paying the emerge cost reduced by that creature's mana value.) When you cast this spell, you may return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand.

    Whir of Invention #86 Instant

    Variations: v1 v2

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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Instant
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    EDH Bracket Attr:
    Tutors
    Layout:
    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Improvise

    Rules

  • Because improvise isn't an alternative cost, it can be used in conjunction with alternative costs.
  • Equipment attached to a creature doesn't become tapped when that creature becomes tapped, and tapping that Equipment doesn't cause the creature to become tapped.
  • If an artifact you control has a mana ability with {T} in the cost, activating that ability while casting a spell with improvise will result in the artifact being tapped when you pay the spell's costs. You won't be able to tap it again for improvise. Similarly, if you sacrifice an artifact to activate a mana ability while casting a spell with improvise, that artifact won't be on the battlefield when you pay the spell's costs, so you won't be able to tap it for improvise.
  • Improvise can't be used to pay for anything other than the cost of casting the spell. For example, it can't be used during the resolution of an ability that says "Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}."
  • Improvise can't pay for {W}, {U}, {B}, {R}, {G}, or {C} mana symbols in a spell's total cost.
  • Improvise doesn't change a spell's mana cost or mana value.
  • Tapping an artifact won't cause its abilities to stop applying unless those abilities say so.
  • When calculating a spell's total cost, include any alternative costs, additional costs, or anything else that increases or reduces the cost to cast the spell. Improvise applies after the total cost is calculated.
  • When using improvise to cast a spell with {X} in its mana cost, first choose the value for X. That choice, plus any cost increases or decreases, will determine the spell's total cost. Then you can tap artifacts you control to help pay that cost. For example, if you cast Whir of Invention (a spell with improvise and mana cost {X}{U}{U}{U}) and choose X to be 3, the total cost is {3}{U}{U}{U}. If you tap two artifacts, you'll have to pay {1}{U}{U}{U}.

    • Prices

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    Tcgplayer 5.59 USD / 5.69 USD
    Cardmarket 5.48 EUR / 7.07 EUR
    Cardkingdom 10.99 USD
    Cardsphere 4.85 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Improvise (Your artifacts can help cast this spell. Each artifact you tap after you're done activating mana abilities pays for .) Search your library for an artifact card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, thenshuffle

    Divination Sorcery Normal - ~$0.25

    Hieroglyphic Illumination Instant Normal - ~$0.46

    Reverse Engineer Sorcery Normal - ~$0.21

    Thoughtcast Sorcery Normal - ~$8.46

    Vexing Scuttler Creature — Eldrazi Crab Normal - ~$0.35

    Whir of Invention Instant Normal - ~$6.61

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