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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Rootwater Matriarch

Equivalent cards to Rootwater Matriarch (blue, control of creatures):

  • Aethersnatch (steals spells instead of creatures, still blue, one-time use)
  • Commandeer (takes control of spell, still blue, instant effect)
  • Dominate (permanent control of creature, instant, variable mana)
  • Willbreaker (passive control when opponent's creatures become targeted, blue)
  • Vedalken Shackles (artifact, blue decks only, ongoing control effect)


Reason: All are blue cards that let you gain control of creatures or spells, similar to Rootwater Matriarch.

Results:

Aethersnatch #18 Instant

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Converted Cost: 6
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  • Aethersnatch can target any spell, even one without targets.
  • Combat damage dealt by a commander is tracked without regard to who controlled the commander at the time it dealt damage. For example, say a commander deals 10 combat damage to a player, leaves the battlefield, is recast, and you gain control of it with Aethersnatch. If it deals another 11 combat damage to that same player, they will lose the game.
  • If you gain control of a commander spell, the commander’s owner chooses whether to put it in the command zone if it later leaves the battlefield.
  • If you gain control of an instant or sorcery spell, it will be put into its owner’s graveyard as it resolves.
  • You may change any or none of the spell’s targets. If you change a target, you must choose a legal target for the spell. If you can’t, you must leave the target unchanged (even if the current target is illegal). Notably, if you were originally chosen as a “target opponent” for a spell you gain control with Aethersnatch, you are now an illegal target as you aren’t your own opponent.

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    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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    Gain control of target spell. You may choose new targets for it. (If that spell becomes a permanent, it enters under your control.)

    Commandeer #9 Instant

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 7
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • After Commandeer resolves, you control the targeted spell. Any instance of "you" in that spell's text now refers to you, "an opponent" refers to one of your opponents, and so on. The change of control happens before new targets are chosen, so any targeting restrictions such as "target opponent" or "target creature you control" are now made in reference to you, not the spell's original controller. You may either change those targets to be legal in reference to you, or, if those are the spell's only targets, the spell doesn't resolve for having illegal targets. When the spell resolves, any illegal targets are unaffected by it and you make all decisions the spell's effect calls for.
  • If the targeted spell has a triggered ability that copies it (for example, replicate or storm), the copies will be controlled by the player who cast that spell.
  • If you don't have two cards of the right color in your hand, you can't choose to cast the spell using the alternative cost.
  • If you gain control of an instant or sorcery spell with Commandeer, it will still be put into its owner's graveyard when it resolves.
  • You can't exile a card from your hand to pay for itself. At the time you would pay costs, that card is on the stack, not in your hand.
  • You may change any of the targeted spell's targets. If you change a target, you must choose a legal target for the spell. If you can't, you must leave the target the same (even if that target is now illegal).
  • You may pay the alternative cost rather than the card's mana cost. Any additional costs are paid as normal.
  • If you Commandeer a spell for which buyback has been paid, the card returns to its owner's hand.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 1.15 USD / 2.59 USD
    Cardmarket 0.9 EUR / 2.46 EUR
    Manapool 1.01 USD / 2.54 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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    You may exile two blue cards from your hand rather than pay this spell's mana cost. Gain control of target noncreature spell. You may choose new targets for it. (If that spell is an artifact, enchantment, or planeswalker, the permanent enters under your control.)

    Dominate #31 Instant

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 3
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  • No entries

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    Tcgplayer 0.67 USD / 21.9 USD
    Cardmarket 0.92 EUR / 15.66 EUR
    Cardkingdom 1.49 USD / 16.99 USD
    Manapool 0.52 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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    Gain control of target creature with mana value X or less.

    Rootwater Matriarch #83 Creature — Merfolk

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 2/3
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  • Creature
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  • Merfolk
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  • Can target an unenchanted creature but has no effect on that creature.
  • A creature is “enchanted” if it has any Auras attached to it.
  • Unlike many similar creatures, Rootwater Matriarch untaps as normal during your untap step. Whether it’s tapped or untapped has no bearing on the control-change effect.
  • The control effect applies so long as at least one Aura is attached to the creature, and will continue to apply even if Rootwater Matriarch has left the battlefield. The effect ends if at any time the creature has no Auras on it.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.46 USD
    Cardmarket 0.47 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.79 USD
    Manapool 0.3 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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    : Gain control of target creature for as long as that creature is enchanted.

    Vedalken Shackles #218 Artifact

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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 3
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  • If Vedalken Shackles becomes untapped before its ability resolves, you won’t gain control of the creature.
  • If Vedalken Shackles leaves the battlefield, it’s no longer tapped, so the control-changing effect ends.
  • The creature’s power and the number of Islands you control matter only when the ability is activated and when it resolves. After that, only the fact that Vedalken Shackles remains tapped matters. If the creature stops being a creature, you’ll keep control of it.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 5.77 USD / 12.91 USD
    Cardmarket 5.62 EUR / 13.37 EUR
    Cardkingdom 9.49 USD / 15.99 USD
    Manapool 6.99 USD / 18.1 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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    You may choose not to untap this artifact during your untap step. , : Gain control of target creature with power less than or equal to the number of Islands you control for as long as this artifact remains tapped.

    Willbreaker #84 Creature — Human Wizard

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: 2/3
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  • Creature
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  • Human
  • Wizard
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  • If Willbreaker leaves the battlefield, you no longer control it, and its control-change effect ends.
  • If another player gains control of Willbreaker, its control-change effect ends. Regaining control of Willbreaker won’t cause you to regain control of the creature.
  • If you lose control of Willbreaker before its ability resolves, you won’t gain control of the creature at all.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 1.6 USD / 4 USD
    Cardmarket 1.91 EUR / 4.01 EUR
    Cardkingdom 3.49 USD
    Manapool 1.31 USD / 4.42 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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    Whenever a creature an opponent controls becomes the target of a spell or ability you control, gain control of that creature for as long as you control this creature.

    Aethersnatch Instant Normal

    Commandeer Instant Normal - ~$1.77

    Dominate Instant Normal - ~$8.31

    Rootwater Matriarch Creature — Merfolk Normal - ~$0.51

    Vedalken Shackles Artifact Normal - ~$11.03

    Willbreaker Creature — Human Wizard Normal - ~$2.96

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