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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Simic Initiate

Equivalent cards to Simic Initiate (green and blue hybrid) are:
1. Safehold Elite (green/white hybrid, also a 1/1 for 1 with persist, similar functionality).
2. Sage of Epityr (blue, 1/1 for U, enters with scry effect, not graft but cheap blue creature).
3. Sage of Hours (blue, 1/1 for 1U, enters with +1/+1 counters involved, more complex but similar mechanics).

Exact hybrid equivalents with graft are rare; Simic Initiate is unique for GU hybrid with graft, but above are close, low-cost, +1/+1 counter, or hybrid creatures.

Results:

Safehold Elite #239 Creature — Elf Scout

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Color:
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Rarity: Common
Converted Cost: 2
Power/Toughness: 2/2
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Elf
  • Scout
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Persist

    Rules

  • If a creature with persist stops being a creature, persist will still work.
  • If a creature with persist that has +1/+1 counters on it receives enough -1/-1 counters to cause it to be destroyed by lethal damage or put into its owner’s graveyard for having 0 or less toughness, persist won’t trigger and the card won’t return to the battlefield. That’s because persist checks the creature’s existence just before it leaves the battlefield, and it still has all those counters on it at that point.
  • If a permanent has multiple instances of persist, they’ll each trigger separately, but the redundant instances will have no effect. If one instance returns the card to the battlefield, the next to resolve will do nothing.
  • If a token with no -1/-1 counters on it has persist, the ability will trigger when the token is put into the graveyard. However, the token will cease to exist and can’t return to the battlefield.
  • If multiple creatures with persist are put into the graveyard at the same time (due to combat damage or a spell that destroys all creatures, for example), the active player (the player whose turn it is) puts all of their persist triggers on the stack in any order, then each other player in turn order does the same. The last trigger put on the stack is the first one that resolves. That means that in a two-player game, the nonactive player’s persist creatures will return to the battlefield first, then the active player’s persist creatures do the same. The creatures return to the battlefield one at a time.
  • The persist ability triggers when the permanent is put into a graveyard. Its last known information (that is, how the creature last existed on the battlefield) is used to determine whether it had a -1/-1 counter on it.
  • When a permanent with persist returns to the battlefield, it’s a new object with no memory of or connection to its previous existence.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.22 USD / 2.9 USD
    Cardmarket 0.23 EUR / 1.27 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 4.49 USD
    Manapool 0.16 USD / 3.02 USD

    Legalities

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    Text

    Persist (When this creature dies, if it had no -1/-1 counters on it, return it to the battlefield under its owner's control with a -1/-1counteron it.)

    Sage of Epityr #74 Creature — Human Wizard

    Info

    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: 1/1
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Wizard
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.2 USD / 6.31 USD
    Cardmarket 0.21 EUR / 2.19 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 5.99 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 2.62 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    When this creature enters, look at the top four cards of your library, then put them back in any order.

    Sage of Hours #50 Creature — Human Wizard

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    Cost:
    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: 1/1
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Wizard
    • Languages:
    EDH Bracket Attr:
    Extra Turns
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Rules

  • Heroic abilities will resolve before the spell that caused them to trigger.
  • Heroic abilities will trigger only once per spell, even if that spell targets the creature with the heroic ability multiple times.
  • Heroic abilities won't trigger when a copy of a spell is created on the stack or when a spell's targets are changed to include a creature with a heroic ability.
  • You must remove all +1/+1 counters from Sage of Hours to activate its ability, even if the number of counters isn't a multiple of five. For example, if you remove twelve counters to activate the ability, you'll take two extra turns. If you remove three counters, you won't take any extra turns.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 14.6 USD / 52.38 USD
    Cardmarket 7.51 EUR / 20.83 EUR
    Cardkingdom 15.99 USD / 59.99 USD
    Manapool 11.18 USD / 56.63 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Heroic — Whenever you cast a spell that targets this creature, put a +1/+1counteron it. Remove all +1/+1 counters from this creature: For each five counters removed this way, take an extra turn after this one.

    Simic Initiate #162 Creature — Human Mutant

    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: 0/0
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Mutant
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Graft

    Rules

  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.1 USD / 0.36 USD
    Cardmarket 0.14 EUR / 0.18 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.15 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Graft 1 (This creature enters with a +1/+1counteron it. Whenever another creature enters, you may move a +1/+1counterfrom this creature onto it.)

    Safehold Elite Creature — Elf Scout Normal - ~$1.58

    Sage of Epityr Creature — Human Wizard Normal - ~$2.25

    Sage of Hours Creature — Human Wizard Normal - ~$29.89

    Simic Initiate Creature — Human Mutant Normal - ~$0.24

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