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"Find me cards equivalent to: Spelljack"

Equivalent cards (same color: blue U, type: Instant, similar effect) to Spelljack:
1. Draining Whelk (not an instant, but blue, counters a spell and allows using its power; still relevant for comparison)
2. Desertion (blue, instant—counters and allows you to put an artifact/creature into play)
3. Swat (not equivalent, just a counter)
4. Aethersnatch (blue, instant—counters and lets you cast the spell)

Best true equivalent is Aethersnatch:
Aethersnatch - Instant, UU4, Counter target spell. You may cast that spell without paying its mana cost for as long as it remains exiled.


Reason: Closest match to Spelljack for effect, type, and color.

Found Cards

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Aethersnatch

Desertion

Draining Whelk

Spelljack

Swat

Aethersnatch #18 Instant

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 6
Power/Toughness: /
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  • Instant
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    Rules

  • 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

    Text

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

    Desertion #31 Instant

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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Instant
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    Rules

  • If the spell is not countered (because the spell it targets can't be countered), then this card's ability does not put the card onto the battlefield. The spell continues to resolve as normal.
  • The card is put onto the battlefield, but any effects that check if the original card was "cast from your hand" will not trigger or otherwise consider the card to have been cast from your hand. The card was put onto the battlefield by the effect of Desertion instead.
  • This spell includes a replacement effect. If the target is an artifact or creature spell, it never goes to the graveyard.

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    Manapool / 5.04 USD 1.37 USD
    Tcgplayer / 5.04 USD 1.78 USD
    Cardkingdom / 7.99 USD 2.49 USD
    Cardmarket / 4.39 EUR 1.83 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Counter target spell. If an artifact or creature spell is countered this way, put that card onto the battlefield under your control instead of into its owner's graveyard.

    Draining Whelk #62 Creature — Illusion

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 6
    Power/Toughness: 1/1
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Illusion
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    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flash Flying

    Rules

  • Draining Whelk's ability counters the target spell even if you can't put counters on Draining Whelk, most likely because Draining Whelk left the battlefield before the ability resolved.
  • For spells with {X} in their mana costs, use the value chosen for X to determine the spell's mana value.
  • If the target spell is an illegal target by the time Draining Whelk's ability tries to resolve, the spell doesn't resolve. You don't put any counters on Draining Whelk. If the target is legal but the spell can't be countered, you do put counters on Draining Whelk.

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    Cardkingdom / 0.99 USD 0.79 USD
    Cardmarket / 0.51 EUR 0.33 EUR
    Tcgplayer 0.38 USD / 0.77 USD
    Manapool / 0.81 USD 0.2 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Flash Flying When this creature enters,countertarget spell. Put X +1/+1 counters on this creature, where X is that spell's mana value.

    Spelljack #51 Instant

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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 6
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Instant
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • If you cast an instant or sorcery, it goes to its owner’s graveyard when it resolves.
  • This spell can be used on a spell cast using Flashback.
  • If you use this on an opponent’s spell which has Buyback, you may pay the Buyback cost as you cast it. If you do so, the card will go to its owner’s hand upon resolution. It will not go to your hand, nor to any player’s graveyard.

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    Manapool 1.03 USD / 6.19 USD
    Tcgplayer / 17.98 USD 1.61 USD
    Cardkingdom / 19.99 USD 2.79 USD
    Cardmarket / 10.8 EUR 1.26 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. You may play it without paying its mana cost for as long as it remains exiled. (If it has X in its mana cost, X is 0.)

    Swat #174 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Instant
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    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Cycling

    Rules

  • Cycling is an activated ability. Effects that interact with activated abilities (such as Stifle or Rings of Brighthearth) will interact with cycling. Effects that interact with spells (such as Remove Soul or Faerie Tauntings) will not.

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    Manapool / 0.31 USD 0.15 USD
    Tcgplayer / 0.62 USD 0.09 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.99 USD
    Cardmarket / 0.56 EUR 0.08 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Destroy target creature with power 2 or less. Cycling (,Discardthis card: Draw a card.)