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"Find me cards equivalent to: Star Pupil"

Equivalent cards to Star Pupil (White creatures, similar effect):

  • Safehold Elite (G/W, persists with counter-moving theme, has persist instead of direct counter move)
  • Selfless Squire (White, enters with counters but not +1/+1, redirects damage, not exact)
  • Crystalline Giant (Colorless, enters with counters, counters grow differently, not direct)

Closest direct equivalents in mono-white are rare. Star Pupil is unique in mono-white for strictly moving +1/+1 counters on death, but Safehold Elite is closest in spirit for counters and recurring presence.

Found Cards

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Crystalline Giant

Safehold Elite

Selfless Squire

Star Pupil

Crystalline Giant #234s Artifact Creature — Giant

Variations: v1 v2
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Color:
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Cost:
Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 3
Power/Toughness: 3/3
Types:
  • Artifact
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Giant
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • As long as Crystalline Giant doesn't have all ten of the listed counters on it, you'll put one on it at the beginning of combat on your turn. If it has all ten kinds, the ability will trigger but you won't put any counter on it.
  • If Crystalline Giant has one of the listed keywords but not because of a counter of that kind, that kind of counter is still eligible to be chosen at random.
  • You choose a kind of counter at random and put it on Crystalline Giant all while its ability is resolving. Players can't take actions between the time the choice is made and the time Crystalline Giant has the counter.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardmarket 0.52 EUR / 0.85 EUR
    Tcgplayer 1.24 USD
    Manapool 1.12 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    At the beginning of combat on your turn, choose a kind ofcounterat random that this creature doesn't have on it from among flying, first strike, deathtouch, hexproof, lifelink, menace, reach, trample, vigilance, and +1/+1. Put acounterof that kind on this creature.

    Safehold Elite #239 Creature — Elf Scout

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    Info

    Color:
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    Cost:
    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
    Cardkingdom / 4.99 USD 0.35 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.18 USD / 2.9 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 4.47 USD
    Cardmarket 0.19 EUR / 1.7 EUR

    Legalities

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

    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.)

    Selfless Squire #7 Creature — Human Soldier

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    Info

    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 1/1
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Soldier
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Flash

    Rules

  • Selfless Squire's first triggered ability prevents all damage that would be dealt to you this turn after the triggered ability resolves, even if Selfless Squire leaves the battlefield.
  • Selfless Squire's second triggered ability doesn't trigger only when damage is prevented by its first triggered ability's effect. Any effect that uses the word "prevent" will cause it to trigger.

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    Legalities

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    Text

    Flash When this creature enters, prevent all damage that would be dealt to you this turn. Whenever damage that would be dealt to you is prevented, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature.

    Star Pupil #30 Creature — Human Wizard

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    Info

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

    Rules

  • If Star Pupil has -1/-1 counters on it when it dies, the last ability will include those as well. This may result in the recipient also dying.
  • In some unusual cases, you may end up putting the appropriate counters on more than one permanent. For example, if you control The Ozolith when Star Pupil dies, you will put the appropriate number of each kind of counter onto both The Ozolith and the target creature.
  • Star Pupil puts all of its counters onto the target creature, not just its +1/+1 counters.
  • Star Pupil's ability doesn't cause you to move counters from itself to the target creature. Rather, you put the same number of each kind of counter Star Pupil had when it died onto that creature.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardmarket / 0.16 EUR 0.06 EUR
    Cardkingdom / 0.49 USD 0.35 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.23 USD / 0.13 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

    This creature enters with a +1/+1counteron it. When this creature dies, put its counters on target creature you control.