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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Syphon Essence

Equivalent cards to Syphon Essence (blue, counter with life gain) include:

  • Essence Scatter (counters a creature spell, no life gain)
  • No Escape (exiles a creature or planeswalker from graveyard, gain 2 life—not a counterspell, but also interacts via exile and life gain)

There are very few exact equivalents—life gain on a counterspell is rare in blue. Essence Capture is the closest alternative: counters a creature spell, puts a +1/+1 counter on a creature you control.


Reason: Blue rarely gains life, most similar cards only counter creatures or grant other minor benefits.

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Essence Capture #10 Instant

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Rarity: Uncommon
Converted Cost: 2
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  • Instant
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    Rules

  • A creature spell that can't be countered is a legal target for Essence Capture. The spell won't be countered when Essence Capture resolves, but you'll still put a +1/+1 counter on the target creature.
  • You can't cast Essence Capture without a target creature spell. If either target is illegal when Essence Capture tries to resolve, the other is still affected as appropriate.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.07 USD / 0.16 USD
    Cardmarket 0.06 EUR / 0.1 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD
    Cardsphere 0.07 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Counter target creature spell. Put a +1/+1counteron up to one target creature you control.

    Essence Scatter #60 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Instant
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    Rules

  • A "creature spell" is any spell with the creature type, even if it has other types such as artifact or enchantment.

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    Legalities

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

    Text

    Counter target creature spell.

    No Escape #63 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Scry

    Rules

  • A creature or planeswalker spell that can’t be countered is a legal target for No Escape. The spell won’t be countered when No Escape resolves, but you’ll still scry 1.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.04 USD / 0.4 USD
    Cardmarket 0.13 EUR / 0.16 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD
    Cardsphere 0.14 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Counter target creature or planeswalker spell. If that spell is countered this way, exile it instead of putting it into its owner's graveyard. Scry 1.

    Syphon Essence #84 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
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    Tokens:
    Blood

    Rules

  • If an effect refers to a Blood token, it means any artifact token with the subtype Blood, even if it has gained other subtypes.
  • Some spells that instruct you to create a Blood token require targets. You can't cast these spells without choosing all required targets, and if all of those targets become illegal targets, the spell won't resolve and you won't create any Blood tokens. If some but not all of those targets become illegal, you'll do as much as possible, including creating Blood tokens.
  • Some triggered abilities trigger "whenever you sacrifice a Blood token." These abilities trigger regardless of why you sacrificed that Blood token.
  • You can't sacrifice a Blood token to pay multiple costs.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.02 USD / 0.13 USD
    Cardmarket 0.05 EUR / 0.06 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD
    Cardsphere 0.14 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Counter target creature or planeswalker spell. Create a Blood token. (It's an artifact with ", ,Discarda card,Sacrificethis token: Draw a card.")

    Essence Capture Instant Normal - ~$0.19

    Essence Scatter Instant Normal

    No Escape Instant Normal - ~$0.24

    Syphon Essence Instant Normal - ~$0.18

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