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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Tainted Observer

Equivalent cards to Tainted Observer (in Simic: Blue-Green) with flying and a counter-related ability:
1. Gyre Sage (gets counters when creatures enter)
2. Zameck Guildmage (can add or manipulate +1/+1 counters)
3. Simic Fluxmage (moves +1/+1 counters)
4. Hardened Scales (not a creature, but great counter synergy)
5. Fathom Mage (draws when you put counters on it)


Reason: All support +1/+1 counter-based Simic strategies, though only Tainted Observer grants proliferate directly. For flying counter creatures: Gyre Sage and Fathom Mage are closest.

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Fathom Mage #162★ Creature — Human Wizard

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 4
Power/Toughness: 1/1
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Wizard
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Evolve

    Rules

  • Fathom Mage's last ability will trigger whenever any +1/+1 counter is placed on it, not just ones due to the evolve ability.
  • If Fathom Mage enters with a +1/+1 counter on it (perhaps due to Master Biomancer), its last ability will trigger once for each +1/+1 counter it entered with.
  • If multiple +1/+1 counters are placed on Fathom Mage simultaneously, its last ability will trigger once for each of those counters.
  • If a creature enters the battlefield with +1/+1 counters on it, consider those counters when determining if evolve will trigger. For example, a 1/1 creature that enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it will cause the evolve ability of a 2/2 creature to trigger.
  • If evolve triggers, the stat comparison will happen again when the ability tries to resolve. If neither stat of the new creature is greater, the ability will do nothing. If the creature that entered the battlefield leaves the battlefield before evolve tries to resolve, use its last known power and toughness to compare the stats.
  • If multiple creatures enter the battlefield at the same time, evolve may trigger multiple times, although the stat comparison will take place each time one of those abilities tries to resolve. For example, if you control a 2/2 creature with evolve and two 3/3 creatures enter the battlefield, evolve will trigger twice. The first ability will resolve and put a +1/+1 counter on the creature with evolve. When the second ability tries to resolve, neither the power nor the toughness of the new creature is greater than that of the creature with evolve, so that ability does nothing.
  • When comparing the stats as the evolve ability resolves, it's possible that the stat that's greater changes from power to toughness or vice versa. If this happens, the ability will still resolve and you'll put a +1/+1 counter on the creature with evolve. For example, if you control a 2/2 creature with evolve and a 1/3 creature enters the battlefield under your control, it toughness is greater so evolve will trigger. In response, the 1/3 creature gets +2/-2. When the evolve trigger tries to resolve, its power is greater. You'll put a +1/+1 counter on the creature with evolve.
  • When comparing the stats of the two creatures for evolve, you always compare power to power and toughness to toughness.
  • Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, check its power and toughness against the power and toughness of the creature with evolve. If neither stat of the new creature is greater, evolve won't trigger at all.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 3.47 USD
    Cardmarket 0.9 EUR
    Cardkingdom 2.79 USD

    Legalities

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    Text

    Evolve (Whenever a creature you control enters, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1counteron this creature.) Whenever a +1/+1counteris put on this creature, you may draw a card.

    Gyre Sage #112 Creature — Elf Druid

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: 1/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Elf
  • Druid
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Evolve

    Rules

  • Gyre Sage's last ability is a mana ability. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to.
  • If a creature enters the battlefield with +1/+1 counters on it, consider those counters when determining if evolve will trigger. For example, a 1/1 creature that enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it will cause the evolve ability of a 2/2 creature to trigger.
  • If evolve triggers, the stat comparison will happen again when the ability tries to resolve. If neither stat of the new creature is greater, the ability will do nothing. If the creature that entered the battlefield leaves the battlefield before evolve tries to resolve, use its last known power and toughness to compare the stats.
  • If multiple creatures enter the battlefield at the same time, evolve may trigger multiple times, although the stat comparison will take place each time one of those abilities tries to resolve. For example, if you control a 2/2 creature with evolve and two 3/3 creatures enter the battlefield, evolve will trigger twice. The first ability will resolve and put a +1/+1 counter on the creature with evolve. When the second ability tries to resolve, neither the power nor the toughness of the new creature is greater than that of the creature with evolve, so that ability does nothing.
  • When comparing the stats as the evolve ability resolves, it's possible that the stat that's greater changes from power to toughness or vice versa. If this happens, the ability will still resolve and you'll put a +1/+1 counter on the creature with evolve. For example, if you control a 2/2 creature with evolve and a 1/3 creature enters the battlefield under your control, it toughness is greater so evolve will trigger. In response, the 1/3 creature gets +2/-2. When the evolve trigger tries to resolve, its power is greater. You'll put a +1/+1 counter on the creature with evolve.
  • When comparing the stats of the two creatures for evolve, you always compare power to power and toughness to toughness.
  • Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, check its power and toughness against the power and toughness of the creature with evolve. If neither stat of the new creature is greater, evolve won't trigger at all.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 3.97 USD
    Cardmarket 4.79 EUR / 1.69 EUR
    Cardsphere 3.35 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

    Evolve (Whenever a creature you control enters, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1counteron this creature.) : Add for each +1/+1counteron this creature.

    Hardened Scales #133p Enchantment

    Variations: v1 v2

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Enchantment
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • Each additional Hardened Scales you control will increase the number of +1/+1 counters placed on a creature you control by one.
  • If a creature you control would enter the battlefield with a number of +1/+1 counters on it, it enters with that many plus one instead.
  • If two or more effects attempt to modify how many counters would be put on a creature you control, you choose the order to apply those effects, no matter who controls the sources of those effects.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 3.28 USD / 2.94 USD
    Cardmarket 2.97 EUR / 3.03 EUR
    Cardkingdom 5.49 USD / 7.99 USD
    Cardsphere 2.82 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

    If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a creature you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on it instead.

    Simic Fluxmage #49 Creature — Merfolk Wizard

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 1/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Merfolk
  • Wizard
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Evolve

    Rules

  • If the creature is an illegal target when Simic Fluxmage’s ability tries to resolve, it won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen. No counters will be removed from Simic Fluxmage.
  • To move a counter from one creature to another, the counter is removed from the first creature and placed on the second. Any abilities that care about a counter being placed on the second creature will apply.
  • If a creature enters the battlefield with +1/+1 counters on it, consider those counters when determining if evolve will trigger. For example, a 1/1 creature that enters the battlefield with two +1/+1 counters on it will cause the evolve ability of a 2/2 creature to trigger.
  • If evolve triggers, the stat comparison will happen again when the ability tries to resolve. If neither stat of the new creature is greater, the ability will do nothing. If the creature that entered the battlefield leaves the battlefield before evolve tries to resolve, use its last known power and toughness to compare the stats.
  • If multiple creatures enter the battlefield at the same time, evolve may trigger multiple times, although the stat comparison will take place each time one of those abilities tries to resolve. For example, if you control a 2/2 creature with evolve and two 3/3 creatures enter the battlefield, evolve will trigger twice. The first ability will resolve and put a +1/+1 counter on the creature with evolve. When the second ability tries to resolve, neither the power nor the toughness of the new creature is greater than that of the creature with evolve, so that ability does nothing.
  • When comparing the stats as the evolve ability resolves, it’s possible that the stat that’s greater changes from power to toughness or vice versa. If this happens, the ability will still resolve and you’ll put a +1/+1 counter on the creature with evolve. For example, if you control a 2/2 creature with evolve and a 1/3 creature enters the battlefield under your control, it toughness is greater so evolve will trigger. In response, the 1/3 creature gets +2/-2. When the evolve trigger tries to resolve, its power is greater. You’ll put a +1/+1 counter on the creature with evolve.
  • When comparing the stats of the two creatures for evolve, you always compare power to power and toughness to toughness.
  • Whenever a creature enters the battlefield under your control, check its power and toughness against the power and toughness of the creature with evolve. If neither stat of the new creature is greater, evolve won’t trigger at all.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.11 USD
    Cardmarket 0.16 EUR / 0.53 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD
    Cardsphere 0.23 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

    Evolve (Whenever a creature you control enters, if that creature has greater power or toughness than this creature, put a +1/+1counteron this creature.) , : Move a +1/+1counterfrom this creature onto target creature.

    Tainted Observer #217 Creature — Phyrexian Bird

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 2/3
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Phyrexian
  • Bird
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
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    Poison Counter

    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying Proliferate Toxic

    Rules

  • A player with ten or more poison counters loses the game. This is a state-based action and doesn't use the stack. In other words, it happens immediately and players can't respond to it, just like a player losing the game due to having 0 or less life.
  • An ability that triggers "Whenever you proliferate" triggers even if you chose no permanents or players while doing so.
  • Any other effects of that damage, such as life gain from lifelink, still apply.
  • Conversely, replacement effects that apply to the number of counters put on a player can modify the counters placed this way. For example, Vorinclex, Monstrous Raider's last two abilities can apply to counters placed this way.
  • Damage dealt by a creature with toxic grants the same number of counters regardless of how much damage is dealt. Notably, if a replacement effect modifies the damage in some way (such as that of Gratuitous Violence), the number of counters given remains unchanged.
  • If a creature with toxic deals combat damage to a creature or planeswalker, or if it deals noncombat damage, toxic has no effect and no player gets poison counters.
  • If a permanent ever has both +1/+1 counters and -1/-1 counters on it at the same time, they're removed in pairs as a state-based action so that the permanent has only one of those kinds of counters on it.
  • If a player or permanent has more than one kind of counter on it, and you choose for it to get additional counters, it must get one of each kind of counter it already has. You can't have it get just one kind of counter it already has and not the others.
  • Multiple instances of toxic are cumulative. For example, if a creature has toxic 2 and gains toxic 1 due to another effect, combat damage that creature deals to a player will cause that player to get 3 poison counters.
  • Players can respond to a spell or ability whose effect includes proliferating. Once that spell or ability starts to resolve, however, and its controller chooses which permanents and players will get new counters, it's too late for anyone to respond.
  • To proliferate, you can choose any permanent that has a counter, including ones controlled by opponents. You can choose any player who has a counter, including opponents. You can't choose cards in any zone other than the battlefield, even if they have counters on them.
  • Toxic doesn't change the amount of combat damage a creature deals. For example, if a 2/2 creature with toxic 1 deals combat damage to a player, that creature will deal 2 damage. The results of that damage are the player loses 2 life and gets a poison counter.
  • You don't have to choose every permanent or player that has a counter, only the ones you want to add another counter to. Since "any number" includes zero, you don't have to choose any permanents at all, and you don't have to choose any players at all.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.11 USD / 0.2 USD
    Cardmarket 0.21 EUR / 0.4 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD
    Cardsphere 0.12 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

    Flying Toxic 1 (Players dealt combat damage by this creature also get a poisoncounter) Whenever another creature you control enters, you may pay . If you do, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each anothercounterof each kind already there.)

    Zameck Guildmage #209 Creature — Elf Wizard

    Info

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    Cost:
    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: 2/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Elf
  • Wizard
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • Zameck Guildmage's first ability has no effect on creatures already on the battlefield when it resolves.
  • Zameck Guildmage's first ability is cumulative. For example, if it resolves twice in a turn, each creature that enters under your control that turn will do so with two +1/+1 additional counters on it.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.56 USD
    Cardmarket 0.6 EUR / 0.02 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.49 USD
    Cardsphere 0.61 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

    : This turn, each creature you control enters with an additional +1/+1counteron it. , Remove a +1/+1counterfrom a creature you control: Draw a card.

    Fathom Mage Creature — Human Wizard Normal - ~$2.39

    Gyre Sage Creature — Elf Druid Normal - ~$3.45

    Hardened Scales Enchantment Normal - ~$4.07

    Simic Fluxmage Creature — Merfolk Wizard Normal - ~$0.31

    Tainted Observer Creature — Phyrexian Bird Normal - ~$0.27

    Zameck Guildmage Creature — Elf Wizard Normal - ~$0.46

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