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"Find me cards equivalent to: The Blackstaff of Waterdeep"

There are very few cards exactly like The Blackstaff of Waterdeep, but here are similar blue legendary artifacts that interact with artifacts or animate them:
1. Tezzeret the Seeker (not an artifact, but a blue planeswalker that animates artifacts: {X}: Untap X target artifacts; -5: Artifacts become 5/5 artifact creatures)
2. Karn, Silver Golem (Not blue, but animates artifacts)
3. Karn, the Great Creator (Colorless, interacts heavily with artifacts)
4. Ensoul Artifact (Not legendary, but blue and animates artifacts)
5. Cyberdrive Awakener (Blue, animates all noncreature artifacts when it enters)

Closest blue legendary artifact equivalents:

  • The Blackstaff of Waterdeep (your original card)
  • Mirrodin Besieged (blue, legendary, interacts with artifacts but doesn't animate them)

Summary: There are no exact blue legendary artifact matches that animate artifacts like The Blackstaff of Waterdeep, but Ensoul Artifact and Cyberdrive Awakener are close mechanically for animating artifacts in blue.

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Cyberdrive Awakener

Ensoul Artifact

Karn, Silver Golem

Karn, the Great Creator

Mirrodin Besieged

Tezzeret the Seeker

The Blackstaff of Waterdeep

Cyberdrive Awakener #69 Artifact Creature — Construct

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 6
Power/Toughness: 4/4
Types:
  • Artifact
  • Creature
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  • Construct
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    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying

    Rules

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    Legalities

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    Flying Other artifact creatures you control have flying. When this creature enters, each noncreature artifact you control becomes a 4/4 artifact creature until end of turn.

    Ensoul Artifact #3 Enchantment — Aura

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Enchantment
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  • Aura
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    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Enchant

    Rules

  • Effects that modify a creature's power and/or toughness, such as the ones created by Titanic Growth or a +1/+1 counter, will apply to the creature no matter when they started to take effect. The same is true for any counters that change its power and/or toughness and effects that switch power and toughness.
  • If the artifact was already a creature, its base power and toughness will each become 5. This overwrites any previous effects that set the creature's base power and toughness to specific values. Any power- or toughness-setting effects that start to apply after Ensoul Artifact becomes attached to the artifact will overwrite this effect.
  • The artifact retains any types, subtypes, or supertypes it has. Notably, if an Equipment becomes an artifact creature, it usually can't be attached to another creature. If it was attached to a creature, it becomes unattached.
  • The resulting artifact creature will be able to attack on your turn if it's been under your control continuously since the turn began. That is, it doesn't matter how long it's been a creature, just how long it's been on the battlefield.

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    Enchant artifact Enchanted artifact is a creature with base power and toughness 5/5 in addition to its other types.

    Karn, Silver Golem #270 Legendary Artifact Creature — Golem

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: 4/4
    Types:
  • Artifact
  • Creature
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  • Golem
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • The blocking ability triggers only once no matter how many blockers are declared.
  • A noncreature permanent that turns into a creature can attack, and its {T} abilities can be activated, only if its controller has continuously controlled that permanent since the beginning of their most recent turn. It doesn't matter how long the permanent has been a creature.

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

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    Whenever Karn blocks or becomes blocked, it gets -4/+4 until end of turn. : Target noncreature artifact becomes an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its mana value until end of turn.

    Karn, the Great Creator #1 Legendary Planeswalker — Karn

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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Planeswalker
    • SubTypes:
  • Karn
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • A noncreature permanent that turns into a creature can attack, and its {T} abilities can be activated, only if its controller has continuously controlled that permanent since the beginning of their most recent turn. It doesn't matter how long the permanent has been a creature.
  • Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keyword abilities are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text, such as equip. Triggered abilities (starting with "when," "whenever," or "at") are unaffected by Karn.
  • If a permanent has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
  • In a casual game, a card you choose from outside the game comes from your personal collection. In a tournament event, a card you choose from outside the game must come from your sideboard. You may look at your sideboard at any time.
  • Karn's first ability affects only artifacts on the battlefield. Activated abilities that work in other zones can still be activated.
  • Karn's last ability can't get a face-down card in exile, even if you know it's an artifact card.

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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

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    Activated abilities of artifacts your opponents control can't be activated.
    +1 Until your next turn, up to one target noncreature artifact becomes an artifact creature with power and toughness each equal to its mana value.
    −2 You may reveal an artifact card you own from outside the game or choose a face-up artifact card you own in exile. Put that card into your hand.

    Mirrodin Besieged #MH1-57 Enchantment

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Enchantment
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    Normal
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    Tokens:
    Myr

    Rules

  • If you somehow control Mirrodin Besieged and no choice was made for it, it has neither of the two triggered abilities.
  • If you support the Mirrans, Mirrodin Besieged’s ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered.
  • If you support the Phyrexians, you must choose a target opponent as your end step begins. Whether that player loses the game is determined only as the ability resolves. This means that the card you discard may be the fifteenth artifact card that causes the target player to lose the game, but it also means that if there is no legal target opponent, you won’t draw or discard.
  • In a Two-Headed Giant game, if one player on a team loses the game, that team loses the game.

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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

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    As this enchantment enters, choose Mirran or Phyrexian. • Mirran — Whenever you cast an artifact spell, create a 1/1 colorless Myr artifact creature token. • Phyrexian — At the beginning of your end step, draw a card, thendiscarda card. Then if there are fifteen or more artifact cards in your graveyard, target opponent loses the game.

    Tezzeret the Seeker #1619 Legendary Planeswalker — Tezzeret

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Planeswalker
    • SubTypes:
  • Tezzeret
    • Languages:
    EDH Bracket Attr:
    Tutors
    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • For the second ability, you choose the value of X when you activate it. You don’t look through your library until the ability resolves. (In other words, you can’t look through your library, decide what artifact card you want, and then determine what X is.) You can’t choose an X that’s greater than the number of loyalty counters on Tezzeret.
  • The first ability can target zero, one, or two artifacts. You may activate it with no targets just to put a loyalty counter on Tezzeret.
  • The third ability affects all artifacts you control, including artifacts that are already creatures.
  • The third ability causes artifacts you control to become creatures in addition to their other card types.
  • A noncreature permanent that turns into a creature is subject to the “summoning sickness” rule: It can only attack, and its {T} abilities can only be activated, if its controller has continuously controlled that permanent since the beginning of their most recent turn.
  • The effect from the ability overwrites other effects that set power and/or toughness if and only if those effects existed before the ability resolved. It will not overwrite effects that modify power or toughness (whether from a static ability, counters, or a resolved spell or ability), nor will it overwrite effects that set power and toughness which come into existence after the ability resolves. Effects that switch the creature’s power and toughness are always applied after any other power or toughness changing effects, including this one, regardless of the order in which they are created.

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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

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    +1 Untap up to two target artifacts. [−X]: Search your library for an artifact card with mana value X or less, put it onto the battlefield, thenshuffle
    −5 Artifacts you control become artifact creatures with base power and toughness 5/5 until end of turn.

    The Blackstaff of Waterdeep #48s Legendary Artifact

    Variations: v1 v2 v3
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Artifact
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    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Rules

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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

    You may choose not to untap The Blackstaff of Waterdeep during your untap step. Animate Walking Statue — , : Another target nontoken artifact you control becomes a 4/4 artifact creature for as long as The Blackstaff of Waterdeep remains tapped. Activate only as a sorcery.