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"Find me cards equivalent to: Untimely Malfunction"

Equivalent cards to Untimely Malfunction (Red, Instant, modal, artifact removal, target manipulation, can't block) include:
1. Shatter — Destroys target artifact (matches one mode).
2. Deflection — Changes the target of a spell with a single target (blue, but does what one mode does).
3. Twinflame — Can cause creatures to not block by attacking with copies (not direct).
4. Hijack — Red, instant, but it gains control instead (not the same modes).
5. Fateful Conflagration (hypothetical, not a real card).

Closest real card in red:

  • Abrade — Instant: Choose one — Deal 3 damage to target creature or destroy target artifact (shares Red, instant, modal, artifact destruction).

Untimely Malfunction is unique for the combination. Abrade is the closest real example in Red with modal choice and artifact removal. No single card in Red does all three, but Abrade shares the modal/instant identity.

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Abrade

Deflection

Hijack

Shatter

Twinflame

Untimely Malfunction

Abrade #2179 Instant

Variations: v1 v2
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    Cardkingdom / 8.99 USD 9.99 USD
    Manapool / 10.35 USD 7.66 USD
    Cardmarket 4.5 EUR / 5.86 EUR
    Tcgplayer 6.81 USD

    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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    Choose one — • Abrade deals 3 damage to target creature. •Destroytarget artifact.

    Deflection #29 Instant

    Variations: v1 v2
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  • If there is no other legal target for the spell, this does not change the target.
  • Once the spell resolves, the new target is considered to be targeted by the deflected spell. This will trigger any effects which trigger on being targeted.
  • The target of a spell that targets another spell on the stack can be changed to any other spell on the stack, even if the new target will resolve before the spell does.
  • This does not check if the current target is legal. It just checks if the spell has a single target.
  • This only targets the spell being changed, not the original or new target of the spell it is affecting.
  • You can choose to make a spell on the stack target this spell (if such a target choice would be legal had the spell been cast while this spell was on the stack). The new target for the deflected spell is not chosen until this spell resolves. This spell is still on the stack when new targets are selected for the spell.
  • You can’t make a spell which is on the stack target itself.
  • You choose the spell to target on announcement, but you pick the new target for that spell on resolution.
  • If a spell targets multiple things, you can’t target it with Deflection, even if all but one of those targets has become illegal.
  • If a spell targets the same player or object multiple times, you can’t target it with Deflection.

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    Change the target of target spell with a single target.

    Hijack #118 Sorcery

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  • You can target and gain control of an untapped artifact or creature this way. You can also untap an artifact or creature you already control and give it haste.

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    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.15 USD / 0.26 USD
    Cardmarket / 0.34 EUR 0.13 EUR
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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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    Gain control of target artifact or creature until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn.

    Shatter #103 Instant

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  • Regenerating artifacts can regenerate from this.

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    Tcgplayer 0.11 USD / 0.16 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD
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    Cardmarket 0.05 EUR / 0.58 EUR

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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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    Destroy target artifact.

    Twinflame #1810 Sorcery

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  • Any enters-the-battlefield abilities of the copied creature will trigger when the token enters the battlefield. Any "as [this permanent] enters the battlefield" or "[this permanent] enters the battlefield with" abilities of the copied creature will also work.
  • If a spell or ability allows you to cast a strive spell without paying its mana cost, you must pay the additional costs for any targets beyond the first.
  • If all of the spell's targets are illegal when the spell tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. If one or more of its targets are legal when it tries to resolve, the spell will resolve and affect only those legal targets. It will have no effect on any illegal targets.
  • If another creature becomes or enters the battlefield as a copy of the token, that creature will have haste, but you won't exile it. However, if Twinflame creates multiple tokens copying a single creature due to a replacement effect (like the one Doubling Season creates), you'll exile each of them.
  • If such a spell is copied, and the effect that copies the spell allows a player to choose new targets for the copy, the number of targets can't be changed. The player may change any number of the targets, including all of them or none of them. If, for one of the targets, the player can't choose a new legal target, then it remains unchanged (even if the current target is illegal).
  • If the copied creature has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
  • If the copied creature is a token, the token created by Twinflame copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that put that token onto the battlefield.
  • If the copied creature is copying something else (for example, if the copied creature is a Clone), then the token enters the battlefield as whatever that creature copied.
  • The mana cost and mana value of strive spells don't change no matter how many targets they have. Strive abilities affect only what you pay.
  • The tokens copy exactly what was printed on the original creature and nothing else (unless that permanent is copying something else or is a token; see below). It doesn't copy whether that creature is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras and Equipment attached to it, or any non-copy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.
  • The tokens see each other enter the battlefield. If any of them have a triggered ability that triggers whenever a creature enters the battlefield, they'll trigger for one another.
  • You choose how many targets each spell with a strive ability has and what those targets are as you cast it. It's legal to cast such a spell with no targets, although this is rarely a good idea. You can't choose the same target more than once for a single strive spell.

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    Manapool / 8.96 USD 9.88 USD
    Cardkingdom 11.99 USD / 18.99 USD
    Tcgplayer 8.64 USD / 8.19 USD
    Cardmarket / 10.38 EUR 10.02 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Strive — This spell costs more to cast for each target beyond the first. Choose any number of target creatures you control. For each of them, create a token that's a copy of that creature, except it has haste. Exile those tokens at the beginning of the next end step.

    Untimely Malfunction #161 Instant

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  • If a spell or ability targets multiple things, you can't target it with Untimely Malfunction's second mode, even if all but one of those targets have become illegal.
  • The effect of Untimely Malfunction's last mode won't cause creatures that are already blocking to stop blocking.
  • You don't choose the new target for the spell or ability targeted with Untimely Malfunction's second mode until Untimely Malfunction resolves. You must change the target if possible. However, you can't change the target to an illegal target. If there are no legal targets to choose from, the target isn't changed. It doesn't matter if the original target has somehow become illegal itself.

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    Manapool / 7.08 USD 5.86 USD
    Tcgplayer 5.65 USD / 6.73 USD
    Cardkingdom / 10.99 USD 9.99 USD
    Cardmarket 5.62 EUR / 6.3 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Choose one — •Destroytarget artifact. • Change the target of target spell or ability with a single target. • One or two target creatures can't block this turn.