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"Find me cards equivalent to: Xander's Pact"

Equivalent cards to Xander's Pact (Sorcery, Black, similar effect: exile/cast cards from opponents' libraries, life payment, copying, etc.):
1. Jeska's Will – Red, but closest in effect for exiling and casting cards.
2. Praetor's Grasp – Lets you exile a card from an opponent’s library and cast it.
3. Scheming Symmetry – Tutors to opponent's library top; not exactly casting/exiling.
4. Dire Fleet Daredevil – Red, similar effect.
5. Hostage Taker – Exiles and lets you cast, but is a creature.

Closest black sorceries:

  • Praetor's Grasp (Take a card; can cast it)
  • Boneyard Parley (Exile and potentially get cards, but not direct casting off libraries)
  • Sadistic Ritualist (Sacrifice synergy, but not exile/casting)

Summary: Black doesn’t have a perfect direct equivalent, but Praetor's Grasp is the closest for exiling/casting cards from opponents' libraries. Xander's Pact is unique for its casualty mechanic and direct spell-casting with life payment.

Found Cards

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Boneyard Parley

Dire Fleet Daredevil

Hostage Taker

Jeska's Will

Praetor's Grasp

Scheming Symmetry

Xander's Pact

Boneyard Parley #94 Sorcery

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Rarity: Mythic
Converted Cost: 7
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  • Sorcery
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    Rules

  • A pile can have no cards in it. In this case, you’ll choose whether to put all the exiled cards onto the battlefield or into graveyards.
  • In a multiplayer game, if a player leaves the game, all cards that player owns leave as well. If you leave the game, any creatures you control from Boneyard Parley’s effect are exiled.
  • In multiplayer games, you choose an opponent to separate the cards when the ability resolves. This doesn’t target that opponent. Because the cards are revealed, all players may see the cards and offer opinions.
  • The creature cards may come from different graveyards.
  • You (not your opponent) choose which pile to put onto the battlefield and which to return to graveyards.

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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

    Exile up to five target creature cards from graveyards. An opponent separates those cards into two piles. Put all cards from the pile of your choice onto the battlefield under your control and the rest into their owners' graveyards.

    Dire Fleet Daredevil #162 Creature — Human Pirate

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: 2/1
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  • Creature
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  • Human
  • Pirate
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • Casting an exiled card causes it to leave exile. You can't cast it multiple times.
  • The effect of Dire Fleet Daredevil doesn't change when you can cast the exiled card. For example, if you exile a sorcery card, you can cast it only during your main phase when the stack is empty.

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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

    First strike When this creature enters, exile target instant or sorcery card from an opponent's graveyard. You may cast it this turn, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell. If that spell would be put into a graveyard, exile it instead.

    Hostage Taker #231 Creature — Human Pirate

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 2/3
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  • Creature
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  • Human
  • Pirate
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    Rules

  • Auras attached to the exiled permanent will be put into their owners' graveyards. Any Equipment will become unattached and remain on the battlefield. Any counters on the exiled permanent will cease to exist.
  • Hostage Taker has received errata to prevent it from targeting itself. The correct Oracle wording appears above.
  • If Hostage Taker leaves the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves, the target permanent won't be exiled.
  • If a token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won't return to the battlefield. You can't cast it.
  • If it's still in exile, the exiled card returns to the battlefield immediately after Hostage Taker leaves the battlefield. Nothing happens between the two events, including state-based actions.
  • In a multiplayer game, if Hostage Taker's owner leaves the game while the card is still exiled and another player owns that card, the exiled card will return to the battlefield under its owner's control. Because the one-shot effect that returns the card isn't an ability that goes on the stack, it won't cease to exist along with the leaving player's spells and abilities on the stack.
  • In a multiplayer game, if a player leaves the game, all cards that player owns leave as well. If you leave the game, any spell or permanent cards you control from Hostage Taker's ability are exiled.
  • Once you begin to cast the exiled card, it's considered a new object. You'll control that spell and the permanent that spell becomes even if Hostage Taker leaves the battlefield.

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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

    When this creature enters, exile another target creature or artifact until this creature leaves the battlefield. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell.

    Jeska's Will #1744 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Sorcery
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    Rules

  • Any of the exiled cards you don't play will remain exiled.
  • Even though the card is named after a specific character, controlling any commander will satisfy its condition.
  • Jeska's Will isn't a mana ability, even if you select the first mode (or both modes). It uses the stack and can be responded to.
  • Once you've announced that you're casting a spell, players can't take any actions until you've finished doing so. Notably, opponents can't try to remove your commander to change how many modes you may choose.
  • Once you've chosen both modes for the spell, it doesn't matter whether you continue to control a commander. This is true even if you somehow no longer control a commander as you finish casting the spell.
  • The commander you control doesn't have to be your commander.
  • There's no extra bonus if you control more than one commander.
  • Use the number of cards in the target opponent's hand as Jeska's Will resolves to determine how much {R} to add.
  • You must follow the normal timing permissions and restrictions for the exiled cards. You can't play lands this way unless you have land plays available.
  • You'll still pay all costs for a spell cast this way, including additional costs. You may also pay alternative costs if any are available.

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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

    Choose one. If you control a commander as you cast this spell, you may choose both instead. • Add for each card in target opponent's hand. • Exile the top three cards of your library. You may play them this turn.

    Praetor's Grasp #1861 Sorcery

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
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  • Sorcery
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    Rules

  • Other players, including the card’s owner, can’t look at the card while it remains exiled.
  • Playing a card exiled with Praetor’s Grasp follows all the normal rules for playing that card. You must pay its costs, and you must follow all timing restrictions, for example.

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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

    Search target opponent's library for a card and exile it face down. Then that player shuffles. You may play that card for as long as it remains exiled.

    Scheming Symmetry #1997 Sorcery

    Variations: v1 v2 v3
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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 1
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  • Sorcery
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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

    Choose two target players. Each of them searches their library for a card, then shuffles and puts that card on top.

    Xander's Pact #43p Sorcery

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 6
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  • Sorcery
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Casualty

    Rules

  • Casualty N means “As an additional cost to cast this spell, you may sacrifice a creature with power N or greater.” and “When you cast this spell, if a casualty cost was paid for it, copy it. If the spell has any targets, you may choose new targets for the copy.”
  • If a spell has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
  • If you cast a spell for another cost “rather than pay its mana cost,” you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs such as a blitz cost. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as a casualty cost. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, those must be paid to cast it.
  • If you pay the casualty cost of a spell, the copy will resolve before the original spell.
  • The copy of the spell is created on the stack, so it's not “cast.” Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell won't trigger.
  • You may sacrifice only one creature to pay a spell's casualty cost, and you copy the spell only once.

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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

    Casualty 2 (As you cast this spell, you maysacrificea creature with power 2 or greater. When you do, copy this spell.) Each opponent exiles the top card of their library. You may cast spells from among those cards this turn. If you cast a spell this way, pay life equal to that spell's mana value rather than pay its mana cost.