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"Find me cards equivalent to: Academy Elite"

Here are some blue creatures similar to Academy Elite that interact with +1/+1 counters or have looting effects:
1. Aeon Chronicler
Draws cards as it gets larger, scales from cards in hand, not graveyards, but fits the growing/looting feel.
2. Chasm Skulker
Gets +1/+1 counters when you draw cards and makes tokens when it dies.
3. Fathom Mage
Draws cards when it gets +1/+1 counters (similarly interacts with counters).
4. Cemetery Illuminator
Exiles cards from graveyards and provides card advantage.

All these are mono-blue and feature similar counter or card advantage mechanics as Academy Elite.

Found Cards

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Academy Elite

Aeon Chronicler

Cemetery Illuminator

Chasm Skulker

Fathom Mage

Academy Elite #55 Creature — Human Wizard

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 4
Power/Toughness: 0/0
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  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Wizard
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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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    This creature enters with X +1/+1 counters on it, where X is the number of instant and sorcery cards in all graveyards. , Remove a +1/+1counterfrom this creature: Draw a card, thendiscarda card.

    Aeon Chronicler #51 Creature — Avatar

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: */*
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Suspend

    Rules

  • Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to Aeon Chronicler may become lethal if cards leave your hand during that turn.
  • The ability that defines Aeon Chronicler's power and toughness applies in all zones, not just the battlefield.
  • A creature cast using suspend will enter the battlefield with haste. It will have haste until another player gains control of it. (In some rare cases, another player may gain control of the creature spell itself. If this happens, the creature won't enter the battlefield with haste.)
  • Cards exiled with suspend are exiled face up.
  • Due to a recent rules change to suspend, you are no longer required to cast the suspended card as the second triggered ability of suspend resolves. Instead, as the second triggered ability resolves, you may cast the card. Timing permissions based on the card's type are ignored. If you don't cast the card, it remains exiled with no time counters on it, and it's no longer suspended.
  • Exiling a card with suspend isn't casting that card. This action doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to.
  • If an effect refers to a "suspended card," that means a card that (1) has suspend, (2) is in exile, and (3) has one or more time counters on it.
  • If the card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
  • If the first triggered ability of suspend (the one that removes time counters) is countered, no time counter is removed. The ability will trigger again at the beginning of the card's owner's next upkeep.
  • If the second triggered ability is countered, the card can't be cast. It remains exiled with no time counters on it, and it's no longer suspended.
  • If the spell requires any targets, those targets are chosen when the spell is finally cast, not when it's exiled.
  • If this is suspended, then when the last time counter is removed from it, both its triggered ability and the "you may cast this spell" part of the suspend ability will trigger. They can be put on the stack in either order.
  • If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," such as with suspend, you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those if you want to cast the card.
  • Suspend is a keyword that represents three abilities. The first is a static ability that allows you to exile the card from your hand with the specified number of time counters (the number before the dash) on it by paying its suspend cost (listed after the dash). The second is a triggered ability that removes a time counter from the suspended card at the beginning of each of your upkeeps. The third is a triggered ability that gives you the option to cast the card when the last time counter is removed.
  • The mana value of a spell cast without paying its mana cost is determined by its mana cost, even though that cost wasn't paid.
  • When the last time counter is removed, the second triggered ability of suspend (the one that lets you cast the card) triggers. It doesn't matter why the last time counter was removed or what effect removed it.
  • You can exile a card in your hand using suspend any time you could cast that card. Consider its card type, any effects that modify when you could cast it (such as flash) and any other effects that stop you from casting it (such as from Meddling Mage's ability) to determine if and when you can do this. Whether you could actually complete all steps in casting the card is irrelevant. For example, you can exile a card with suspend that has no mana cost or that requires a target even if no legal targets are available at that time.

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    Manapool 0.26 USD / 0.65 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.49 USD / 0.49 USD
    Tcgplayer / 1.03 USD 0.25 USD
    Cardmarket 0.33 EUR / 0.53 EUR

    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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    Aeon Chronicler's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your hand. Suspend X—. X can't be 0. Whenever a timecounteris removed from this card while it's exiled, draw a card.

    Cemetery Illuminator #50p Creature — Spirit

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 2/3
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Spirit
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    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying

    Rules

  • Card types that can be exiled from a graveyard include artifact, creature, enchantment, land, planeswalker, instant, and sorcery. Legendary, basic, and snow are supertypes, not card types. Human, Equipment, and Aura are subtypes, not card types.
  • Cemetery Illuminator's ability allows you to cast a spell that shares a card type with the exiled card, even if the card on top of the library doesn't. For example, if you've exiled an artifact card, you could cast The Omenkeel from the top of your library, even though it's the back face of the modal double-faced card Cosima, God of the Voyage, which isn't an artifact.

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    Manapool / 1.42 USD 2.07 USD
    Cardkingdom 4.49 USD / 2.99 USD
    Tcgplayer / 1.98 USD 0.86 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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    Flying Whenever this creature enters or attacks, exile a card from a graveyard. You may look at the top card of your library any time. Once each turn, you may cast a spell from the top of your library if it shares a card type with a card exiled with this creature.

    Chasm Skulker #214 Creature — Squid Horror

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 1/1
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Squid
  • Horror
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    Squid

    Rules

  • If enough -1/-1 counters are put on Chasm Skulker at the same time to make its toughness 0 or less, the number of +1/+1 counters on it before it got any -1/-1 counters will be used to determine how many Squid tokens you get. For example, if there are two +1/+1 counters on Chasm Skulker and it gets three -1/-1 counters, you'll get two Squid tokens.
  • If you draw multiple cards, the first ability will trigger that many times. Each of these abilities will cause a +1/+1 counter to be put on Chasm Skulker.

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    Cardmarket 0.51 EUR / 0.5 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.59 USD
    Manapool 0.43 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.34 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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    Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1counteron this creature. When this creature dies, create X 1/1 blue Squid creature tokens with islandwalk, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on this creature. (They can't be blocked as long as defending player controls an Island.)

    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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    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.

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    Tcgplayer 3.74 USD
    Cardkingdom 2.79 USD
    Manapool 3.9 USD
    Cardmarket 1.4 EUR

    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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    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.