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"Find me cards equivalent to: Assimilate Essence"

Equivalent cards to Assimilate Essence (color: Blue, type: Instant, counter creature/battle spells, extra effect):
1. Essence Scatter

  • Type: Instant, Color: U
  • Text: Counter target creature spell.

  • Reason: Counters creature (no tax/cost option, no incubate).
    2. Adverse Conditions
  • Type: Instant, Color: U
  • Text: Tap up to two target creatures. Those creatures don’t untap during their controller’s next untap step. Put a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion token.

  • Reason: Not a counter, but disruptive + gives token.
    3. Lookout's Dispersal
  • Type: Instant, Color: U
  • Text: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {4}. If you control a Pirate, it costs {1} less.

  • Reason: Counters any spell, tax, but no token.
    4. Mana Leak
  • Type: Instant, Color: U
  • Text: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {3}.

  • Reason: Classic tax counter, no other effect.
    5. Quench
  • Type: Instant, Color: U
  • Text: Counter target spell unless its controller pays {2}.

  • Reason: General-purpose counter, no other effect.
    6. Rebuke
  • Type: Instant, Color: U
  • Text: Counter target creature spell.

  • Reason: Strict creature counter, no extra effect.

Your search card:

  • Assimilate Essence
    • Counter creature or battle unless {4} paid, Incubate 2 if not countered.
    • Closest equivalents above offer counter/tax or token, but not both effects together.
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Adverse Conditions

Assimilate Essence

Essence Scatter

Lookout's Dispersal

Mana Leak

Quench

Rebuke

Adverse Conditions #54 Instant

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Rarity: Uncommon
Converted Cost: 4
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    Eldrazi Scion

    Abilities/Keywords

    Devoid

    Rules

  • A card with devoid is just colorless. It's not colorless and the colors of mana in its mana cost.
  • Adverse Conditions tracks the creatures, but not their controller. If either of the creatures changes controllers before its first controller's next untap step has come around, then it won't untap during its new controller's next untap step.
  • Cards with devoid use frames that are variations of the transparent frame traditionally used for Eldrazi. The top part of the card features some color over a background based on the texture of the hedrons that once imprisoned the Eldrazi. This coloration is intended to aid deckbuilding and game play.
  • Devoid works in all zones, not just on the battlefield.
  • Eldrazi Scions are similar to Eldrazi Spawn, seen in the Zendikar block. Note that Eldrazi Scions are 1/1, not 0/1.
  • Eldrazi and Scion are each separate creature types. Anything that affects Eldrazi will affect these tokens, for example.
  • If a card loses devoid, it will still be colorless. This is because effects that change an object's color (like the one created by devoid) are considered before the object loses devoid.
  • Other cards and abilities can give a card with devoid color. If that happens, it's just the new color, not that color and colorless.
  • Sacrificing an Eldrazi Scion creature token to add {C} is a mana ability. It doesn't use the stack and can't be responded to.
  • Some instants and sorceries that create Eldrazi Scions require targets. If all targets for such a spell have become illegal by the time that spell tries to resolve, the spell won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't get any Eldrazi Scions.
  • You can cast Adverse Conditions with no targets. When it resolves, you'll get an Eldrazi Scion. However, if you cast Adverse Conditions with any targets and all of those targets are illegal as it tries to resolve, it won't resolve and none of its effects will happen. You won't get the Eldrazi Scion in that case.

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    Cardmarket 0.12 EUR / 0.23 EUR
    Manapool / 0.32 USD 0.15 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD
    Tcgplayer / 0.4 USD 0.11 USD

    Legalities

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    Text

    Devoid (This card has no color.) Tap up to two target creatures. Those creatures don't untap during their controller's next untap step. Create a 1/1 colorless Eldrazi Scion creature token. It has "Sacrifice this token: Add ."

    Assimilate Essence #47 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 2
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    Incubator // Phyrexian

    Abilities/Keywords

    Incubate Transform

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    Cardmarket 0.08 EUR / 0.07 EUR
    Cardkingdom / 0.49 USD 0.35 USD
    Tcgplayer / 0.08 USD 0.05 USD
    Manapool / 0.15 USD 0.15 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Counter target creature or battle spell unless its controller pays . If they do, you incubate 2. (Create an Incubator token with two +1/+1 counters on it and ": Transform this token." It transforms into a 0/0 Phyrexian artifact creature.)

    Essence Scatter #60 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 2
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  • A "creature spell" is any spell with the creature type, even if it has other types such as artifact or enchantment.

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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

    Text

    Counter target creature spell.

    Lookout's Dispersal #316 Instant

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 3
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    Rules

  • Once you announce that you’re casting Lookout’s Dispersal, no player may take other actions until the spell’s been paid for. Notably, players can’t try to raise the spell’s cost by removing your Pirates.

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    Tcgplayer 0.19 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.39 USD
    Cardmarket 0.17 EUR
    Manapool 0.21 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    This spell costs less to cast if you control a Pirate. Counter target spell unless its controller pays .

    Mana Leak #4 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 2
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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

    Text

    Counter target spell unless its controller pays .

    Quench #56 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 2
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    Tcgplayer 0.08 USD / 0.17 USD
    Cardmarket / 0.15 EUR 0.06 EUR
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.15 USD
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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

    Counter target spell unless its controller pays .

    Rebuke #103 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 3
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    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD
    Manapool / 0.2 USD 0.15 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.06 USD
    Cardmarket 0.02 EUR / 0.15 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Destroy target attacking creature.