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"Find me cards equivalent to: Author of Shadows"

Equivalent cards to Author of Shadows (black creatures that exile graveyards and let you cast or use exiled cards):
1. Gonti, Lord of Luxury — Exiles top cards from opponent's library, lets you cast one.
2. Nightveil Specter — Exiles cards whenever it deals combat damage, lets you play those cards.
3. Graveyard Trespasser — Exiles a card from a graveyard when it enters or attacks (doesn’t let you cast it).
4. Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet — Exiles creatures that die (doesn't let you cast them).

Closest match: Gonti, Lord of Luxury — It exiles cards and lets you cast them, but from the library, not the graveyard. No black creature does exactly what Author of Shadows does, but Gonti is the nearest in function.

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Author of Shadows

Gonti, Lord of Luxury

Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet

Nightveil Specter

Author of Shadows #90066 Creature — Shade Warlock

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 5
Power/Toughness: 3/3
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Shade
  • Warlock
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    Layout:
    Normal
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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

    When this creature enters, exile all opponents' graveyards. Choose a nonland card exiled this way. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast that spell.

    Gonti, Lord of Luxury #1566 Legendary Creature — Aetherborn Rogue

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 2/3
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Aetherborn
  • Rogue
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Deathtouch

    Rules

  • An effect that instructs you to "cast" a card doesn't allow you to play lands.
  • Casting the card causes it to leave exile. You can't cast it multiple times.
  • Gonti doesn't change when you can cast the exiled card. For example, if you exile a creature card without flash, you can cast it only during your main phase when the stack is empty.
  • If you leave the game, the card remains exiled face down indefinitely. No player may look at it.
  • You may look at and cast that card (and spend mana as though it were mana of any type to do so) even if Gonti leaves the battlefield. If another player gains control of Gonti, that player can't look at or cast the card, and you still can.
  • You pay the costs for the exiled card if you cast it. You may pay alternative costs such as emerge rather than the card's mana cost.
  • The six types of mana are white, blue, black, red, green, and colorless. Snow mana is not a type of mana. Gonti, Lord of Luxury won't let you pay a snow cost using mana produced by a nonsnow source.

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    Cardkingdom 4.99 USD
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    Cardmarket / 3.58 EUR 2.83 EUR
    Tcgplayer 6.64 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Deathtouch When Gonti enters, look at the top four cards of target opponent's library, exile one of them face down, then put the rest on the bottom of that library in a random order. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell.

    Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet #1687 Legendary Creature — Vampire Warrior

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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 3/4
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Vampire
  • Warrior
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Tokens:
    Zombie

    Abilities/Keywords

    Lifelink

    Rules

  • Abilities that trigger whenever a creature an opponent controls dies won't trigger unless that creature is a token (see below).
  • If Kalitas dies at the same time as creatures your opponents control, those creature cards will be exiled and you'll get that many Zombies.
  • If a creature token an opponent controls dies, it goes to that player's graveyard as normal before ceasing to exist.
  • You can't sacrifice Kalitas to activate the last ability, even if it's somehow become a Zombie.

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    Cardmarket / 10.29 EUR 9.92 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

    Text

    Lifelink If a nontoken creature an opponent controls would die, instead exile that card and create a 2/2 black Zombie creature token. ,Sacrificeanother Vampire or Zombie: Put two +1/+1 counters on Kalitas.

    Nightveil Specter #222★ Creature — Specter

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    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 2/3
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Specter
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying

    Rules

  • Nightveil Specter’s last ability applies to cards exiled with that specific Nightveil Specter, not any other creature named Nightveil Specter. You should keep cards exiled by different Nightveil Specters separate.
  • Playing a card exiled with Nightveil Specter follows all the normal rules for playing that card. You must pay its costs, and you must follow all timing restrictions, for example.
  • The card is exiled face up. All players may look at it.

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    Cardmarket 1.05 EUR
    Cardkingdom 2.29 USD
    Tcgplayer 1.92 USD
    Manapool 0.76 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 deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles the top card of their library. You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled with this creature.