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"Find me cards equivalent to: Author of Shadows"

Equivalent cards to Author of Shadows (black, interacts with opponents’ graveyards, lets you cast exiled cards):

  • Gonti, Lord of Luxury: ETB, exile opponent’s card, you can cast it.
  • Nightveil Specter: When it deals damage, exile top card of opponent’s library, you can play it.
  • Thief of Sanity: When it deals damage, exile top three cards, you may cast one each turn.
  • Fell Specter: When it enters, opponent discards and takes damage if they can't.
  • Author of Shadows: Exiles all opponents’ graveyards and lets you cast a nonland.


Reason: All are black creatures that exile cards from opponents and allow you to cast at least one of those cards. None exactly match all aspects, but these are close in function and color.

Found Cards

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Author of Shadows

Fell Specter

Gonti, Lord of Luxury

Nightveil Specter

Thief of Sanity

Author of Shadows #90066 Creature — Shade Warlock

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

    Fell Specter #233 Creature — Specter

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    Cost:
    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 1/3
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Specter
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    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying

    Rules

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    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Manapool 0.21 USD
    Tcgplayer 1.45 USD
    Cardmarket / 0.09 EUR 0.79 EUR
    Cardkingdom 1.29 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 When this creature enters, target opponent discards a card. Whenever an opponent discards a card, that player loses 2 life.

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

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 2/3
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Aetherborn
  • Rogue
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    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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    Tcgplayer 5.83 USD
    Manapool 3.41 USD
    Cardkingdom 6.99 USD
    Cardmarket / 2.55 EUR 2.87 EUR

    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.

    Nightveil Specter #222★ Creature — Specter

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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 2/3
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Specter
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    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    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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    Tcgplayer 2.09 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

    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.

    Thief of Sanity #243 Creature — Specter

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

    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying

    Rules

  • An effect that instructs you to "cast" a card doesn't allow you to play lands.
  • Casting an exiled card causes it to leave exile. You can't cast it multiple times.
  • In a multiplayer game, if a player leaves the game, all cards that player owns leave as well. If you leave the game, any spells or permanents you control from Thief of Sanity's effect are exiled, and any of the face-down exiled cards remain face down indefinitely. No player may look at them.
  • Thief of Sanity's effect 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.
  • You can still cast the exiled card if Thief of Sanity leaves the battlefield or leaves your control. If another player gains control of Thief of Sanity, that player can't cast the exiled card.

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    Cardmarket 0.38 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.99 USD
    Manapool 0.5 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.52 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Flying Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, look at the top three cards of that player's library, exile one of them face down, then put the rest into their graveyard. You may cast that card for as long as it remains exiled, and mana of any type can be spent to cast that spell.