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"Find me cards equivalent to: Brain in a Jar"

Equivalent cards to Brain in a Jar (artifact, colorless, interacts with charge counters, casts spells):
1. Aether Vial — Lets you put creatures into play with matching charge counters.
2. Planar Bridge — Not exactly the same, but cheats spells/artifacts into play.
3. Lux Cannon — Uses charge counters (not spell casting, but manipulates charge).
4. Everflowing Chalice — Uses charge counters for mana (doesn't cast spells, but is similar charge counter utility).
5. Pyromancer's Goggles (red, but cares about casting instants/sorceries).

Closest in function/color is Aether Vial (creatures instead of spells) and Lux Cannon (charge counter manipulation). There is no card that matches spell cheating with charge counters as closely as Brain in a Jar.

Found Cards

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Aether Vial

Brain in a Jar

Everflowing Chalice

Lux Cannon

Planar Bridge

Pyromancer's Goggles

Aether Vial #B27 Artifact

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  • If Aether Vial leaves the battlefield while its second ability is on the stack, use its last known number of charge counters to determine what you may put from your hand onto the battlefield.
  • If a card in a player's hand has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.

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    At the beginning of your upkeep, you may put a chargecounteron this artifact. : You may put a creature card with mana value equal to the number of charge counters on this artifact from your hand onto the battlefield.

    Brain in a Jar #247 Artifact

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    Scry

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  • If Brain in a Jar leaves the battlefield before its first ability resolves, use the number of counters on it at the moment it left to determine what spell you may cast. That number won’t change because you can’t put a new counter on Brain in a Jar.
  • If the card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X.
  • If you cast a card “without paying its mana cost,” you can’t choose to cast it for any alternative costs, such as awaken costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, such as that of Lightning Axe, you must pay those to cast the card.
  • When resolving the first ability of Brain in a Jar, the newly-placed charge counter will be counted when determining what spells you may cast. No player may take any action between you placing the counter and choosing which spell to cast.

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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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    , : Put a chargecounteron this artifact, then you may cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value equal to the number of charge counters on this artifact from your hand without paying its mana cost. , , Remove X charge counters from this artifact: Scry X.

    Everflowing Chalice #137 Artifact

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  • You can cast Everflowing Chalice without kicking it at all if you wish. However, if Everflowing Chalice has no charge counters on it, activating its last ability won't produce any mana.
  • If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.
  • If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
  • If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked. If the copied spell is a permanent spell, the token the copy of that spell becomes when it enters is also kicked.
  • If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
  • The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
  • To determine a spell's total cost, start with the mana cost (or an alternative cost if another card's effect allows you to pay one instead), add any cost increases (such as kicker), then apply any cost reductions. The spell's mana value remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

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    Manapool 0.19 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.33 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.79 USD
    Cardmarket 0.26 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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    Multikicker (You may pay an additional any number of times as you cast this spell.) This artifact enters with a chargecounteron it for each time it was kicked. : Add for each chargecounteron this artifact.

    Lux Cannon #141 Artifact

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    Cardmarket 0.28 EUR
    Tcgplayer 0.27 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.49 USD

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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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    : Put a chargecounteron this artifact. , Remove three charge counters from this artifact:Destroytarget permanent.

    Planar Bridge #171p Legendary Artifact

    Variations: v1 v2
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  • A permanent card is an artifact, creature, enchantment, land, or planeswalker card.

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    Tcgplayer / 5 USD 4.12 USD
    Cardmarket / 2.87 EUR 2.86 EUR
    Manapool / 5.21 USD 4.27 USD
    Cardkingdom 6.99 USD / 4.49 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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    , : Search your library for a permanent card, put it onto the battlefield, thenshuffle

    Pyromancer's Goggles #236 Legendary Artifact

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  • A copy is created even if the spell cast with the red mana produced by Pyromancer's Goggles has been countered or otherwise left the stack without resolving by the time that ability resolves. The copy resolves before the original spell.
  • Any red instant or sorcery spell you spend the mana on will be copied, not just one that requires targets.
  • If more than one red mana produced by a Pyromancer's Goggles is spent to cast a single red instant or sorcery spell, the delayed triggered ability associated with each mana spent will trigger. That many copies will be created. It doesn't matter if this red mana was produced by one Pyromancer's Goggles or by multiple Pyromancer's Goggles.
  • If the copied spell has an X whose value was determined as it was cast, the copy has the same value of X.
  • If the copied spell is modal (that is, it says "Choose one –" or the like), the copy will have the same mode or modes. You can't choose a different one.
  • The copy is created on the stack, so it's not "cast." Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell won't trigger.
  • The copy will have the same targets as the spell it's copying unless you choose new ones. You may change any number of the targets, including all of them or none of them. The new targets must be legal.
  • The delayed triggered ability will trigger whether Pyromancer's Goggles is still on the battlefield or not.
  • The mana produced by Pyromancer's Goggles can be spent on anything, not just a red instant or sorcery spell.
  • You can't choose to pay any additional costs for the copy. However, effects based on any additional costs that were paid for the original spell are copied as though those same costs were paid for the copy too.

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    Manapool 0.62 USD / 2.55 USD
    Cardmarket / 4.89 EUR 1.14 EUR
    Tcgplayer / 6.22 USD 1.3 USD
    Cardkingdom / 6.99 USD 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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    : Add . When that mana is spent to cast a red instant or sorcery spell, copy that spell and you may choose new targets for the copy.