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"Find me cards equivalent to: Call a Surprise Witness"

Equivalent cards to Call a Surprise Witness (white, sorcery, reanimate small creature):
1. Return to the Ranks – Also white, sorcery, returns multiple creatures with mana value 2 or less from the graveyard to the battlefield.
2. Unearth (white version: Kami of Whispered Hopes has a similar effect via an ability) – While Unearth is black, white does have Revitalize the Sands (from some Un-sets), but not exact; closest is Raised the Alarm for tokens, but not creatures from the graveyard.
3. Sevinne's Reclamation – White, sorcery, returns a permanent with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.


Reason: White has several cards that return small creatures/permanents from the graveyard, but none add a flying counter or change to a Spirit; compare with Call a Surprise Witness for the flying/Spirit effect.

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Call a Surprise Witness

Kami of Whispered Hopes

Return to the Ranks

Sevinne's Reclamation

Unearth

Call a Surprise Witness #6 Sorcery

Variations: v1 v2
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Rarity: Uncommon
Converted Cost: 2
Power/Toughness: /
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  • Sorcery
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • No entries

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    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.08 USD / 0.14 USD
    Cardkingdom / 0.49 USD 0.35 USD
    Manapool / 0.15 USD 0.15 USD
    Cardmarket 0.15 EUR / 0.31 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Put a flyingcounteron it. It's a Spirit in addition to its other types.

    Kami of Whispered Hopes #196 Creature — Spirit

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 1/1
    Types:
  • Creature
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  • Spirit
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • However, if Kami of Whispered Hopes somehow enters the battlefield with +1/+1 counters it, its first ability won’t apply to itself.
  • If another permanent you control would enter the battlefield with a number of +1/+1 counters on it, it enters with that many plus one instead.
  • If two or more effects attempt to modify how many counters would be put onto a permanent you control, you choose the order to apply those effects, no matter who controls the sources of those effects.
  • If you control two Kamis of Whispered Hopes, the number of +1/+1 counters put on a permanent is two plus the original number. Three Kamis of Whispered Hopes add three, and so on.
  • The last ability is a mana ability. It doesn’t use the stack and can’t be responded to.

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    Tcgplayer 5.64 USD / 5.31 USD
    Cardmarket / 4.08 EUR 3.17 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    If one or more +1/+1 counters would be put on a permanent you control, that many plus one +1/+1 counters are put on that permanent instead. : Add X mana of any one color, where X is this creature's power.

    Return to the Ranks #29 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 2
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Convoke

    Rules

  • Because convoke isn't an alternative cost, it can be used in conjunction with alternative costs.
  • If a creature you control has a mana ability with {T} in the cost, activating that ability while casting a spell with convoke will result in the creature being tapped before you pay the spell's costs. You won't be able to tap it again for convoke. Similarly, if you sacrifice a creature to activate a mana ability while casting a spell with convoke, that creature won't be on the battlefield when you pay the spell's costs, so you won't be able to tap it for convoke.
  • Tapping a multicolored creature using convoke will pay for {1} or one mana of your choice of any of that creature's colors.
  • Tapping an untapped creature that's attacking or blocking to convoke a spell won't cause that creature to stop attacking or blocking.
  • When calculating a spell's total cost, include any alternative costs, additional costs, or anything else that increases or reduces the cost to cast the spell. Convoke applies after the total cost is calculated. Convoke doesn't change a spell's mana cost or mana value.
  • When using convoke to cast a spell with {X} in its mana cost, first choose the value for X. That choice, plus any cost increases or decreases, will determine the spell's total cost. Then you can tap creatures you control to help pay that cost. For example, if you cast Chord of Calling (a spell with convoke and mana cost {X}{G}{G}{G}) and choose X to be 3, the total cost is {3}{G}{G}{G}. If you tap two green creatures and two red creatures, you'll have to pay {1}{G}.
  • You can tap any untapped creature you control to convoke a spell, even one you haven't controlled continuously since the beginning of your most recent turn.

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    Manapool / 2.28 USD 0.37 USD
    Tcgplayer / 2.67 USD 0.83 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

    Convoke (Your creatures can help cast this spell. Each creature you tap while casting this spell pays for or one mana of that creature's color.) Return X target creature cards with mana value 2 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield.

    Sevinne's Reclamation #86 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Sorcery
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flashback

    Rules

  • If a card in a graveyard has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
  • If the target card is an illegal target by the time Sevinne's Reclamation tries to resolve, the spell doesn't resolve. You won't copy it if you cast it from a graveyard.
  • If you cast Sevinne's Reclamation from your graveyard, any abilities that trigger as the permanent card returns to the battlefield will resolve before the copy of Sevinne's Reclamation resolves but after new targets for the copy have been chosen.
  • The copy that Sevinne's Reclamation creates is created on the stack, so it's not "cast." Abilities that trigger when a player casts a spell won't trigger. The copy wasn't cast from a graveyard, so it won't make another copy of itself.
  • "Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost" and "If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack."
  • A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
  • If a card with flashback is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it if it's legal to do so before any other player can take any actions.
  • To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.
  • You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
  • You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using flashback only when you could normally cast a sorcery.
  • A permanent card is an artifact, battle, creature, enchantment, land, or planeswalker card.

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    Tcgplayer 0.5 USD
    Manapool 0.55 USD
    Cardmarket 0.47 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.99 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Return target permanent card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. If this spell was cast from a graveyard, you may copy this spell and may choose a new target for the copy. Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

    Unearth #2191 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Sorcery
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Cycling

    Rules

  • If a card in a player's graveyard has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.

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    Cardkingdom 14.99 USD
    Manapool / 20.81 USD 13.54 USD
    Tcgplayer 10 USD
    Cardmarket / 37.18 EUR 31.16 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Return target creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. Cycling (,Discardthis card: Draw a card.)