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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Dark Sphere

Equivalent cards to Dark Sphere (colorless, artifact, sacrifice to prevent damage):
1. Prismatic Charm – Can prevent 1 damage, but more flexible.
2. Angelheart Vial – Gains life after damage, but not quite direct prevention.
3. Mirror of the Forebears – Different effect but colorless artifact with triggered use.

Closest in function: Dark Sphere is quite unique, but Angelheart Vial and Prismatic Charm have similar prevention/life effects. Most damage prevention is now found in white cards, not artifacts.

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Angelheart Vial #215 Artifact

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 5
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    Rules

  • If you’re dealt enough damage to reduce your life total to 0 or less, you’ll lose the game before you can put charge counters on Angelheart Vial.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.35 USD / 2.35 USD
    Cardmarket 0.25 EUR / 1.35 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.59 USD / 4.49 USD
    Cardsphere 0.44 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 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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    Whenever you're dealt damage, you may put that many charge counters on this artifact. , , Remove four charge counters from this artifact: You gain 2 life and draw a card.

    Dark Sphere #100 Artifact

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 0
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  • If two or more of these effects would apply, you apply them sequentially. So if the source would deal 5 damage after two of these abilities have resolved, the first one prevents 2 damage, reducing it to 3 damage, then the second one prevents a further 1 damage, reducing the total damage dealt to 2.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 5.47 USD
    Cardmarket 5.55 EUR
    Cardkingdom 7.49 USD
    Cardsphere 5.35 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 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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    ,Sacrificethis artifact: The next time a source of your choice would deal damage to you this turn, prevent half that damage, rounded down.

    Mirror of the Forebears #54 Artifact

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • If Mirror of the Forebears becomes a copy of a creature that itself has an ability that asks you to choose a creature type as it enters the battlefield and another ability that references “the chosen creature type,” that ability won’t have a choice made for it. You won’t use the type chosen for Mirror of the Forebears.
  • If Mirror of the Forebears becomes a copy of a legendary creature you control, you’ll put one of them into your graveyard.
  • If Mirror of the Forebears becomes a creature the same turn it enters the battlefield, you can’t attack with it or use any of its {T} abilities (if it gains any) unless it has haste.
  • If Mirror of the Forebears copies a creature that’s copying something else, it will become whatever the target is copying.
  • If an effect begins to apply to Mirror of the Forebears before it becomes a copy of another permanent, that effect will continue to apply. For example, if Mirror of the Forebears is activated twice in response to itself targeting first Spirit of the Hearth then Temur Sabertooth, the ability it has while it’s a copy of Temur Sabertooth can be activated and its effect will continue to apply while Mirror of the Forebears is a copy of Spirit of the Hearth.
  • If you activate the second ability of Mirror of the Forebears multiple times in a turn in response to itself, then each time one of those abilities resolves, it will overwrite whatever Mirror of the Forebears is copying. Mirror of the Forebears will wind up as a copy of the permanent targeted by the last ability to resolve. When the turn ends, all instances of the ability will wear off at the same time.
  • If you somehow control a Mirror of the Forebears with no chosen creature type, its activated ability can’t be activated.
  • Mirror of the Forebears becomes an artifact in addition to its other types. This is a copiable value that other effects may copy.
  • Mirror of the Forebears copies the printed values of the target creature, plus any copy effects that have been applied to it. It won’t copy counters on that creature or effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, or so on. Notably, it won’t copy effects that made the target creature become a creature.
  • Once the second ability of Mirror of the Forebears resolves, it no longer has that ability.
  • You can’t choose multiple creature types, such as “Cat Warrior.” A Cat Warrior is both a Cat and a Warrior. It’s affected by anything that affects either type and unaffected by things that affect non-Cat or non-Warrior creatures.
  • You must choose an existing creature type, such as Vampire or Cat. Card types such as “artifact” can’t be chosen.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 1.68 USD
    Cardmarket 1.8 EUR / 0.2 EUR
    Cardkingdom 3.49 USD
    Cardsphere 1.86 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 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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    As this artifact enters, choose a creature type. : Until end of turn, this artifact becomes a copy of target creature you control of the chosen type, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types.

    Angelheart Vial Artifact Normal - ~$2.65

    Dark Sphere Artifact Normal - ~$5.79

    Mirror of the Forebears Artifact Normal - ~$3.21

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