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"Find me cards equivalent to: Elder Brain"

Equivalent cards to Elder Brain (must be black creatures, preferably Horror, with hand exile or play-opponent's-cards effects):
1. Gonti, Lord of Luxury — Lets you exile and cast an opponent’s card.
2. Nightveil Specter — Exiles cards from opponent’s library; you can play those cards.
3. Thief of Sanity — Exiles cards from opponent’s library and allows you to cast them.
4. Mindleech Mass (multicolor, but includes black) — Cast spells exiled from opponent's library.
5. Ashen Rider — Exiles a permanent, not cards from hand/library, not a direct equivalent but related to exile/removal.


Reason: Very few black creatures can exile opponent’s hand and let you play those cards, so the closest matches interact with exile and allow casting. Elder Brain remains unique for hand-exile-then-cast.

Found Cards

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Ashen Rider

Elder Brain

Gonti, Lord of Luxury

Mindleech Mass

Nightveil Specter

Thief of Sanity

Ashen Rider #187 Creature — Archon

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Color:
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Cost:
Rarity: Mythic
Converted Cost: 8
Power/Toughness: 5/5
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Archon
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying

    Rules

  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardkingdom 0.99 USD / 3.49 USD
    Cardmarket / 7.7 EUR 0.58 EUR
    Manapool 0.44 USD / 1.89 USD
    Tcgplayer / 2.26 USD 0.5 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 When this creature enters or dies, exile target permanent.

    Elder Brain #125s Creature — Horror

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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 7
    Power/Toughness: 6/6
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Horror
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Menace

    Rules

  • The cards are exiled face up.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Manapool 1.58 USD
    Cardmarket 1.43 EUR / 1.66 EUR
    Cardkingdom 2.49 USD
    Tcgplayer 1.27 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Menace Whenever this creature attacks a player, exile all cards from that player's hand, then they draw that many cards. You may play lands and cast spells from among the exiled cards for as long as they remain exiled. If you cast a spell this way, you may spend mana as though it were mana of any color to cast it.

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

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

    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 6.71 USD
    Manapool 5.84 USD
    Cardkingdom 3.99 USD
    Cardmarket / 3.58 EUR 3 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.

    Mindleech Mass #375 Creature — Horror

    Variations: v1 v2 v3
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    Info

    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 8
    Power/Toughness: 6/6
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Horror
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Trample

    Rules

  • If you cast a permanent spell this way, it will enter the battlefield under your control when it resolves. If you cast an instant or sorcery spell this way, that card will be put into its owner's graveyard when it resolves.
  • If you cast a spell without paying its mana cost, you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs, such as overload costs. You can pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.
  • The spell you cast via the triggered ability is cast as part of the resolution of that ability. Timing restrictions based on the card's type are ignored. Other restrictions, such as "Cast [this spell] only during an opponent's turn," are not.

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    Cardkingdom / 1.49 USD 1.49 USD
    Manapool 0.18 USD / 0.31 USD
    Tcgplayer / 0.29 USD 0.28 USD
    Cardmarket 122.61 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Trample Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you may look at that player's hand. If you do, you may cast a spell from among those cards without paying its mana cost.

    Nightveil Specter #222★ Creature — Specter

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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    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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    Cardkingdom 1.99 USD
    Tcgplayer 1.92 USD
    Cardmarket 1.19 EUR
    Manapool 0.81 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, 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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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    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.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardkingdom 0.99 USD
    Manapool 0.43 USD
    Cardmarket 0.32 EUR
    Tcgplayer 0.4 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.