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"Find me cards equivalent to: Embrace the Unknown"

Equivalent cards to Embrace the Unknown (type: Sorcery, color: Red, exile/play top cards, retrace):
1. Light Up the Stage

  • Also exiles cards from the top and lets you play them, with spectacle.

  • Reason: Red, exiles top cards, can play exiled cards.
    2. Reckless Impulse
  • Exiles top two cards, can play until end of next turn.

  • Reason: Matches playability window, red, same effect (no retrace).
    3. Wrenn's Resolve
  • Exiles top two, may play until the end of your next turn.

  • Reason: Practically identical effect, red, lacks retrace.

None have retrace, but these are closest in red to Embrace the Unknown. Retrace is rare in red sorceries.

Found Cards

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Embrace the Unknown

Light Up the Stage

Reckless Impulse

Wrenn's Resolve

Embrace the Unknown #28 Sorcery

Variations: v1 v2
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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 3
Power/Toughness: /
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  • Sorcery
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    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Retrace

    Rules

  • A retrace card cast from your graveyard follows the normal timing rules for its card type.
  • Casting a card by using its retrace ability works just like casting any other spell, with two exceptions: You’re casting it from your graveyard rather than your hand, and you must discard a land card in addition to any other costs.
  • If the active player casts a spell that has retrace, that player may cast that card again after it resolves, before another player can remove the card from the graveyard. The active player has priority after the spell resolves, so they can immediately cast a new spell. Since casting a card with retrace from the graveyard moves that card onto the stack, no one else would have the chance to affect it while it’s still in the graveyard.
  • When a retrace spell you cast from your graveyard resolves, fails to resolve, or is countered, it’s put back into your graveyard. You may use the retrace ability to cast it again.
  • You pay all costs and follow all normal timing rules for cards played from exile this way. For example, if an exiled card is a land card, you may play it only during your main phase while the stack is empty.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 1.73 USD
    Cardkingdom 1.99 USD
    Manapool 1.46 USD
    Cardmarket 0.95 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards. Retrace (You may cast this card from your graveyard by discarding a land card in addition to paying its other costs.)

    Light Up the Stage #2528 Sorcery

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

    Spectacle

    Rules

  • Casting an exiled card causes it to leave exile. You can't cast it multiple times.
  • If you don't play a card exiled this way, it remains in exile.
  • Light Up the Stage doesn't change when you can play the exiled cards. For example, if you exile a sorcery card, you can cast it only during your main phase when the stack is empty. If you exile a land card, you can play it only during your main phase and only if you have an available land play remaining.
  • A card's spectacle cost is the same no matter how much life your opponents lost or how many opponents lost life.
  • Damage dealt to a player causes that player to lose that much life.
  • In a multiplayer game, if an opponent loses life and later that turn leaves the game, you can cast a spell for its spectacle cost. (If a player leaves the game during their turn, that turn continues without an active player.)
  • Spectacle cares only that an opponent lost life during the turn, not that the opponent's life total is currently lower than it was. For example, if an opponent loses 1 life and then gains 2 life in the same turn, you can cast a spell for its spectacle cost that turn.
  • Spectacle doesn't change when you can cast the spell. For example, you can't cast a sorcery with spectacle during an opponent's turn unless another effect allows you to do so, even if that player has lost life this turn.
  • To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as a spectacle cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Manapool 0.37 USD
    Tcgplayer 1.07 USD
    Cardkingdom 1.79 USD
    Cardmarket 1.14 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Spectacle (You may cast this spell for its spectacle cost rather than its mana cost if an opponent lost life this turn.) Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.

    Reckless Impulse #168 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Sorcery
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • You must still pay all costs to cast those spells and follow normal casting permissions. For example, if one of the exiled cards is a sorcery, this effect doesn't allow you to cast it during an opponent's turn.

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    Seller Price

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.

    Wrenn's Resolve #173 Sorcery

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    Cost:
    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Sorcery
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • Any cards you don't play will remain in exile.
  • The cards you play from exile follow the usual timing restrictions, and you must pay any costs for spells you cast.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardkingdom / 4.49 USD 2.79 USD
    Tcgplayer 1.95 USD / 3.2 USD
    Manapool / 1.91 USD 1.22 USD
    Cardmarket / 2.37 EUR 1.6 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Exile the top two cards of your library. Until the end of your next turn, you may play those cards.