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"Find me cards equivalent to: Energy Vortex"

Equivalent (blue, enchantment, similar effect) cards to Energy Vortex:
1. Psychic Vortex — Blue enchantment, upkeep effect, uses counters, deals damage indirectly through draw/life loss.
2. Bident of Thassa — Blue enchantment, forces opponent actions, not direct damage but manipulates board state.
3. Arcane Laboratory — Blue enchantment, limits opponent, different axis but similarly controlling.
4. Paradox Haze — Blue enchantment, gives additional upkeep triggers, combos well with upkeep-based effects.


Reason: True direct damage from blue enchantments is very rare; the closest mechanical equivalents manipulate opponents using upkeep/counters or force choices. Energy Vortex is unique in blue for direct damage and upkeep taxes.

Found Cards

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Arcane Laboratory

Bident of Thassa

Energy Vortex

Paradox Haze

Psychic Vortex

Arcane Laboratory #60 Enchantment

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Rarity: Uncommon
Converted Cost: 3
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  • Enchantment
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    Rules

  • If a spell is countered, it still counts as the one spell cast.
  • When Arcane Laboratory enters, it will look back over the turn to see if any spell was cast before it entered the battlefield. It will notice itself being cast.
  • When it leaves the battlefield, the effect ends and all players are able to cast spells unrestricted again.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardmarket 1.28 EUR
    Tcgplayer 1.26 USD
    Manapool 0.9 USD
    Cardkingdom 2.49 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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    Each player can't cast more than one spell each turn.

    Bident of Thassa #44 Legendary Enchantment Artifact

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
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  • Enchantment
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    Rules

  • If a creature can't attack for any reason (such as being tapped or having come under that player's control that turn), then it doesn't attack. If there's a cost associated with having a creature attack, the player isn't forced to pay that cost, so it doesn't have to attack in that case either.
  • The controller of each attacking creature still chooses which player or planeswalker that creature attacks.

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    Seller Price
    Manapool 0.48 USD
    Cardmarket 0.73 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.79 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.54 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 a creature you control deals combat damage to a player, you may draw a card. , : Creatures your opponents control attack this turn if able.

    Energy Vortex #64 Enchantment

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 5
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  • Does a flat 3 damage, not 3 damage per counter.

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    Manapool 0.46 USD
    Cardmarket 0.96 EUR
    Tcgplayer 0.7 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 enchantment enters, choose an opponent. At the beginning of your upkeep, remove all vortex counters from this enchantment. At the beginning of the chosen player's upkeep, this enchantment deals 3 damage to that player unless they pay for each vortexcounteron this enchantment. : Put X vortex counters on this enchantment. Activate only during your upkeep.

    Paradox Haze #123 Enchantment — Aura

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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 3
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Enchant

    Rules

  • Abilities that trigger "at the beginning of [your] upkeep" will trigger at the beginning of each additional upkeep as well.
  • If an effect causes the enchanted player to skip their upkeep step, this ability won't trigger.
  • If echo triggers during the first upkeep, it won't trigger again during the second upkeep since the creature won't have entered since that player's last upkeep.
  • If two Paradox Hazes enchant the same player, they'll both trigger when that player's first upkeep of the turn begins. The player will get two additional upkeep steps.
  • Paradox Haze targets a player when it's cast, and it enters attached to that player.

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    Cardmarket 2.76 EUR / 3.7 EUR
    Cardkingdom 4.49 USD / 5.99 USD
    Tcgplayer / 3.89 USD 3.15 USD
    Manapool 3.25 USD / 3.91 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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    Enchant player At the beginning of enchanted player's first upkeep each turn, that player gets an additional upkeep step after this step.

    Psychic Vortex #50 Enchantment

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
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  • Enchantment
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  • Psychic Vortex’s cumulative upkeep ability has you draw cards as a cost. If you choose to do so, and some or all of those draws are replaced by replacement effects, you are still considered to have paid the cumulative upkeep cost.
  • You may choose to draw cards to pay the cumulative upkeep cost even if the number of cards you’d have to draw exceeds the number of cards in your library. If enough of those draws are replaced by replacement effects so you don’t actually attempt to draw a card with an empty library, everything’s fine. However, if you do attempt to draw a card with an empty library this way, Psychic Vortex will remain on the battlefield but you’ll lose the game as a state-based action as soon as the cumulative upkeep ability finishes resolving.

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    Seller Price
    Cardmarket 2.81 EUR
    Cardkingdom 5.49 USD
    Tcgplayer 3.68 USD
    Manapool 3.38 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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    Cumulative upkeep—Draw a card. (At the beginning of your upkeep, put an agecounteron this permanent, thensacrificeit unless you pay its upkeep cost for each agecounteron it.) At the beginning of your end step,sacrificea land anddiscardyour hand.