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"Find me cards equivalent to: Enigma Thief"

Equivalent cards to Enigma Thief with similar color (blue, U) and bounce or similar ETB effect:
1. Aethersnipe

  • Color: U
  • ETB: Return target nonland permanent to its owner’s hand.

  • Reason: Similar bounce ETB, blue creature.
    2. Scholar of the Ages
  • Color: U
  • ETB: Returns instants/sorceries to hand, if retrieval over bounce is acceptable.
    3. Dream Eater
  • Color: U
  • ETB: Surveil 4, then bounce any nonland permanent an opponent controls.

  • Reason: Flying, ETB bounce, similar to Enigma Thief.
    4. Venser, Shaper Savant
  • Color: U
  • Flash, ETB: Return target spell or permanent to its owner's hand.

  • Reason: Flexible blue ETB bounce.

All cards listed are mono-blue creatures with bounce-based ETB effects, like Enigma Thief.

Found Cards

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Aethersnipe

Dream Eater

Enigma Thief

Scholar of the Ages

Venser, Shaper Savant

Aethersnipe #44 Creature — Elemental

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Color:
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Rarity: Common
Converted Cost: 6
Power/Toughness: 4/4
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Elemental
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Evoke

    Rules

  • If you cast this card for its evoke cost, you may put the sacrifice trigger and the regular enters-the-battlefield trigger on the stack in either order. The one put on the stack last will resolve first.
  • Aethersnipe can be the target of its own ability. If it's the only nonland permanent on the battlefield, it must be the target of its ability.

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    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.18 USD
    Cardmarket / 0.21 EUR 0.07 EUR
    Tcgplayer / 0.21 USD 0.13 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    When this creature enters, return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. Evoke (You may cast this spell for its evoke cost. If you do, it's sacrificed when it enters.)

    Dream Eater #116 Creature — Nightmare Sphinx

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    Info

    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 6
    Power/Toughness: 4/3
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Nightmare
  • Sphinx
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flash Flying Surveil

    Rules

  • Dream Eater's reflexive triggered ability triggers even if you have fewer than four cards in your library to surveil.
  • Dream Eater's triggered ability goes on the stack without a target. While that ability is resolving, after you've surveilled, the reflexive triggered ability triggers and you pick a target nonland permanent to be returned to its owner's hand. This is different from effects that say "If you do . . ." in that you choose the target after having surveilled.
  • When you surveil, you may put all the cards you look at back on top of your library, you may put all of those cards into your graveyard, or you may put some of those cards on top and the rest of them into your graveyard.
  • You perform the actions stated on a card in sequence. For some spells and abilities, you'll surveil last. For others, you'll surveil and then perform other actions.

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    Cardkingdom 0.99 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD
    Cardmarket 0.19 EUR
    Tcgplayer 0.25 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Flash Flying When this creature enters, surveil 4. When you do, you may return target nonland permanent an opponent controls to its owner's hand. (To surveil 4, look at the top four cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

    Enigma Thief #4 Creature — Sphinx Rogue

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    Info

    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 7
    Power/Toughness: 5/5
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Sphinx
  • Rogue
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying Prowl

    Rules

  • If a nonland permanent changes control while it's the target of Enigma Thief's ability, that permanent won't be a legal target as the ability resolves. Any remaining legal targets will be returned to their owners' hand.
  • Prowl compares the creature types of the spell with the creature types of the creatures that dealt combat damage to players this turn. Normally this means that you can cast Enigma Thief for its prowl cost only if a Sphinx or Rogue dealt combat damage to a player, but if an effect causes the spell to have other creature types, the prowl ability is also satisfied by a creature with those additional types having dealt combat damage to a player.
  • To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a prowl 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 for its prowl cost any time in a turn after a creature you control of a matching type has dealt combat damage to a player. It doesn't matter if that player left the game, if that creature left the battlefield or left your control, or if that creature no longer has a matching type.

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    Tcgplayer 0.31 USD
    Cardmarket 0.2 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.79 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Prowl (You may cast this spell for its prowl cost if you dealt combat damage to a player this turn with a Sphinx or Rogue.) Flying When this creature enters, for each opponent, return up to one target nonland permanent that player controls to its owner's hand.

    Scholar of the Ages #74 Creature — Human Wizard

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    Info

    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 7
    Power/Toughness: 3/3
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Wizard
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • The triggered ability of Scholar of the Ages can return at most two cards, not two instant cards plus two sorcery cards.

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    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 1.49 USD
    Cardmarket 0.03 EUR / 0.44 EUR
    Tcgplayer / 0.85 USD 0.2 USD
    Manapool / 0.3 USD 0.15 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    When this creature enters, return up to two target instant and/or sorcery cards from your graveyard to your hand.

    Venser, Shaper Savant #96 Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

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    Info

    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 2/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Wizard
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Flash

    Rules

  • If Venser's triggered ability targets a spell cast with flashback, that spell will be exiled instead of returning to its owner's hand.
  • If a copy of a spell is returned to its owner's hand, it's moved there, then it will cease to exist as a state-based action. It can't be recast.
  • If a spell is returned to its owner's hand, it's removed from the stack and thus will not resolve. The spell isn't countered; it just no longer exists. This works against a spell that can't be countered.
  • If Venser's triggered ability targets a spell cast with flashback, that spell will be exiled instead of returning to its owner's hand.
  • If a copy of a spell is returned to its owner's hand, it's moved there, then it will cease to exist as a state-based action. It can't be recast.
  • If a spell is returned to its owner's hand, it's removed from the stack and thus will not resolve. The spell isn't countered; it just no longer exists. This works even against a spell that can't be countered.

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    Cardkingdom / 3.99 USD 0.99 USD
    Tcgplayer 1.25 USD / 1.65 USD
    Manapool 0.78 USD / 1.79 USD
    Cardmarket 0.45 EUR / 1.41 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Flash (You may cast this spell any time you could cast an instant.) When Venser enters, return target spell or permanent to its owner's hand.