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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Familiar's Ruse

Equivalent cards to Familiar's Ruse (Blue, counterspell, require bouncing creature):
1. Mana Drain — Same color and counter effect, but ramps instead of bouncing.
2. Remand — Counters unless pay, returns spell instead of creature.
3. Deprive — Blue, instant, counterspell, but returns land instead of a creature.
4. Snap — Blue, instant, returns creature to owner's hand and untaps lands (not a counterspell).
5. Hide Away — Closest true analog is Deprive for the return-to-hand part, though no other blue counterspell specifically bounces a creature as an additional cost.


Reason: Familiar's Ruse is quite unique; Deprive is the closest blue counterspell analog, but returns a land, not a creature. No other card does exactly what Familiar's Ruse does.

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Deprive #59 Instant

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    Tcgplayer 0.4 USD / 5.98 USD
    Cardmarket 0.45 EUR / 4.77 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.39 USD / 11.99 USD
    Cardsphere 0.46 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 an additional cost to cast this spell, return a land you control to its owner's hand. Counter target spell.

    Familiar's Ruse #37 Instant

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    Converted Cost: 2
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  • Familiar’s Ruse can’t be cast without a target spell. It can’t target itself.

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    Tcgplayer 0.55 USD / 2.73 USD
    Cardmarket 0.88 EUR / 1.53 EUR
    Cardsphere 0.58 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 an additional cost to cast this spell, return a creature you control to its owner's hand. Counter target spell.

    Mana Drain #11 aka. Drain Instant

    Variations: v1 v2

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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 2
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  • If the target spell is an illegal target by the time Mana Drain tries to resolve, Mana Drain doesn't resolve. You don't add mana at the beginning of your next main phase. If the target is legal but not countered (most likely because an effect says that the spell can't be countered), you do add mana.
  • Mana Drain's delayed triggered ability will usually trigger at the beginning of your precombat main phase. However, if you cast Mana Drain during your precombat main phase or during your combat phase, its delayed triggered ability will trigger at the beginning of that turn's postcombat main phase.

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    Cardkingdom 54.99 USD
    Cardsphere 36.54 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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    Counter target spell. At the beginning of your next main phase, add an amount of equal to that spell's mana value.

    Remand #63 Instant

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    Rarity: Uncommon
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  • If you target a card that was cast with flashback with Remand, the card will still be exiled.
  • Remand can target a spell that can't be countered. That spell won't be countered or returned to its owner's hand, but you'll draw a card.

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    Tcgplayer 0.96 USD / 6.74 USD
    Cardmarket 0.67 EUR / 5.7 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.79 USD
    Cardsphere 0.92 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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    Counter target spell. If that spell is countered this way, put it into its owner's hand instead of into that player's graveyard. Draw a card.

    Snap #412 Instant

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  • You choose which lands to untap as the spell resolves. They aren't targeted, and they don't have to be lands that you control.

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    Tcgplayer 19.3 USD / 24.91 USD
    Cardmarket 15.54 EUR / 20.1 EUR
    Cardkingdom 22.99 USD / 27.99 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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    Return target creature to its owner's hand. Untap up to two lands.

    Deprive Instant Normal - ~$3.49

    Familiar's Ruse Instant Normal - ~$1.25

    Mana Drain Instant Normal - ~$41.78

    Remand Instant Normal - ~$2.63

    Snap Instant Normal - ~$21.8

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