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"Find me cards equivalent to: Formation"

Equivalent cards to Formation (Instant, White, grants banding and draws a card) are extremely rare due to the unique banding mechanic. Here are the closest options (all white instants, include card draw or banding):
1. Formation (the card you searched for)
2. Banding (no card named Banding, but Formation is unique in white instants for granting banding)
3. Renewed Faith – Instant, white, draws a card, but doesn't grant banding.
4. Survive the Night – Instant, white, grants clue token (draw a card when sacrificed), but no banding.


Reason: Formation is unique because very few cards grant banding and also cantrip (draw a card). No other white instant matches both granting banding and drawing a card. Closest you’ll get are instants that draw cards or those that reference banding (but almost none do).

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Formation

Renewed Faith

Survive the Night

Formation #25 Instant

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 2
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  • Instant
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • A maximum of one nonbanding creature can join an attacking band no matter how many creatures with banding are in it.
  • Creatures in the same band must all attack the same player or planeswalker.
  • If a creature with banding attacks, it can team up with any number of other attacking creatures with banding (and up to one nonbanding creature) and attack as a unit called a "band." The band can be blocked by any creature that could block a single creature in the band. Blocking any creature in a band blocks the entire band. If a creature with banding is blocked, the attacking player chooses how the blockers' damage is assigned.
  • If a creature in combat has banding, its controller assigns damage for creatures blocking or blocked by it.

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    Manapool 0.51 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.99 USD
    Tcgplayer 1 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

    Target creature gains banding until end of turn. (Any creatures with banding, and up to one without, can attack in a band. Bands are blocked as a group. If any creatures with banding a player controls are blocking or being blocked by a creature, that player divides that creature's combat damage, not its controller, among any of the creatures it's being blocked by or is blocking.) Draw a card at the beginning of the next turn's upkeep.

    Renewed Faith #42 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Instant
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    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Cycling

    Rules

  • There are many important moments in the story, but the most crucial—called "story spotlights"—are shown on cards. These cards have the Planeswalker symbol in their text box; this symbol has no effect on gameplay. You can read more about these events in the official Magic fiction at http://www.mtgstory.com.
  • The cycling ability and the triggered ability are separate. If the triggered ability doesn't resolve (because, for example, it has been countered, or all of its targets have become illegal), the cycling ability will still resolve, and you'll draw a card.
  • When you cycle this card, first the cycling ability goes on the stack, then the triggered ability goes on the stack on top of it. The triggered ability will resolve before you draw a card from the cycling ability.

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

    Text

    You gain 6 life. Cycling (,Discardthis card: Draw a card.) When you cycle this card, you may gain 2 life.

    Survive the Night #41 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Instant
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    Normal
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    Clue

    Abilities/Keywords

    Investigate

    Rules

  • Clue is an artifact type. Even though it appears on some cards with other permanent types, it's never a creature type, a land type, or anything but an artifact type.
  • If an effect refers to a Clue, it means any Clue artifact, not just a Clue artifact token. For example, you can sacrifice Wrench to pay for Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth's activated ability.
  • You can't cast a spell without choosing legal targets. If all of those targets become illegal, the spell doesn't resolve and you won't investigate.
  • You can't sacrifice a Clue to pay multiple costs. For example, you can't sacrifice a Clue token to activate its own ability and also to activate Alquist Proft, Master Sleuth's ability.

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    Seller Price
    Manapool / 0.18 USD 0.15 USD
    Cardmarket 0.06 EUR / 0.17 EUR
    Tcgplayer 0.09 USD / 0.24 USD
    Cardkingdom / 0.49 USD 0.35 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Target creature gets +1/+0 and gains indestructible until end of turn. (Damage and effects that say "destroy" don'tdestroyit.) Investigate. (Create a Clue token. It's an artifact with ",Sacrificethis token: Draw a card.")