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Equivalent cards to Giant Oyster (Mono-Blue, repeated creature tapping for lock-down effects):

  • Kiora's Follower: Can tap/untap others but doesn’t lock down creatures. Different utility.
  • Pemmin's Aura (card to enchant a blue creature, e.g., Giant Oyster): Gives repeated tap/untap ability for combo potential.
  • Icy Manipulator (artifact, not a creature): Taps creatures but doesn’t add -1/-1 counters or prevent untapping forever.

Closest blue creature equivalents for repeated tap-to-lock creature:

  • Surgespanner: Bounces permanents when you tap it to attack.
  • Vedalken Shackles (artifact, blue-heavy): Controls tapped creature, not repeated hand-off or -1/-1 synergies.


Reason: Giant Oyster is unique for combining permanent tap, -1/-1 counter addition, and blue color. No exact blue creature reprint or strict functional equivalent exists.

Found Cards

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Giant Oyster

Icy Manipulator

Kiora's Follower

Pemmin's Aura

Surgespanner

Vedalken Shackles

Giant Oyster #22 Creature — Oyster

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Rarity: Special
Converted Cost: 4
Power/Toughness: 0/3
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Oyster
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • If the Oyster untaps during the draw step before its ability to add a -1/-1 counter resolves, the -1/-1 counter effect resolves and adds a -1/-1 counter after the -1/-1 counters are removed due to being untapped.
  • Activating the ability creates a continuous effect that works only as long as Giant Oyster remains tapped, a repeating delayed triggered ability that’s in effect only as long as Giant Oyster remains tapped, and a delayed triggered ability that triggers when Giant Oyster untaps or when it leaves the battlefield.
  • Giant Oyster’s ability can be activated during your upkeep, and the creature will get a -1/-1 counter during the draw step that follows it.
  • The activated ability can target only a tapped creature.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.23 USD / 6.89 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD
    Cardmarket 0.1 EUR / 0.93 EUR
    Manapool / 2.07 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

    You may choose not to untap this creature during your untap step. : For as long as this creature remains tapped, target tapped creature doesn't untap during its controller's untap step, and at the beginning of each of your draw steps, put a -1/-1counteron that creature. When this creature leaves the battlefield or becomes untapped, remove all -1/-1 counters from the creature.

    Icy Manipulator #6 Artifact

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: /
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • Once a player announces that they're casting a spell or activating an ability, no player may take other actions until the spell or ability has been paid for. Notably, other players can't try to tap that player's permanents to stop them from paying {T} or to stop them from producing enough mana.

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    Legalities

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

    Text

    , : Tap target artifact, creature, or land.

    Kiora's Follower #150 Creature — Merfolk

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: 2/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Merfolk
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

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    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardmarket / 0.45 EUR 1.83 EUR
    Cardkingdom 5.49 USD
    Tcgplayer 3.71 USD
    Manapool 2.37 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    : Untap another target permanent.

    Pemmin's Aura #45 Enchantment — Aura

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Enchantment
    • SubTypes:
  • Aura
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Enchant

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    Seller Price
    Cardmarket 4.96 EUR / 23.62 EUR
    Tcgplayer / 85.99 USD 10.82 USD
    Cardkingdom 15.99 USD / 89.99 USD
    Manapool 9.28 USD / 47.39 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Enchant creature : Untap enchanted creature. : Enchanted creature gains flying until end of turn. : Enchanted creature gains shroud until end of turn. (It can't be the target of spells or abilities.) : Enchanted creature gets +1/-1 or -1/+1 until end of turn.

    Surgespanner #92 Creature — Merfolk Wizard

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 2/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Merfolk
  • Wizard
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • For the ability to trigger, the creature has to actually change from untapped to tapped. If an effect attempts to tap the creature, but it was already tapped at the time, this ability won't trigger.
  • This is a triggered ability, not an activated ability. It doesn't allow you to tap the creature whenever you want; rather, you need some other way of tapping it, such as by attacking with the creature.

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    Cardkingdom 0.69 USD / 9.99 USD
    Tcgplayer 1.31 USD / 9.12 USD
    Manapool 0.5 USD / 5.4 USD
    Cardmarket / 3.94 EUR 0.73 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Whenever this creature becomes tapped, you may pay . If you do, return target permanent to its owner's hand.

    Vedalken Shackles #218 Artifact

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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Artifact
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • If Vedalken Shackles becomes untapped before its ability resolves, you won’t gain control of the creature.
  • If Vedalken Shackles leaves the battlefield, it’s no longer tapped, so the control-changing effect ends.
  • The creature’s power and the number of Islands you control matter only when the ability is activated and when it resolves. After that, only the fact that Vedalken Shackles remains tapped matters. If the creature stops being a creature, you’ll keep control of it.

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    Seller Price
    Manapool 6.71 USD / 18.55 USD
    Tcgplayer 7.4 USD / 16.63 USD
    Cardkingdom 10.99 USD
    Cardmarket / 12.7 EUR 5.43 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    You may choose not to untap this artifact during your untap step. , : Gain control of target creature with power less than or equal to the number of Islands you control for as long as this artifact remains tapped.