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"Find me cards equivalent to: Guardians of Koilos"

Here are cards similar to Guardians of Koilos (colorless artifact creatures that return artifacts or historic permanents):
1. Phyrexian Metamorph: Artifact Creature, colorless, enters as a copy of an artifact or creature. Not exactly the same, but with a flexible ETB effect.
2. Meteor Golem: Artifact Creature, colorless, destroys a nonland permanent when it enters (removal instead of return).
3. Salvager of Ruin: Artifact Creature, colorless, when it dies, you can return another target artifact or creature from your graveyard to hand (different timing but a similar effect).
4. Aether Spellbomb (not a creature, but close): Artifact, sacrifice to return a creature to its owner’s hand.
5. Pilgrim’s Eye: Artifact Creature, colorless, searches for a land on ETB (ETB effect, not a bounce).

Closest exact equivalents: There is not another artifact creature with the exact same ETB and colorless attributes as Guardians of Koilos. Most artifact creatures that interact with bouncing or returning permanents from the battlefield have different conditions or interact with different zones (graveyard, hand, library).

Summary:

  • Guardians of Koilos
  • Salvager of Ruin (returns from graveyard)
  • Phyrexian Metamorph (ETB copy)
  • Meteor Golem (removes on ETB)


Reason: Few direct colorless artifact creatures bounce historic permanents on ETB; the ability is rare in this combination.

Found Cards

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Aether Spellbomb

Guardians of Koilos

Meteor Golem

Phyrexian Metamorph

Salvager of Ruin

Aether Spellbomb #MMA-196 Artifact

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    Seller Price
    Cardmarket 0.29 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD
    Manapool 0.28 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.29 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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    ,Sacrificethis artifact: Return target creature to its owner's hand. ,Sacrificethis artifact: Draw a card.

    Guardians of Koilos #216 Artifact Creature — Construct

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: 4/4
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  • A card, spell, or permanent is historic if it has the legendary supertype, the artifact card type, or the Saga subtype. Having two of those qualities doesn’t make an object more historic than another or provide an additional bonus—an object either is historic or it isn’t.

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    Cardmarket / 0.2 EUR 0.05 EUR
    Tcgplayer 0.07 USD / 0.32 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.23 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

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    When this creature enters, you may return another target historic permanent you control to its owner's hand. (Artifacts, legendaries, and Sagas are historic.)

    Meteor Golem #2225 Artifact Creature — Golem

    Variations: v1 v2 v3
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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 7
    Power/Toughness: 3/3
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    • Prices

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    Manapool 0.94 USD / 2.58 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.95 USD
    Cardkingdom 1.49 USD / 2.79 USD
    Cardmarket / 1.35 EUR 1.15 EUR

    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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    When this creature enters,destroytarget nonland permanent an opponent controls.

    Phyrexian Metamorph #75 Artifact Creature — Phyrexian Shapeshifter

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 0/0
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  • Any "enters" abilities of the copied permanent will trigger when Phyrexian Metamorph enters. Any "as [this] enters" or "[this] enters with" abilities of the chosen permanent will also work.
  • Except for also being an artifact, Phyrexian Metamorph copies exactly what was printed on the original permanent and nothing more (unless that creature is itself copying something or is a token; see below). It doesn't copy whether that permanent is tapped or untapped, whether it has any counters on it or Auras attached to it, or any noncopy effects that have changed its power, toughness, types, color, and so on.
  • If Phyrexian Metamorph copies a noncreature artifact, it is no longer a creature.
  • If Phyrexian Metamorph somehow enters at the same time as another permanent (due to Mass Polymorph or Liliana Vess's third ability, for example), Phyrexian Metamorph can't become a copy of that permanent. You may choose only a permanent that's already on the battlefield.
  • If the chosen creature is copying something else (for example, if the chosen creature is a Clone), then your Phyrexian Metamorph enters as whatever the chosen creature copied, except it's also an artifact.
  • If the chosen permanent has {X} in its mana cost (such as Protean Hydra), X is considered to be zero.
  • If the chosen permanent is a token, Phyrexian Metamorph copies the original characteristics of that token as stated by the effect that put the token onto the battlefield, except it's also an artifact. Phyrexian Metamorph is not a token.
  • You can choose not to copy anything. In that case, Phyrexian Metamorph simply enters as a 0/0 artifact creature and is put into its owner's graveyard as a state-based action (unless something else is raising its toughness).

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    Cardkingdom 3.99 USD
    Manapool 2.38 USD
    Tcgplayer 1.98 USD
    Cardmarket 2.13 EUR

    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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    ( can be paid with either or 2 life.) You may have this creature enter as a copy of any artifact or creature on the battlefield, except it's an artifact in addition to its other types.

    Salvager of Ruin #237 Artifact Creature — Construct

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 2/1
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    Rules

  • A permanent card is an artifact, creature, enchantment, land, or planeswalker card.
  • Because targets are chosen for activated abilities before costs (such as “Sacrifice Salvager of Ruin”) are paid, Salvager of Ruin’s ability can’t target itself.
  • Permanent spells that were countered earlier in the turn never entered the battlefield, so they are not legal targets for Salvager of Ruin’s ability.
  • Salvager of Ruin’s ability can target a permanent card in your graveyard that was put there from the battlefield before Salvager of Ruin entered the battlefield during the same turn.

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    Tcgplayer / 0.6 USD 0.11 USD
    Cardkingdom / 0.99 USD 0.35 USD
    Cardmarket / 0.38 EUR 0.1 EUR
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.32 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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    Sacrifice this creature: Choose target permanent card in your graveyard that was put there from the battlefield this turn. Return it to your hand.