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"Find me cards equivalent to: Impaler Shrike"

Equivalent cards to Impaler Shrike (mono-blue, creature, flying, draw on damage/sacrifice):

  • Nimble Obstructionist — Flying, can cycle for an effect, but doesn’t draw 3 or require sacrifice.
  • Sage Owl — Blue bird with flying, but only looks at cards, no sac/draw mechanic.
  • Cephalid Constable — Bounce effect on damage but no draw/sac.
  • Thieving Skydiver — Flying, enters and steals artifacts, not draw-focused.
  • Hypnotic Sprite — Flying, can counter spells via Adventure, no draw/sac.

Closest blue equivalent: Nimble Obstructionist for flash/flying/draw, but none replicate both the draw three cards on sacrifice after damage exactly in mono-blue.


Reason: Blue rarely lets you draw 3 for such a low cost and doesn’t commonly combine this effect with forced sacrifice. Impaler Shrike (from Avacyn Restored, actually blue) is quite unique for blue in combining these abilities.

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Cephalid Constable

Impaler Shrike

Nimble Obstructionist

Sage Owl

Thieving Skydiver

Cephalid Constable #E25 Creature — Octopus Wizard

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Info

Color:
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Cost:
Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 3
Power/Toughness: 1/1
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Octopus
  • Wizard
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardmarket 1.25 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 deals combat damage to a player, return up to that many target permanents that player controls to their owner's hand.

    Impaler Shrike #36 Creature — Phyrexian Bird

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    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 3/1
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Phyrexian
  • Bird
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying

    Rules

  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.1 USD / 0.41 USD
    Cardkingdom / 0.79 USD 0.35 USD
    Cardmarket / 0.33 EUR 0.17 EUR
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.4 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Flying Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, you maysacrificeit. If you do, draw three cards.

    Nimble Obstructionist #40 Creature — Bird Wizard

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    Info

    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 3/1
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Bird
  • Wizard
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Cycling Flash Flying

    Rules

  • Abilities that create replacement effects, such as a permanent entering the battlefield tapped or with counters on it, can't be targeted. Abilities that apply "as [this creature] enters the battlefield" are also replacement effects and can't be targeted.
  • Activated abilities are written in the form "Cost: Effect." Some keyword abilities, such as equip and eternalize, are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder texts.
  • If you counter a delayed triggered ability that triggers at the beginning of the "next" occurrence of a specified step or phase, that ability won't trigger again the following time that phase or step occurs.
  • Mana abilities can't be targeted. An activated mana ability is one that could add mana as it resolves, doesn't have a target, and isn't a loyalty ability. A triggered mana ability is one that could add mana as it resolves and triggers on an activated mana ability.
  • Triggered abilities use the word "when," "whenever," or "at." They're often written as "[Trigger condition], [effect]." Some keyword abilities, such as prowess and afflict, are triggered abilities and will have "when," "whenever," or "at" in their reminder text.
  • 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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    Cardkingdom / 3.99 USD 0.69 USD
    Cardmarket / 5.05 EUR 0.35 EUR
    Tcgplayer / 2.25 USD 0.46 USD
    Manapool / 2.04 USD 0.22 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 Cycling (,Discardthis card: Draw a card.) When you cycle this card,countertarget activated or triggered ability you don't control.

    Sage Owl #95 Creature — Bird

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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: 1/1
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Bird
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying

    Rules

  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardmarket 0.06 EUR
    Manapool 0.15 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.08 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Flying When this creature enters, look at the top four cards of your library, then put them back in any order.

    Thieving Skydiver #177 Creature — Merfolk Rogue

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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: 2/1
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Merfolk
  • Rogue
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying Kicker

    Rules

  • If the Equipment can't be attached to Thieving Skydiver, most likely because Thieving Skydiver has left the battlefield before its triggered ability resolves, the Equipment remains attached to whatever it's currently attached to or remains unattached if attached to nothing.
  • The control-change effect of Thieving Skydiver lasts indefinitely. It doesn't wear off during the cleanup step, and it doesn't expire if Thieving Skydiver leaves the battlefield. In a multiplayer game, it does expire if you leave the game.
  • Thieving Skydiver's ability can target an artifact you already control. You'll attach it to Thieving Skydiver if it's an Equipment.
  • If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.
  • If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
  • If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked. If the copied spell is a permanent spell, the token the copy of that spell becomes when it enters is also kicked.
  • If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
  • The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
  • To determine a spell's total cost, start with the mana cost (or an alternative cost if another card's effect allows you to pay one instead), add any cost increases (such as kicker), then apply any cost reductions. The spell's mana value remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

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    Tcgplayer 0.36 USD
    Cardmarket 0.3 EUR
    Manapool 0.18 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Kicker . X can't be 0. (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.) Flying When this creature enters, if it was kicked, gain control of target artifact with mana value X or less. If that artifact is an Equipment, attach it to this creature.