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"Find me cards equivalent to: Kess, Dissident Mage"

Cards equivalent to Kess, Dissident Mage (Legendary Creature — Human Wizard, colors: B, R, U, graveyard-casting theme) include:
1. Mizzix of the Izmagnus — Also Izzet, legendary, cares about casting instants/sorceries, but focuses on cost reduction.
2. Anje Falkenrath — Legendary, Rakdos, enables card filtering and reanimator strategies.
3. Niv-Mizzet, Parun — Legendary, draws cards when instants/sorceries are cast, and deals damage.
4. Nekusar, the Mindrazer — Grixis, legendary, focuses on drawing and punishing card draw.

None are perfect matches for Kess's graveyard recursion, but all are legendary, same colors (Grixis/Izzet/Rakdos), and have strong instant/sorcery synergy.

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Anje Falkenrath

Kess, Dissident Mage

Mizzix of the Izmagnus

Nekusar, the Mindrazer

Niv-Mizzet, Parun

Anje Falkenrath #37 Legendary Creature — Vampire

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Rarity: Mythic
Converted Cost: 3
Power/Toughness: 1/3
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Vampire
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    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Haste

    Rules

  • If you discard a card with madness to pay the cost of Anje’s activated ability, you’ll draw a card last. You may untap Anje before or after you choose whether to cast the discarded card, but not after you’ve chosen to cast it but before that spell resolves.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardmarket 0.35 EUR / 0.42 EUR
    Cardkingdom 1.49 USD
    Manapool 0.82 USD
    Tcgplayer 1.05 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Haste ,Discarda card: Draw a card. Whenever youdiscarda card, if it has madness, untap Anje Falkenrath.

    Kess, Dissident Mage #1167 aka. Snapcaster Bae Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

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    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 3/4
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Wizard
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying

    Rules

  • If a sorcery card is put into your graveyard during your main phase and the stack is empty, you have a chance to cast it before any player may attempt to remove that card from your graveyard.
  • If a spell cast this way is put into another zone after it resolves (perhaps because it had buyback), it's considered a new object. If that card later moves to your graveyard, it won't be exiled.
  • If you cast a card from your graveyard using another permission (such as that of flashback), Kess's effect doesn't apply. You can cast another instant or sorcery card from your graveyard.
  • If you cast one instant or sorcery card from your graveyard and then have a new Kess come under your control in the same turn, you may cast another instant or sorcery card from your graveyard that turn.
  • Once you begin to cast the card, losing control of Kess won't affect the spell. You can finish casting it as normal and it will be exiled if it would be put into your graveyard.
  • You must follow the normal timing permissions and restrictions of the card you cast from your graveyard.
  • You must pay the costs to cast that card. If it has an alternative cost, you may cast it for that cost instead.

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    Cardmarket / 7.27 EUR 6.02 EUR
    Tcgplayer 14.76 USD / 15.52 USD
    Manapool / 18.74 USD 16.67 USD
    Cardkingdom / 17.99 USD 10.99 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 Once during each of your turns, you may cast an instant or sorcery spell from your graveyard. If a spell cast this way would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead.

    Mizzix of the Izmagnus #50 Legendary Creature — Goblin Wizard

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    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 2/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Goblin
  • Wizard
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Experience

    Rules

  • All experience counters are identical, no matter how you got them. For example, the last ability will count experience counters that you got from the first ability, from another ability, from proliferating, and so on.
  • Each game pack includes a card labeled "Experience" with the suggestion "Place your experience counters here." This card isn't required for play. It's simply a convenient spot to put your experience counters, which can be represented with dice, glass beads, or other small items.
  • Experience counters are the second kind of counters a player can have, joining poison.
  • If an instant or sorcery spell you cast has {X} in its mana cost, you choose the value of X before calculating the spell's total cost. For example, if that spell's mana cost is {X}{R} and you have one experience counter, you could choose 5 as the value of X and pay {4}{R} to cast the spell.
  • If there are additional costs to cast a spell, or if the cost to cast a spell is increased by an effect (such as the one created by Thalia, Guardian of Thraben's ability), apply those increases before applying cost reductions.
  • Mizzix's last ability can't reduce the amount of colored mana you pay for a spell. It reduces only the generic component of that cost.
  • Mizzix's last ability doesn't change the mana cost or mana value of any spell. It changes only the total cost you pay.
  • The cost reduction can apply to alternative costs such as flashback costs.
  • You finish casting a spell, including paying its costs, before Mizzix's first ability triggers. The ability that gives you the experience counter will resolve before the spell that caused it to trigger.

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    Cardkingdom 0.49 USD
    Cardmarket 0.19 EUR / 0.51 EUR
    Tcgplayer 0.68 USD
    Manapool 0.68 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Whenever you cast an instant or sorcery spell with mana value greater than the number of experience counters you have, you get an experiencecounter Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost less to cast for each experiencecounteryou have.

    Nekusar, the Mindrazer #2184 Legendary Creature — Zombie Wizard

    Variations: v1 v2 v3
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    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: 2/4
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Zombie
  • Wizard
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Rules

  • If a spell or ability causes you to put cards into your hand without specifically using the word "draw," it doesn't count as drawing cards and it doesn't cause Nekusar's second ability to trigger.

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    Cardkingdom / 39.99 USD 24.99 USD
    Tcgplayer 24.29 USD
    Manapool 27.08 USD / 45.83 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    At the beginning of each player's draw step, that player draws an additional card. Whenever an opponent draws a card, Nekusar deals 1 damage to that player.

    Niv-Mizzet, Parun #376 Legendary Creature — Dragon Wizard

    Variations: v1 v2 v3 v4
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    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 6
    Power/Toughness: 5/5
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Dragon
  • Wizard
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying

    Rules

  • If a spell or ability causes you to put cards into your hand without specifically using the word "draw," Niv-Mizzet's first triggered ability won't trigger.
  • If an effect instructs you to draw multiple cards, Niv-Mizzet's first triggered ability triggers that many times. You choose targets for those abilities after you've drawn all of the cards.
  • Niv-Mizzet's second triggered ability resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered. This causes its first triggered ability to trigger, and that also resolves before the spell.
  • Players can cast spells and activate abilities after Niv-Mizzet's second triggered ability resolves but before the spell that caused it to trigger does. Notably, the card you draw may be able to counter that spell.

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    Manapool / 6.07 USD 5.21 USD
    Tcgplayer / 5.5 USD 3.67 USD
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    Cardmarket 377.9 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    This spell can't be countered. Flying Whenever you draw a card, Niv-Mizzet deals 1 damage to any target. Whenever a player casts an instant or sorcery spell, you draw a card.