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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Merfolk Trickster

Equivalent cards to Merfolk Trickster (blue, creature-based, instant/static effect locking down a creature):
1. Barrin, Tolarian Archmage – bounces and can disrupt a creature at instant speed.
2. Aetherize – returns all attacking creatures to hand; similar surprise effect.
3. Vedalken AEthermage – flash, but tutors rather than locks, shares some traits.
4. Faerie Duelist – flash, single-use, shrinks a creature in combat like disruption.
5. Spectral Adversary – flash, temp phases out creatures for disruption.

Merfolk Trickster is unique for its tap and ability-suppression, but these options offer similar instant-speed disruption in blue.

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Aetherize #1667 Instant

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

  • An "attacking creature" is one that has been declared as an attacker this combat, or one that was put onto the battlefield attacking this combat. Unless that creature leaves combat, it continues to be an attacking creature through the end of combat step, even if the player it was attacking has left the game, or the planeswalker it was attacking has left combat. There's no such thing as an attacking creature outside of the combat phase.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 16.23 USD
    Cardmarket 11.51 EUR / 13.04 EUR
    Cardkingdom 20.99 USD
    Manapool 18.74 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand.

    Barrin, Tolarian Archmage #276 Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 2/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Wizard
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • Barrin's last ability checks the entire turn, even before Barrin was on the battlefield.
  • If a permanent wasn't put into your hand from the battlefield before your end step begins, Barrin's ability doesn't trigger at all.
  • If a token is returned to your hand, it's put there before it ceases to exist.
  • The permanent that was returned to your hand doesn't have to still be there.
  • You draw only one card, no matter how many permanents were put into your hand from the battlefield during that turn.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.18 USD
    Cardmarket 0.26 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.49 USD
    Manapool 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

    When Barrin enters, return up to one other target creature or planeswalker to its owner's hand. At the beginning of your end step, if a permanent was put into your hand from the battlefield this turn, draw a card.

    Faerie Duelist #39 Creature — Faerie Rogue

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: 1/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Faerie
  • Rogue
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flash Flying

    Rules

  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.07 USD / 0.41 USD
    Cardmarket 0.09 EUR / 0.32 EUR
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.2 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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    Flash Flying When this creature enters, target creature an opponent controls gets -2/-0 until end of turn.

    Merfolk Trickster #DOM-56 Creature — Merfolk Wizard

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: 2/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Merfolk
  • Wizard
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flash

    Rules

  • If the target creature has an ability that triggers when it becomes tapped, that ability triggers before it loses all abilities.
  • If the target creature has power and toughness written as */* with an ability that defines its power and toughness, it’s 0/0 when it loses all abilities. If its power and toughness are written as */*+1, it’s 0/1, and so on.
  • Once you announce that you’re casting a spell or activating an ability, no player may take other actions until the spell or ability has been paid for. Notably, players can’t try to remove a permanent’s activated abilities to stop them from happening. Once activated, the ability on the stack will resolve even if the creature loses the ability.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.21 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.79 USD
    Manapool 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

    Flash When this creature enters, tap target creature an opponent controls. It loses all abilities until end of turn.

    Spectral Adversary #77p Creature — Spirit

    Variations: v1 v2

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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: 2/1
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Spirit
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flash Flying

    Rules

  • After you pay the {1}{U} cost one or more times, a second ability triggers and you choose the targets for it. Players may respond to the new ability at that point. As that ability resolves, Spectral Adversary gets its +1/+1 counters and the target permanents phase out.
  • An attacking or blocking creature that phases out is removed from combat.
  • Any continuous effects with a "for as long as" duration ignore phased-out objects. If ignoring those objects causes the effect's conditions to no longer be met, the duration will expire. For example, phasing out Mind Flayer will cause the duration of its continuous effect ("for as long as you control Mind Flayer") to expire.
  • As a permanent phases out, Auras and Equipment attached to it also phase out at the same time. Those Auras and Equipment will phase in at the same time that permanent does, and they'll phase in still attached to that permanent.
  • Choices made for permanents as they entered the battlefield are remembered when they phase in.
  • If an opponent gains control of one of your permanents, that permanent phases out, and the duration of the control-change effect expires before it phases back in, that permanent phases in under your control as that opponent's next untap step begins. If they leave the game before their next untap step, it phases in as the next untap step begins after their turn would have begun.
  • Permanents phase back in during their controller's untap step, immediately before that player untaps their permanents. Creatures that phase in this way are able to attack and pay a cost of {T} during that turn. If a permanent had counters on it when it phased out, it will have those counters when it phases back in.
  • Permanents that are phased out are treated as though they don't exist. They can't be the target of spells or abilities, their static abilities have no effect on the game, their triggered abilities can't trigger, they can't attack or block, and so on.
  • Phasing out doesn't cause any "leaves the battlefield" abilities to trigger. Similarly, phasing in won't cause any "enters the battlefield" abilities to trigger.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.48 USD / 1.45 USD
    Cardmarket 1.51 EUR / 0.85 EUR
    Cardkingdom 1.79 USD / 5.99 USD
    Manapool 0.63 USD / 1.09 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 When this creature enters, you may pay any number of times. When you pay this cost one or more times, put that many +1/+1 counters on this creature, then up to that many other target artifacts, creatures, and/or enchantments phase out.

    Aetherize Instant Normal - ~$16.1

    Barrin, Tolarian Archmage Legendary Creature — Human Wizard Normal - ~$0.27

    Faerie Duelist Creature — Faerie Rogue Normal - ~$0.21

    Merfolk Trickster Creature — Merfolk Wizard Normal - ~$0.38

    Spectral Adversary Creature — Spirit Normal - ~$1.72

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