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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Meticulous Archive

Equivalent cards (blue) to Meticulous Archive (which lets you repeatedly cast instants/sorceries from the graveyard for a cost, but they get exiled after):

  • Sphinx's Revelation (not directly equivalent, but blue draw + life gain)
  • Mystic Retrieval (returns instant/sorcery from graveyard to hand)
  • Mission Briefing (lets you cast instant/sorcery from graveyard)
  • Snapcaster Mage (gives flashback to instant/sorcery in graveyard)
  • Jace, Telepath Unbound (his -3 gives a spell flashback for the turn)


Reason: All repeatedly interact with instants/sorceries in your graveyard, similar to Meticulous Archive.

Results:

Meticulous Archive #264s Land — Plains Island

Variations: v1 v2

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 0
Power/Toughness: /
Types:
  • Land
    • SubTypes:
  • Plains
  • Island
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Surveil

    Rules

  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 21.29 USD
    Cardkingdom 34.99 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    (: Add or .) This land enters tapped. When this land enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.)

    Mission Briefing #44p Instant

    Variations: v1 v2

    Info

    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Instant
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Surveil

    Rules

  • If you cast a spell this way and that card is exiled, it's considered a new object in the zone it's put into. It won't be exiled if it's put into your graveyard later in the turn.
  • Mission Briefing doesn't change when you can cast the chosen card. For example, if you choose a sorcery card, you can cast it only during your main phase when the stack is empty.
  • Mission Briefing is still on the stack while you choose an instant or sorcery card in your graveyard. Your Mission Briefing can't be to give yourself that same Mission Briefing.
  • The instant or sorcery card you choose may be one that you just surveilled into your graveyard.
  • When you surveil, you may put all the cards you look at back on top of your library, you may put all of those cards into your graveyard, or you may put some of those cards on top and the rest of them into your graveyard.
  • You perform the actions stated on a card in sequence. For some spells and abilities, you'll surveil last. For others, you'll surveil and then perform other actions.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.47 USD / 1.22 USD
    Cardmarket 0.4 EUR / 1.01 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.79 USD
    Cardsphere 0.43 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Surveil 2, then choose an instant or sorcery card in your graveyard. You may cast it this turn. If that spell would be put into your graveyard, exile it instead. (To surveil 2, look at the top two cards of your library, then put any number of them into your graveyard and the rest on top of your library in any order.)

    Mystic Retrieval #20 Sorcery

    Info

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Sorcery
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flashback

    Rules

  • Mystic Retrieval can't target itself. It's on the stack when you choose its target.
  • "Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost" and "If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack."
  • A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
  • If a card with flashback is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it if it's legal to do so before any other player can take any actions.
  • To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.
  • You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
  • You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using flashback only when you could normally cast a sorcery.

    • Prices

    Seller Price

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Return target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard to your hand. Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

    Snapcaster Mage #71 aka. Snappie Creature — Human Wizard

    Info

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

    Abilities/Keywords

    Flash

    Rules

  • "Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard by paying [cost] rather than paying its mana cost" and "If the flashback cost was paid, exile this card instead of putting it anywhere else any time it would leave the stack."
  • A spell cast using flashback will always be exiled afterward, whether it resolves, is countered, or leaves the stack in some other way.
  • If a card has multiple instances of flashback, you may choose any of its flashback costs to pay.
  • If a card with flashback is put into your graveyard during your turn, you can cast it if it's legal to do so before any other player can take any actions.
  • If a card with no mana cost gains flashback, it has no flashback cost. It can't be cast this way.
  • If a split card gains flashback, you pay only the cost of the half you're casting.
  • If you cast a spell with flashback, you can't pay any alternative costs such as overload costs. You can pay additional costs such as kicker costs. If the spell has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast the spell with flashback.
  • If you cast an instant or sorcery with {X} in its mana cost this way, you still choose the value of X as part of casting the spell and pay that cost.
  • To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost (such as a flashback cost) you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell is determined only by its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast the spell was.
  • You can cast a spell using flashback even if it was somehow put into your graveyard without having been cast.
  • You must still follow any timing restrictions and permissions, including those based on the card's type. For instance, you can cast a sorcery using flashback only when you could normally cast a sorcery.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 15.33 USD / 31.1 USD
    Cardmarket 15.62 EUR / 29.47 EUR
    Cardkingdom 49.99 USD
    Cardsphere 15.8 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Flash When this creature enters, target instant or sorcery card in your graveyard gains flashback until end of turn. The flashback cost is equal to its mana cost. (You may cast that card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

    Sphinx's Revelation #228 Instant

    Variations: v1 v2 v3

    Info

    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Instant
    • SubTypes:
    Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • If the value chosen for X is larger than the number of cards left in your library, you'll lose the game the next time state-based actions are performed.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 1.82 USD / 1.54 USD
    Cardmarket 0.36 EUR / 0.59 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.79 USD
    Cardsphere 1.33 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    You gain X life and draw X cards.

    Meticulous Archive Land — Plains Island Normal - ~$28.14

    Mission Briefing Instant Normal - ~$0.72

    Mystic Retrieval Sorcery Normal

    Snapcaster Mage Creature — Human Wizard Normal - ~$26.22

    Sphinx's Revelation Instant Normal - ~$1.07

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