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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Mission Briefing

Equivalent cards to Mission Briefing (blue, instant, flashback effect):
1. Snapcaster Mage – Gives flashback to a card in your graveyard.
2. Omen Hawker + Mystic Sanctuary – Set up top-deck recursion.
3. Lier, Disciple of the Drowned – Lets you cast instants/sorceries from graveyard.


Reason: All these blue cards allow casting or using instant/sorcery cards from your graveyard, similar to Mission Briefing.

Results:

Lier, Disciple of the Drowned #20 Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

Info

Color:
Identifies:
Cost:
Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 5
Power/Toughness: 3/4
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Wizard
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    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 38.14 USD
    Cardmarket 39.36 EUR / 19.55 EUR
    Cardkingdom 39.99 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Spells can't be countered. Each instant and sorcery card in your graveyard has flashback. The flashback cost is equal to that card's mana cost.

    Mission Briefing #44p Instant

    Variations: v1 v2

    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Instant
    • SubTypes:
    Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    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 0.54 USD / 1.28 USD
    Cardmarket 0.37 EUR / 0.95 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.49 USD / 2.99 USD
    Cardsphere 0.43 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 USD

    Legalities

    Alchemy Brawl Commander Duel 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 Sanctuary #408 Land — Island

    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Special
    Converted Cost: 0
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Land
    • SubTypes:
  • Island
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • As these lands are entering the battlefield, they check for lands that are already on the battlefield. They won't see lands that are entering the battlefield at the same time (due to Scapeshift, for example).
  • If another effect puts these lands onto the battlefield tapped, they enter tapped, even if you control enough lands with the appropriate basic land type.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 5.78 USD / 108.18 USD
    Cardmarket 5.94 EUR / 94.99 EUR
    Cardkingdom 6.49 USD / 149.99 USD
    Cardsphere 5.38 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    (: Add .) This land enters tapped unless you control three or more other Islands. When this land enters untapped, you may put target instant or sorcery card from your graveyard on top of your library.

    Omen Hawker #70 Creature — Octopus Advisor

    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: 1/1
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Octopus
  • Advisor
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.16 USD / 0.35 USD
    Cardmarket 0.14 EUR / 0.26 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD
    Cardsphere 0.13 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    : Add . Spend this mana only to activate abilities.

    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 17.81 USD / 29.45 USD
    Cardmarket 15.06 EUR / 32.31 EUR
    Cardkingdom 17.99 USD / 59.99 USD
    Cardsphere 15.8 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 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, 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.)

    Lier, Disciple of the Drowned Legendary Creature — Human Wizard Normal - ~$21.95

    Mission Briefing Instant Normal - ~$2.37

    Mystic Sanctuary Land — Island Normal - ~$39.34

    Omen Hawker Creature — Octopus Advisor Normal - ~$1.85

    Snapcaster Mage Creature — Human Wizard Normal - ~$20.51

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