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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Octavia, Living Thesis

Equivalent cards to Octavia, Living Thesis (mono-blue, creatures that care about instants/sorceries or have unique build-around abilities):
1. Talrand, Sky Summoner – Makes Drakes when you cast instants/sorceries.
2. Baral, Chief of Compliance – Reduces spell costs and draws/discards for countering spells.
3. Nivmagus Elemental – Exiles spells for +1/+1 counters.
4. Sphinx of the Second Sun – Provides an extra beginning phase for more spells/effects.
5. Murkmire Mystic – Makes tokens for drawing two or more cards.

All of these are mono-blue and have strong synergy with spells or blue strategies, like Octavia.

Results:

Baral, Chief of Compliance #2168 aka. Baral, Head of Quality Management Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

Variations: v1 v2 v3

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 2
Power/Toughness: 1/3
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Wizard
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • A spell or ability counters a spell only if it specifically contains the word "counter" in its text. If a spell or ability you control causes all the targets of a spell to become illegal, that spell doesn't resolve but it's not countered.
  • The cost reduction applies only to generic mana in the cost of instant and sorcery spells you cast.
  • To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as a flashback cost), add any cost increases (such as kicker costs), then apply any cost reductions (such as that of Baral's first ability). The mana value of the spell is determined by only its mana cost, no matter what the total cost to cast that spell was.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 5.69 USD / 6.34 USD
    Cardmarket 7.1 EUR / 6.66 EUR
    Cardkingdom 7.49 USD / 7.99 USD
    Manapool 6.25 USD / 6.23 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Instant and sorcery spells you cast cost less to cast. Whenever a spell or ability you control counters a spell, you may draw a card. If you do,discarda card.

    Nivmagus Elemental #219 Creature — Elemental

    Info

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: 1/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Elemental
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:

    Rules

  • Exiling a spell is not the same as countering it, although the spell won’t resolve in both cases. You may exile a spell that can’t be countered.
  • You can exile a copy of an instant or sorcery spell to activate Nivmagus Elemental’s ability if you control the copy.
  • You exile an instant or sorcery spell you control from the stack, not an instant or sorcery card in any other zone.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.19 USD / 0.62 USD
    Cardmarket 0.2 EUR / 0.9 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.49 USD / 1.99 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD / 0.6 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Exile an instant or sorcery spell you control: Put two +1/+1 counters on this creature. (That spell won't resolve.)

    Octavia, Living Thesis #103 Legendary Creature — Elemental Octopus

    Info

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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 10
    Power/Toughness: 8/8
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Elemental
  • Octopus
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Ward

    Rules

  • Each magecraft ability has a different effect, although they all have the same trigger condition, whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell.
  • For example, if you control Archmage Emeritus and cast an instant or sorcery spell, Archmage Emeritus's magecraft ability will trigger and you will draw a card.
  • If an effect creates a copy of an instant or sorcery spell, this will also cause the magecraft ability to trigger.
  • If an effect creates multiple copies of an instant or sorcery spell, magecraft abilities trigger once for each copy created by the effect.
  • Some effects instruct you to copy an instant or sorcery card in a zone other than the stack. These copies do not cause magecraft abilities to trigger. However, most effects that do this also allow you to cast the copy, and casting the copy will cause magecraft abilities to trigger.
  • If a player casts a spell that targets multiple permanents their opponent controls with ward, each of those ward abilities will trigger. If that player doesn't pay for all of them, the spell will be countered.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.41 USD
    Cardmarket 0.42 EUR
    Cardkingdom 1.29 USD
    Manapool 0.41 USD

    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 costs less to cast if you have eight or more instant and/or sorcery cards in your graveyard. Ward Magecraft — Whenever you cast or copy an instant or sorcery spell, target creature has base power and toughness 8/8 until end of turn.

    Sphinx of the Second Sun #1720 Creature — Sphinx

    Info

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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 8
    Power/Toughness: 6/6
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Sphinx
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying

    Rules

  • After the additional beginning phase, the game proceeds to the ending phase (unless something has added even more phases; see below.)
  • Even if you don't attack with any creatures during combat, you'll still get a postcombat main phase and Sphinx of the Second Sun's ability will still trigger.
  • If multiple phases are added to the same point in your turn, the most recently created phase happens first. For example, say you control Sphinx of the Second Sun and its ability triggers during your postcombat main phase. Later during that same main phase, another effect gives you an additional combat phase after this main phase. The additional combat will happen first, followed by the additional beginning phase.
  • If you somehow have more than two main phases in a turn, each main phase other than the first one is a postcombat main phase, and Sphinx of the Second Sun's ability triggers at the beginning of each of them.
  • The additional beginning phase all happens during the current turn. Any effects that last "until your next turn" or similar won't expire just because you'll go through an additional beginning phase.
  • The additional beginning phase will be a lot like your normal beginning phase. During the untap step, permanents will phase in or out as appropriate and you'll untap your tapped permanents. Anything that triggers "at the beginning of your upkeep" or similar will trigger during the upkeep step, and you'll eventually draw a card for your draw step.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 4.87 USD
    Cardmarket 4.11 EUR / 5.1 EUR
    Cardkingdom 7.99 USD
    Manapool 5.21 USD / 7.22 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Flying At the beginning of each of your postcombat main phases, there is an additional beginning phase after this phase. (The beginning phase includes the untap, upkeep, and draw steps.)

    Talrand, Sky Summoner #318 Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard

    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Special
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 2/2
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Merfolk
  • Wizard
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:
    Tokens:
    Drake

    Rules

  • An ability that triggers when a player casts a spell resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger, but after targets have been chosen for that spell. It resolves even if that spell is countered.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.94 USD / 9.22 USD
    Cardmarket 0.46 EUR / 6.92 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.99 USD / 6.99 USD
    Manapool 0.51 USD / 10.1 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, create a 2/2 blue Drake creature token with flying.

    Baral, Chief of Compliance Legendary Creature — Human Wizard Normal - ~$6.72

    Nivmagus Elemental Creature — Elemental Normal - ~$0.64

    Octavia, Living Thesis Legendary Creature — Elemental Octopus Normal - ~$0.63

    Sphinx of the Second Sun Creature — Sphinx Normal - ~$5.75

    Talrand, Sky Summoner Legendary Creature — Merfolk Wizard Normal - ~$4.52

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