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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Perplex

Similar cards to Perplex (UB, counter & tutor/discard effect) are:

  • Counterbore (BU, counters spell, picks a copy from library)
  • Unwind (U, counters noncreature, untaps lands) — only semi-similar for counter type
  • Dimir Machinations (B, transmute for 3CMC, library manipulation)
  • Undermine (UBB, counters spell, opponent loses 3 life) — similar in color and effect


Reason: Few cards combine counter + discard, but those above share colors and some effects (transmute, counter, interaction).

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Counterbore #30 Instant

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 5
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    Rules

  • Counterbore has no effect on cards on the battlefield that have the same name as the targeted spell.
  • If the spell’s controller isn’t the same as its owner (due to Commandeer, for example), it won’t be exiled. The spell is countered and put into its owner’s graveyard. Then the spell’s controller’s graveyard, hand, and library are searched.
  • If the targeted spell can’t be countered (it’s Vexing Shusher, for example), that spell will remain on the stack. Counterbore will continue to resolve. You still get to search for and exile all other cards with that name.
  • In most cases, Counterbore will exile the targeted spell. Its first sentence counters the spell, which puts it into its owner’s graveyard. Its second sentence then removes it from the graveyard. However, there are some exceptions to this, as listed below.
  • The cards you’re searching for must be found if they’re in the graveyard, because that’s a zone everyone can see. Finding those cards in the hand and library is optional, though.

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    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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    Counter target spell. Search its controller's graveyard, hand, and library for all cards with the same name as that spell and exile them. Then that player shuffles.

    Dimir Machinations #84 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 3
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  • Sorcery
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    Tutors
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    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Transmute

    Rules

  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 1.13 USD / 6.22 USD
    Cardmarket 0.67 EUR / 3.22 EUR
    Cardkingdom 1.49 USD / 8.99 USD
    Cardsphere 1.12 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

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    Look at the top three cards of target player's library. Exile any number of those cards, then put the rest back in any order. Transmute (,Discardthis card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, thenshuffle Transmute only as a sorcery.)

    Perplex #217 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 3
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  • Instant
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Transmute

    Rules

  • If the spell’s controller has no cards in their hand, that player can still choose to discard their hand and prevent the spell from being countered.

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    Tcgplayer 0.72 USD / 10.62 USD
    Cardmarket 0.58 EUR / 5.68 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.99 USD
    Cardsphere 1.04 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

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    Counter target spell unless its controller discards their hand. Transmute (,Discardthis card: Search your library for a card with the same mana value as this card, reveal it, put it into your hand, thenshuffle Transmute only as a sorcery.)

    Undermine #254 Instant

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
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    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 6.95 USD
    Cardmarket 3.13 EUR
    Cardsphere 4.73 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

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    Counter target spell. Its controller loses 3 life.

    Unwind #72 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 3
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  • Instant
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  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 1.02 USD / 10.2 USD
    Cardmarket 1.06 EUR / 11.74 EUR
    Cardkingdom 2.29 USD / 11.99 USD
    Cardsphere 1.49 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

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    Counter target noncreature spell. Untap up to three lands.

    Counterbore Instant Normal

    Dimir Machinations Sorcery Normal - ~$3.95

    Perplex Instant Normal - ~$4.03

    Undermine Instant Normal - ~$5.24

    Unwind Instant Normal - ~$5.64

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