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"Find me cards equivalent to: Press the Enemy"

No exact equivalents to Press the Enemy exist, but here are some close blue instants that bounce spells/permaments and/or offer free casting:

  • Unsubstantiate: Instant, U, Return target spell or creature to its owner's hand.
  • Aetherize: Instant, 3U, Return all attacking creatures to their owner's hand.
  • Snap: Instant, 1U, Return target creature to its owner's hand. Untap up to two lands.
  • Mystical Teachings: Can tutor and cast a spell instantly.
  • Cascade mechanic (e.g., Bituminous Blast—not blue) offers free casting, but not top-down blue instant bounce.


Reason: No other blue instant offers both a bounce and free casting together. Unsubstantiate is closest for bounce spells/permanents.

Found Cards

6 Results

Aetherize

Bituminous Blast

Mystical Teachings

Press the Enemy

Snap

Unsubstantiate

Aetherize #1667 Instant

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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
    Cardmarket / 14.46 EUR 15.43 EUR
    Cardkingdom 24.99 USD
    Manapool 21.68 USD / 16.91 USD
    Tcgplayer 18.68 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.

    Bituminous Blast #83 Instant

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    Converted Cost: 5
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Cascade

    Rules

  • A spell's mana value is determined only by its mana cost. Ignore any alternative costs, additional costs, cost increases, or cost reductions.
  • Cascade triggers when you cast the spell, meaning that it resolves before that spell. If you end up casting the exiled card, it will go on the stack above the spell with cascade.
  • Due to a 2021 rules change to cascade, not only do you stop exiling cards if you exile a nonland card with lesser mana value than the spell with cascade, but the resulting spell you cast must also have lesser mana value. Previously, in cases where a card's mana value differed from the resulting spell, such as with some modal double-faced cards or cards with an Adventure, you could cast a spell with a higher mana value than the exiled card.
  • If a spell with cascade is countered, the cascade ability will still resolve normally.
  • If the card has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X when casting it without paying its mana cost.
  • If you cast a card "without paying its mana cost," you can't choose to cast it for any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those to cast the card.
  • The mana value of a split card is determined by the combined mana cost of its two halves. If cascade allows you to cast a split card, you may cast either half but not both halves.
  • When the cascade ability resolves, you must exile cards. The only optional part of the ability is whether or not you cast the last card exiled.
  • You exile the cards face up. All players will be able to see them.
  • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.31 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD
    Cardmarket 0.15 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Cascade (When you cast this spell, exile cards from the top of your library until you exile a nonland card that costs less. You may cast it without paying its mana cost. Put the exiled cards on the bottom in a random order.) Bituminous Blast deals 4 damage to target creature.

    Mystical Teachings #76 Instant

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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flashback

    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 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
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 3.99 USD
    Manapool / 1.14 USD 0.15 USD
    Cardmarket 0.18 EUR / 0.62 EUR
    Tcgplayer / 1.09 USD 0.14 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Search your library for an instant card or a card with flash, reveal it, put it into your hand, thenshuffle Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

    Press the Enemy #65s Instant

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    Converted Cost: 4
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    Rules

  • If a permanent with {X} in its mana cost is returned to a player's hand this way, {X} is 0 for the purpose of evaluating its mana value.
  • If a spell is returned to its owner's hand, it's removed from the stack and thus will not resolve. The spell isn't countered; it just no longer exists. This works against a spell that can't be countered.
  • If a spell with {X} in its mana cost is returned to a player's hand this way, {X} is the value chosen as the spell was cast for the purpose of evaluating the spell's mana value.
  • If the spell you cast has {X} in its mana cost, you must choose 0 as the value of X.
  • If you cast a spell "without paying its mana cost," you can't pay any alternative costs. You can, however, pay additional costs, such as kicker costs. If the card has any mandatory additional costs, you must pay those.
  • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 2.43 USD
    Cardkingdom 2.29 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 target spell or nonland permanent an opponent controls to its owner's hand. You may cast an instant or sorcery spell with equal or lesser mana value from your hand without paying its mana cost.

    Snap #2247 Instant

    Variations: v1 v2

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    Converted Cost: 2
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    Rules

  • You choose which lands to untap as the spell resolves. They aren't targeted, and they don't have to be lands that you control.
  • Prices

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    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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    Return target creature to its owner's hand. Untap up to two lands.

    Unsubstantiate #2158 Instant

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 2
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    Rules

  • If a spell is returned to its owner's hand, it's removed from the stack and thus will not resolve. The spell isn't countered; it just no longer exists. This works against a spell that can't be countered.
  • Prices

    Seller Price

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Return target spell or creature to its owner's hand.