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"Find me cards equivalent to: Protect the Negotiators"

Equivalent blue instants to Protect the Negotiators:
1. Mana Leak — Counter unless they pay {3}. Classic soft counter.
2. Spell Pierce — Counters noncreature unless they pay {2}.
3. Essence Scatter — Counters a creature spell (narrower, but similar feel).
4. Force Spike — Classic counter unless they pay {1}.
5. Render Silent — Counters a spell and its controller can't cast further spells this turn (color: WU, like Protect the Negotiators when kicked).


Reason: All are blue instants that counter unless a cost is paid or are in the blue/white color identity. None make a token, but Render Silent is closest overall for a blue/white instant. Protect the Negotiators is the only one directly scaling with creatures and making tokens.

Found Cards

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Essence Scatter

Force Spike

Mana Leak

Protect the Negotiators

Render Silent

Spell Pierce

Essence Scatter #47 Instant

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Rarity: Common
Converted Cost: 2
Power/Toughness: /
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    Rules

  • A "creature spell" is any spell with the card type creature, even if it has other types such as artifact or enchantment.

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    Cardmarket 0.07 EUR / 0.08 EUR
    Cardkingdom / 0.49 USD 0.35 USD
    Manapool / 0.15 USD 0.15 USD
    Tcgplayer / 0.28 USD 0.18 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Counter target creature spell.

    Force Spike #5 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 1
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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

    Text

    Counter target spell unless its controller pays .

    Mana Leak #4 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 2
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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

    Text

    Counter target spell unless its controller pays .

    Protect the Negotiators #62 Instant

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 2
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    Tokens:
    Soldier

    Abilities/Keywords

    Kicker

    Rules

  • Once Protect the Negotiators starts to resolve, its instructions are followed in the order they're written. If it was kicked, the Soldier creature token will be on the battlefield when the amount of mana the target spell's controller needs to pay is determined.
  • You may not cast Protect the Negotiators without a spell to target.
  • If a card or token enters as a copy of a permanent, the new permanent isn't kicked, even if the original was.
  • If a spell's kicker cost was paid, the spell is "kicked."
  • If you copy a kicked spell on the stack, the copy is also kicked. If the copied spell is a permanent spell, the token the copy of that spell becomes when it enters is also kicked.
  • If you put a permanent with a kicker ability onto the battlefield without casting it, you can't kick it.
  • The kicker ability doesn't let you pay a kicker cost more than once.
  • To determine a spell's total cost, start with the mana cost (or an alternative cost if another card's effect allows you to pay one instead), add any cost increases (such as kicker), then apply any cost reductions. The spell's mana value remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

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    Cardmarket / 0.2 EUR 0.16 EUR
    Cardkingdom / 0.49 USD 0.35 USD
    Manapool / 0.22 USD 0.15 USD
    Tcgplayer / 0.29 USD 0.29 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Kicker (You may pay an additional as you cast this spell.) If this spell was kicked, create a 1/1 white Soldier creature token. Counter target spell unless its controller pays for each creature you control.

    Render Silent #96★ Instant

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
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    Rules

  • A spell that “can’t be countered” is a legal target for Render Silent. The spell won’t be countered when Render Silent resolves, but that spell’s controller won’t be able to cast spells for the rest of the turn.
  • If the spell is an illegal target when Render Silent tries to resolve (because it’s been countered by another spell, for example), Render Silent won’t resolve and none of its effects will happen.
  • Render Silent doesn’t stop any player from casting spells in response to Render Silent before it resolves.
  • The affected player can still activate abilities, including abilities of cards in their hand (such as bloodrush abilities), and the player can still play lands.
  • You must be able to target a spell to cast Render Silent.

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    Manapool 3.18 USD
    Cardmarket 1.75 EUR
    Cardkingdom 5.49 USD
    Tcgplayer 5.27 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Counter target spell. Its controller can't cast spells this turn.

    Spell Pierce #153 Instant

    Variations: v1 v2 v3
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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 1
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    Cardmarket 27.03 EUR
    Manapool 49.49 USD
    Tcgplayer 50.04 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Counter target noncreature spell unless its controller pays .