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"Find me cards equivalent to: Purple Pentapus"

Equivalent cards to Purple Pentapus (Color: Black, similar ETB/surveil/graveyard recursion):

  • Dimir Informant — Black, surveils on ETB (related ability).
  • Murderous Rider — Black, can return from graveyard under certain conditions.
  • Persistent Specimen — Black, can return from graveyard to battlefield tapped.
  • Purple Pentapus (your original card).


Reason: All these cards are black creatures with surveil or graveyard recursion abilities. Persistent Specimen is the closest match and worth highlighting:

Example: Persistent Specimen
{B}
Creature — Skeleton
{2}{B}: Return Persistent Specimen from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

Found Cards

3 Results

Dimir Informant

Persistent Specimen

Purple Pentapus

Dimir Informant #36 Creature — Human Rogue

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Info

Color:
Identifies:
Cost:
Rarity: Common
Converted Cost: 3
Power/Toughness: 1/4
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Rogue
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Surveil

    Rules

  • 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
    Cardmarket 0.04 EUR / 0.08 EUR
    Cardkingdom / 0.49 USD 0.35 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.04 USD / 0.17 USD
    Manapool / 0.16 USD 0.15 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    When this creature enters, 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.)

    Persistent Specimen #392 Creature — Skeleton

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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: 1/1
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Skeleton
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardkingdom / 2.49 USD 0.35 USD
    Cardmarket 0.14 EUR / 0.69 EUR
    Tcgplayer / 1.28 USD 0.24 USD
    Manapool 0.18 USD / 2.49 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    : Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.

    Purple Pentapus #233 Creature — Octopus Starfish

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    Info

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

    Abilities/Keywords

    Surveil

    Rules

  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.17 USD / 0.25 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD
    Cardmarket 0.14 EUR / 0.15 EUR
    Manapool / 0.15 USD 0.15 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    When this creature enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.) , Tap an untapped creature you control: Return this card from your graveyard to the battlefield tapped.