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"Find me cards equivalent to: Release the Ants"

Equivalent cards to Release the Ants (Instant, Red, deals 1 damage, potential recursion):
1. Shock – Instant, R, deals 2 damage to any target.

Reason: Same type, color, similar effect, though no recursion.
2. Lava Dart – Instant, R, deals 1 damage to any target, flashback by sacrificing a Mountain.

Reason: Recurs from graveyard, similar single damage.
3. Burst Lightning – Instant, R, deals 2 damage, can kick for more.

Reason: Similar direct damage, instant speed, red spell.

Release the Ants is unique with clash/recursion, but these are the closest in function.

Found Cards

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Burst Lightning

Lava Dart

Release the Ants

Shock

Burst Lightning #8 Instant

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 1
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Kicker

    Rules

  • 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.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 12.03 USD
    Cardkingdom 13.99 USD
    Manapool 8.29 USD
    Cardmarket / 2.37 EUR 5.41 EUR

    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.) Burst Lightning deals 2 damage to any target. If this spell was kicked, it deals 4 damage instead.

    Lava Dart #2037 Instant

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 1
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    Flashback

    Rules

  • 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.
  • “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.”

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Manapool 7.71 USD
    Cardkingdom / 17.99 USD 14.99 USD
    Cardmarket 13.64 EUR / 14.79 EUR
    Tcgplayer 9.15 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Lava Dart deals 1 damage to any target. Flashback—Sacrifice a Mountain. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

    Release the Ants #98 Instant

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: /
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    Clash

    Rules

  • If the spell is countered or doesn't resolve for any reason (for example, if all its targets become illegal), none of its effects happen. There is no clash, and the spell card won't be returned to your hand.
  • If you win the clash, the spell moves from the stack to your hand as part of its resolution. It never hits the graveyard. If you don't win the clash, the spell is put into the graveyard from the stack as normal.

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    Seller Price
    Cardkingdom / 3.99 USD 0.35 USD
    Cardmarket / 1.04 EUR 0.16 EUR
    Manapool / 0.31 USD 0.15 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.12 USD / 1.71 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Release the Ants deals 1 damage to any target. Clash with an opponent. If you win, return Release the Ants to its owner's hand. (Each clashing player reveals the top card of their library, then puts that card on their choice of the top or bottom. A player wins if their card had a greater mana value.)

    Shock #27 Instant

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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: /
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    Rules

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    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Manapool 0.57 USD / 1.64 USD
    Cardmarket 3.87 EUR / 2.99 EUR
    Cardkingdom / 3.99 USD 1.49 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.56 USD / 2.7 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Shock deals 2 damage to any target.