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"Find me cards equivalent to: Retrieve the Esper"

Here are equivalent cards in blue that also create creature tokens and/or use flashback:
1. Talrand's Invocation
Type: Sorcery
Color: U
Text: Create two 2/2 blue Drake creature tokens with flying.

Reason: Same color, similar token generation effect.
2. Recover the Past (Hypothetical comparison to Retrieve the Esper)
Type: Sorcery
Color: U
Text: Not a real card, but any blue card with flashback and token creation would be similar.
3. Back From the Brink
Type: Enchantment
Color: U
Text: Allows you to exile creature cards from your graveyard to make tokens.

Reason: Blue, token-related graveyard interaction.
4. Army of the Damned (Not blue but similar effect in another color)
Type: Sorcery
Color: B
Text: Creates several tokens, has flashback.

Reason: Demonstrates synergy of token creation + flashback (not blue, but related).

None have all exact effects as Retrieve the Esper: blue, sorcery, token generation, counters if flashed back, and flashback. Closest in blue is Talrand's Invocation for tokens, but it lacks flashback and +1/+1 counter synergy. Blue rarely mixes flashback, tokens, and counters all together.

Found Cards

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Army of the Damned

Retrieve the Esper

Talrand's Invocation

Army of the Damned #85 Sorcery

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Info

Color:
Identifies:
Cost:
Rarity: Mythic
Converted Cost: 8
Power/Toughness: /
Types:
  • Sorcery
    • SubTypes:
    Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:
    Tokens:
    Zombie

    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
    Cardmarket 0.95 EUR
    Manapool 0.26 USD
    Cardkingdom 1.29 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.69 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Create thirteen tapped 2/2 black Zombie creature tokens. Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

    Retrieve the Esper #68 Sorcery

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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Sorcery
    • SubTypes:
    Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:
    Tokens:
    Robot Warrior

    Abilities/Keywords

    Flashback

    Rules

  • "Flashback [cost]" means "You may cast this card from your graveyard if the resulting spell is an instant or sorcery spell 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
    Manapool / 0.15 USD 0.15 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.16 USD / 0.24 USD
    Cardmarket 0.06 EUR / 0.27 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 0.49 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Create a 3/3 blue Robot Warrior artifact creature token. Then if this spell was cast from a graveyard, put two +1/+1 counters on that token. Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

    Talrand's Invocation #M13-73 Sorcery

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    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Sorcery
    • SubTypes:
    Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:
    Tokens:
    Drake

    Rules

  • No entries

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.26 USD
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD
    Manapool 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

    Create two 2/2 blue Drake creature tokens with flying.