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"Find me cards equivalent to: Skill Borrower"

Equivalent cards to Skill Borrower that are blue and interact similarly with top-of-library abilities are rare. Closest options with similar color, type interaction, or ability-copying include:
1. Necrotic Ooze (not blue, but similar text for graveyard abilities).
2. Lazav, the Multifarious (Dimir, copies creature abilities that died).
3. Mairsil, the Pretender (Grixis, exiles cards for abilities).

However, none are exact equivalents in mono-blue or with both artifact+creature synergy and copying activated abilities from the top of the library. Skill Borrower is unique in blue for this exact effect.


Reason: No direct mono-blue or blue artifact creature that copies activated abilities from top of library exists. Closest matches branch out to other colors or graveyard-based effects.

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Lazav, the Multifarious

Mairsil, the Pretender

Necrotic Ooze

Skill Borrower

Lazav, the Multifarious #371 Legendary Creature — Shapeshifter

Variations: v1 v2 v3
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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 2
Power/Toughness: 1/3
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Shapeshifter
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Surveil

    Rules

  • Any effects that applied to Lazav before it becomes a copy of another card will continue to apply once it's become a copy. The same is true of any counters that are on Lazav.
  • Because Lazav isn't entering the battlefield when it becomes a copy of a card, any "When this enters the battlefield" or "This enters the battlefield with" abilities of the copied card won't apply.
  • If a card in your graveyard has {X} in its mana cost, X is considered to be 0.
  • If the copied card has an ability that can be activated only once each turn, copying that card a second time will allow you to activate the new instance of that ability.
  • Lazav copies exactly what was printed on the original card and nothing else, except the characteristics it specifically modifies. It doesn't copy any information about the object the card was before it was put 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.

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    Cardkingdom 0.49 USD / 0.49 USD
    Manapool / 0.2 USD 0.15 USD
    Tcgplayer / 0.27 USD 0.2 USD
    Cardmarket / 0.11 EUR 0.24 EUR

    Legalities

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    Text

    When Lazav enters, surveil 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put it into your graveyard.) : Lazav becomes a copy of target creature card in your graveyard with mana value X, except its name is Lazav, the Multifarious, it's legendary in addition to its other types, and it has this ability.

    Mairsil, the Pretender #41 Legendary Creature — Human Wizard

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    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 4/4
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Wizard
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keyword abilities (such as equip) are activated abilities and will have colons in their reminder text. Mairsil won't gain triggered abilities (which start with "when," "whenever," or "at").
  • If Mairsil gains an activated ability that's normally linked to a non-activated ability of the card it came from, the ability Mairsil has isn't linked to any ability. For example, if Mairsil exiles Prototype Portal, the activated ability creates no tokens at all; it doesn't create Prototype Portal tokens.
  • If Mairsil gains an activated ability that's normally linked to another activated ability of the card it came from, those two abilities Mairsil gains are linked for as long as Mairsil remains on the battlefield. For example, if Mairsil exiles Izzet Chemister, cards exiled with the first ability Mairsil gained from Izzet Chemister can be cast if you activate the second ability it gained that way. Izzet Chemister itself can't be cast this way, and if Mairsil leaves the battlefield before activating that second ability, the cards exiled with that first ability are lost forever.
  • If Mairsil has a crew ability, creatures can crew Mairsil. It'll become an artifact creature, but its power and toughness remain unchanged.
  • If Mairsil has an equip ability, activating it won't cause anything to happen. Mairsil doesn't become attached to a creature. They may remain friends.
  • If an activated ability of a card in exile with a cage counter on it references the card it's printed on by name, treat Mairsil's instance of that ability as though it referenced Mairsil by name instead. For instance, if Mairsil exiles Magus of the Mind, the cost to activate the ability includes sacrificing Mairsil, not sacrificing Magus of the Mind.
  • If another player gains control of Mairsil, it will have the abilities of only cards that player owns in exile with cage counters on them.
  • If multiple cards exiled with cage counters on them have the same ability, Mairsil will have multiple instances of that ability. Each may be activated once each turn.
  • If one of Mairsil's abilities doesn't resolve, most likely because its target became illegal before it resolved, it can't be activated again in the same turn.
  • If you have a creature enter the battlefield as a copy of Mairsil, its first ability triggers. You won't be able to activate any abilities before the "legend rule" applies, but the triggered ability will still let you exile another card with a cage counter regardless of which Mairsil you keep.
  • The exiled cards remain exiled with cage counters when Mairsil leaves the battlefield. If Mairsil returns to the battlefield, it will see all of those exiled cards with cage counters on them.

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    Cardkingdom 0.99 USD
    Manapool 0.15 USD
    Cardmarket 0.54 EUR
    Tcgplayer 0.39 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 Mairsil enters, you may exile an artifact or creature card from your hand or graveyard and put a cagecounteron it. Mairsil has all activated abilities of all cards you own in exile with cage counters on them. You may activate each of those abilities only once each turn.

    Necrotic Ooze #72 Creature — Ooze

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 4/3
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Ooze
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    Layout:
    Normal
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    Rules

  • Activated abilities contain a colon. They're generally written "[Cost]: [Effect]." Some keywords are activated abilities; they have colons in their reminder text.
  • If an activated ability of a card in a graveyard references the card it's printed on by name, treat Necrotic Ooze's version of that ability as though it referenced Necrotic Ooze by name instead. For example, if Cudgel Troll (which says "{G}: Regenerate Cudgel Troll") is in a graveyard, Necrotic Ooze has the ability "{G}: Regenerate Necrotic Ooze."
  • Necrotic Ooze gains only activated abilities. It doesn't gain keyword abilities (unless those keyword abilities are activated), triggered abilities, or static abilities.

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    Cardmarket 0.98 EUR / 4.65 EUR
    Manapool 1.58 USD / 6.82 USD
    Tcgplayer 1.72 USD / 9.1 USD
    Cardkingdom 2.79 USD / 10.99 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    As long as this creature is on the battlefield, it has all activated abilities of all creature cards in all graveyards.

    Skill Borrower #56 Artifact Creature — Human Wizard

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    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 1/3
    Types:
  • Artifact
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Wizard
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Rules

  • Activated abilities contain a colon. They’re generally written “[Cost]: [Effect].” Some keywords are activated abilities; they have colons in their reminder text.
  • If an effect tells you to draw several cards, reveal each one before you draw it. Skill Borrower will momentarily gain the activated abilities of artifact and creature cards revealed this way, but you won’t be able to activate those abilities while the effect is still happening.
  • If the top card of your library changes while you’re activating one of Skill Borrower’s activated abilities gained from that card, the ability will still be activated and will resolve normally even though Skill Borrower has lost that ability.
  • Skill Borrower may gain activated abilities that it can’t use. For example, if the top card of your library is an artifact or creature card with cycling, Skill Borrower will have cycling. However, since cycling can’t be activated from the battlefield, this won’t have any significant benefit. The same is true for unearth.
  • The only difference between a colored artifact and a colorless artifact is, obviously, its color. Unlike most artifacts, a colored artifact requires colored mana to cast. Also unlike most artifacts, a colored artifact has a color in all zones. It will interact with cards that care about color. Other than that, a colored artifact behaves just like any other artifact. It will interact as normal with any card that cares about artifacts, such as Shatter or Arcbound Ravager.

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    Cardmarket 0.28 EUR / 1.08 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.49 USD / 3.49 USD
    Manapool / 1.8 USD 0.26 USD
    Tcgplayer 0.36 USD / 2.2 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Play with the top card of your library revealed. As long as the top card of your library is an artifact or creature card, this creature has all activated abilities of that card. (If any of the abilities use that card's name, use this creature's name instead.)