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"Find me cards equivalent to: Strix Serenade"

Equivalent cards (all blue instants that counter with a drawback or grant a token):

  • Strix Serenade (original card)
  • Summary Dismissal (U counter/ exile, no token, but exile instead)
  • Render Silent (W/U, so not strictly U, but counters spell)
  • Spell Swindle (U, counters, creates Treasures instead of a token)

Closest blue instant: Summary Dismissal (exiles all spells and abilities, no token, still a catch-all counter).
Reason: Blue rarely gives a token after countering; most similar are those that give opponent something in return, usually mana (Treasure), not creatures. No exact matches, but Spell Swindle is functionally similar for interaction.

Found Cards

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Render Silent

Spell Swindle

Strix Serenade

Summary Dismissal

Render Silent #96★ Instant

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 3
Power/Toughness: /
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  • Instant
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    Normal
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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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    Seller Price
    Manapool 4.14 USD
    Cardmarket 1.67 EUR
    Cardkingdom 6.49 USD
    Tcgplayer 8.44 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 Swindle #237 Instant

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 5
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Instant
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    Normal
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    Tokens:
    Treasure

    Abilities/Keywords

    Rules

  • For spells with {X} in their mana costs, use the value chosen for X to determine the spell's mana value.
  • You may target a spell that can't be countered. When Spell Swindle resolves, the target spell will be unaffected, but you'll still get Treasures.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardkingdom 2.99 USD
    Tcgplayer 1.9 USD
    Cardmarket 0.93 EUR
    Manapool 1.42 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. Create X Treasure tokens, where X is that spell's mana value. (They're artifacts with ",Sacrificethis token: Add one mana of any color.")

    Strix Serenade #71 Instant

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Instant
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    Normal
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    Tokens:
    Bird

    Rules

  • Strix Serenade can target a spell that can't be countered. That spell won't be countered when Strix Serenade resolves, but its controller will get a Bird token. (This won't come up often, but when it does, it'll be a hoot.)

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Cardkingdom 4.99 USD / 4.99 USD
    Tcgplayer 3.03 USD / 4.01 USD
    Cardmarket / 3.75 EUR 3.2 EUR
    Manapool / 2.76 USD 2.64 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 artifact, creature, or planeswalker spell. Its controller creates a 2/2 blue Bird creature token with flying.

    Summary Dismissal #92 Instant

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Instant
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • Only activated and triggered abilities on the stack are countered. Static abilities of objects remain unaffected, and activated and triggered abilities of objects may be activated or may trigger again later in the turn. Spells and abilities that have already resolved aren’t affected.
  • Spells that can’t be countered are exiled by Summary Dismissal. They won’t resolve.

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    Legalities

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

    Text

    Exile all other spells andcounterall abilities.