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"Find me cards equivalent to: Surge of Brilliance"

Equivalent cards to Surge of Brilliance with similar attributes (Instant, blue, card draw connected to spells cast, or alternative casting costs) include:

  • Glimpse of Freedom — Instant, draw a card, escape mechanic for alternative casting.
  • Of One Mind — Can be an instant-speed draw-two in some decks due to its reduced cost for diverse creatures.
  • Curiosity Crafter (non-instant, but similar: draws for casting non-hand spells).
  • Deliberate — Scry 2, draw a card (draw with card manipulation).
  • Opt — Scry 1, draw a card (basic blue instant draw).

Surge of Brilliance is unique with its Paradox draw trigger and foretell, but Glimpse of Freedom is most similar due to its alternative cost and instant-speed card draw.

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Curiosity Crafter

Deliberate

Glimpse of Freedom

Of One Mind

Opt

Surge of Brilliance

Curiosity Crafter #165 Creature — Bird Wizard

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 4
Power/Toughness: 3/3
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  • Creature
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  • Bird
  • Wizard
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    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying

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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

    Flying You have no maximum hand size. Whenever a creature token you control deals combat damage to a player, draw a card.

    Deliberate #56 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Instant
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    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Scry

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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

    Scry 2, then draw a card.

    Glimpse of Freedom #50 Instant

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Instant
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    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Escape

    Rules

  • After an escaped spell resolves, it returns to its owner's graveyard if it's not a permanent spell. If it is a permanent spell, it enters the battlefield and will return to its owner's graveyard if it dies later. Perhaps it will escape again—good underworld security is so hard to come by these days.
  • Escape's permission doesn't change when you may cast the spell from your graveyard.
  • If a card has multiple abilities giving you permission to cast it, such as two escape abilities or an escape ability and a flashback ability, you choose which one to apply. The others have no effect.
  • If a card with escape is put into your graveyard during your turn, you'll be able to cast it right away if it's legal to do so, before an opponent can take any actions.
  • If you cast a spell with its escape permission, you can't choose to apply any other alternative costs or to cast it without paying its mana cost. If it has any additional costs, you must pay those.
  • Once you begin casting a spell with escape, it immediately moves to the stack. Players can't take any other actions until you're done casting the spell.
  • To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying (such as an escape cost), add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions. The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was and no matter whether an alternative cost was paid.

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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

    Draw a card. Escape—, Exile five other cards from your graveyard. (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its escape cost.)

    Of One Mind #60 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 3
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  • Sorcery
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • Of One Mind is unaffected if you no longer control a Human and non-Human creature after you've cast it.
  • Once you announce that you're casting Of One Mind, no player may take actions until the spell has been paid for. Notably, opponents can't try to change whether you control a Human and a non-Human creature.
  • To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions (such as that of Of One Mind). The mana value of the spell remains unchanged, no matter what the total cost to cast it was.

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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

    This spell costs less to cast if you control a Human creature and a non-Human creature. Draw two cards.

    Opt #2068 Instant

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 1
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  • Instant
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    Normal
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    Scry

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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

    Scry 1. (Look at the top card of your library. You may put that card on the bottom.) Draw a card.

    Surge of Brilliance #662 Instant

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: /
    Types:
  • Instant
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    Normal
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    Foretell

    Abilities/Keywords

    Foretell

    Rules

  • A triggered ability that triggers when a spell is cast from anywhere other than your hand, such as that of The Thirteenth Doctor, functions only on the battlefield, so it doesn't trigger when you cast that spell from a zone other than your hand.
  • An instant or sorcery that counts how many spells you've cast from anywhere other than your hand, such as Surge of Brilliance, counts itself if it was cast from a zone other than your hand.
  • Because exiling a card with foretell from your hand is a special action, you can do so any time you have priority during your turn, including in response to spells and abilities. Once you announce you're taking the action, no other player can respond by trying to remove the card from your hand.
  • Casting a foretold card from exile follows the timing rules for that card. If you foretell an instant card, you can cast it as soon as the next player's turn.
  • If a spell or ability allows you to copy a spell on the stack but doesn't specify that the spell is cast, that spell wasn't cast and won't be counted by paradox abilities. However, if a spell or ability allows you to cast a copy of a spell, that spell will be counted for paradox abilities.
  • If you cast Surge of Brilliance from exile, it counts itself when counting the number of spells cast from anywhere other than your hand.
  • Paradox abilities count any spells cast from zones other than your hand. These are usually spells cast from exile, the graveyard, or the command zone. They also count spells cast from outside the game, such as spells cast with Wish or Garth One-Eye's ability.

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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

    Paradox — Draw a card for each spell you've cast this turn from anywhere other than your hand. Foretell (During your turn, you may pay and exile this card from your hand face down. Cast it on a later turn for its foretell cost.)