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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: Surprise Deployment

Equivalent cards to Surprise Deployment (White instant, flash, cheating creatures into play temporarily):
1. Recommission — Returns a creature to the battlefield temporarily, but offers +1/+1 counter and is sorcery-speed.
2. Ephemerate — Exiles a creature then returns it, but is focused on flicker, not surprise flash.
3. Acrobatic Maneuver — Flickers a creature and draws you a card (instant), but doesn't flash in a new creature.
4. Eerie Interlude — Exiles any number of creatures you control and returns them, but not for surprise blocking.
5. Momentary Blink — Exiles and returns a creature at instant speed.


Reason: There are few white instants that flash a creature from hand to battlefield and back to hand at end step; most are blink/flicker effects or reanimation. Surprise Deployment is unique in its cost reduction and temporary creature deployment. Closest are white flicker/bounce spells.

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Acrobatic Maneuver #1 Instant

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Rarity: Common
Converted Cost: 3
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    Rules

  • After the creature returns to the battlefield, it will be a new object with no connection to the creature that was exiled. It won't be in combat or have any additional abilities it may have had before it was exiled. Any +1/+1 counters on it or Auras attached to it are removed, and any Equipment will no longer be attached.
  • If a creature token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won't return to the battlefield.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.15 USD / 1.28 USD
    Cardmarket 0.1 EUR / 0.4 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD
    Cardsphere 0.22 USD

    Legalities

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

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    Exile target creature you control, then return that card to the battlefield under its owner's control. Draw a card.

    Eerie Interlude #16 Instant

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
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  • Auras attached to the exiled creatures will be put into their owners’ graveyards. Equipment attached to the exiled creatures will become unattached and remain on the battlefield. Any counters on the exiled creatures will cease to exist.
  • If a creature token is exiled, it ceases to exist. It won’t be returned to the battlefield.
  • If a double-faced card is exiled, it will return with its front face up.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 4.67 USD / 10.59 USD
    Cardmarket 5.63 EUR / 8 EUR
    Cardkingdom 8.99 USD / 11.99 USD
    Cardsphere 4.56 USD

    Legalities

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

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    Exile any number of target creatures you control. Return those cards to the battlefield under their owner's control at the beginning of the next end step.

    Ephemerate #68 Instant

    Variations: v1 v2

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 1
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Rebound

    Rules

  • Casting the card again due to rebound's delayed triggered ability is optional. If you choose not to cast the card, or if you can't (perhaps because there are no legal targets available), the card will stay exiled. You won't get another chance to cast it on a future turn. If you do cast the card, it's put into its owner's graveyard as normal once it resolves.
  • If a spell with rebound that you cast from your hand is countered or doesn't resolve (most likely because its targets have become illegal), none of its effects will happen, including rebound. The spell will be put into its owner's graveyard and you won't get to cast it again on your next turn.
  • If a token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won't return to the battlefield.
  • Once the exiled creature returns, it's considered a new object with no relation to the object that it was. Auras attached to the exiled creature will be put into their owners' graveyards. Equipment attached to the exiled creature will become unattached and remain on the battlefield. Any counters on the exiled creature will cease to exist.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 17.44 USD 30.99 USD 16.44 USD
    Cardmarket 21.33 EUR / 38.58 EUR
    Cardkingdom 20.99 USD / 19.99 USD
    Cardsphere 16.32 USD

    Legalities

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

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    Exile target creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control. Rebound (If you cast this spell from your hand, exile it as it resolves. At the beginning of your next upkeep, you may cast this card from exile without paying its mana cost.)

    Momentary Blink #A10 Instant

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 2
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flashback

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  • "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.
  • If a token is exiled this way, it will cease to exist and won't return to the battlefield.
  • When the card returns to the battlefield, it will be a new object with no connection to the card that was exiled. Auras attached to the exiled creature will be put into their owners' graveyards. Any Equipment will become unattached and remain on the battlefield. Any counters on the exiled creature will cease to exist.

    • Prices

    Seller Price

    Legalities

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

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    Exile target creature you control, then return it to the battlefield under its owner's control. Flashback (You may cast this card from your graveyard for its flashback cost. Then exile it.)

    Recommission #22 Sorcery

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    Rarity: Common
    Converted Cost: 2
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  • Sorcery
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  • If a noncreature artifact is returned to the battlefield this way and another effect would cause that artifact to be a creature while it is on the battlefield (such as the ability of March of the Machines), that artifact will enter the battlefield with an additional +1/+1 counter.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.21 USD / 0.46 USD
    Cardmarket 0.26 EUR / 0.45 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.49 USD / 0.79 USD
    Cardsphere 0.2 USD

    Legalities

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

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    Return target artifact or creature card with mana value 3 or less from your graveyard to the battlefield. If a creature enters this way, it enters with an additional +1/+1counteron it.

    Surprise Deployment #18 Instant

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    Rarity: Uncommon
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Instant
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    Rules

  • Putting the card onto the battlefield is optional. When the ability resolves, you can choose not to.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.23 USD / 1.56 USD
    Cardmarket 0.21 EUR / 5.1 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.35 USD / 2.49 USD
    Cardsphere 0.26 USD

    Legalities

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

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    Cast this spell only during combat. You may put a nonwhite creature card from your hand onto the battlefield. At the beginning of the next end step, return that creature to your hand. (Return it only if it's on the battlefield.)

    Acrobatic Maneuver Instant Normal - ~$0.42

    Eerie Interlude Instant Normal - ~$7.78

    Ephemerate Instant Normal - ~$22.76

    Momentary Blink Instant Normal

    Recommission Sorcery Normal - ~$0.41

    Surprise Deployment Instant Normal - ~$1.46

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