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AI 🤖 Find me cards equivalent to: The Ancient One

Equivalent cards to The Ancient One (blue/black, big creature, downside):
1. Dragonlord Silumgar – Blue/black, flying creature, control-related effect.
2. Etrata, the Silencer – Blue/black, big creature, can't be blocked, unique wincon.
3. Consuming Aberration – Blue/black, gets very big, graveyard interaction downside.
4. Nightveil Specter – Blue/black, evasive, card advantage.


Reason: All suggestions are blue/black creatures with notable abilities and some kind of drawback or unique play restriction.

Results:

Consuming Aberration #374 Creature — Horror

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Color:
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Cost:
Rarity: Special
Converted Cost: 5
Power/Toughness: */*
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Horror
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • An ability that triggers when a player casts a spell resolves before the spell that caused it to trigger. It resolves even if that spell is countered or otherwise leaves the stack without resolving.
  • If an opponent has no land cards in their library, all the cards from that library will be revealed and put into their graveyard.
  • The ability that defines Consuming Aberration's power and toughness works in all zones, not just the battlefield.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 0.55 USD / 7.52 USD
    Cardmarket 0.53 EUR / 3.87 EUR
    Cardkingdom 0.49 USD / 9.99 USD
    Cardsphere 0.51 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Consuming Aberration's power and toughness are each equal to the number of cards in your opponents' graveyards. Whenever you cast a spell, each opponent reveals cards from the top of their library until they reveal a land card, then puts those cards into their graveyard.

    Dragonlord Silumgar #220s Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon

    Info

    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 6
    Power/Toughness: 3/5
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Elder
  • Dragon
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Deathtouch Flying

    Rules

  • If Dragonlord Silumgar ceases to be under your control before its ability resolves, you won't gain control of the creature or planeswalker at all.
  • If Dragonlord Silumgar leaves the battlefield, you no longer control it, and its control-change effect ends.
  • If another player gains control of Dragonlord Silumgar, its control-change effect ends. Regaining control of Dragonlord Silumgar won't cause you to regain control of the creature or planeswalker.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 10.83 USD
    Cardmarket 6.3 EUR / 9.75 EUR
    Cardkingdom 8.49 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Flying, deathtouch When Dragonlord Silumgar enters, gain control of target creature or planeswalker for as long as you control Dragonlord Silumgar.

    Etrata, the Silencer #170s Legendary Creature — Vampire Assassin

    Info

    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 4
    Power/Toughness: 3/5
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Vampire
  • Assassin
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Rules

  • Etrata's owner shuffles it into their library as the triggered ability resolves, regardless of how many cards are in exile or whether the player loses the game.
  • If Etrata leaves the battlefield while its triggered ability is on the stack, it remains in its new zone and Etrata's owner shuffles their library.
  • If Etrata's ability exiles a token creature, it won't count to determine whether three cards are exiled with hit counters.
  • If the player controls no creatures, Etrata's ability doesn't resolve. Etrata remains on the battlefield and its owner doesn't shuffle their library. The same is true if the target creature is an illegal target when Etrata's ability tries to resolve.
  • In a Commander game, if Etrata is your commander, you may put it into the command zone as its ability resolves. You'll still shuffle your library.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 5.79 USD
    Cardmarket 2.57 EUR
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Etrata can't be blocked. Whenever Etrata deals combat damage to a player, exile target creature that player controls and put a hitcounteron that card. That player loses the game if they own three or more exiled cards with hit counters on them. Etrata's owner shuffles Etrata into their library.

    Nightveil Specter #222★ Creature — Specter

    Info

    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 3
    Power/Toughness: 2/3
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Specter
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying

    Rules

  • Nightveil Specter’s last ability applies to cards exiled with that specific Nightveil Specter, not any other creature named Nightveil Specter. You should keep cards exiled by different Nightveil Specters separate.
  • Playing a card exiled with Nightveil Specter follows all the normal rules for playing that card. You must pay its costs, and you must follow all timing restrictions, for example.
  • The card is exiled face up. All players may look at it.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 1.96 USD
    Cardmarket 1.35 EUR
    Cardkingdom 2.29 USD
    Manapool 0.92 USD 3.23 USD 12.49 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Flying Whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player, that player exiles the top card of their library. You may play lands and cast spells from among cards exiled with this creature.

    The Ancient One #222s Legendary Creature — Spirit God

    Variations: v1 v2

    Info

    Color:
    Identifies:
    Cost:
    Rarity: Mythic
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: 8/8
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Spirit
  • God
    • Languages:
    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
    Saltiness:

    Abilities/Keywords

    Mill

    Rules

  • Cards with the ability word "descend N" have abilities that care if you have at least N permanent cards in your graveyard.
  • Once The Ancient One has legally attacked or blocked, removing permanent cards from your graveyard so the descend 8 ability no longer applies won't remove The Ancient One from combat.
  • Some descend triggered abilities include intervening "if" clauses (i.e. "if you have [four or eight] permanent cards in your graveyard" in the middle of the ability). Each of these abilities checks your graveyard at the moment it would trigger to see if it does. If you don't have the required number of permanent cards in your graveyard at that time, the ability doesn't trigger at all. If it does trigger, it will check again as it tries to resolve. If you don't have the required number of permanent cards in your graveyard at that time, the ability won't resolve and none of its effects will happen.
  • You don't choose a target for The Ancient One's activated ability at the time you activate it. Rather, a second "reflexive" ability triggers when you discard a card this way. You choose a target for that ability as it goes on the stack. Each player may respond to this triggered ability as normal.

    • Prices

    Seller Price
    Tcgplayer 3.25 USD
    Cardkingdom 4.99 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Descend 8 — The Ancient One can't attack or block unless there are eight or more permanent cards in your graveyard. : Draw a card, thendiscarda card. When youdiscarda card this way, target player mills cards equal to its mana value.

    Consuming Aberration Creature — Horror Normal - ~$4.01

    Dragonlord Silumgar Legendary Creature — Elder Dragon Normal - ~$7.43

    Etrata, the Silencer Legendary Creature — Vampire Assassin Normal - ~$5

    Nightveil Specter Creature — Specter Normal - ~$3.71

    The Ancient One Legendary Creature — Spirit God Normal - ~$4.12

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