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"Find me cards equivalent to: Xantid Swarm"

Similar cards to Xantid Swarm (Creature — Insect, green, prevents defending player from casting spells when it attacks):
1. Dosan the Falling Leaf — Green, makes all players only able to cast spells during their own turns.
2. Gaea's Herald — Green, creatures can't be countered.
3. Steely Resolve — Green, grants shroud to a creature type (protection, not spell restriction).
4. Hope of Ghirapur (Colorless, close effect): Can sac to prevent opponent from casting noncreature spells until your next turn.

There’s no direct green creature with exactly the same effect, but Xantid Swarm is the best in its niche. Others listed help protect your spells or make opponents' interaction difficult.

Found Cards

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Dosan the Falling Leaf

Gaea's Herald

Hope of Ghirapur

Steely Resolve

Xantid Swarm

Dosan the Falling Leaf #205 Legendary Creature — Human Monk

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Rarity: Rare
Converted Cost: 3
Power/Toughness: 2/2
Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Human
  • Monk
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • Dosan’s ability only stops players from casting spells. It doesn’t stop activated or triggered abilities.

    • Prices

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    Cardmarket / 55.64 EUR 6.95 EUR
    Manapool 22.92 USD / 114.62 USD
    Cardkingdom / 159.99 USD 22.99 USD
    Tcgplayer 20.92 USD / 132.34 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Players can cast spells only during their own turns.

    Gaea's Herald #252★ Creature — Elf

    Variations: v1 v2
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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: 1/1
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Elf
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    Normal
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    Rules

  • The ability applies to your opponent’s spells as well as your own.

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    Manapool 7.79 USD
    Tcgplayer 1.11 USD / 35.47 USD

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Creature spells can't be countered.

    Hope of Ghirapur #154s Legendary Artifact Creature — Thopter

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: 1/1
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  • Artifact
  • Creature
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  • Thopter
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    Normal
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying

    Rules

  • If you skip your turn, the affected player will be unable to cast noncreature spells until you actually start a turn.
  • The affected player may still activate abilities, play lands, and cast creature spells.
  • The affected player won’t be able to cast any noncreature spells until after the time that your “beginning of upkeep” triggered abilities are put onto the stack on your next turn.
  • The target player (and any other player) may cast spells in response to the activated ability of Hope of Ghirapur. The ability won’t affect those spells and it won’t affect spells that the target player cast before you activated it. (In other words, the ability can’t be used to counter a spell.)
  • When a player leaves a multiplayer game, any continuous effects with durations that last until that player’s next turn will last until that turn would have begun. They neither expire immediately nor last indefinitely.

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    Cardkingdom 12.99 USD
    Manapool 9.37 USD
    Tcgplayer 8.91 USD
    Cardmarket 4.29 EUR

    Legalities

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

    Text

    Flying Sacrifice Hope of Ghirapur: Until your next turn, target player who was dealt combat damage by Hope of Ghirapur this turn can't cast noncreature spells.

    Steely Resolve #286 Enchantment

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    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 2
    Power/Toughness: /
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  • Enchantment
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    Cardmarket 10.4 EUR / 34.25 EUR
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    Manapool / 36.05 USD 15.63 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 this enchantment enters, choose a creature type. Creatures of the chosen type have shroud. (They can't be the targets of spells or abilities.)

    Xantid Swarm #135 Creature — Insect

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    Color:
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    Cost:
    Rarity: Rare
    Converted Cost: 1
    Power/Toughness: 0/1
    Types:
  • Creature
    • SubTypes:
  • Insect
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    Layout:
    Normal
    Rank:
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    Abilities/Keywords

    Flying

    Rules

  • In a multiplayer game, only the player Xantid Swarm attacked is affected. Other defending players may cast spells.
  • The defending player may cast spells before Xantid Swarm’s triggered ability resolves.

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    Cardkingdom 17.99 USD
    Manapool / 187.54 USD 8.84 USD
    Cardmarket / 35.5 EUR 10.29 EUR
    Tcgplayer / 23 USD 10.24 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 attacks, defending player can't cast spells this turn.