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• Reanimate

  B

  SorceryB

  Reanimate puts Doctor Doom onto the battlefield from a graveyard without casting it, so its mana cost is never paid.
• Grave Researcher // Reanimate

  2BB

  Creature — Troll Warlock // SorceryB

  Grave Researcher puts Doctor Doom onto the battlefield from a graveyard without casting it, so its mana cost is never paid.
• Priest of Fell Rites

  WB

  Creature — Human WarlockBW

  Priest of Fell Rites puts Doctor Doom onto the battlefield from a graveyard without casting it, so its mana cost is never paid.
• Mirrorhall Mimic // Ghastly Mimicry

  3U

  Creature — Spirit // Enchantment — AuraU

  One-shot copy enabler: a card enters as a copy of another (Phantasmal Image, Body Double, Phyrexian Metamorph), firing the partner's substantive ETB once. Not a repeating chain — fires once on entry — but valuable when the partner's ETB is combo-grade (graveyard reanimator, mana doubler, etc.).
• Animate Dead

  1B

  Enchantment — AuraB

  Animate Dead puts Doctor Doom onto the battlefield from a graveyard without casting it, so its mana cost is never paid.
• Exhume

  1B

  SorceryB

  Exhume puts Doctor Doom onto the battlefield from a graveyard without casting it, so its mana cost is never paid.
• Life // Death

  G1B

  Sorcery // SorceryBG

  Life puts Doctor Doom onto the battlefield from a graveyard without casting it, so its mana cost is never paid.
• Dance of the Dead

  1B

  Enchantment — AuraB

  Dance of the Dead puts Doctor Doom onto the battlefield from a graveyard without casting it, so its mana cost is never paid.
• Soul Exchange

  BB

  SorceryB

  Soul Exchange puts Doctor Doom onto the battlefield from a graveyard without casting it, so its mana cost is never paid.
• Ezri Dax, Newly Joined

  1W

  Legendary Creature — Trill AdvisorW

  One-shot copy enabler: a card enters as a copy of another (Phantasmal Image, Body Double, Phyrexian Metamorph), firing the partner's substantive ETB once. Not a repeating chain — fires once on entry — but valuable when the partner's ETB is combo-grade (graveyard reanimator, mana doubler, etc.).
• Cursed Mirror

  2R

  ArtifactR

  One-shot copy enabler: a card enters as a copy of another (Phantasmal Image, Body Double, Phyrexian Metamorph), firing the partner's substantive ETB once. Not a repeating chain — fires once on entry — but valuable when the partner's ETB is combo-grade (graveyard reanimator, mana doubler, etc.).
• Callidus Assassin

  4UB

  Creature — Human Shapeshifter AssassinBU

  One-shot copy enabler: a card enters as a copy of another (Phantasmal Image, Body Double, Phyrexian Metamorph), firing the partner's substantive ETB once. Not a repeating chain — fires once on entry — but valuable when the partner's ETB is combo-grade (graveyard reanimator, mana doubler, etc.).
• Rionya, Fire Dancer

  3RR

  Legendary Creature — Human WizardR

  Copy engine: one card makes copies of a creature — once a turn, or once for each time you pay its cost — and each copy pays off: the creature's enter-the-battlefield effect fires again, or the hasty copy uses its tap ability. Real, repeatable value — every copy has its turn or its price, so it never goes infinite on its own.
• Mysterio, Master of Illusion

  3U

  Legendary Creature — Human VillainU

  Both cards produce the same kind of effect (shared token subtype).
• Deceptive Frostkite

  UU

  Creature — DragonU

  One-shot copy enabler: a card enters as a copy of another (Phantasmal Image, Body Double, Phyrexian Metamorph), firing the partner's substantive ETB once. Not a repeating chain — fires once on entry — but valuable when the partner's ETB is combo-grade (graveyard reanimator, mana doubler, etc.).
• Retrieve the Esper

  3U

  SorceryU

  Both cards produce the same kind of effect (shared token subtype).
• Sakashima's Protege

  4UU

  Creature — ShapeshifterU

  One-shot copy enabler: a card enters as a copy of another (Phantasmal Image, Body Double, Phyrexian Metamorph), firing the partner's substantive ETB once. Not a repeating chain — fires once on entry — but valuable when the partner's ETB is combo-grade (graveyard reanimator, mana doubler, etc.).
• Helm of the Host

  4

  Legendary Artifact — EquipmentC

  Copy engine: one card makes copies of a creature — once a turn, or once for each time you pay its cost — and each copy pays off: the creature's enter-the-battlefield effect fires again, or the hasty copy uses its tap ability. Real, repeatable value — every copy has its turn or its price, so it never goes infinite on its own.
• Crimson Cowl, Master of Evil

  2B

  Legendary Creature — Human VillainB

  Both cards produce the same kind of effect (shared token subtype).
• Metamorphic Alteration

  1U

  Enchantment — AuraU

  One-shot copy enabler: a card enters as a copy of another (Phantasmal Image, Body Double, Phyrexian Metamorph), firing the partner's substantive ETB once. Not a repeating chain — fires once on entry — but valuable when the partner's ETB is combo-grade (graveyard reanimator, mana doubler, etc.).
• Superior Spider-Man

  2UB

  Legendary Creature — Spider Human HeroBU

  One-shot copy enabler: a card enters as a copy of another (Phantasmal Image, Body Double, Phyrexian Metamorph), firing the partner's substantive ETB once. Not a repeating chain — fires once on entry — but valuable when the partner's ETB is combo-grade (graveyard reanimator, mana doubler, etc.).
• Kavaron Harrier

  R

  Artifact Creature — Robot SoldierR

  Both cards produce the same kind of effect (shared token subtype).
• Machine God's Effigy

  4

  ArtifactU

  One-shot copy enabler: a card enters as a copy of another (Phantasmal Image, Body Double, Phyrexian Metamorph), firing the partner's substantive ETB once. Not a repeating chain — fires once on entry — but valuable when the partner's ETB is combo-grade (graveyard reanimator, mana doubler, etc.).
• Madame Hydra

  2BR

  Legendary Creature — Human VillainBR

  Both cards produce the same kind of effect (shared token subtype).
• Invasion of Amonkhet // Lazotep Convert

  1UB

  Battle — Siege // Creature — ZombieBU

  One-shot copy enabler: a card enters as a copy of another (Phantasmal Image, Body Double, Phyrexian Metamorph), firing the partner's substantive ETB once. Not a repeating chain — fires once on entry — but valuable when the partner's ETB is combo-grade (graveyard reanimator, mana doubler, etc.).