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Illusionary Maskutility$49.99Like Aetherplasm, it cheats a creature from your hand into play in a combat-related way, though it does so through face-down placement rather than directly blocking. It serves as a classic blue tempo/combo enabler for deploying threats cheaply.Quicksilver Amuletutility$2.96A direct functional cousin for putting creature cards from your hand onto the battlefield at instant speed. It is less combat-specific than Aetherplasm but fills the same cheat-a-creature role in blue-based decks.Sakashima's Willutility$1.02While not a permanent, it can create a strong combat-oriented swing and copy a creature you control, resembling Aetherplasm's surprise-blocking value. It supports the same kind of tempo and battlefield trickery in blue shells.Myojin of Life's Webutility$6.40This creature can dump multiple creatures from your hand onto the battlefield at once, serving the same cheat-from-hand function. It is much more expensive, but it is a direct big-creature payoff similar in deck construction.Aether Vialutility$5.11Aether Vial similarly lets you deploy creatures without paying their mana cost, fitting the same tempo/combo role. It is narrower by mana value, but much stronger for repeated creature cheating.Polymorphutility$1.32Like Aetherplasm, it turns combat or board presence into a way to upgrade into a creature from your library. It is a different axis of cheating creatures into play, but the deck role is very similar.Transmogrifyutility$0.67This red analogue serves the same broad purpose of replacing one creature with another from your library. It is not blue, but it is one of the closest functional cousins for cheat-into-play strategies.Belbe's Portalutility$1.36This artifact lets you put a creature of the chosen type from your hand directly onto the battlefield, functioning as a creature cheat engine. It is less flexible than Aetherplasm but occupies a similar role in tribal or combo decks.
