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Crystal ShardutilityBudget$1.34Very close functional equivalent: it taxes a creature’s controller to keep it on the battlefield, and can repeatedly bounce creatures for value. It also gives you the option to return your own creatures for reuse.KarooutilityBudget$0.60Like Erratic Portal, it supports repeatable creature bounce as a tool for resetting enter-the-battlefield effects or protecting your own creatures, though it is tied to land-drop utility rather than a universal bounce tax.Temporal AdeptutilityBudget$0.63Provides repeatable creature bounce as a control tool, similar in function to forcing creatures back to hand. It is much more expensive and slower, but fills a comparable repeatable interaction role.RepealremovalBudget$0.45A one-shot bounce spell that can replace itself, serving the same broad purpose of temporarily removing a creature from the battlefield. It is cheaper but not repeatable.UnsummonremovalBudget$0.16Simple, efficient creature bounce that plays the same basic role of returning a creature to hand. It lacks the tax and repeatability, but is a clean budget alternative.BoomerangremovalBudget$0.32Broad bounce at instant speed that can hit creatures, lands, or other permanents, offering a similar tempo tool. It is less flexible in repeat usage but often more disruptive on the turn it is cast.Chain of Vaporremoval$11.28A very efficient bounce effect that can target any nonland permanent, functioning as a low-cost interactive alternative. Its sacrifice drawback makes it more situational, but it is a strong tempo piece.Into the RoilremovalBudget$0.17Versatile bounce spell that can target any nonland permanent, with kicker for card advantage. It fills a similar tempo-control slot while trading repeatability for flexibility.
