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Twiddleutility$8.00Very close to Hidden Strings in effect, letting you tap or untap a permanent for a low mana cost. It is the simplest functional equivalent for enabling mana rocks, attackers, or combo lines.Dream's Griputility$0.45Another one-mana blue tap/untap effect that can be used at instant speed. It serves the same combo-enabling and tempo role, though without the second target or cipher.CrypsisprotectionBudget$0.07While not a direct tap/untap spell, it fills a similar tempo/combo support role by making a creature unblockable and protecting it for a turn. It helps connect with cipher or other combat-damage payoffs.Frost LynxutilityBudget$0.05This is a similar tempo card that temporarily keeps a creature from attacking or blocking, helping you gain the same kind of board control Hidden Strings can provide. It is slower, but plays a comparable disruptive role.Icy Manipulatorutility$111.66A classic repeatable tap effect that can control blockers, reset permanents, or enable attacks. It is much slower, but it occupies the same broad utility slot of manipulating permanents.Vizier of Tumbling Sandsutility$0.24Untaps a permanent and cycles, making it a strong blue combo enabler similar to Hidden Strings' untap mode. It is especially good with mana acceleration and tap abilities.Seedborn Museutility$11.89Although much more expensive, it is one of the strongest untap engines in the game. It serves the same broader role of repeatedly untapping your permanents for explosive turns.Puppet Stringsutility$1.14This artifact can tap or untap a creature each turn, echoing Hidden Strings' ability to manipulate permanents for tempo or combo use. It is slower but broadly similar in function.
