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Venser, Shaper SavantutilityBudget$0.72Bounces any spell or permanent at instant speed, filling a similar tempo-disruption role while being more flexible and harder to play around.Deputy of DetentionremovalBudget$0.24Provides a comparable 3-mana blink-style interaction that removes a creature or other nonland permanent from the battlefield temporarily.Skyclave ApparitionremovalBudget$0.32A strong Azorius-adjacent tempo removal creature that exiles small nonland permanents and leaves behind a token, often serving the same disruptive slot.Man-o'-WarutilityBudget$0.13Classic creature bounce on a creature body, matching the tempo play pattern of setting an opposing creature back while adding board presence.Aether ChannelerutilityBudget$1.10A flexible creature that can bounce a creature, draw a card, or make a token, often used as a similar value tempo piece.Whitemane LionutilityBudget$0.14A cheap creature-bounce effect on a body that can be used for tempo or to rebuy enters-the-battlefield triggers, similar in play pattern.Kor HookmasterutilityBudget$0.03Temporarily taps down a creature on a creature body, serving a similar tempo-swing role even though it does not bounce.Lyev SkyknightutilityBudget$0.06Another Azorius tempo creature that detains an opposing creature, creating a similar pressure-and-disruption package at the same slot.
