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Darksteel Mutationremoval$1.76A very close functional equivalent to Witness Protection: it neutralizes a creature by stripping its abilities and turning it into a harmless body, while also being extremely hard to remove. It is a common Commander answer to commanders and combo creatures.Imprisoned in the Moonremoval$2.55Another blue aura-based answer that removes a creature’s usefulness by turning it into a land with no abilities. It is broader in that it can also hit lands and planeswalkers, but it costs more mana.Song of the Dryadsremoval$4.86Similar permanent-neutralization aura that overwrites the target into a Forest, effectively blanking most abilities. It is one of the strongest blue-green style lock pieces, though it is outside blue.Frogifyremoval$0.18Very similar to Witness Protection: a cheap blue aura that removes abilities and turns a creature into a simple 1/1 Frog. It is one of the closest same-role, same-color alternatives.Kasmina's Transmutationremoval$0.09A one-mana blue aura that strips abilities and turns the creature into a 1/1, filling nearly the same role as Witness Protection. It’s a direct budget-style functional cousin.Turn to Frogremoval$0.19This is an instant-speed version of the same kind of effect, blanking a creature and making it a 1/1 Frog temporarily. It is less permanent, but it serves a similar defensive/removal role.Lignifyremoval$0.63An aura that neutralizes a creature by turning it into a 0/4 Treefolk with no abilities. It’s not blue, but it plays the same role of permanently disabling a threat.Ovinizeremoval$0.15A cheap blue spell that reduces a creature to 0/1 and removes its abilities until end of turn. It is temporary, but it can serve as an efficient combat trick or combo disruption tool.
