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Mages' Contest

Instant

You and target spell's controller bid life. You start the bidding with a bid of 1. In turn order, each player may top the high bid. The bidding ends if the high bid stands. The high bidder loses life equal to the high bid. If you win the bidding, counter that spell.

$15.56

Commander: LegalModern: Not legal

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Tags and classifications

Card attributes are distinct from inferred themes. AI themes and predicted tags are suggestions, not rules text; check the card before relying on a surprising classification.

Mana costs

× 2

Color identity

R

Mana value

Mana value 3

Timing tags

Timing Instant

Type tags

Instant

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These rankings describe text and metadata resemblance, not synergy, win rates, or claims that a card counters yours.

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Score 0.450unitless formula ranking

Creature — Human Soldier · Mana cost: · Color identity: W

Shared traits: No shared tags

Score details
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0.723
Tags and themes
0.000
Color identity
0.000
Mana cost
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No shared tags contributed to this comparison.

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Score 0.450unitless formula ranking

Land — Forest Plains · Mana cost: — · Color identity: WG

Shared traits: No shared tags

Score details
Text (embedding)
0.730
Tags and themes
0.000
Color identity
0.000
Mana cost
0.125

No shared tags contributed to this comparison.

Barry's Land

Score 0.452unitless formula ranking

Basic Land — Cloud · Mana cost: — · Color identity: Colorless

Shared traits: No shared tags

Score details
Text (embedding)
0.732
Tags and themes
0.000
Color identity
0.000
Mana cost
0.125

No shared tags contributed to this comparison.

Overflowing Basin

Score 0.452unitless formula ranking

Land · Mana cost: — · Color identity: UG

Shared traits: No shared tags

Score details
Text (embedding)
0.732
Tags and themes
0.000
Color identity
0.000
Mana cost
0.125

No shared tags contributed to this comparison.

Glacial Floodplain

Score 0.452unitless formula ranking

Snow Land — Plains Island · Mana cost: — · Color identity: WU

Shared traits: No shared tags

Score details
Text (embedding)
0.733
Tags and themes
0.000
Color identity
0.000
Mana cost
0.125

No shared tags contributed to this comparison.

Seat of the Synod

Score 0.453unitless formula ranking

Artifact Land · Mana cost: — · Color identity: U

Shared traits: No shared tags

Score details
Text (embedding)
0.733
Tags and themes
0.000
Color identity
0.000
Mana cost
0.125

No shared tags contributed to this comparison.

Swamp

Score 0.453unitless formula ranking

Basic Land — Swamp · Mana cost: — · Color identity: B

Shared traits: No shared tags

Score details
Text (embedding)
0.733
Tags and themes
0.000
Color identity
0.000
Mana cost
0.125

No shared tags contributed to this comparison.

Scrubland

Score 0.455unitless formula ranking

Land — Plains Swamp · Mana cost: — · Color identity: WB

Shared traits: No shared tags

Score details
Text (embedding)
0.737
Tags and themes
0.000
Color identity
0.000
Mana cost
0.125

No shared tags contributed to this comparison.

Rootwater Depths

Score 0.455unitless formula ranking

Land · Mana cost: — · Color identity: UB

Shared traits: No shared tags

Score details
Text (embedding)
0.738
Tags and themes
0.000
Color identity
0.000
Mana cost
0.125

No shared tags contributed to this comparison.

Sanctuary Cat

Score 0.456unitless formula ranking

Creature — Cat · Mana cost: · Color identity: W

Shared traits: No shared tags

Score details
Text (embedding)
0.733
Tags and themes
0.000
Color identity
0.000
Mana cost
0.167

No shared tags contributed to this comparison.

Arcbound Javelineer

Score 0.456unitless formula ranking

Artifact Creature — Soldier · Mana cost: · Color identity: W

Shared traits: No shared tags

Score details
Text (embedding)
0.733
Tags and themes
0.000
Color identity
0.000
Mana cost
0.167

No shared tags contributed to this comparison.

Arctic Treeline

Score 0.457unitless formula ranking

Snow Land — Forest Plains · Mana cost: — · Color identity: WG

Shared traits: No shared tags

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Text (embedding)
0.740
Tags and themes
0.000
Color identity
0.000
Mana cost
0.125

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Hengegate Pathway // Mistgate Pathway

Score 0.457unitless formula ranking

Land // Land · Mana cost: — · Color identity: WU

Shared traits: No shared tags

Score details
Text (embedding)
0.741
Tags and themes
0.000
Color identity
0.000
Mana cost
0.125

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Autumn Willow, Harmony

Score 0.458unitless formula ranking

Legendary Creature — Avatar · Mana cost: · Color identity: G

Shared traits: No shared tags

Score details
Text (embedding)
0.735
Tags and themes
0.000
Color identity
0.000
Mana cost
0.167

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Brightclimb Pathway // Grimclimb Pathway

Score 0.458unitless formula ranking

Land // Land · Mana cost: — · Color identity: WB

Shared traits: No shared tags

Score details
Text (embedding)
0.742
Tags and themes
0.000
Color identity
0.000
Mana cost
0.125

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Octavia, Living Thesis

Score 0.458unitless formula ranking

Legendary Creature — Elemental Octopus · Mana cost: · Color identity: U

Shared traits: No shared tags

Score details
Text (embedding)
0.753
Tags and themes
0.000
Color identity
0.000
Mana cost
0.063

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Darkbore Pathway // Slitherbore Pathway

Score 0.459unitless formula ranking

Land // Land · Mana cost: — · Color identity: BG

Shared traits: No shared tags

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Text (embedding)
0.744
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0.000
Color identity
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Mana cost
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Idyllic Beachfront

Score 0.459unitless formula ranking

Land — Plains Island · Mana cost: — · Color identity: WU

Shared traits: No shared tags

Score details
Text (embedding)
0.745
Tags and themes
0.000
Color identity
0.000
Mana cost
0.125

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Biogenic Ooze

Score 0.459unitless formula ranking

Creature — Ooze · Mana cost: · Color identity: G

Shared traits: No shared tags

Score details
Text (embedding)
0.738
Tags and themes
0.000
Color identity
0.000
Mana cost
0.167

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Mox Jet

Score 0.460unitless formula ranking

Artifact · Mana cost: {0} · Color identity: B

Shared traits: No shared tags

Score details
Text (embedding)
0.745
Tags and themes
0.000
Color identity
0.000
Mana cost
0.125

No shared tags contributed to this comparison.

Expedition Envoy

Score 0.460unitless formula ranking

Creature — Human Scout Ally · Mana cost: · Color identity: W

Shared traits: No shared tags

Score details
Text (embedding)
0.739
Tags and themes
0.000
Color identity
0.000
Mana cost
0.167

No shared tags contributed to this comparison.

Welding Jar

Score 0.461unitless formula ranking

Artifact · Mana cost: {0} · Color identity: Colorless

Shared traits: No shared tags

Score details
Text (embedding)
0.747
Tags and themes
0.000
Color identity
0.000
Mana cost
0.125

No shared tags contributed to this comparison.

Crash of Rhinos

Score 0.461unitless formula ranking

Creature — Rhino · Mana cost: · Color identity: G

Shared traits: No shared tags

Score details
Text (embedding)
0.754
Tags and themes
0.000
Color identity
0.000
Mana cost
0.083

No shared tags contributed to this comparison.

Hierophant Bio-Titan

Score 0.461unitless formula ranking

Creature — Tyranid · Mana cost: · Color identity: G

Shared traits: No shared tags

Score details
Text (embedding)
0.759
Tags and themes
0.000
Color identity
0.000
Mana cost
0.050

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How ranking works

Balanced: 0.60*text + 0.20*tags + 0.10*color + 0.10*cost. Outputs are unitless rankings, not percentages or probabilities. Most similar shows the highest scores; Typical overlap is nearest the catalog median (0.546); Least similar shows the lowest scores.

Text uses cosine resemblance (−1 to 1) between 384-number embeddings when available, or lexical fallback otherwise. Tags use Jaccard overlap of approved tags and AI themes, excluding predicted tags and separately scored color/cost tags. Color compares W/U/B/R/G identity. Mana cost combines mana-value proximity, 1 / (1 + the difference), with mana-symbol overlap. Tags, color, and cost range from 0 to 1.

Model: bge-small-en-v1.5. 34,605 of 34,605 catalog cards currently have embeddings.

Potential relationships

1,031 of 34,605 canonical cards have AI-derived resource labels. Label model: gpt-5.6-luna.

This card is missing AI-derived resource labels, so potential synergies and answers are unavailable. No text or predicted-tag inference is used.

About relationship labels

These labels are AI-derived resource matches, not reviewed or rules-validated interactions. Check deck legality, color identity, costs, timing, restrictions, and the cards themselves.

Printings
SetLanguageCollectorReleasedRarityPrice
The ListenINV-1542021-04-24rare$18.54
Invasionja1542000-10-02rare—
Invasionit1542000-10-02rare—
Invasionfr1542000-10-02rare—
Invasionde1542000-10-02rare—
Invasionen1542000-10-02rare$15.56
Invasionpt1542000-10-02rare—
Invasiones1542000-10-02rare—
Invasionzhs1542000-10-02rare—
Invasionzht1542000-10-02rare—