Best Mono-Blue budget alternatives to Chain of Vapor
Chain of Vapor
$16.04 MarketCard Breakdown: Chain of Vapor (Instant) is a high-demand MTG card. At $16.04, budget-conscious players can leverage vector embedding similarity to achieve similar game actions for under $5.00.
Top Vector-Ranked Budget Swaps
Rushing River
(Instant)
Kicker—Sacrifice a land. (You may sacrifice a land in addition to any other costs as you cast this spell.) Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand. If this spell was kicked, return another target nonland permanent to its owner's hand.
Matches Chain of Vapor's Instant card type and costs 2 more mana to cast (3 MV). Overlaps on functional mechanics including #removal-bounce, #removal-nonland, #sacrifice-outlet-land.
String of Disappearances
(Instant)
Return target creature to its owner's hand. Then that creature's controller may pay {U}{U}. If the player does, they may copy this spell and may choose a new target for that copy.
Matches Chain of Vapor's Instant card type and shares the exact same mana value (1 MV). Overlaps on functional mechanics including #chain-spell, #removal-bounce, #spot-removal.
Withdraw
(Instant)
Return target creature to its owner's hand. Then return another target creature to its owner's hand unless its controller pays {1}.
Matches Chain of Vapor's Instant card type and costs 1 more mana to cast (2 MV). Overlaps on functional mechanics including #removal-bounce, #spot-removal.
Banishing Knack
(Instant)
Until end of turn, target creature gains "{T}: Return target nonland permanent to its owner's hand."
Matches Chain of Vapor's Instant card type and shares the exact same mana value (1 MV). Overlaps on functional mechanics including #removal-bounce, #removal-nonland, #spot-removal.
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