Best Colorless budget alternatives to Ward of Bones
Ward of Bones
$28.32 MarketCard Breakdown: Ward of Bones (Artifact) is a high-demand MTG card. At $28.32, budget-conscious players can leverage vector embedding similarity to achieve similar game actions for under $5.00.
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Damping Engine
(Artifact)
A player who controls more permanents than each other player can't play lands or cast artifact, creature, or enchantment spells. That player may sacrifice a permanent of their choice for that player to ignore this effect until end of turn.
Matches Ward of Bones's Artifact card type and costs 2 less mana to cast (4 MV vs 6 MV). Overlaps on functional mechanics including #catch-up, #hate-artifact, #hate-enchantment.
Myr Enforcer
(Artifact Creature — Myr)
Affinity for artifacts (This spell costs {1} less to cast for each artifact you control.)
Functions as a Artifact Creature alternative to Ward of Bones's Artifact and costs 1 more mana to cast (7 MV). Fills a similar strategic role in Commander and deck construction.
Cloud Key
(Artifact)
As this artifact enters, choose artifact, creature, enchantment, instant, or sorcery. Spells you cast of the chosen type cost {1} less to cast.
Matches Ward of Bones's Artifact card type and costs 3 less mana to cast (3 MV vs 6 MV). Fills a similar strategic role in Commander and deck construction.
Myr Superion
(Artifact Creature — Myr)
Spend only mana produced by creatures to cast this spell.
Functions as a Artifact Creature alternative to Ward of Bones's Artifact and costs 4 less mana to cast (2 MV vs 6 MV). Fills a similar strategic role in Commander and deck construction.
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