Depends on what you're trying to get out of Cavern of Souls. A 5 color producing land?
For creatures only: Ancient Ziggurat
For everything (pain): City of Brass
For every (no pain): Reflecting Pool
Everything else is a little more niche.
for creature uncounterability, uh, nothing is particularly good. Gaea's Herald is the cheapest. There's that new card in M14, too, Savage Summoning. (In the spoiler)
Another way to make multiple spells uncounterable is vexing shusher. Or you could run something to make your opponent unable/have a hard time casting spells on your turn like grand abolisher or defense grid. Voice of resurgence is pretty powerful as well, but expensive.
Unfortunately boseiju does nothing for making creatures uncounterable, though it is a sweet card.
Summoning Trap can be helpful in right deck. I do remember losing several times against rogue decks packing few Summoning Traps into huge creatures that I just couldn't deal with at turn 2 or 3.
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Just a casual guy playing around with expensive cards.
It's the closest thing he is going to get. All other options here either aren't similar or just significantly worse. Vial is the closest to Cavern, it was also just printed in MM so it's price has fallen slightly.
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Modern: UWUW TronUW
Legacy: WDeath N TaxesW CEldrazi C
If you couldn't tell I hate greedy blue decks.
I suspect Cavern will be dropping in a few months. To be honest I have run cavern in several decks and it rarely makes a difference. Counters are so weak in Modern that I just don't worry as much about the few that you might see.
Look for Vial to drop in a couple weeks, it will be your best option that is cheaper than Cavern.
For future reference it would be nice if you said what the card did for you when you ask for a budget version
Like in this case we don't know if you want cavern for the can't be countered or the mana fixing. Just a helpful tip when asking for advise:)
One good substitute is playing around counterspells Also if you have a lot of card advantage in your deck you will be able to grind out control matchups even if they counter everything
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For creatures only: Ancient Ziggurat
For everything (pain): City of Brass
For every (no pain): Reflecting Pool
Everything else is a little more niche.
for creature uncounterability, uh, nothing is particularly good. Gaea's Herald is the cheapest. There's that new card in M14, too, Savage Summoning. (In the spoiler)
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That feels kind of the exact opposite of Cavern of Souls haha
Modern Warp / UR Control / UR Storm / Naya Breachshift / ElectroBalance
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Unfortunately boseiju does nothing for making creatures uncounterable, though it is a sweet card.
My decks:
-Modern UWR gifts control
-Modern Mono-G aggro elves
-Azami, Lady of Scrolls EDH
-Glissa the Traitor EDH
-Modern UWR Counterbalance Control
-Modern UW enchantment control: primer, on tapped out
-Modern regular UWR control
Modern:
UWUW TronUW
Legacy:
WDeath N TaxesW
CEldrazi C
If you couldn't tell I hate greedy blue decks.
Vintage
WWhite Trash
Not really a budget option.
It's the closest thing he is going to get. All other options here either aren't similar or just significantly worse. Vial is the closest to Cavern, it was also just printed in MM so it's price has fallen slightly.
Modern:
UWUW TronUW
Legacy:
WDeath N TaxesW
CEldrazi C
If you couldn't tell I hate greedy blue decks.
Vintage
WWhite Trash
Look for Vial to drop in a couple weeks, it will be your best option that is cheaper than Cavern.
Reprint Opt for Modern!!
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PLAY MORE ROUGE DECKS!
Like in this case we don't know if you want cavern for the can't be countered or the mana fixing. Just a helpful tip when asking for advise:)