It might not be Mind Twist, but a turn-3 Dark Ritual still loses them three random cards. Owwwwwwwwwwww......
Posted By:
Splizer
(6/7/2011 7:16:43 AM)
Mind Twist at a modern cost. Not bad.
Posted By:
Totema
(1/13/2012 2:26:47 PM)
Comparisons to Mind Sludge don't seem fair because you can cheat Mind Shatter's cost with effects like Dark Ritual, Priest of Gix or Cabal Coffers. It is also Very playable in multi-color decks.
Posted By:
lorendorky
(3/12/2012 12:28:11 AM)
So this is where that Murder of Crows is getting its ideas from.
Posted By:
Salient
(4/28/2012 1:38:00 PM)
Mind Twist wasn't broken because it is intrinsically an amazing card. It was broken because Black Lotus and Dark Ritual existed.
When you pull the cards a single turn into the future and remove the other half of the brokenness, you get a solid but stable card.
Cabal Ritual is another example of a solid card that came out of that. It's not as broken as dark ritual on turn 1 or 2, but in the late game it's a heavy game swinger. Just. Like. This.
Mind twist and dark ritual own the first couple of turns, while the middle game belongs to cabal ritual and mind shatter.
Posted By:
hamberglar
(12/25/2012 7:25:14 PM)
Reminds me of Itachi's Ravens and the fact he can mess with anyone's mind.
Posted By:
Singe
(2/21/2013 10:09:32 PM)
That extra black makes me sick.
Posted By:
MRK1
(4/12/2013 8:56:15 AM)
I'm considering using this in {G}{B}. {G} has the ramp needed to cast this and make it reliable in multi-color. Hitting for 3 cards on Turn 3 is quite possible without a lot of catering. Deathrite shaman would be ideal, but mana-elves are enough. It takes no deck catering and it requires no card disadvantage. You simply put it in benefit from Green's inherent excess mana and blow their hand up while playing reliable cards. This is highly worth considering.
Original Post:
decent but unfortunately that 1 mana makes it far worse than it's predecessor.
The reasons why this is much worse:
-Can't be splashed well. A second mana makes it significantly more difficult for other colors to cast
-Discard is about tempo as much as it is about control; mostly because discard is only useful early on. This requires your opponent to still have cards during T4-T5, which if you're running discard, they won't be.
Mind twist's accessible mana cost allow for t2,t3, or t4 uses and w... (see all)
Posted By:
blurrymadness
(6/3/2013 1:34:50 PM)
He's a "bird brain"! Hahahahahahahahaa!
I'm so funny.
Posted By:
car2n
(2/11/2014 11:16:21 PM)
In Soviet Russia, crow eat you.
Posted By:
EGarrett01
(4/11/2014 12:54:46 AM)