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Combo with bane alley broker so you can keep valuable spells and keep messing with your opponents
Posted By: Reflection_Pool (2/6/2013 6:17:04 PM)
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@mono_blue_forever

In the right deck, you can do this every turn for 0 mana.
Posted By: Baal_Planeswalker (2/9/2013 10:50:45 PM)
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In a deck with relatively low cost cards you play this, encode it on an evasive creature, play as many cheap cards as you can, then fill your hand right back up all in the same turn. Absolutely ridiculous when done right.
Posted By: Pinto331 (3/14/2013 3:53:42 PM)
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I got two of these and don't know what to do with but i got some invisible stalker too , megrim , liliana's caress ...

Play this and it resolves a second times thanks to ciphering the stalker and it can be 2x 5cards x2damagepts maybe 2x4x2dpts plus 2 stalker damages (turn3&4) and it goes 22 or 18 damages turn 4 ...
If itsn't enough turn five should be ok for the win...
So nasty that i won't try to play it.
How do you name this kind of deck that kills with megrim or liliana's carress ?
And is it rated 3.2 cause it's already banned ?
Posted By: MojoVince (5/7/2013 1:43:35 PM)
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Notion thief on the end of your opponents fourth turn. Your turn drop an island have dispel in hand and play whispering madness. Game over!!
Posted By: TheDemonicAngel (5/31/2013 1:41:33 PM)
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This is a beautiful card for one reason. Card advantage. Now, I know that discarding the cards and drawing new ones isn't technically card advantage, but this is generally how I use this.

Mill-Cipher deck.
When this goes off, play all the spells you can with the mana you have. If you don't need whatever is left, swing with invisible stalker and do it again. Since it's on your turn, your opponent probably didn't get much use (i.e. play any cards). You refill your hand. Repeat. And mill while you are at it. Keeps you from exhausting your hand.
Posted By: KvotheBloodless (6/18/2013 10:33:50 PM)
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Cipher is an odd mechanic. Seen here and on a couple other cards, like Stolen Identity, it can be devastating. One use for 2BlueBlack is great, two is game breaking. Then there is Last Thoughts, which should cost BlueBlack and twice a turn is still subpar, and it is absolute junk if the creature cannot hit / is removed.

On the whole, cipher is kinda win-more. If I am hitting my opponent consistently, I am winning. This is a good cipher card, but its brethren are not. 😜
Posted By: LordOfTheUniverseMCS (6/23/2013 8:27:23 PM)
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Actually quite effective with Bane Alley Broker. Pull the things you want to hold on to out of your hand with the broker, destroy the other player's strategy, and then drop your important cards back into your hand alongside whatever new ammunition you pulled.
Posted By: Duskmantle (7/16/2013 12:24:16 AM)
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For a card that just costs one more Black than Windfall, a card powerful enough to be banned in Legacy, and has the optional effect of ciphering it onto one of your creatures, this card has gotten some pretty harsh ratings.
Posted By: troll_berserker (7/24/2013 10:26:19 AM)
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Silent-Blade Oni.

Manage the triggers right to cast their best cards each time this hits.
Posted By: jerkoid (8/6/2013 10:38:07 PM)
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