"Alright gang, let's split up and search for Counterspells!"
Posted By:
Ferlord
(4/24/2013 7:18:02 PM)
Because you don't get a body and thus can't Restoration Angel it. I'd much rather take the Augur.
Posted By:
Continue
(4/23/2013 6:18:17 PM)
In an generic deck Divination is almost always better. In a deck with a high concentration of instants and sorceries this has some potential, because the card value will increase and you could even have your choice of instants and sorceries if you have enough of them. 2.8/5.
Posted By:
Purplerooster
(4/24/2013 12:43:11 PM)
@Nucleon: Not to mention impulse that pulls the same amount of cards that, for the possibility of pulling out one less card, at least guaranteed a card at instant speed and 1 less mana. If you're banking on getting two card, divination/counsel of the soratami might even be better because it at least guarantees the cards at the same cost and speed and there's plenty of things for library manipulation lie sensei's divining top.
Posted By:
raptorman333
(4/24/2013 11:10:31 AM)
@ThisisSakon: Augur of Bolas is 1/3 creature for 1U. That's pretty good. It works in Merfolk and Wizard tribal decks. You could theoretically run it on just those principles alone, but it also has a scry-type ability stapled onto it. This is nothing like that. Perhaps if this was instant it would receive a better rating. As it stands though, it does something, but it doesn't do it well enough.
Posted By:
igniteice
(4/26/2013 8:11:20 AM)
Also, when the other player's turn two play is a free 2/2 in the form of Burning-Tree Emissary, a 1/3 body is a really good way to slow down that aggression. Or if you're playing Delver, it makes Liliana less devastating. Plus, even in a instant/sorcery heavy deck, Augur doesn't always get you a card. This card has a chance of turning your card advantage into disadvantage, really fast.
I'd actually venture that it is likely to be worse than Divination.
Posted By:
Taudisban
(4/23/2013 7:30:06 PM)
I'd rather have Peer Through Depths, honestly, though there's no shame in coming second place behind a fine card like that. There is shame in coming several places behind it, however.
Posted By:
Nucleon
(4/23/2013 11:23:21 PM)
So when this effect is attached to an Augur of Bolas it gets a 4 star rating, but when this card here lets you do more and get more....
It gets a 1 star rating? Do we even read cards that aren't Thragtusk anymore?
Posted By:
ThisisSakon
(4/23/2013 4:12:31 PM)
Divination is an underwhelming card to begin with, and this is crappier in most cases. What realls breaks this card is that it is no instant itself. Since it's a sorcery, its type alone increases the risk of drawing no instants.
Posted By:
majinara
(4/25/2013 4:47:15 AM)
It's no Impulse.
Posted By:
Haplo81
(4/27/2013 7:26:32 PM)