this doesnt prepare him because it is an instant.
you play this, followed by the trap.
then he sees it anyway.
Posted By:
MadTheorist
(11/13/2009 10:53:18 AM)
There are so many diverse traps. This really allows for toolbox style trap decks.
And while it ruins the surprise, your opponent still doesn't know about the traps you're already holding. Or, once you've hard-cast the tutored trap as a spell, that you have a duplicate waiting in your hand. It's time for a game of Magic: the Bluffing. Too much fun.
Posted By:
ZEvilMustache
(9/26/2009 7:36:45 AM)
Hey guess what? Here comes a trap!
Oh...shoot, that was supposed to be a surprise, wasn't it?
Posted By:
CJM2
(1/9/2011 2:18:57 PM)
Running a trap deck feels like I'm playing Yu-Gi-Oh, activating trap cards all over the place and whatnot.
Posted By:
GrimjawxRULES
(5/18/2012 6:35:54 PM)
This card would be MUCH more interesting if it somehow was able to search your library for two trap cards and putting one of them in your hand and shuffle the other one into your library without your opponent knowing which one you picked
Posted By:
Mightyass
(9/29/2009 4:02:49 AM)
It isnt fun after u reveal your trap card to your opponent. =\
Posted By:
JosirisDavid
(9/26/2009 4:32:47 AM)
They messed up by making you reveal your trap. It's still decent as it is, but would have been better and more flavorful without making you reveal the trap.
Posted By:
dragon504
(12/17/2010 2:47:04 PM)
Having to reveal it just kills this card. I know that to make sure you actually did search a trap it has to, but what is the point in a trap if your opponent knows what it is?
Posted By:
JFM2796
(7/28/2011 11:50:04 PM)
Although tutoring trap cards is a bit messy since it prepares your opponent, this is still a cheap card which is worth using.
On top of that you don't always have to wait for your opponent since you can have ways to pay the alternate trap cost no matter whether you opponent wants to do so or not.
I like the card, definitely worth using in constructed. Reminds me of Merchant Scroll.
Posted By:
Mode
(9/26/2009 9:12:39 AM)
This is by far one of the best cards this game has ever seen, remember, your traps alternative cost can be used as long as the opponent did the required event even if the trap wasn't in your hand, that means you can use this card right after your opponent did something you have a trap for (its an instant!) and search your deck for the correct trap, and bam, trap goes into effect. It makes all that waiting hopefully for your opponent to do the right thing very smooth, and actually allows you to play a trap deck instead of having a hand full of traps you can't necessarily use.
Posted By:
Donovan_Fabian
(9/26/2009 6:59:34 PM)