Back when I was new, I pulled this and really didn't see the point of the card. It wasn't indicated as a rare either so I've just put it with my other blue commons for a very long time (less than 10 years already...time flies)
With the Magic2012 agressive blue illusions, I find myself putting this card on that type of deck. Since every agressive/weenie-like deck doesn't want lands beyond a certain point and just wants pure beatdown/removal.
For all the years it has spent on the box, not being used like the thousands of commons. I finally found a use for this.
Sorry for being emotional. The nostalgia of being a new player is just so strong sometimes :)
Posted By:
Dabok
(7/27/2012 4:21:54 AM)
This, Selective Memory, and Laboratory Maniac.
Posted By:
Gcrudaplaneswalker
(9/3/2012 3:55:33 PM)
Great in any deck with blue. If you have the desired lands out, exile your land base and make sure your deck only draws useable spells. This is deck thinning folks.
Posted By:
TheWrathofShane
(10/27/2012 2:44:09 AM)
Goblin Charbelcher and this so you can flip your deck upside-down and say "I win", or perhaps to watch it get stifled.
Posted By:
accsavious
(1/20/2013 12:21:09 PM)
@aquajock: unfortunately no, because this effect is an exile.
Also, lots of lands is still not "infinite mana".
Posted By:
Arachnos
(1/20/2013 7:11:14 PM)
I used this in my old High Tide deck. It often combo'd off around T3 and to be more reliable I exiled my lands. It works well with Sanity Grinding as well.
The main issue I had with it is that I needed it to win, but multiples of it (or running into it later) was troublesome. It's probably worth it because you're increasing your non-land draws by such a degree that continuing to draw this is preferable.
Posted By:
blurrymadness
(3/22/2013 9:59:46 AM)
I think people are missing an obvious application for this. Wait till you have however many lands your deck needs - be it 4 or 8 and then use this to exile every land card left in your deck. Now you never have a dead draw.
Posted By:
Lifegainwithbite
(4/28/2013 6:19:42 PM)
So when people say to use Dream Halls ... is that because with Dream Halls you don't necessarily want to be drawing lands since you need colored cards to discard?
Posted By:
Callahan09
(6/3/2013 7:38:03 AM)
Well, this is one way to ensure you only draw good spells to cast with that pretty Omniscience of yours.
Posted By:
BongRipper420
(12/28/2013 7:29:28 PM)