A beautiful gem from the Kamigawa block.
Posted By:
Anzu-chan
(4/15/2013 6:10:46 PM)
@Fictionarious
First of all, read the oracle text.
Second of all, see below for how "Failure to Find" works.
Third, revealing a hidden zone (like your library) is not something I would recommend you try at a DCI-sanctioned event. That's called Looking at Extra Cards and will get you a warning from a judge.
@swords_to_exile
"The reason you can pick less than 4 cards is because the word Search always always always means you can fail to find if you wish. So I can search for 4 but only find 2. It's different than Target 4 x, because there has to be 4 targets, and if one fails, then the spell does."
That's not entirely true. You can only fail to find if the card you search for has to fulfill stated criteria. For example, you can fail to find on Gifts Ungiven (even if the Oracle hadn't updated it to "up to 4 cards") because all of the cards must have different names. Likewise you can fail to find with cards like Survival of the Fittest because the card is requir... (see all)
Posted By:
strider24seven
(5/29/2013 10:44:37 AM)
@ spectermonger: select Vampire Hexmage and Grim Discovery to go to the graveyard. That gives you Dark Depths, but at least you gotta work for the 20/20.
Posted By:
DFG_Danger
(4/18/2010 2:48:06 PM)
This is another one of those cards that sets up a little minigame for you or your opponent. 5/5 for that alone, but this is darn good. I can see why they banned it. I love how CoK (and the block as a whole) are like this; there are almost exclusively cards that blow mightily outside of Limited and then we get this or Sensei's top or Sakura Tribe Elder or something.
Posted By:
ClockworkSwordfish
(4/26/2010 2:37:13 PM)
Grizzly Bears, Runeclaw Bear, Bear Cub, Forest Bear.
I'M GETTING TWO 2/2 BEARS AND THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO ABOUT IT!
Posted By:
GlassJoetheChamp
(5/16/2012 9:56:15 PM)
@Flying-Toaster:
I thought so too. I was like "what the hell, opponent divides the piles to be evenly powerful and you have to throw away possibly good cards, how's that good ?". But then I have seen a couple of times what a Fact or Fiction can do (used aginst me, bah). Fact is, I nearly never guessed what my opponent planned to do and he was always content to throw away four cards just to keep the one he needed (or 3 and 2). It simply speeded things up for him and that proved to be valuable as hell.
And here, what you do is not just draw, you search your library for four cards and keep two of them. If you have apropirate deck and choose carefully, it's usualy a win-win situation.
And if you have something to pull the other two out of graveyard, you can have all of them with a bit of effort. It can also work great with any cards that have some effects from a graveyard. Unearth, flashback, incarnations like Anger and simila... (see all)
Posted By:
skew
(8/14/2010 2:02:42 PM)
I love giving my opponents a choice between dark depths, crop rotation, grim discovery, and vampire hexmage. Absolutely hilarious to see the look on theit faces.
Posted By:
spectermonger
(3/28/2010 6:51:04 PM)
This is probably my favorite card in the entire game. It has it all:
*It's a tutor.
*It's card advantage.
*It's an instant.
*It takes some amount of thought and deck construction to use properly.
*It has fantastic artwork.
The deep, lush blues are almost hypnotic, and they set a perfect tone with the sort of cold and pensive expression of the moonfolk pictured. The little bottles she has somehow reminds me of the painting Six Persimmons.
Posted By:
scumbling1
(2/22/2011 5:54:53 PM)
I'm at three, he has a grip full of burn spells, but is tapped out and has no creatures in play.
"EOT Gifts Ungiven."
"Okay, there's nothing you can do . ."
"Showing Iona, Shield of Emeria and Unburial Rites"
"Wait, what? You need to show me *four* cards"
"I failed to find"
"What? Judge!"
Judge > "Whenever you search a hidden zone, you can fail to find cards. This is perfectly fine."
"So how do I choose then?"
"Well, you choose two of these cards and put them in the graveyard"
"Um, I don't want these in the graveyard, can't I fail to find?"
"Not a hidden zone, sorry."
"Ugh. Fine. Put them in the graveyard."
"Okay. My turn. Untap, upkeep, draw, flashback Unburial Rites targeting Iona-"
"I concede."
Posted By:
rp-
(11/26/2011 4:16:17 AM)
For similar art, see realms uncharted.
Posted By:
divine_exodus
(1/7/2011 6:38:09 PM)