Because Tarmogoyf needed to be better.
Posted By:
dingophone
(1/28/2012 1:38:28 PM)
Excellent card, but does the flashback make it better than Careful Study? Nope, Careful Study is blue.
Posted By:
Gako
(1/27/2012 9:41:51 PM)
Sooooooooo gooood...
Sorry my Delvers just orgasmed.
Best common in the set hands down, probably 3rd best card in the set after Cage and Sorin.
5/5
Posted By:
Shadoflaam
(1/28/2012 10:06:09 AM)
Mother of God...
*siezures in joy*
Posted By:
RAV0004
(1/27/2012 2:20:48 PM)
This is pure card advantage because unlike some red draws, you get to decide what to pitch from your hand and not randomly
Especially good with flashback cards
Posted By:
Paladin85
(1/26/2012 11:06:12 PM)
What the hell are those wizard guys playing at? This is a COMMON?!? Come on. They're pushing r/u control SO hard this set...
Posted By:
God_Of_The_Smurfs
(1/27/2012 4:40:51 PM)
Commander Review: Well first, it's not cardadvantage. You have only this card on your hand. You play it. You flashback it. How many cards do you have on your hand? None. So you actually spent cards and mana. What for? To dump five cards (this one and two for each time you cast the spell) from your hand or top of your library into your graveyard, and to increase the quality of cards you have on your hand, IF you have any cards left on your hand.
The card quality improvement part is cute, but not worth including the card. Dumping cards into your graveyard: it's ok if your commander deck uses that mechanic a lot. In a bladewing the risen deck this card is playable, for example. But adding it randomly without any definite combos to a deck is a stupid idea.
2/5
Posted By:
majinara
(1/28/2012 1:01:15 AM)
i'm a little disappointed that this doesn't read draw 3 then discard 2 at random. i mean its nice they finally figured out that noone will play cards that make them discard at random without much benefit, but why not give the extra benefit rather than take away the drawback? this card is blue, not red.
anyway. great card except for flavor¨¨
Posted By:
rawsugar
(2/3/2012 5:55:11 AM)
"
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Cast this spell (-1)
Draw two (+1)
Discard two (-1)
Flashback to draw and discard two again (no change, -1)
It's great card quality advantage - you get to pick and choose out of a big range of cards, and in the right decks you can still eke out card advantage. But on it's own, this card is a great example of card disadvantage."
This thinking is not just incorrect it's wrong.
In Abusive Decks:
Cast this spell (-1)
Draw 2 (+2)
Discard 2 Vengevine (+1 because you are cheating them into play, something that is otherwise not achievable always)
Total: +2 card
Faithless Looting = Ancestral Recall w/ flashback
In Fair Decks that can use it:
Cast this spell ( -1)
Draw 2 (+2)
Discard a Flashback Spell and a dead card(-0)
Total: +1
Faithless Looting = Divination for 1 mana w/ flashback
In completely fair decks that can't use it or abuse it:
Cast this spell (-1)
Draw 2 (+2)
Discard a gas card and a dead card (-1)
Total: +0 and fix your hand
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Posted By:
Ligerman30
(12/18/2012 4:39:16 PM)
I'll take 10.
Posted By:
Ratosai
(1/26/2012 9:39:45 PM)