This is not quite as good as ponder and it is quite annoying that it (ponder) will cycle out in october ,but this card is Nearly as good in some situations .
1. it lets you arrange the top cards of your deck , to see if its wiser to mill yourself or to use a draw card
2. you will know what is coming up next draw , which might help you win the game .
If I knew how to rate cards on here I would rate it a 5 to balance out the other peoples' accidentally low ratings but I think that it deserves a 4
Posted By:
cioskookycards
(7/6/2012 1:41:13 PM)
Incredible miracle enabler. Better than Ponder for that purpose since you don't draw the card you put on top. I can see this being used to set up Temporal Mastery or Devastation Tide (or others) in many situations.
Posted By:
SyntheticDreamer
(7/7/2012 4:47:37 PM)
how could you NOT give this a 5? Don't you LIKE blue?
Posted By:
Barjin-N-Blastum
(7/10/2012 1:40:16 PM)
Telling Time is better. We live in a format with Ghost Quarter. Shuffling,your library does happen.
Posted By:
DacenOctavio
(8/10/2012 12:16:52 AM)
The lack of shuffling isn't so bad since Evolving Wilds is in the same set, but losing the cantrip really hurts.
Posted By:
chinkeeyong
(8/23/2012 8:48:55 AM)
I don't mind it missing the cantrip, I miss the part where you can shuffle your junk back into your deck if you pondered at junk. Heck I'd even be happy with
"{U} sorcery: look at top 3 cards of your library. You may exile those cards. If you don't , then put them back on the top of your library in any order. "
The fact that you are stuck with whatever you see makes me groan. I wouldn't play this card, not even in drafts.
Posted By:
shotoku64
(8/23/2012 12:04:25 PM)
Commodore Guff, welcome back!
Posted By:
SirZapdos
(9/5/2012 11:56:31 AM)
I believe this could pair well with Thought Scour for library digging. Rearrange your top 5 so the two on top are your situational "trash". Toss Thought Scour to mill the first two and pick up the third and leave the other two waiting for you next turns or cantrips. It digs you further than Ponder, Preordain, and even Brainstorm. Of course it requires you to have both cards but in a vacuum where you would be running both cards anyway why not? You still dug down essentially 3 cards but it puts you nearly 3 turns ahead as well. That can't often be said by some of the other options.
EDIT: So I see a lot of people complaining. I like blue I really do. You can ask anyone I regularly play with. What I don't like is how uncompetitive it is by the shear fact that nothing can compete with it when you run things like Ponder and Brainstorm. Heaven forbid you have a little chance to the deck. ... (see all)
Posted By:
alphagprime
(9/10/2012 4:43:10 PM)
It should at least give you the option to shuffle. Just in case your not getting land for 5 turns.
Posted By:
TheWrathofShane
(12/6/2012 10:15:45 AM)
Quest for Ula's Temple?
Posted By:
Guntz1092
(12/20/2012 1:30:00 PM)