"So it's pretty much Thought Scour with some extra mana cost?"
@brotenkopf72 Not at all, this one makes you draw TWO cards, thus provides you with card advantage.
It's like a Divination with a built-in mill for 2.
Posted By:
Mode
(5/5/2013 11:32:53 PM)
Consult the Necrosages is rated higher. for the "Or" option I guess. Lets be honest, 99% of the time you would either draw 2 or mill 2, and unless your opp has 1 card in his library or you have a wacky combo in place your not going to ever let him draw 2. pilfered plans gives us both without options. I don't think it's anywhere near Thought scour for the same price mill 6 draw 3
Posted By:
johnnyinabucket
(5/11/2013 4:46:07 AM)
Just because no one has explicitly stated it yet, this card works very well with Dredge: it fills your graveyard while allowing for you to Dredge twice (instead of both draws), which will fill your graveyard even more, which in turn will allow for some old-fashioned BUG-graveyard shenanigans.
Posted By:
Hi-Fi
(5/12/2013 2:59:35 PM)
This card isn't that bad imo. It's nothing special, but it is definitely cool for being just a common. 4/5
Posted By:
SAUS3
(6/7/2013 12:25:31 PM)
Use in B/U Skaab Ruinator decks, non-abusive dredge, could also be used with flashback, or similar.
Posted By:
blurrymadness
(6/18/2013 12:02:59 PM)
I'm feeling like this is a pretty good card. It's a little surprising that it isn't seeing any play in Standard. Divination sees play in Standard, so why not this? I'm thinking this belongs, not necessarily in a Dimir Control deck necessarily, but actually in Esper Control. The reason being that we used to be able to Azorius Charm an attacking creature, and then mill it away if it's too dangerous either that same turn or after untapping. Now, without Nephalia Drownyard, we don't have that option anymore in Standard. I'm thinking that when we hit a creature with an Azorius Charm and really don't want that card drawn next turn, we might be thinking on the untap that it might be a really good opportunity to draw 2 cards... and mill away that threat at the same time!, instead of wasting mana on Nephalia Drownyard merely to mill and nothing more. If there's nothing in particular to mill, then it can always just be ... (see all)
Posted By:
Opeth2010
(10/19/2013 5:37:42 AM)
If you weren't already playing with Divination in your millstone deck, which you probably aren't, then you wont want to play with this card either.
That said, i can see this and (and its counterspell twin) fitting into a black (splash of blue) deck focused on graveyard combos, for which you would target/mill yourself.
Example: Rescue from the Underworld, Whip of Erebos, etc.
Posted By:
Dismiss
(1/8/2014 6:18:01 PM)
Good graveyard fueler if you are looking for it. Maybe not the greatest (looking at you, intuition, gifts ungiven, and fact or fiction), but cheap and there's always the chance you ruin someone's day after they play ponder, preordain, or a tutor.
@johnnyinabucket
Consult the necrosages is rated higher because its "discard two" not "mill 2"
Posted By:
jonrds
(1/14/2014 5:28:26 PM)
If you are playing UB, there's pretty much no reason to play Divination in preference to this. Even if you aren't playing a mill deck (although that's about the only reason to play UB), there's still a minor chance you may force them to lose something valuable.
Posted By:
Technetium
(1/30/2014 9:04:44 AM)
It's beyond me why people are playing Divination over this in Esper, especially in a format full of scrying.
Posted By:
TexasDice
(2/18/2014 11:37:20 AM)