Obviously, you're not running this if you're in blue. Or green, for that matter. And probably not black, either. So you're only using this if you're running mono-white, mono-red, or boros. But white and red are ass at topdeck manipulation. So you have to actually guess your top card the majority of the time. How many turns do you think it'll take to finally get it? I mean, it's definitely too slow and janky to see play in standard or modern, much less legacy or vintage, so you're probably playing this in commander, where the deckbuilding restrictions of the format make the guessing game way harder. You're paying +5 mana for an unreliable Ancestral Vision. Even in boros, there are tons or card draw I'd rather run.
MTGS Wikia Article about "New World Order"
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
PSA to everyone who keeps forgetting about the Reserved List:
You're on a website dedicated to talking about MtG. You're only a few keystrokes away from finding out what cards are on the Reserved List. You're also only a few keystrokes away from finding out why some cards on the Reserved List got foil printings in FtV, as Judge promos, or whatnot, as well as why that won't happen again. Stop doing this.
That sure is a lot of work just to get a single Concentrate. Especially since the color best at doing this easy-mode can just, y'know, run Concentrate instead.
Well maybe this artifact isn't made for blue but all the colors that can'tConcentrate. That's the thing with generic artifacts, they aren't supposed to be as good at any particular thing as the color that specializes at that thing.
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MTGS Wikia Article about "New World Order"
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
PSA to everyone who keeps forgetting about the Reserved List:
You're on a website dedicated to talking about MtG. You're only a few keystrokes away from finding out what cards are on the Reserved List. You're also only a few keystrokes away from finding out why some cards on the Reserved List got foil printings in FtV, as Judge promos, or whatnot, as well as why that won't happen again. Stop doing this.
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I don't count color pie breaks, nor would I run them.
Topdeck manipulation? You mean like these cards:
Some of them are even Standard-legal.
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.
Well maybe this artifact isn't made for blue but all the colors that can't Concentrate. That's the thing with generic artifacts, they aren't supposed to be as good at any particular thing as the color that specializes at that thing.
Every time I read a comment about "Well if this card had card draw/trample/haste/indestructible/hexproof/life gain...", I think "You're missing the point." They're armchair developer comments that fail to take into account the card's role in the greater Limited and Standard environment. No, it may not be as good as whatever card you're comparing it to. There's a reason for that. Not every burn spell is Lightning Bolt, nor does it need to be or should be.