Exile the top 3 cards of your library in a pile face down, then exile the three cards of your library in another pile face down. Look at the cards and turn a pile of your choice face up. An opponent chooses a pile. Put that pile in your hand and the other in your graveyard. You lose 3 life.
A black Fact or Fiction! Super cool for graveyard strategies. Maybe a bit too unpredictable, but looks like a fun card to me!
Life loss on an expensive draw spell is such a big deal.
Makes this near unplayable against Agro.
There’s also a punisher mechanic at play here. If you are digging to a narrow range of answers the opponent can do a good job preventing you from finding it.
If you are utilizing the graveyard in some way, the card is decent. But not consistently good enough for me to test imo.
This is not “black fact or fiction”. This is “instant speed Ancient Cravings that feels like a red punisher spell”.
This type of spell effect simply does not work if you cannot ensure that you are getting at least one good card in any pile and this card only “pays off” if you draw two different “good piles” (one “good enough” pile with a threat and/or removal to reveal and an “actually good pile” to hide away).
I would hesitate using this even if it only cost 3 mana.
Probably makes for a very fun set draft experience, but I don't think my cube needs this. Our control decks have other options already.
I am however baffled by the comparisons to a sorcery. And if it were 3 mana, yeah I think getting 3 cards on an instant would actually be pretty good, even if they were the worst 3 cards in my deck. Something like Thirst for Knowledge is probably better for combos but I would not underestimate raw card advantage, particularly when you can still hold up for removal spells.
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Exile the top 3 cards of your library in a pile face down, then exile the three cards of your library in another pile face down. Look at the cards and turn a pile of your choice face up. An opponent chooses a pile. Put that pile in your hand and the other in your graveyard. You lose 3 life.
A black Fact or Fiction! Super cool for graveyard strategies. Maybe a bit too unpredictable, but looks like a fun card to me!
I like the hidden aspect of things but I don't think this card cuts it for me.
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Makes this near unplayable against Agro.
There’s also a punisher mechanic at play here. If you are digging to a narrow range of answers the opponent can do a good job preventing you from finding it.
If you are utilizing the graveyard in some way, the card is decent. But not consistently good enough for me to test imo.
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This is not “black fact or fiction”. This is “instant speed Ancient Cravings that feels like a red punisher spell”.
This type of spell effect simply does not work if you cannot ensure that you are getting at least one good card in any pile and this card only “pays off” if you draw two different “good piles” (one “good enough” pile with a threat and/or removal to reveal and an “actually good pile” to hide away).
I would hesitate using this even if it only cost 3 mana.
Upside: mills 3, instant speed
Downside: worse card quality added to hand than simple draw 3
Not gonna cut it, at 2B you could think about it for GY synergy.
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I am however baffled by the comparisons to a sorcery. And if it were 3 mana, yeah I think getting 3 cards on an instant would actually be pretty good, even if they were the worst 3 cards in my deck. Something like Thirst for Knowledge is probably better for combos but I would not underestimate raw card advantage, particularly when you can still hold up for removal spells.