CardName: Thoughtless Shot
Cost: ru
Type: Instant
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: Place the top 2 cards of your library face down. Have your
opponent pick 1. Reveal it and deal damage to target
creature equal to that cards converted mana cost and then
put it into your hand. Put the other card on the bottom of
your library.
Flavour Text: I'm the huntsmaster trust me.
Set/Rarity: Hunters Vs. Beasts Duel Deck Uncommon
Thoughtless Shot
U
Instant
Place the top 2 cards of your library face down. Have your opponent pick 1. Reveal it and deal damage to target creature equal to that cards converted mana cost and then put it into your hand. Put the other card on the bottom of your library.
That's really just a long-winded way of saying "Choose one of the top two cards of your library at random." The process doesn't really matter. Unless your deck has something that e. g. reveals the top card of your library (Future Sight) - in that case it's worse, and I think that randomness would be preferable for a "thoughtless" shot.
Now if you want to go for a mini-game, then putting something like "Exile a card from your hand and the top card of your library face-down. An opponent chooses one..." seems like more of a track to go. Your opponent will likely pick the more random card from your library over the chosen from hand, but you have the chance to tuck away an otherwise dead card.
I don't think that's quite there yet, but any better ideas off the top of my head that don't change the effect on a very fundamental level seem too wordy.
That's really just a long-winded way of saying "Choose one of the top two cards of your library at random." The process doesn't really matter. Unless your deck has something that e. g. reveals the top card of your library (Future Sight) - in that case it's worse, and I think that randomness would be preferable for a "thoughtless" shot.
Now if you want to go for a mini-game, then putting something like "Exile a card from your hand and the top card of your library face-down. An opponent chooses one..." seems like more of a track to go. Your opponent will likely pick the more random card from your library over the chosen from hand, but you have the chance to tuck away an otherwise dead card.
I don't think that's quite there yet, but any better ideas off the top of my head that don't change the effect on a very fundamental level seem too wordy.