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CardName: Abstemious Monk Cost: W Type: Creature - Cleric Pow/Tgh: 1/1 Rules Text: Whenever you would draw a card, you may instead sacrifice abstemious monk and search your library for a creature card, reveal it and put it into your hand, then shuffle your library. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Purgatory risen Rare

Abstemious Monk
{w}
 
 R 
Creature – Cleric
Whenever you would draw a card, you may instead sacrifice abstemious monk and search your library for a creature card, reveal it and put it into your hand, then shuffle your library.
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Updated on 08 Jan 2021 by Pierre

Code: RW03

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2012-05-04 18:37:08: Pierre created the card Abstemious Monk
2012-05-04 18:37:28: Pierre edited Abstemious Monk
2012-05-23 14:55:37: Pierre edited Abstemious Monk
2012-11-26 04:32:15: Pierre edited Abstemious Monk
2012-12-11 05:02:04: Pierre moved the card Abstemious Monk from Ifreann into Cards With No Home

Potentially terrifying engine card there. How often do you need more than three engine components? How much would green pay for: "Search your deck for up to three creatures sharing a type, reveal them, shuffle your deck, put them on top of it"?

EDIT: You know, I realized that everything in the next paragraph can just be avoided by using the Words of War text: "Whenever you would draw a card, you may instead". That takes care of the explosion of monks rather nicely.

The really scary thing about this card is how it works in multiples. My next turn would consist of 'drawing' another Monk, then playing it. Next turn, I'd skip my next draw step to fetch two more Monks, then play them. Next turn and the turn after? Four Clerics or Cats from my deck. Now all I need is a way to take advantage of all these extra cards in my hand. I suggest something that returns all creatures in the graveyard back into play... also returning dead Monks.

I'd have thought the "If you do" part would have taken care of it. But yeah, templating whatever :)

But even without such exploitation - seeking out the creatures you need is damn powerful.

2012-12-14 09:24:29: Pierre edited Abstemious Monk

This card inspired two cards in Challenge # 062, Archon of Renewal and Archontes Acolyte. Thanks!

2012-12-30 14:52:55: Pierre moved the card Abstemious Monk from Cards With No Home into Purgatory risen
2012-12-30 15:19:45: Pierre edited Abstemious Monk

This seems green to me.

2013-08-18 06:02:59: Pierre edited Abstemious Monk
2014-03-24 18:51:02: Pierre edited Abstemious Monk
2015-07-25 09:46:48: Pierre edited Abstemious Monk
2021-01-08 11:14:07: Pierre edited Abstemious Monk

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