CardName: Book Slide
Cost: XU
Type: Instant
Pow/Tgh: /
Rules Text: When you cast Book Slide, X cannot be more than the number
of attacking and blocking creatures on the battlefield.
Draw X cards.
Flavour Text: Each day, the Librarians of Lat-Nam fight against the
growing tide of books. The books are winning.
Set/Rarity: Mashup: the Gathering Workbench Common
Book Slide
C
Instant
When you cast Book Slide, X cannot be more than the number of attacking and blocking creatures on the battlefield.
Draw X cards.
Each day, the Librarians of Lat-Nam fight against the growing tide of books. The books are winning.
Hoping to fill the last blue rare land slot, I thought the random generator was passing me another gimmie when it tossed out Jayemdae Tome (for what? the third or fourth time?), but it followed that up with Rock Slide. And I couldn't help but make this card.
It's kind of a funny card, since most of the time, it's going to be a little worse than Keep Watch. But sometimes it cycles for . And there will be the occasional two-on-two combat with mana up... seems fine by me. Combine with Fog to really annoy your opponents.
Hoping to fill the last blue rare land slot, I thought the random generator was passing me another gimmie when it tossed out Jayemdae Tome (for what? the third or fourth time?), but it followed that up with Rock Slide. And I couldn't help but make this card.
It's kind of a funny card, since most of the time, it's going to be a little worse than Keep Watch. But sometimes it cycles for
. And there will be the occasional two-on-two combat with 
mana up... seems fine by me. Combine with Fog to really annoy your opponents.
Fun! It does indeed evoke Keep Watch, but as you say, there's potential for rather more. One for the Timmies who dream big dreams.