Weird. Ninjutsu for spells? Very interesting concept.

yeah, the idea came from ninjutsu :)

I'm concerned by the amount of card draw in Blue common. Also, misdirection won't work on sorcery spell ( a good excuse to up the cost, too: instant, base cost , misdirection ).

i think i'll change this spell, but i think there is a way to make it work on sorceries. cipher is on sorceries.

also 5 out of 15 cards in blue common are draw-related. what's a good number?

Cipher is an ability that triggers on damage dealt causing a copy to be cast. Misdirection is a cost-reduction effect. I don't think it wants to be an ability because it would either be extremely unwieldy, or the spells would become uncounterable.

As to the number, it varies a lot. But 1-3 (only one of which is unmitigated, guaranteed card advantage like Divination or Inspiration) seems usual. Scars had none. Counting blue multicolor, you have 3 pure draw, and no less than 6 cantripping spells (2 of which are creatures). Unless the rest of blue is severely underpowered, this is just ridiculous in constructed speed.

There, I fixed up the misdirection wording so it can be on sorceries.

and wow, I had no idea. Point taken, I'm going to do some serious work on blue card draw.