Originally, I was trying to think of a way to get as much card draw bang for your buck in gold, since I assume players will be looking for it, with all this enlighten kicking around. My first thought was to do "Draw 7 cards, then discard 7 cards" for sorcery. Then it occurred to me that that was what Tolarian Winds normally did. Enlighten is so good, that I was willing to pay 5 for a sorcery that would normally costs 2 at instant speed in a deck that can abuse it. :o

So I went back to the drawing board and, remembering Breakthrough, decided to make its opposite, giving us a little more card draw than Mind Spring, at the loss of the ability to keep it all. Unfortunately, making this gold either required hybrid, or making it a different spell, so I just kept it blue, and am setting it aside. This should be a warning, though. Any enlighten card that we see coming down the line needs to be fair when cards like this are played right after them.

This draws 4 cards for , which Tidings says is a bit too efficient. I think this would have you discard down to 3.

Well, this draws 4 cards for if it's the only card in your hand. Otherwise, you're going to have to start discarding. Though, I think I see where the confusion is... altering the text to read more like Breakthrough.

"Choose all but four and discard the rest"? Er, so, that's "Discard four cards"? Or should it be "Choose four and discard the rest"?

FWIW I'm definitely fine with there existing a monoblue mass-draw spell in the set. If it's Mind Spring rather than Sphinx's Revelation that's fine.

Whoops. You're right. Edited. That's what you get when you copy/paste without double checking to make sure what you wrote makes sense.

Couldn't it also be" Discard cards until you have four cards in hand?"

Probably. I remember there being a confusion issue with that in my head, but I can't remember what it was. Anyhow, I edited to your suggest Link. It's probably the easiest to parse.

Had to include 'or less'. Silly, I know.

How about "Draw X cards. Your hand size is now 4."?

Did this use to be "Draw X cards. Then discard all cards except four?" that sounds simpler to me.

It seems that this ability sounds simpler in many different forms. Go figure.

As for 'hand size is now 4 at end of turn', it still allows you to, say, play a land before the end of the turn. If that's the case, then the hand size should probably be 3. I figured it read as more powerful this way.