CardName: Eye Spy
Cost: U
Type: Creature - Homunculus
Pow/Tgh: 1/1
Rules Text: Each player plays with the top card of his or her library
revealed.
Flavour Text:
Set/Rarity: [Assorted] Card Repository Uncommon
Eye Spy
U
Creature – Homunculus
Each player plays with the top card of his or her library revealed.
While I don't think this is problematic as far as power levels go, I think it's fair to say that low mana cost cards that reveal most of the cards players play affect gameplay negatively. That surprise/unknown element is a big pull of the game for many players.
Yay! Digging up a years old card just to see the same joke be made in a set released after years of work. ^^
Would the problem be lessened if I made it rare and allowed only youself to spy (at any time)? I could also make it a one-shot on ETB but always feel that's underwhelming.
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Strangely avoids the name conflict with Spy Eye.
While I don't think this is problematic as far as power levels go, I think it's fair to say that low mana cost cards that reveal most of the cards players play affect gameplay negatively. That surprise/unknown element is a big pull of the game for many players.
Yay! Digging up a years old card just to see the same joke be made in a set released after years of work. ^^
Would the problem be lessened if I made it rare and allowed only youself to spy (at any time)? I could also make it a one-shot on ETB but always feel that's underwhelming.
You mean a Lens of Clarity on a stick instead of Goblin Spy?
Sounds reasonable. To me it seems that Lens would suggest it could even be a common.