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Okay, fair points.
But actually, that's a good point - that + ability does far too little for a 7-mana gold walker. It could easily have ", then draw a card" on it. Compare with the + abilities on the other 7 mana planeswalkers, Karn Liberated and Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker.
That same set gave us Sensei's Divining Top, a card that needed to be banned in a number of formats because it was wasting too much time. What a harsh reason to be banned...
Anyhow, I'm not pro or anti shuffling. I don't think the point is that continuous shuffling is always wrong, so much that many people don't like it, so we should be sensitive about it.
In the case of Journeyer's Kite, however, the alternative would have been flipping cards off the top of the deck until a basic land appeared, then putting the rest on the bottom of the deck. That would have taken up more time then looking, removing, then shuffling, so Wizards went with the thing that wastes less time. It's not really a good precedent.
But as far as I'm concerned, this is an expensive 3 color Planeswalker, and, as Vitenka pointed out, it's something you do to yourself, and occasionally, you just use the -3 twice and shuffle once. That seems acceptable as a 'shuffle every turn outlet'. The game could use a few of those anyways. It's not like we're talking about an uncommon that will pop up in every third draft. We aren't even talking about a 'fun' Mythic rare... the card seems to be geared toward casual Spikes, and those players love to shuffle.
Well, there was Journeyer's Kite, pretty much shuffle whenever there was 3 mana up.
I noticed Steam Augury, yes.
But yea, I think this new wording is better. Its also more fun in EDH - the intended format for this card of big mana.
I don't know if you've noticed Steam Augury yet, Joz (Theros is still pretty new after all.) I'm just putting it here for comparison sake. Right now, to get something similar to the Augury, you need to pay between 6 and 7 mana. But, GoI works when you're digging and only have 2 or 3 mana available, and the Augury will never give you the best card (unless there's a duplicate, or your opponent is mistaken.) Seems comparable.
New evaluation:
2 mana - cantrip
3 mana - Sleight of Hand
4 mana - 1st and 2nd best of top 3
5 mana - 1st and 3rd best of top 4 (still generally worse to have odd X than even X, but not strictly so anymore)
6 mana - 1st, 2nd, and 4th best of top 5
7 mana - 1st, 3rd, and 5th best of top 6
Essentially, all that's changed between the two versions is that now you always get to add your best card to the haul you can take in.
wording fix?
Should I just change it to use FoF wording on pile choice? (caster's choice)
Assuming both players can distinguish and agree on the relative value of the cards involved, here's some examples of what the player who controls this can expect to get back from optimal play:
X=0 or 1 - nothing
X=2 - 2nd best of top 3
X=3 - 3rd best of top 4 (a worse result than 2? how stupid)
X=4 - 2nd and 4th best of top 5
X=5 - 3rd and 5th best of top 6
The parity distinction is an interesting one, but it can't be very good for its prospects as a card.
Managed to shorten the text a smidgen, and make it more clear as to what is happening.
fixed it to be an instant - improperly labled as sorcery. Would have said that last night - but my internet died right as I switched it.
wtf AT&T
Isn't this just a really bad Mind Spring?
What is getting repeated here? There are two piles, one goes to your hand and the other your library. Then you're done. I can't tell what "starting with you" or "take turns" refer to.
Well, it's something you have to choose to do to yourself - not something you're inflicting on another. And EDH really wants to not put stuff on bottom; as that's really permanent removal.
So while shuffling continually is annoying - it's probably something a set can have a tiny bit of.
It could...but that seems boring. Also, I must adhere to my personal EDH philosphy, "Everyturn I'm shufflin"
Shuffle every turn is worth avoiding if possible - see the recent discussions on Deep Sea. Could this say "Put up to one target card from any graveyard on the bottom of its owner's library"?
Changed it from draw, to 1card graveyard->library shuffle
I love'ma Damia, its true ^_^
I guess it might be OP, being a Planeswalker...fixing.
This reads like a really costly charm. But that first mode is somewhat terrifying. Seven cards a turn, assuming you've got a madness enabler of some kind.
Thnaks L2!