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 ).
Interesting case of a card that middling in limited, but probably unacceptable for constructed. Wait, it doesn't fly? Not nearly as bad, then, but I'm not convinced a blue Wild Nacatl/Isamaru is a very good idea.
i think i'll change this spell, but i think there is a way to make it work on sorceries. cipher is on sorceries.
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 
).
The normal cost for this is
(Paralysing Grasp), and even then it often has a downside. You might be able to have this for 
or 
, though.
yeah, the idea came from ninjutsu :)
Weird. Ninjutsu for spells? Very interesting concept.
Hmm, the isamaru/wild nacatl comparison helps bring it into perspective. i think i'll bump it to
and add flying.
hmmmm. good point. should probably scrap this and figure something else out.
This is still a color pie break, really. Blue doesn't get life gain. Artifacts get life gain, but not blue, even though blue can cast those artifacts.
Reminds me of Delver of Secrets.
Interesting case of a card that middling in limited, but probably unacceptable for constructed. Wait, it doesn't fly? Not nearly as bad, then, but I'm not convinced a blue Wild Nacatl/Isamaru is a very good idea.
whoops :P
My thought exactly. It beats Staff of the Mind Magus by miles!