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CardName: Inscrutable Charm Cost: {pu} Type: Instant Pow/Tgh: / Rules Text: Choose one - Look at target player's hand; or look at the top card of your library and you may put it on the bottom of your library; or target creature can't be blocked this turn. Flavour Text: Set/Rarity: Multiverse Design Challenge Uncommon

Inscrutable Charm
{pu}
 
 U 
Instant
Choose one – Look at target player's hand; or look at the top card of your library and you may put it on the bottom of your library; or target creature can't be blocked this turn.
Created on 16 Jul 2013 by Jack V

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2013-07-16 11:32:50: Jack V created the card Inscrutable Charm
2013-07-16 11:33:22: Jack V edited Inscrutable Charm

For Challenge # 081.

Another obvious different mana cost is {pu} which is similar to {u} but a bit cheaper. I pondered for ages for three abilities which were weak enough to be cast for less than {u} divided by three. I decided it was probably roughly equivalent to a cantrip ability, one that fits on a 1-cost spell with "draw a card" as well.

I wasn't sure about the flavour. I had two abilities related to fortune-telling or telepathy, but the unblockability didn't fit. I considered trying to make it illusionist-themed with a "change the colour of target spell", but decided the evasion+mental magic spelt sphinx.

Mmm, sensible. Sphinx is a good flavour for it, too.

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