I got a little boggled when I randomly rolled into the Ingenuity. Why would Wizards want to drop the hammer on this card? Good, yes. But far from busted, and does something so simply that you'd kind of want it around even if it was performing too well.
Eventually, I decided that the problem was really be some sort of Snapcaster Mage or Spellbinder or something that was doing the heavy lifting. Wizards doesn't want to nix the Snapbinder Spellmage... they just want people to use a different top of the chain card, because the deck is proving to be too predictable.
So this card isn't a direct attack on Jace's Ingenuity (which is really hard to attack without coming after all card draw... and that seems excessive.) You can still use the Ingenuity on your turn, after all. The presence of Wardens of the Wood (or potential presence of the card) should make players second guess the whether Ingenuity is the best choice and maybe convince them to play with something else. Or at least diversify the top of their curve.
For Challenge # 105 as an answer to Jace's Ingenuity.
I got a little boggled when I randomly rolled into the Ingenuity. Why would Wizards want to drop the hammer on this card? Good, yes. But far from busted, and does something so simply that you'd kind of want it around even if it was performing too well.
Eventually, I decided that the problem was really be some sort of Snapcaster Mage or Spellbinder or something that was doing the heavy lifting. Wizards doesn't want to nix the Snapbinder Spellmage... they just want people to use a different top of the chain card, because the deck is proving to be too predictable.
So this card isn't a direct attack on Jace's Ingenuity (which is really hard to attack without coming after all card draw... and that seems excessive.) You can still use the Ingenuity on your turn, after all. The presence of Wardens of the Wood (or potential presence of the card) should make players second guess the whether Ingenuity is the best choice and maybe convince them to play with something else. Or at least diversify the top of their curve.
Nice. Very nice. Good reasoning.
Mmm, I'd say it's the instantness of it most likely to cause problems, yes. Nice hammer.