I put this card in the Aggressive Mining category of card advantage through disadvantage. This also works best when you are flooded with lands/mana as well. To break even after discarding four cards you already invest a total of eleven mana.
That's a rate I'm comfortable with if the prerequisite is to first go hellbent i. e. it's not "discard a card, then draw two cards", it's "discard a card*, then get two opportunities at cards eventually" where the * also includes that you actually always invest more than one card per two Clues.
Oh, also, red doesn't tend to get card advantage. That's why I mentioned this should probably be blue. It's not 'discard a card, then draw a card.' It's 'discard a card, then draw two cards.'
True. I'm more thinking of the damage this can do on round 4 with four cards in hand. It makes one heck of a ritual with Krark-Clan Ironworks, that's for sure. I'm not saying it's broken at one. I'm just saying I'd consider it my job to try to break it, if I was on development.
Oh, that's a really good idea for a card. Maybe too cheap despite all the clue activations (it is, after all, the fastest way to get Metalcraft I know of.) And probably belongs in blue. But if I saw this printed in a real set, I wouldn't have questioned it. I just would have played with it.
Brilliant does sound quite evocative. I remember than one norse themed set that had like 'adorned' which affected things that had something attached to them (equipment or aura). To me, it seems like these would be in somewhat of a clash...
Published as mtgnexus Card of the Day 2019-07-16.
I put this card in the Aggressive Mining category of card advantage through disadvantage. This also works best when you are flooded with lands/mana as well. To break even after discarding four cards you already invest a total of eleven mana.
That's a rate I'm comfortable with if the prerequisite is to first go hellbent i. e. it's not "discard a card, then draw two cards", it's "discard a card*, then get two opportunities at cards eventually" where the * also includes that you actually always invest more than one card per two Clues.
Oh, also, red doesn't tend to get card advantage. That's why I mentioned this should probably be blue. It's not 'discard a card, then draw a card.' It's 'discard a card, then draw two cards.'
True. I'm more thinking of the damage this can do on round 4 with four cards in hand. It makes one heck of a ritual with Krark-Clan Ironworks, that's for sure. I'm not saying it's broken at one. I'm just saying I'd consider it my job to try to break it, if I was on development.
Hmm, yeah this is interesting. It's red-style looting though; discard then draw. But it is potentially a lot of it :)
Dropping this on your first turn, to get 6 artifacts straight into play seems kinda a bold move though.
Oh, that's a really good idea for a card. Maybe too cheap despite all the clue activations (it is, after all, the fastest way to get Metalcraft I know of.) And probably belongs in blue. But if I saw this printed in a real set, I wouldn't have questioned it. I just would have played with it.
Published as mtgnexus Card of the Day 2019-07-15.
Published as mtgnexus Card of the Day 2019-07-14.
Published as mtgnexus Card of the Day 2019-07-13.
Published as mtgnexus Card of the Day 2019-07-12.
added "until end of turn"
Brilliant does sound quite evocative. I remember than one norse themed set that had like 'adorned' which affected things that had something attached to them (equipment or aura). To me, it seems like these would be in somewhat of a clash...