Twenty cards - Awesome
One life - Significantly less awesome
Worth it? - Maybe
Going to 1 life is a pretty significant drawback. I wonder just how many cards you'd have to draw for it to be worth it.
This card originally cost a measly [U][B] and only let you draw four cards. The current version is much more interesting, don't you think?
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Yes. Yes it is. In Saviors of Kamigawa, this card would've been IN-SANE. Draw 20 cards, go down to 1, your Maro swings for 20+. Win. Or whatever. Geez. That's ridiculous. Or the words enchantments if you had enough mana. Or something that does something when you draw a card, like gain you life. This card isn't terrible. Totally worth it if you can restore your life and keep the cards.
ReplyDelete-Nameless one
Of course it's not terrible. Any card with the phrase "draw twenty cards" would have to try very hard to be bad.
ReplyDeleteCombo decks ahoy!
ReplyDeleteHuge effect + Huge Drawback is hard to make because there are always ways to break the symmetry. The lesson of Donate+Delusions or Phyrexian Dreadnought + Pandemonium weighs heavy upon those of us who like these sorts of cards.