demonic tutor is better but the art of this one is cooler
Spurious
★☆☆☆☆ (1.2/5.0)(4 votes)
They went a little to far with the nerf on this guy. They would have done better to reprint Cruel Tutor instead.
Grimn777
★★★★☆ (5.0/5.0)(11 votes)
JackP, this card is not horrible. Just because demonic tutor was ill-conceived, and completely broken, a version that is closer to fair is not horrible. In fact, this card is quite versatile, letting you grab the exact spell for the moment, whether it be an important creature, a combo piece, or a timely destruction spell.
Dimastator
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(2 votes)
Probaby suggesting it should just be 3 black mana to cast ^^,
Casting cost is allowed to 4 if Dark ritual is back :)
Vampiric tutor? not bad hehehe
hail_squishface
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(10 votes)
people should really stop rating cards so badly because there are better cards out there. you guys need to think about standard play when rating cards. every one knows cards like time walk are amazing but they are not standard legal. this card is good for what it does depending on the format you play in.
fighterduken
★★★☆☆ (3.8/5.0)(4 votes)
This card is exactly what I want to draw when I'm in a tough situation. Plus if you have any mana acceleration it makes a useful turn 3.
Adriaaaaaaaan
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(4 votes)
By far one of my favorite card graphics.
Mikolash
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
In a Vampire deck you can use this to grab nocturnus, or even shuffle your deck and grab some other card if the top one on your deck isn't black.
Yes this card is great for those of us who can't spend 100 dollars a week on Magic.
Silverware
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I love this card, its almost always usefull. I like that it costs 4 cmc because that way it reamains balanced.
It is great for geting that perfect card but often this card leaves you unable to play the card you fetched till the next turn, making this cards timing vital. Play it too early or late and you could set your self up to lose.
skoll92
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
i think what people need to remember is that this puts the card you want in your "hand" not "on top of your library"- very important.
daekoaram
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
This card is awesome :) , I always get my Anowon, the druid sage with this card LOL! 5/5 :D
mdakw576
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
demonic tutor is imbalanced, and is basically an auto-4 in any deck running black if it wasn't banned/restricted. This is balanced.
I think 4/5 is pretty good for this card. Many control/combo decks with black will run 1-2 copies of this card.
3 things: 1) Stop comparing it with Demonic Tutor, which is never going to get reprinted. 2) You get the card in your hand, not on top of your library. 3) You don't have to reveal the card.
Zulp
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
The artwork for this card is one of my favorites in the game. The expression on the guy's face is delightfully rendered.
Also, I agree that this is a perfectly acceptable card and that Demonic Tutor was ridiculous. I'd run at least two of this in any deck that could; who doesn't want to find exactly what they need, when they need it?
Tiggurix
★★★☆☆ (3.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Love the art! It looks so... diabolic!
PhyrexianLobbiest
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
One of my favorite cards. I had the pleasure of using it today against my brother's Jace deck. While this isn't the most graceful or devastating combo ever, it was really fun.
I had used Mutilate plus Sudden Death (targeted at his Denizine of the Deep) to wipe the board of everything- including my Skeletal Vampire which had been given him fits.
Next turn I dropped Undertaker, and two Drudge Skeletons and tutor up a Gorgon Recluse while he's spent the turn trying to rebuild his board position.
So, next turn I use the Undertaker to bring my Skeletal Vampire back, I toss Gorgon Recluse but am able to play her for her madness cost; and then Dark Ritual'd the Vampire back into play (triggering his lovely bats) much to the chagrin of my brother who had managed to burn up every single counterspell in his deck (at this point we each had about 10 cards left).
A little convaluted, but game winning and very very fun.
Fanaticmogg
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Powerful card, but a bit too expensive to be used seriously in competitive. Mostly releagated to casual and EDH.
scumbling1
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
This is a little too balanced. I find Diabolic Tutor too slow even for most casual games. When I can get away with it, I will run Beseech the Queen despite it's restricted selection, as the reduction of one mana really makes a difference.
I always thought this card was really good. I ran four in my Esper Deck. But I realized I was never using them, I always left them on my sideboard. Still good in EDH though. I like to think of it as a "wild card." It can be anything you want it to be. 4*
DacenOctavio
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The difference between this card and other mana intensive tutors is really only one thing: lack of instant speed. While I have played this card in the past, and loved doing so, my exposure to cards like Mystical Teachings has given me insights into why this card isn't so fondly reflected on, nor even considered playable in the competitive Type 2-ish scene.
Mystical Teachings, while less flexible in regards to what it searches for, offers a list of upsides: It's blue. It offers card advantage. You can (and will) do it during your opponent's turn. It's common, so it's legal in Pauper. Its flashback cost lets it get played in decks that ditch their whole hand yet somehow generate a lot of black mana, if such decks exist. It's less color-committed, i.e. {3U} is less difficult than {2BB}.
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Casting cost is allowed to 4 if Dark ritual is back :)
Vampiric tutor? not bad hehehe
It is great for geting that perfect card but often this card leaves you unable to play the card you fetched till the next turn, making this cards timing vital. Play it too early or late and you could set your self up to lose.
I think 4/5 is pretty good for this card. Many control/combo decks with black will run 1-2 copies of this card.
Also, I agree that this is a perfectly acceptable card and that Demonic Tutor was ridiculous. I'd run at least two of this in any deck that could; who doesn't want to find exactly what they need, when they need it?
I had used Mutilate plus Sudden Death (targeted at his Denizine of the Deep) to wipe the board of everything- including my Skeletal Vampire which had been given him fits.
Next turn I dropped Undertaker, and two Drudge Skeletons and tutor up a Gorgon Recluse while he's spent the turn trying to rebuild his board position.
So, next turn I use the Undertaker to bring my Skeletal Vampire back, I toss Gorgon Recluse but am able to play her for her madness cost; and then Dark Ritual'd the Vampire back into play (triggering his lovely bats) much to the chagrin of my brother who had managed to burn up every single counterspell in his deck (at this point we each had about 10 cards left).
A little convaluted, but game winning and very very fun.
I really wish Wizards would reprint Grim Tutor.
Mystical Teachings, while less flexible in regards to what it searches for, offers a list of upsides:
It's blue.
It offers card advantage.
You can (and will) do it during your opponent's turn.
It's common, so it's legal in Pauper.
Its flashback cost lets it get played in decks that ditch their whole hand yet somehow generate a lot of black mana, if such decks exist.
It's less color-committed, i.e. {3U} is less difficult than {2BB}.