At 5 casting cost, I could have seen this maybe playable in a control deck, but just combining Mind Rot and Divination at exact casting costs really doesn't add anything. A great idea, but a wasted card, sadly.
Kryptnyt
★★★☆☆ (3.2/5.0)(6 votes)
Its expensive and easy to dislike. I'll be the first to like something like this though. Mind rot is boring. Divination is boring. This is boring squared.
MasterOfEtherium
★★☆☆☆ (2.5/5.0)(7 votes)
This Is Gonna Be Awesome In Draft. I Guaran*** intee
DeviousPie
★★★★☆ (4.4/5.0)(9 votes)
I give it a 3.5/5, because I love blue discard, even if it is bad. I love this set -- it reminds me so much of Planar Chaos.
Polychromatic
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(11 votes)
"F**k your color pie, we do what we want."- New Phyrexia
MrBarrelRoll
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Not an unreasonable draft pick. Not a first pick by any means, but certainly not awful.
NeedADispenserHere
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0)(7 votes)
Yo dawg, I herd u like card advantage...
Leshrac_Nightwalker
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(4 votes)
I quite like this card, actually, now that I've had some time to think about it. In limited, it will be played right at a sweet spot... around turn 5-6 (depending on what mana ramping you have available), your hand will likely be looking a bit empty, and an opponent with a decent curve should only have two or three of his more expensive cards left in his hand - finishers, or removal that he/she's saving up. You're going to be depriving your opponent of a couple of good resources while refuelling yourself, and it's all wrapped up in one card/deckslot.
It's not flashy or anything, but I still think that it's costed fairly, and unless you're facing a really fast deck, I have a hard time imagining disappointment at the results of resolving one of these.
Hayw00d0909
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0)(4 votes)
Caca.
blindthrall
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0)(3 votes)
By six mana, don't expect them to have a hand to target.
DeathDark
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Eh... yes and no. But, seriously, Blue discard? I like Wizards trying to make non-Black colors playable, but still, I cherished that ability.
It seems like noone here uses it right. In the right deck, this is a star. Sure, it's the price of Mind Rot and Divination glued together without the Black mana, but this is sheer card advantage.
TwoStars
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
The guy on the right looks like Jace Beleren from the duel decks.
It's Divination stapled onto a Mind Rot!
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And not half bad, either. Expensive, but still. Lots of advantage.
Swannigan
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card can be really use full, I rather enjoy having a hand when my opponent doesn't. Plus its phyrexian, cant get more awesome then that.
Enelysios
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Playable because its blue.
blindloyalty
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@DeathDark: They're still playing around with Blue discard in the Innistrad block. They even combined discard and countermagic into a single card, Frightful Delusion. Really though, there's so much Black-Blue crossover in Magic, it was really only a matter of time before some of those lines got blurred. A little bit of Blue discard doesn't bother me. But if we start seeing Black counterspells I might panic, haha.
Aezler
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
"Hmm I better be careful here I have heard some scary things about phyrexian creatu--HOLY SHIT"
CorkBulb
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
New Phyrexia: Rape the color pie. RAPE the color pie. RAPE THE COLOR PIE!!!!
Wow that was fun.....
RedAtrocitus
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A good example of a card with a really powerful effect and an appropriate casting cost that won't see play because it is simply too expensive despite all that. Maybe a good control deck could swing it, but they're looking for something else in a 6 drop.
RunedServitor
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I hate it when that happens; when a mechanised zombie mage monstrosity pops out of the air in front of me and bellows. It ruins my whole day.
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I'll be the first to like something like this though. Mind rot is boring. Divination is boring. This is boring squared.
It's not flashy or anything, but I still think that it's costed fairly, and unless you're facing a really fast deck, I have a hard time imagining disappointment at the results of resolving one of these.
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And not half bad, either. Expensive, but still. Lots of advantage.
Plus its phyrexian, cant get more awesome then that.
Wow that was fun.....