I say instant speed makes this more than a tad better
Gabriel422
★★★★☆ (4.7/5.0)(3 votes)
The good thing about this card is, if you deck likes to mill yourself, you'll end up with some copies of these in your graveyard so you can mill for more. This makes it a bit better than a straight "U: mill three, 1UU: mill six".
Quibbleflux
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This card was wonderful in Limited because of the deck size. Not sure how it'll stack in Modern, but I will say it's a necessity for any Mill decks just because of the cheap cost and the flashback. Mill six for IUU.
don_miguel
★★☆☆☆ (2.8/5.0)(2 votes)
it's not a matter of better or worse than tome scour. it's a matter of when will mono blue mill become a kind of burn deck with direct milling instead of direct damage. i think it's very close with cards like hedron crab, drowner initiate, shrienkhorn, jace's erasure and visions of beyond
Studoku
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Self-mill for self-mill decks.
I guess you could mill your opponent with it too. You know, if you really wanted.
kor6sic6
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0)(2 votes)
This is great for self-milling, but I hope the rest of the Innistrad block has more milling cards to build a solid mill deck. All my mill cards aren't good in standard anymores...
DeathDark
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Technically, for the same CMC, Tome Scour would hit for more. However, with this, you're relying only on one card, and you get instant speed. Seeing as how Tome Scour isn't in Standard, either, it's not really even much of a discussion on that front.
Dragonmaster3.0
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(2 votes)
It's no Tome Scour, but it certainly fits any mill deck. It's actually better, as it's an instant and it just hovers there in your graveyard, threatening to come back and make their graveyard 3 cards bigger.
Lateralis0ne
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Isochron Scepter.
OH DON'T MIND ME JUST BUILDING A SECOND LIBRARY YEP YEP
EternalPhi
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Lateralis0ne
Well if you are going to play Isochron Scepter, theres no reason to take this over Glimpse the Unthinkable, in fact, even Tome Scour would be better still, since you will never make use of the flashback with a scepter.
Regardless, why the hell would you put this on isochron scepter? There are far better targets for it. unless you really wanted to mill someone for three every turn, in which case, there are better options still.
JaFaR_Ironclad
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Pop Tamiyo's ultimate, and help yourself to Ancestral Recall with buyback zero.
j_mindfingerpainter
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Needless to say, a lot of renevation took place when turning this hallway into that hallway.
Dream_Twist
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Un-cestral Recall.
DacenOctavio
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Dredge for the Dredge gods, mill for the mill throne.
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I guess you could mill your opponent with it too. You know, if you really wanted.
OH DON'T MIND ME JUST BUILDING A SECOND LIBRARY YEP YEP
Well if you are going to play Isochron Scepter, theres no reason to take this over Glimpse the Unthinkable, in fact, even Tome Scour would be better still, since you will never make use of the flashback with a scepter.
Isochron Scepter clearly says that you exile an instant card. Tome Scour and Glimpse the Unthinkable are both sorcery, so that's a pretty good reason to pick this over them.