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Paradigm Shift

Multiverse ID: 4492

Paradigm Shift

Comments (19)

LordCeviche
★★★★☆ (4.8/5.0) (2 votes)
Great art, its a wonderful card to keep handy in case someone is grinding you to death otherwise it can be a hindrance.
NeverendingDream
★★★★☆ (4.0/5.0) (1 vote)
combo with Mirror of Fate, I guess?
Havens
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
counters mill pretty well
gotohells
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
not bad with hive mind in casual after using tormod's crypt
Dack_Attack
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0) (2 votes)
As a joke, I used Deflection to shoot this at my opponent early in a game, then used Vision Charm on his remaining library of 8 cards.
CeremonialBathory
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
@Dack_Attack - Not possible. This card doesn't say "target player" it says "you". Cards like Deflection, Swerve and Redirect don't have any effect.
djflo
★★☆☆☆ (2.0/5.0) (1 vote)
Could be pretty useful in burn-counter, where you're expending a lot of cheap cards. This would let you control your draw fairly well later on, though you have to be sure you'll have the cards to win it.
metalevolence
★★★★☆ (4.6/5.0) (5 votes)
that seems like a really big effect for a 2 mana spell.
Fictionarious
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0) (1 vote)
No one has mentioned Hive Mind yet. I guess since it's mentioned on pretty much every backfirey spell ever, no one felt the need.
Drewsel
★☆☆☆☆ (1.5/5.0) (14 votes)
Anyone else here hate the s h i t out of FFXIII?

F u c k that game. If you could even call it one.
UndeadDR
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Combo with Laboratory Maniac for some fun times win
Arachibutyrophobia
★★★☆☆ (3.5/5.0) (3 votes)
GlassJoetheChamp
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.5/5.0) (1 vote)
drpvfx: When your combo uses Black Lotus and Ancestral Recall, it really doesn't count as a combo...
drpvfx
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Combo with Laboratory Maniac for an extremely convoluted round one win:

Swamp
+Dark Ritual
+Black Lotus (Blue Mana)
+Laboratory Maniac
+Tormod's Crypt, sac to empty your graveyard
+Paradigm Shift
+Ancestral Recall
-----------------------
Draw Paradigm Shift, Win Game.
zenitramleirdag
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
i run a singleton in my browse deck..
Dream_Twist
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Geez the power level of this card is so off the charts I don't know where to begin! What a crazy spell. I'm surprised it wasn't in Judgement or Odyssey. Crazy effect. 5/5 for just being bonkers.
DarthParallax
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
It's like a Really Really Bad Jace, the Mind Sculptor. :)

Paradigm Shift + Dark Confidant + Cryptic Command = Jace, the Mind Sculptor. Take all the drawbacks off btw. (Paradigm Shift but target anybody, Dark Confidant but no life loss, Cryptic Command with more splashability. o.o )

There wasn't a direct 'permanent' card that is actually as good as Jace, besides like, lands and moxen, which don't exactly count. He's easily the best thing to hit with Dreadbore and will remain so for the rest of time, and that play is even better than Cruel Edicting an Emrakul (Pro Tip: chump block with Storm Crow and Darksteel Plate all day long XD)

Of all the non-Jace permanents to autocard to, I figure that despite mechanical dissimilarities, Dark Confidant evokes the correct vibe of power, card advantage wise, rarity wise, efficiency wise, and toughness wise. Yes "Technically" killable but good lord do those two win games like nobody's business. :P
TheWrathofShane
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
A strange use for it would be for a burn deck. Lightning Bolts and Ball lightnings in your yard? Be assured your topdecks will pack enough punch to finish the job with this.