This card is great and amazing. Why not search your library for 3 Accumulated Knowledge? Wow, hacks anyone? Or search for them good flashback cards? Possibly use it in reanimator itself as a sub for Buried Alive?
This card pretty much gives you the card you want, or it will work both ways, in which, the 3 cards will benefit you if they're in your hand or graveyard. This is a good all around card.
themicronaut
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This card was power back in Tempest, a set with a lot of power. It is still power now, like Cheezeltz said, if you get 3 of the same card its a instant tutor, or if they are useful in the graveyard (reanimation). This card should find its way into almost any deck.
kitsunewarlock
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(3 votes)
Insanely strong card. The fact its an instant speed tutor makes it amazing. You can search for three Force of Will/Daze and counter something. You can search for your combo pieces. You can search for cards with Dredge or some other graveyard effect. Hell--search for 3 creatures that revive other creatures like Coffin Queen.
I can't believe I never knew of this card's existence. Amazing.
channelblaze
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(8 votes)
I pick roar of the wurm, roar of the wurm, and roar of the wurm =)
I love this card.
vh_2k
★☆☆☆☆ (1.0/5.0)(1 vote)
Good thing I play with Extirpate - hahaha!
busdude
★★☆☆☆ (2.4/5.0)(4 votes)
Stupid broken should be banned.
alextfish
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@djflo: The Mindslaver combo does work. If I Intuition for Mindslaver, Life from the Loam and Academy Ruins, then I end up with Life from the Loam either in my hand or my graveyard, in which case I dredge it. Then I cast it to get Academy Ruins, unless you gave me Academy Ruins already. Then I use Academy Ruins to get Mindslaver, unless you gave me Mindslaver already. It may take up to 2 turns, but the lock is coming eventually.
ScissorsLizard
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@djflo: Boneclub's first combo does work. Whatever card you get can be used to get the Mindslaver (play Life from the Loam to get the Ruins, which lets you get the Mindslaver) and he can always dredge the Life from the Loam to ensure he has the Academy Ruins.
The second one doesn't work, however. The opponent chooses Vampire Hexmage, and Dark Depths and Grim Discovery both go into the graveyard.
Boday1
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This, with Goblin Welder, Gifts Ungiven, a ton of counterspells and disruption, then a whole slew of artifacts. So much fun.
Enemy_Tricolor
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
There are many, many powerful plays one can pull off with this card. If, however, you're like me and care more about annoying your opponent than winning immediately, search up three Bloodghasts.
JaxsonBateman
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
This card is insane. For all intents and purposes, it's essentially Demonic Tutor in blue for 1 extra mana. Why does blue, the strongest color, also get Demonic Tutor? -.-
For anyone running a casual combo deck, 4 of these will make it run a lot more smoothly.
EDIT: On second thought...I just noticed that this card costs $27!!!
djflo
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
@Boneclub, those combos don't work. You seem to think you get two of the cards, but you only get one. So with the first one, if I gave you Mindslaver, you can't do your lock (although forcing me to choose Mindslaver is really useful). EDIT: Missed the ability to Dredge on Life from the Loam; it does work. Apologies.
With the second one, I let you have Dark Depths or Vampire Hexmage, which is a fair bit less useful.
Chamale
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I think it says something about blue that the most powerful deck ever to use this card simply played it as a 3 mana Demonic Tutor. The Tolarian Academy decks, before being banned, could win games on the first turn thanks to this card, Mox Diamond, Mana Vault, Twiddle, Mind over Matter, Time Spiral, Windfall, and Stroke of Genius. Rather than get combinations, the Intuition player would simply find three copies of whatever spell they wanted and make the opponent give them one.
Mike-C
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
This card (asside from being SILLY DUMB GOOD already, on it's own), has great synergy with the Innistrad block cards.. Think about how many good cards become GREAT when they hit the yard in Innistrad and Dark Ascension.. Yah, you're basically tutoring up 3 cards when you play this!! Wow.
Totema
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Reminds me of a tutoring version of Fact or Fiction. Fun for mind games, make your opponent guess what combo you're attempting! And then (hopefully) prove them wrong!
dberry02
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
One of the best blue tutors of all time. Simply crazy if you can pair it up with stuff like Noxious Revival.
Salient
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
I suspect whoever first drafted this card imagined a Gifts Ungiven-type "with different names" clause implied, and then that never made it to final production.
The combo with Accumulated Knowledge isn't as nice as it seems at first. For , you're drawing three cards. Even split over two turns, that's only worthwhile if you're confident you'll draw the fourth AK in your deck. (Or a Snapcaster Mage.)
I'm pretty sure the only time I don't cast this to go find three copies of a card is in a Gifts Ungiven deck, but if you're looking to build a deck around this card instead of using it to tutor up three copies of a pre-established combo piece, notice Intuition is actually much better as a double Entomb. Badass #1 + Badass #2 + Unburial Rites, for example. If you're worried about getting the wrong thing in the graveyard, consider including a Phantasmagorian or Gigapede. Intuition plays well with Dread Return, but you can also use the usual Reanimator spells (Reanimate, Exhume).
This isn't just Demonic Tutor in Blue, it's a Demonic Tutor that fills your graveyard in Blue.
I'm seriously wondering how the developers didn't realize, "Wait a second, why are we giving the opponent a choice when all three cards can be the same?"
Hercynian
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Great as blue tutor. Especially in a reanimation deck.
Lifegainwithbite
☆☆☆☆☆ (0.0/5.0)
Strangely rated lower than Gifts Ungiven, even though Gifts Ungiven is meant to be the fixed version of it.
You can't fail to find a card when searching for one without any predefined characteristics. If your library has at least three cards in it, you must take three.
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This card pretty much gives you the card you want, or it will work both ways, in which, the 3 cards will benefit you if they're in your hand or graveyard. This is a good all around card.
Intuition: Grab Vampire Hexmage, Dark Depths and Grim Discovery. Instant 20/20 Indestructible Flier.
Or, three Squees to make your Bazaar a mini Ancestral Recall engine
I love this card.
The second one doesn't work, however. The opponent chooses Vampire Hexmage, and Dark Depths and Grim Discovery both go into the graveyard.
For anyone running a casual combo deck, 4 of these will make it run a lot more smoothly.
Flame Burst
Pardic Firecat
Kindle
Accumulated Knowledge
Bloodghast
Demigod of Revenge\
EDIT: On second thought...I just noticed that this card costs $27!!!
EDIT: Missed the ability to Dredge on Life from the Loam; it does work. Apologies.
With the second one, I let you have Dark Depths or Vampire Hexmage, which is a fair bit less useful.
The combo with Accumulated Knowledge isn't as nice as it seems at first. For
I'm pretty sure the only time I don't cast this to go find three copies of a card is in a Gifts Ungiven deck, but if you're looking to build a deck around this card instead of using it to tutor up three copies of a pre-established combo piece, notice Intuition is actually much better as a double Entomb. Badass #1 + Badass #2 + Unburial Rites, for example. If you're worried about getting the wrong thing in the graveyard, consider including a Phantasmagorian or Gigapede. Intuition plays well with Dread Return, but you can also use the usual Reanimator spells (Reanimate, Exhume).
I'm seriously wondering how the developers didn't realize, "Wait a second, why are we giving the opponent a choice when all three cards can be the same?"
Vengevine, Vengevine, Vengevine?
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Narcomoeba, Narcomoeba, Narcomoeba?
WHAT MORE DO YOU WANT FROM ME?
Split that.
All for 3 mana. Legal at 4 in both legacy and vintage. WHY WotC WHY??!