You don't need to play all 3 cards you draw for this to be good. This is like Merfolk Lootering 3 times, but you get to wait to discard. Really awesome card. It would be cooler if it was an instant so you could do it during an opponent's end step!
@LunarAvenger: Sundial of the Infinite skips your next end step, so it never occurs and you won't have to discard at the end of your turn. However, there's nothing actually negating the effect of Ideas Unbound, just delaying it, so at the next applicable moment (usually the start of your opponent's end step) you'll have to discard the cards. So all it does is let you discard at the end of your opponent's next turn, not your own. Not totally useless but not as good as people were probably thinking.
DarkonCrack
★★★★★ (5.0/5.0)(1 vote)
@EvilDarkVoid
You are 100% right in most senses. If you play Ideas Unbound and use Sundial to just end your turn, it will trigger at the next possible chance. On the flip side, if you wait until the delayed trigger from Ideas Unbound (which if I'm not mistaken it's a delayed trigger) goes on the stack at the beginning of your end step and activate Sundial in response to it, then the turn ends before the ability resolves and having already activated, shouldn't try to activate again. My buddy had a Sundial deck that abused cards like this. Was too good... too good.
JaxsonBateman
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@DarkonCrack - you are correct. It is a delayed triggered ability, and it's only a one-off (compare to something like Ball Lightning which says "at the beginning of the end step", as opposed to "at the beginning of the NEXT end step"). Sundial of the Infinite works perfectly with it, as long as you wait for the trigger to actually trigger first, then end the turn in response, exiling the ability forever. Having just found out about Ideas Unbound myself, my first thought was that I want to revisit Sundial and see what I can do with it.
Metool
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So there's word here from MaRo, apparently. http://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/54763556039/so-if-red-card-advantage-is-temporary-does-that-mean
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this a perfect card if you want to win in the one turn, like meditate.
-Agree, this card is CRAZY! 2 mana for 3 cards is an insane deal.
You are 100% right in most senses. If you play Ideas Unbound and use Sundial to just end your turn, it will trigger at the next possible chance. On the flip side, if you wait until the delayed trigger from Ideas Unbound (which if I'm not mistaken it's a delayed trigger) goes on the stack at the beginning of your end step and activate Sundial in response to it, then the turn ends before the ability resolves and having already activated, shouldn't try to activate again. My buddy had a Sundial deck that abused cards like this. Was too good... too good.