What the next best draw card to ancestral recall?
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DownSeptember 02, 2015, 04:48:40 PM
Id argue cruise > brainstorm but I can see arguments either wayBut why would they stop when they can just kill you? And by doing so, that puts more Sphinx triggers on the stack that will resolve once you die, so they get to draw buttloads of cards.Sphinx is a may. They may choose to not draw, so notion thief stopsWait, if they have Sphinx, and you have notion thief, don't you just die?But, but nombo with Sphinx...Might I suggest 4 laboratory maniacs to go with that?Pssh, noobs. howling mine for dayz
go all the way man
Font of Mythos
Costs too much mana bro.
4 Dictate of Kruphix
4 Howling Mine
4 Font of Mythos
4 Consecrated Sphinx
DRAW ALL THE CARDS (each turn)
Notion Thief. *drops mic*
As for the best card draw spells, I'd argue the top three are:
1. Ancestral Recall. No explanation needed.
2. Brainstorm + fetch lands. On its own, Brainstorm can be very mediocre. But once you add fetches into the mix, you can draw three, put two cards on top that you never want to see again, and then fetch to shuffle them away. It's really close to Ancestral. It also has the utility of hiding cards from spells that reveal your hand, and it can dig you into a desperately needed answer at instant speed. There's a reason the card is so widely played in Legacy.
3. Treasure Cruise. The sorcery speed and high graveyard commitment make this a little less universally awesome as the previous two, but it's still bonkers. In competitive decks, you play lots of cheap spells and fetches, filling your yard so you can cast Treasure Cruise super early to refill on lots of cheap spells and fetches to fuel future Cruises. There is quite a bit of overlap with Dig Through Time, since Dig gets better card quality at instant speed, but Cruise provided very aggressive decks with a way to trivially refuel and last into the midgame. It was way too strong. Hell, burn splashed blue just to run Cruise.
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