Bluefire Meditation - Advice appreciated
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Posted on March 29, 2015, 7:47 p.m. by FAMOUSWATERMELON
I saw the art, and I fell in love with it immediately.
ART CREDIT: User xiaoxinart on Deviant.
I would spend time describing the uses of this card, but there's no need for that because it's pretty straightfoward. Just note that this card is supposed to be on the powerful side of things, so comment accordingly.
Thanks for looking!!
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #4
Hm, true MasterThief. Maybe make it more expensive, or exile the top two cards to draw?
March 29, 2015 8:01 p.m.
LightAndDarkness says... #5
Yawgmoth's Will (with an even more negligible cost) for 2 mana? This is well beyond "on the powerful side of things" and is probably more broken than Ancestral Recall; certainly more broken than Necropotence. When designing cards, that is not a goal to strive for.
March 29, 2015 8:02 p.m.
VictorSilvertome says... #6
I'd atleast require one blue mana to activate each of those abilities to help cut down on the number of times someone could activate those abilities.
March 29, 2015 8:03 p.m.
Yeah, you need to do something with the second ability to keep it from just milling through your deck. Otherwise, its a combo player's dream. Either a mana cost along with it, or a tap cost, or something. Other than that, I feel like the card is reasonable, although still extremely powerful. I would play it in any deck with 
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March 29, 2015 8:11 p.m.
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #8
LightAndDarkness How is this Yawgmoth's Will??? It's definitely powerful, but I don't think entirely broken. Though I will make them activation costs MasterThief, great idea.
March 29, 2015 8:12 p.m.
lemmingllama says... #9
Lets see. I can splash blue for this in any format it's legal in, and it's more degenerate than Necropotence or Skullclamp for drawing cards? Sounds like a perfect idea...
Just add a cost of to every activation and it will become immensely more balanced. Also making the casting cost would help.
March 29, 2015 8:14 p.m.
KalvinHobbez says... #10
You win instantly on turn three with how it is currently then. For two mana to have so much versatility, we are looking at another Deathrite Shaman for being cheap and so much use, unsure if that's such a good thing, though.
March 29, 2015 8:16 p.m.
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #11
Alright, activation cost definitely needed :) Here's the new card. I additionally made the countering harder to do, since that was also pretty sweet.
Bye Bye flavor text :(
March 29, 2015 8:19 p.m.
KalvinHobbez says... #12
You don't use Magic Set Editor? With the way it positions the text more official you can fit a bit more onto it without it looking bad. Oh also this card reminded me of Thought Lash but I couldnt remember the name earlier
March 29, 2015 8:21 p.m.
FAMOUSWATERMELON says... #13
KalvinHobbez Nope. Computer has a problem with downloads :(
March 29, 2015 8:25 p.m.
I'd immediately shove this into every EDH deck I own. Hell, I'd run this as my fucking commander if I could. The combination of scrying and drawing ensures mass advantage and dig.
March 29, 2015 8:26 p.m.
this card would be super good. too good actually. still cool though
March 29, 2015 8:57 p.m.
DERPLINGSUPREME says... #18
the original was 2 good, its good u changed it. Laboratory Maniac much?
March 30, 2015 7:37 p.m.
Leafbladefighter says... #19
The new version is more balenced, however, I would ban it in legacy because High Tide would break the [Insert Word Here] out of it. But who knows, High Tide isn't very powerful anymore.
April 2, 2015 5:28 p.m.
DERPLINGSUPREME says... #20
fuck.
Just wondering, when did this turn into madlibs?
VictorSilvertome says... #2
I'd say broken, but that just might be me. Whenever you're repeatedly able to use the second ability, you can just exile the useless cards from your hand to dig for a combo piece/something that's going to win you the game.
March 29, 2015 8 p.m.