New Wish

[Killane]

Wish and a Prayer
{u/w}
Instant
Choose a card you own from outside the game and shuffle it into your library.
"we're halfway there, oh-oh living on a prayer" - Bon Jovi

First of all, please forgive me if the formatting is off as I currently only have web access on my phone, which is not a smartphone. I'll fix it at work tomorrow. I came up with this while working on a new Oath build and thinking about how nice it would be to be able to control what you Oath up first (especially in the new Iona build I've been working on). This is my first attempt at card creation. What do you think?

Edit- For those who would prefer more flavourful and less pop-culture flavour text:
"Jedris' wish was granted. Now if only he could find the result!"

Current Wording

Wish and a Prayer
{U/W}
Instant
Choose a card you own from outside the game and shuffle it into your library.
Draw a card.
"Jedris' wish was granted. Now if only he could find the result!"

Fixed formatting - Matt

[Killane]

nevermind. Apparently research / development exists, which makes this basically irrelevant.

[jro]

nevermind. Apparently research / development exists, which makes this basically irrelevant.

If the Magic world is big enough for both Grizzly Bears and Runeclaw Bear, I think another effect of this type could certainly be made.  In fact, with one small change I think your original suggestion is spot on:

Wish and a Prayer
{U/W}
Instant
Choose a card you own from outside the game and shuffle it into your library.
Draw a card.
"Jedris' wish was granted. Now if only he could find the result!"

The wish being fetching the card, the prayer being that you hope to draw it.

[Anusien]

What about combining this with Long-Term Plans?  Putting it 3rd from the top or something?

[Killane]

nevermind. Apparently research / development exists, which makes this basically irrelevant.

If the Magic world is big enough for both Grizzly Bears and Runeclaw Bear, I think another effect of this type could certainly be made.  In fact, with one small change I think your original suggestion is spot on:

Wish and a Prayer
{U/W}
Instant
Choose a card you own from outside the game and shuffle it into your library.
Draw a card.
"Jedris' wish was granted. Now if only he could find the result!"

The wish being fetching the card, the prayer being that you hope to draw it.

Thanks for the nice review. I guess we can have room for boht, I just can't see playing this over R&D, which gets me Four cards for one more mana, plus has a second ability (which granted might be relevant in 1/10,000 games if that)

[Killane]

sorry about the double post, the mobile version of the site doesn't allow edits. The reason is that i just realized the cantip effect you added seems just right and would make me pick it over R&D, in fact I wonder if it should cost 1{u/w} as a cantrip?

[jro]

sorry about the double post, the mobile version of the site doesn't allow edits. The reason is that i just realized the cantip effect you added seems just right and would make me pick it over R&D, in fact I wonder if it should cost 1{u/w} as a cantrip?

Cards that cost 2 and cantrip usually Do Something, some examples being Abeyance, Remand, Elvish Visionary, Interdict, Bind, Guided Strike, Carom, Aggressive Urge, and Clear.  Adding a card into your library seems pretty marginal by comparison.

I like having the card shuffled in as opposed to placed 3 cards down (or wherever), since it adds a bit of excitement to the draw.  One thing that can make a card exciting is if it gives the opportunity for great stories, eg. "I was dead on the board and had no outs in my deck, but I cast Wish and a Prayer for my sideboard Banefire, drew it, and won!"  These kinds of stories will be rare, but they'll be out there, and I think that equates to Fun.

[Killane]

sorry about the double post, the mobile version of the site doesn't allow edits. The reason is that i just realized the cantip effect you added seems just right and would make me pick it over R&D, in fact I wonder if it should cost 1{u/w} as a cantrip?

Cards that cost 2 and cantrip usually Do Something, some examples being Abeyance, Remand, Elvish Visionary, Interdict, Bind, Guided Strike, Carom, Aggressive Urge, and Clear.  Adding a card into your library seems pretty marginal by comparison.

I like having the card shuffled in as opposed to placed 3 cards down (or wherever), since it adds a bit of excitement to the draw.  One thing that can make a card exciting is if it gives the opportunity for great stories, eg. "I was dead on the board and had no outs in my deck, but I cast Wish and a Prayer for my sideboard Banefire, drew it, and won!"  These kinds of stories will be rare, but they'll be out there, and I think that equates to Fun.

Agree 100%. I love the cantrip version of this card. Thansk for the awesome input!

[zeus-online]

I think putting it 2nd from top or something similar could be pretty funny for casual....You just know that you want to play erratic explosion revealing gleemax!