Learn from the Ancients

[DubDub]

Initial proposal:

Learn from the Ancients 
Instant
Draw three cards, then discard two cards unless you discard a creature card.

Having begun to play around with a Riku led Commander deck, I'm surprised a card like this doesn't exist.  Would this be too powerful?  The only potential area of abuse I see is (Legacy) Reanimator, or Sneak, NOrder, and Show (which may want to discard Prog or Emrakul etc).

With a more restrictive mana cost than Thirst I think this is probably fine, but playable in Legacy, unplayable in Vintage, and great for Commander.

Most current version:

Learn from the Ancients 
Instant
Draw three cards, then discard two cards unless you discard a creature card.

[BC]

Seems fair to me.  Clearly comparable to TfK or Compulsive Research.  Probably more likely to be printed as a sorcery.  There is also a slight color pie issue, as green usually doesn't get to draw cards.

[AmbivalentDuck]

There is also a slight color pie issue, as green usually doesn't get to draw cards.

Hunter's Insight, Momentous Fall, and Soul's Majesty would like a word with you.

[voltron00x]

Duck's on-point on this one, the color pie has shifted the past 5ish years especially.  New Garruk, also an example.  It would be a bit out of place in Green before a certain point, but not so much these days.  With a blue splash, it seems dead on.

I actually really like this, although I suspect if it were printed today, it'd be a Sorcery and not an Instant.

[DubDub]

I actually really like this, although I suspect if it were printed today, it'd be a Sorcery and not an Instant.

Might make it as an instant if it's in future Commander product or the like instead of a standard legal set.  Maybe next year we'll see five three color shard decks, and this could go in the Bant colored one.

[serracollector]

Along with Edric and Selkie, and at instant speed, I think it could be abused.

[DubDub]

Along with Edric and Selkie, and at instant speed, I think it could be abused.

Where? in Vintage?  I doubt it.  How many three mana-cost card drawers is a Fish deck going to play?  Plus, this one draws cards while *not* dealing damage, which kinda stinks for Fish.