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« on: April 18, 2004, 09:23:03 pm »
rancored_elf, from mtgnews.com posted the rumor of a new card from the upcoming set that looks quite promising:

Serum Vision - (U)
Instant (C)
Draw a card.
Scry 2 (Look at the top 2 cards of your library, put any number of them on the bottom of your library and the rest on top in any order.)


That card looks amazing, and seems on par with Brainstorm and will probably be played in all formats.  

http://forums.mtgnews.com/showthread.php?t=168231&page=1
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« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2004, 09:26:44 pm »
Brainstorm digs 3 down, this only digs 1 down and then lets you play with the next 2 cards, that is a huge difference. Like in combo when digging for another mana source, or in control when digging for a FoW to save your butt. This won't really help in those situations.
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« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2004, 09:27:20 pm »
Wow, that's pretty damn good. Better than Sleight of Hand, for sure - glad I never bothered tracking down BB Sleights!
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« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2004, 09:37:21 pm »
It is a different form of slight or impulse. It is still worse than BS in many cases.
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« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2004, 09:39:13 pm »
brainstorm allows you to flush dead cards away with fetches
it also allows you to hide from discard
this serum vision, not quite as hot
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« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2004, 09:41:51 pm »
It is true that Brainstorm is excellent in the previously mentioned situations, but sometimes you are stuck with 2 cards on top of your library that you don't need, and no fetchland to shuffle things up.  This would be where the Scry mechanic would be quite useful to have.
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« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2004, 09:46:37 pm »
speculation = bad. It's not worth talking about new cards until the set comes out. Closed.
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