Miser's Folly

[ShoryuuReppaX]

I have always liked the card Necrologia. To me, that card was revolutional. It changed a completely busted card (Necropotence) into a fair yet casually powerful card. In the spirit of that card, I would like to introduce



Miser's Folly.
B.
Instant.
Play Miser's Folly only during your end step.
Draw 4 cards. Target opponent gains control of your next turn. (He or she see all cards that you could see and make all decisions for you. you do not lose life because of mana burn.)



By limiting this to end of turn, it prevents stupid things like killing with tendrils. It is probably way worse than Spoils of the Vault in Belcher-ish deck, for it has even a smaller chance for success and failure guarantees death.

I think the name aptly describes the soul of this card. It's so tempting to a miser, 4 cards for a single mana. Any greedy bastard will jump for such a bargain. But the drawback is so severe that they would most likely almost die from it. Sort of Faustian, no? Plus, the cards you drew will have a high chance to come back and haunt you, hence the folly of the decision.

[Jacob Orlove]

I think the mindslaver drawback is interesting, but I'd rather see it paired with an equally interesting effect. This is just blah.

[Charlie]

Still broken in Solidarity.

[ShoryuuReppaX]

Do you really think this is blah?

When Lion's Eye Diamond first came out, I'm sure a whole bunch of people ran around screaming "HOLY SHIT LOTUS IS BACK." Why? Because a fundamentally broken card seems to be reprinted.

When Mox Diamond came out, people were also screaming "HOLY SHIT it's a mox! " The hubbub eventually died down, but the fact is people will be worked up and will be thinking of the possibilities when a throwback of old school brokeness is printed. Similar reactions were provoked when Foil and Disrupting Shoal was printed.

People also tend to go nuts when an incredible card comes with an extremely low casting cost. For instance, people love Phyrexian Dreadnaught because it seems so cheap for so much. Other examples of this include Grinning Demon and Fireblast.

I see my card as a continuation of that series. I believe I managed to get away with an impossibly low initially costed card by attaching an amusing drawback, while keeping it rather elegant as well as flavorful.

Although I don't profess too much knowledge in Legacy, as far as I know Solidarity isn't tier 1 yet.  If this card was actually usable, how improved do you speculate Solidarity will become?

[Matt]

It's pretty blah because it's just drawing cards, which is a mechanic that's been around forever. Everyone knows what it does, there's nothing special about it.

[Seifyk]

While "blah", this card is extremely elegant. It seems like something that might actually see print.

[MrZuccinniHead]

I, too, think this card is rather elegant, gives instant win decks (Dragon or Solidarity) a powerful card...maybe too powerful.