Is this a decent way of drawing cards? Well, it
was when it was Braingeyser. If you play out
your hand, then tap out for it, it's amazing.
But what blue deck plays like that? I guess this
could spawn a blue aggro deck, or it would be
amazing in Limited where you run out of gas more
often. It'll find a place, I'm sure. I'm just
not sure where.
Constructed- 2.5
Casual- 3
Limited- 3
David Fanany
Player since
1995
Mind Spring
There's not much reason to play this card in
constructed over Mulldrifter or Tidings; either
of those is either more efficient or offers you
an extra. In decks with excessive amounts of
mana, Aeon Chronicler is probably better in
spite of its slow speed, as it's basically
uncounterable. In limited, it's not too bad as
filler once you've got your creature base locked
in. Even drawing two or three extra cards could
make a difference.
Constructed: 1/5
Casual: 2/5
Limited: 2/5
Arcane
Mind Spring
Constructed: Easily a powerful effect that break
a game wide open, but most blue decks don’t like
tapping themselves down to draw cards (not on
their own turn at least, the end of their
opponent’s turn is a different story). I could
see a few of these making it into dedicated blue
control decks (Blue Tron in Extended springs to
mind) but it would never be something that would
be played in full playsets.
Casual: Great way to keep your hand restocked as
the game goes long. It can help fill the major
hole in a straight blue control player’s
strategy of trying to counter every spell that
gets played in a multiplayer game by refilling
your hand with fresh new counters. Unfortunately
this card is not nearly as strong as something
like Stroke of Genius, you might pay one less
mana for it but you lose the ability to cast at
instant speed. If you have access to it, use
stroke.
Limited: Gamebreaker. Cards are life in limited
and the more cards you have the more options you
have. It’s hard to imagine a game where you
could draw 7 new cards and not win the game.
Double blue makes it a hard splash, but not
completely impossible off vivid lands,
springleaf drums, shimmering grottos, etc.
Constructed: 3
Casual: 3
The Missing
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Mindspring
What makes x draw spells great is if they are
instants. This is not. Thus, for less mana, you
have many other options. On your turn, with a
blue deck, you usually don't want to just draw a
bunch of cards. You want some mana for a
counter. However, in some sort of blue aggro
deck this might see some play. I just think that
for the cost of 5 you could use Tidings and get
4. This would only get you three. If by 6th turn
you don't have more mojo than this card, then I
think you are doomed.
