Ruminate

Mana cost: 3U
Type: Sorcery
Rules: Draw three cards, then discard a card. Portent 3U (If this is face up and on top of your library, you may play it for its portent cost.)
Power / toughness: /
Latest votes: +2 / −0

Comments (12)

Good in UR.

Thomas Baker · 2012-06-03 21:55:07

Could simplify this by making it do the same thing and have the same cost for Portent. Still not sure if we can make Portent the same as the normal cost by default and have the exceptions call it out on the card?

Thomas Baker · 2012-06-04 18:57:55

I think we have a glut of card maipulation cards in blue at common. Maybe lose either this or Ruminate? We could give Ruminate a Portent cost that might work out okay. Or move Scrypulse to Uncommon.

Simon O'Keeffe · 2012-06-04 19:07:21

Simplifying. All Portent costs are going to be the same as mana cost at common.

Thomas Baker · 2012-06-06 08:22:47

Can we turn this into a draw 3 discard 1 for 3U maybe? We have no actual hard card advantage spell at common. I guess portent'ing this is card advantage since you are +1 in hand.

Simon O'Keeffe · 2012-06-08 10:33:57

Hmm yes we still have to work on the U common draw spells. Perhaps we rename Ruminate to Think Fast then make this a Sorcery draw 3 discard 1 and call it Ruminate? Is old-Ruminate new-Think Fast different enough to Thought Shards? Should we Sorcery-ify Ruminate and give that Portent, keep Thought Shards, cut this and add something else in its place? Perhaps Scrypulse should come back on the basis that it is sufficiently different?

Thomas Baker · 2012-06-08 11:11:32

I think Ruminate (draw 2, put one back on top) needs to stay at U as a cheap portent enabler. Thought Shards and Think Fast are filling similar roles, but I think if we up Think Fast to 3U and lower Thought Shards to U then that will give us 3 draw spells that each help something different. Ruminate = Portent Enabler, Thought Shards = Looting Enabler, Think Fast = Card Advantage. We can mix the names up as need be.

Simon O'Keeffe · 2012-06-08 12:59:10

Agree with the above, and we all know Thought Shards is secretly a Red card anyway.

Kieran Symington · 2012-06-08 13:09:14

Trying it like this, also new name.

Simon O'Keeffe · 2012-06-08 13:13:25

I've renamed Ruminate (an instant that draws 2 for U) to Think Fast. So Ruminate is free for this if we prefer it to Cogitate.

Thomas Baker · 2012-06-08 13:40:33

This is now Ruminate

Simon O'Keeffe · 2012-06-14 06:59:50

Fills the slot. Solid.

Thomas Baker · 2012-06-14 09:58:49

Revision history (6)

Date	Person	Name	Cost	Type	Rules
2012-06-14 06:59:50	Simon O'Keeffe	Ruminate	3U	Sorcery	Draw three cards, then discard a card. Portent 3U (If this is face up and on top of your library, you may play it for its portent cost.)
2012-06-12 10:11:34	Simon O'Keeffe	Cogitate	3U	Sorcery	Draw three cards, then discard a card. Portent 3U (If this is face up and on top of your library, you may play it for its portent cost.)
2012-06-08 13:43:49	Thomas Baker	Cogitate	3U	Sorcery	Draw three cards, then discard a card. Portent 3U
2012-06-08 13:13:25	Simon O'Keeffe	Cogitate	3U	Sorcery	Portent 3U Draw three cards, then discard a card.
2012-06-06 08:22:47	Thomas Baker	Think Fast	2U	Instant	Portent 2U Draw two cards then discard a card.
2012-05-29 05:00:58	Thomas Baker	Think Fast	2U	Instant	Portent U Draw two cards then discard a card. If ~ was cast for its Portent cost, instead draw a card.