Re: why is thirst considered to be so good?

"John Salerno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió en el mensaje
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> i don't quite see why thirst for knowledge is so great...the drawback
seems
> kind of bad...i like thoughtcast better, but maybe someone can explain
it to
> me....(i know it's an instant, but still, the discard part can hurt
you)

Being an Instant is extremely important, especially for control or
aggro-control decks, because it lets you keep mana open to counter (or
bluff), and then play it at EoT. If your opponent counters, you have
made them tap down and you can do whatever you want on your turn.

That alone makes it very good.

It also lets you dig 3 cards into your deck, with no card disadvantage.
And with an artifact, it actually is card advantage.

Compare with the other choices available:

- Catalog is strictly inferior, since you only dig 2 cards into your
deck
- Concentrate costs 1 more mana and is a Sorcery
- Thoughtcast needs your deck to be built around it, and only draws 2

All the other card drawers cost more, and most are strictly worse.

I actually play it in non-artifact heavy decks, and it works very well.

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