Invasion: Fact Or Fiction

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FoundationOfRancor

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Fact or Fiction 3U
Instant Uncommon

Reveal the top five cards of your library. An opponent separates those cards into two face-up piles. Put one pile into your hand and the other into your graveyard.

Illus. Terese Nielsen
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Mr. Zvi seems to think very highly of this card. I think its a poker card, and therefore fun :)

Anyway, I like it, and i'll use it. What say you?
 
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dw51688

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Sin't that card kinda weird. I can't picture why anyone would make a card like this. Oh well.
 
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Hetemti

Guest
Very interesting card. It will see play in fun decks, though tournament decks will probably want something more predictable.
 
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Almindhra

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Definately a casual card...Unless theres some weird way it can be manipulated for a Pro...
 
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Purple_jester

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I would love this card! And it's only uncommon! In the tradition of Windfall comes another card-drawing powerhouse.

Look at it this way, most of the time, your opponent will be forced to think. And anything that forces your opponent to think is good. The best they can often do with this is to divide your cards evenly (2 cards in one pile and 3 cards in the other) and hope you don't get anything too good. Think about it, you basically can get 1-4 cards of your choice from your top 5 cards. You can prioritize and decide which pile is more important to you.

What can he do? Place a key combo card (say, Rising Waters)with all the lands in the top 5? What if you needed lands for your combo? Hmm? Split the counters evenly between the two piles? You still get to pick which of the two counters you'd need. Trust me. It's a headache for him and paradise for you.

PLUS, has anytone noticed that with the 1 blue mana requirement that this is a VERY spashable card? For blue-black decks with a grave theme, this gets you to draw cards AND puts cards into your grave. What economy! ;)
 
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nodnarb24

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That card will definately see casual and probably tournament play. I love giving my opponents headaches because then they will lose concentration.
 
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Apollo

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It's incredible. If the cards suck, you'll at least get three; better than Inspiration. If there is a good card, he'll put that one by itself and the others seperate and you have your choice of a good card or 4 cards; you win either way.

This is definitely not just a casual play card, it's a great card advantage mechanic in any deck. Plus, it's instant, so you can play it at the end of your opponent's turn, saving the mana to counter.
 
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Cateran Emperor

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Wrong way thumb Apollo? :D

Anyhoo, this is again a nice card. Though I admit that this is a bit out of flavor for blue as it relies a lot on random chance (which blue doesn't like :( ) I can see myself using this easily.
 
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Namielus

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To me it looks like a good reason to side some blue into my decks, with the drawing and the use of alliances that card is very good.

The only problem I'm having with invasion now is that everything that we have seen is god awfully overpowered/way beyond most cards we play with normally.

I also have a use for that green/red rare, its very useful agaisnt (blue) control cause they cannot remove that unless they waste a counter on it or bounch it and counter it much later in the game.
 
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Zadok001

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I LOVE this thing! :) Being the great collector of Phyrexian Portals that I am, this card excites me to no end. I always liked the Portal, with its potential card advantage, and this thing is just flat out better. Without question. Strong, very strong.

One thing you may not have noticed... See the 'face UP' part? I missed it the first time through, it changes the whole thing.
 
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Elrond

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I think I'll definitely be playing that one in my blue deck because, like most of you have already stated, it makes your opponent think. One good combo card for this is Soothsaying it takes the mind game to a new level, thus increasing your opponents head ache and hopefully leading to them making a mistake.

Even if they don't make a big mistake you'll still get two to four cards out of it.
 
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Cerberus

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I like the card alot ut not as much as Zadok soon as he found out about it he wanted to have every one in the school
 
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Istanbul

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My jaw literally DROPPED when I saw this card.

This card is a total combo-enabler. If the card you need for your combo is in the top five cards of your library, they CAN NOT keep you from it. You can simply choose the pile with the cards you want.
It also forces your opponent to try to decide what you need and what you don't, and it's all too easy to bluff your opponent into giving you what you really need.

I LOVE this thing. :)
 
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Neo_Keo

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Soothsaying and Fact or Fiction

Need I say more


Neo
The Minister of War
 
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Duel

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yes, you need. with soothsaying, your opponent stillhas pretty much the same thing they can keep at least 2 good cards away from you. Besides fact or fiction is good because it's cheap. Don't expensiveaminize it.

[Don't verbalize nouns, Duel. --Zadok001]
 
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