Compared to any blue draw spell, this is
laughably bad. But it's RED, not blue. Compared
to the only other Red draw spells, (Browbeat and
Wheel of Fate), it's not bad. Browbeat costs
more and might not get you any cards at all, and
unlike Wheel of Fate, this goes off exactly when
you play it and doesn't give your opponent
cards. But there's still that little issue of
"discard three at random". Well, there's always
Fiery Temper, but that's unreliable. Yoru best
bet is casting this when you've got nothing else
of use in your hand (or when it's the last card
in your hand). Or if you've got a hand full of
useless land, you'll at least have a better shot
at keeping the good stuff you draw.
Drawing for red...Hrmmm very interesting. I
don't know any ways to make this broken right
now but im sure someone will very soon. Right
now you still get a chance of 1 new card at the
cost of 2 which isn't bad for red. The only
other drawing card is browbeat. Now with the
discarding factor you could possible make a
madness deck with this or some kind of
recursion.
Constructed: 4
Casual: 2
Limited: 2
Arcane
Goblin Lore
Constructed: There’s really two red card draw
spells right now, Browbeat and now Goblin Lore.
Prepare yourselves for the debate as it will
probably last for a little while. Goblin Lore’s
most obvious use is in a Madness deck, drawing
fuel and then discarding the cards you can cheap
out. But the problem with this is that you don’t
get to decide what you keep. If you’re a lucky
player then by all means enjoy this, but looking
at this in the most practical way, I just don’t
like the inconsistency, a trait that it
unfortunately shares with Browbeat. In the end
though, I think I’d rather takes the “oops you
took five damage” drawback than the “oops I
discarded my best cards” drawback of Goblin Lore
and pay the extra mana.
Casual/Multi: The other use I could find with
this card beyond the Madness realm is in a B/R
reanimator deck. Use the Lore to draw some
cards, and hopefully discard a few dragons or
demons and if you’re lucky keep some reanimation
in hand to revive the fat and smash face. A
little inconsistent still, but in a casual
setting you can get away with a bit more
unpredictable strategies. Think about including
this in your decks with cards like Anger or
Genesis, or other cards that get their effects
in the graveyard and you might be surprised.
Limited: Without the keyword effects like
Threshold, Flashback or Madness to really make
discarding a lot of cards really useful I just
can’t see Goblin Lore being that effective. It
could help in the later game if you’ve got a
bunch of useless lands mucking up your hand, but
beyond that I’m not a fan.
Constructed: 2.5
Casual: 2.5
Limited: 1.5
PsychoAnime
#1
Magic Noob in Canada since 2002
It's card draw
for red! But there's no advantage to be gained
by it
alone and the fact that this is random could
ruin your plans rather
badly.
I really don't want to give this card a bad
rating but it's outclassed
as card draw by blue and as discard by black.
This card can even worsen
your hand and that's just bad.
