Tomorrow is the big tournament of the five civilizations, which I am TOTALLY pumped for, so I'm really excited today.  I plan to get revenge this time.  As for today's COTD, we all get to review one of the most powerful cards in Survivors.  Many people wanted this card nerfed (watered down, made less "broken", altered), and were shocked when it wasn't changed a bit.  Personally, I have no qualm with this card.  It is very nice, but it seems not to see any play in my area.  I don't know why.

 

Miracle Draw

Cost:  3

Civilization:  Water

Card Type:  Spell

• For every shield of your opponenent's that your creature breaks this turn, draw two cards after the creature finishes attacking.

Flavor Text:  "Can't nerf me!"

Mana Generated: 1

Rarity:  Uncommon

Card Number:  2#/55

 

This can be an INVALUABLE asset to a deck that likes hand replenishment.  It might also work well in a rush deck that uses blue.  A mono blue deck might see this card in good use.  I'll get to this below.  Let's look at the individuals.

 

Civilization:  It's a water spell.  It requires water mana.  Use it in a water deck, or a deck that has enough blue for you to have a blue mana.  This really doesn't require alot of explanation.

 

Cost:  This can be dropped on the third turn.  If have several creatures on the field but then, you can drop this guy and draw an OVERWHELMING number of cards and get ahead of your opponent.  Mid-game, this allows you to quickly replenish your hand, and at the low cost of three mana, several cards can be played per turn.

 

Abilities:  W0w.  That's all I have to say.  For each of your opponent's shields that one of your creatures breaks this turn, you get to draw two cards.  EACH SHIELD.  ALL YOUR CREATURES.  This allows you to potentially draw several cards in a turn.  Got a double breaker?  Nab four cards.  Got a triple breaker?  I pity your opponent.  Got a small army on the field?  Once again, I feel your opponent's pain.  Card draw is nice, and this takes away some of the pain that comes from giving your opponent hand advantage by breaking their shields.  This way, you get cards too.

 

On a rulings note, you are allowed to draw, but not required to.  Even if you break three shields, you may opt to draw for all, one, or none of them.  Just remember, you must draw in sets of two.  No fair only drawing three or one.

 

Ok, now that I’ve reviewed these stats,  and stated these rulings, let's see how they stack up. 

 

Constructed overview:  1337 Pizzownage.  A well built deck, that uses this effectively will find itself drawing an unrealistic amount of cards every time they use it.  Even if you only break one shield, you still get two cards for less than the cost of Brain Serum.  This card is great, EXCEPT when you can't get to their shields.  If they kill all your creatures, or simply stop you with a lot of blockers, then this card will do you NO good.  When it does work, however, the results can be amazing.  4.5/5  

 

Limited overview:  In a draft tourney one time, I summoned a Triple Breaker.  Then I used this to draw six cards.  Incredible.  Hand advanatage is key in limited, and since this is the best form of draw power in the set, you'll find yourself wanting to use this. In fact, you have no reason not to use this.  4/5

 

The Tournament of the Five Civilizations Approaches.  My Revenge is at Hand!!!