To be fair, Bargain would still do the trick. You can pay 1 life to draw a card you can't play on top and keep playing whatever else you find on top.

@serracollector Mental note costs less and would do mostly the same.

@protoaddct I'd say seeing an extra card with Planning is better than the few times you'd cast the second half. Since decks that would use it are unlikely to have black sources than don't also produce blue, the casting cost difference is negligible.

@protoaddct Lava Dart, but that's not any help.

Oh derp!

Not a fan. At 3 to cast and 3 to activate, it's likely you'll end up taking 10 damage to deal 4 and draw 2. It would have to be played in a creature heavy deck to not risk becoming a threat by itself.

I think I like the original Sleeper Agent better than this. The other guy at least will give you 2 damage for 1 mana pretty guaranteed.

While I'm glad they are pushing limits with this P/T, I think in 80% of matchups I'd rather have a Heartwood Storyteller for the same mana cost.

@topical_island Bomberman never needed an infinite kill condition. Bouncing their creatures and attacking with a hand of counters is more than enough.

Hell, Soldevi Digger recurring Ancestral Recall would be a better kill than this.

@brass-man Oh boy, that takes me back. From memory the Drain Shop deck used Chalice for 1-2 to hose, Crucible for card advantage and Nev disk to sweep if things went bad, as well as the big blue cards. It was pure control and killed with Platinum Angel or another big robot.

I only saw one person pilot it and he always asked his decklist not be disclosed.

I created Bomberman and yes, it didn't take off in the US before I went to a few SCG P9 event with it. I didn't know Dragon was Canadian thought.

I think I'd rather play Shadowmage Infiltrator over this. Evasion and drawing a card seems better than conditionally bringing back a Mox.