@brandawri I've seen the deck played in Lwgacy, and while it didn't have as many moxen, it struggled to consistently go to 4 mana after a first Belcher or Empty the Warrens was dealt with.

@protoaddct Of COURSE Tinker is better in 99% of cases, the point is to play another similar card to use when you don't have Tinker or cannot tutor for it.

Well of course Tinker and Demonic Tutor are better than Transmute, not sure why this needed to be pointed out. The point would be to supplement those with Transmute.

I played a Two card monte a while back that used Transmute to the get Grindstone, Key, Time Vault and Painter's Servant for cheap. Wasn't anything great, but the Transmute did the job to get the combo pieces reliably.

I'm a fan of the card, but that video was not a great show of prowess. I think he won 2 out of 10 games with he deck.

Also, the audio is cut off half the time, just don't stream with music on!

@evouga Unless your deck really struggles to produce red mana, a 3-3 is much better than a 0-2.

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!