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I've always thought Oblation should be more playable than it is. Maybe something to the effect of:

Resign to Fate {W}
instant
Shuffle a white permanent you control into your library. If you...

A blue deck appropriating a card clearly made to boost the effectiveness of an underused color, and subsequently thumbing its nose at the entire game of Magic? Surely, you are not speaking of...

I was thinking about engine cards outside of blue/black:

Something Vitae Something Oracle {1 w/g}
Kithkin druid

At the beginning of each end step, draw a card if you gained one or more life...

Exposer of Secrets{g/w}
Half-halfling rogue
When ~ comes into play, draw a card for each card drawn by an opponent this turn.
You may play ~ as if it had flash by removing a green or white card...

So, looking back at the early days of the thread, there are some shocking correlations to real cards printed much later. This was posted in 2009, about a year before Scars.



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Almost, but you made a rookie mistake. All of those cards need alternate casting costs that in no way interfere with your ability to brainstorm.

Another blue-hater card:

Unreasonably Fecund Mongoose :1::g: or :g:
Creature - Mongoose

When ~ comes into play, search your library for another mongoose card and put it into your hand.
When...

I love that card, mainly because it evokes the idea that shuffling one's library is actually knocking over shelves and scattering books everywhere. I think the partner card would have to be
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I think a better route would be like so:

Burning Shiv Kidney Stabber (1r)
Human/goblin/lizard guy shaman

Whenever this comes into play, it deals one damage to target creature or player.
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