CardsplainRiddles in the Dark
Look at the top four cards of your library and separate them into a face-down pile and a face-up pile. An opponent chooses one of the piles. Put that pile into your hand and the other into your .
Grade D Grade from the win rate
Win rate when drawn 51.3% −4.9 vs average 2,419 games
Win rates and picks
- 50.0% 5,039 games
- Average pick ()
- 6.6
By deck
- Draw Two 53.1% 1,042 games
Win rates from , 323,114 games. This card is compared with the set average (56.2%).
Reviews
I think one of my favorite types of card in this game is the Fact or Fiction variant. I was a big fan of Atris, Oracle of Half-Truths when it was in Standard, and this card looks very cool, too. At 3 mana, your draw spells need to give you at least two cards, which Riddles in the Dark does very easily, as you can split the four cards into two piles of two. But then, we can get a bit spicier with it. What if we split three and one? Maybe we see two really good cards, so we show one of them on its own face-up and put the other one in the face-down pile of three. What should your opponent choose then? Effects like this are a huge skill test, both for the choice of how to split the piles and which pile to take, and I'm all here for it.
How to draft it
Roles in each deck
Draw Two Gets you extra cards
You look at the top four cards and split them into a face-down and a face-up pile. The opponent picks the pile that goes to your hand, and the other goes to your . None of that is drawing, so this rare feeds none of your payoffs.
How to play it
Learn the Draw Two deckCast it at the end of the opponent's turn. A 2 and 2 split always gets you two cards, and the one card you need alone face-up against three face-down makes them choose between quality and quantity. The pile still feeds Plunder the Trollshaws and Eagle's Rescue.