mtg when you discard a card Rules Text: discard, random, 73 cards oracle:"whenever you discard" color<=wub (game:paper)

For this reason, its a pretty useful card to have in duels, if you have five ink to play it, of course

There are even fewer cards that combine ease of use, iconic status, and a perfect match of flavor and function

Nothing could be more frustrating back in the day than having your first-turn 5/5 monster turned into a backward Subversion

Plus, it mitigates the downside of symmetric discard effects like Liliana of the Veils +1 ability because youll have to discard but often get more cards than you discarded

For example, [c]Kess, Dissident Mage[/c]s color identity is blue-black-red, because its mana cost consists of those three colors