Time Reversal doesn't ask for confirmation before casting

Scrounger

Hi Webcore.

Time Reversal doesn't ask for a prompt on casting. It just autocasts. I don't think it should work like this for the following reasons:

(1) Day's Undoing, it's closest analog, has a casting prompt and does not autocast. Since these cards function in very similar ways -- both have you get rid of the cards in your hand and draw new cards that are given some amount of mana -- both should have a casting prompt. I imagine the failure of time reversal to have one is just an oversight.

(2) My understanding is that the game provides for a casting prompt when casting the card may not always be advantageous to the caster. For example, displacement wave has a casting prompt, which makes sense because there are many situations in which you don't want to return your own creatures on the battlefield to your hand. Day's Undoing has a casting prompt as discussed above, and this makes sense because you don't always want to get rid of your hand and draw a set of new cards. Time Reversal certainly also fits this description of a card you don't always want to cast. Indeed, based on my play experience with Time Reversal, there are many times that I don't want the card to cast. I may have a hand a fully charged removal and a winning board state, in which case I don't want to get rid of my hand and draw new cards. I may have a card on the board that effectively locks Greg out of the game (say I have Test of Talents out, Greg's hand is full, none of his cards have mana, and none of his cards can gain mana because they are all spells). Say I just drew a card I need to achieve an objective with another draw spell. I wouldn't want Time Reversal in this case until after I cast the card I need to achieve the objective. If I cast Time Reversal before I cast the card I need for the objective, it's a waste. These are just some of situations in which I wouldn't want to cast Time Reversal. There are others. The point being that it is indisputably true that you don't always want Time Reversal to cast because it's not always advantageous for you. Sometimes casting it hurts you, and sometimes casting it helps Greg. Having a casting prompt to prevent Time Reversal from autocasting solves all of these problems.

Please add a casting prompt to this card. It will make it much more useful. Moreover, doing so is fully consistent with the other cards that require a casting prompt.

Thanks for making a great game.

Magic:PQ Support Team

Hey, @Scrounger!

I'm following your suggestion to our game design team. Thanks for the feedback! It was really well-argued.

Lu