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Rules Q&A
Psychogenic Probe
Artifact
Whenever a spell or ability causes a player to shuffle his or her library, Psychogenic Probe deals 2 damage to him or her.
FormOverFunction on Jankest/Worst Artifacts
1 year ago
Fun thread! I just recently got hit with Storm Cauldron and it was a blast. Psychogenic Probe is one of my favorite early-game artifacts. Teach all those tutor-junkies a lesson!
gavriel1136 on Cards that exile Libraries in …
2 years ago
Psychogenic Probe works well with shuffle effects.
FormOverFunction on What are Fun Non-Legendary Cards …
3 years ago
I love stacks-type effects that change the game to a certain degree. Teferi's Puzzle Box is probably at the top-end of how much I want to change the game...anything more than that gets to be less fun in my mind. An example of too much would be Possibility Storm or Thieves' Auction . Adding damage to normally-mundane things, like Psychogenic Probe is more my speed, because it keeps the game moving. My torture deck is probably the best example of “I have a commander, but the rest of the deck is more the point.” Let people try to win by doing what they planned on doing, but don’t let it linger so here’s a Havoc Festival to speed it up.
FormOverFunction on None
3 years ago
To be totally clear: I really don’t enjoy the repetitive looping decks, which is why decks like my torture deck have so many odd stacks in it. I always insist on making the player play it out all the way, because there’s a non-zero chance that my deck is going to fuzz it out somehow ;p Psychogenic Probe , Copper Tablet , Thought Prison , even Callous Oppressor can monkeywrench things in a weird and hilarious way.
gavriel1136 on Looking for more punishment cards
3 years ago
Psychogenic Probe is an underplayed card.
VampDemigod on
I_want_to_playallthedecks’s Thada Adel deck
3 years ago
Psychic Surgery, Psychogenic Probe, and Rootwater Thief might be fun includes.
FormOverFunction on
Shaggin' 9s, and Razing Minds
3 years ago
In my (totally theme-focused, sorta ineffective) Torture! deck I’ve had a ton of fun with Psychogenic Probe, and it might be even better in your deck. Give it a thought!
FormOverFunction on What's Your Favorite Deck?
3 years ago
My favorite is probably still my Torture-themed deck. It’s a Nekusar, the Mindrazer deck without any wheels, so generally it stays pretty-well under the radar, but the theme is dynamite and accidentally ends up fouling all sorts of other decks’ mechanics. Letting someone pull the trigger on an attempted semi-infinite turn/card-draw/tutor combo after they kill Nekusar is wonderful...when they forget the Copper Tablet or Psychogenic Probe or Whatever other totally random torture-junk I’ve got scattered about. “Sorry, you’ve got to play it out to see if you die first...” ;P