I think it's a little bit worse than both of those, mainly because it loses the aspects of those cards that make them particularly explosive/valuable. But as a card generating value off just its face-value activations, it's very close to the other effects that are similar to it; perhaps better in several cases even. And it's a cool card, and it would be an easy 23rd playable in a lot of decks.
It reminds me of Sunset Pyramid, but slightly more pushed.
It is a colorless draw engine that gives you something to do in case you miss business in your hand, but it also works on curve as a scry artifact. So you can mix all the options... 2 mana for 4 turns of scry 1 with a lifegain of 4 at the end is a reasonable bottom.
I still have Scroll Rack in my cube. Most of the time it feels like a combo card that enables something that cares for the top of your library. Scroll Rack loves shuffle effects and almost feels like a solid draw then, but it lacks the ability to just generate card advantage. Maybe I will give the Brain Book a try
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IMO, that card is comparable to Treasure Map or Scroll Rack. Thoughts ?
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It is a colorless draw engine that gives you something to do in case you miss business in your hand, but it also works on curve as a scry artifact. So you can mix all the options... 2 mana for 4 turns of scry 1 with a lifegain of 4 at the end is a reasonable bottom.
I still have Scroll Rack in my cube. Most of the time it feels like a combo card that enables something that cares for the top of your library. Scroll Rack loves shuffle effects and almost feels like a solid draw then, but it lacks the ability to just generate card advantage. Maybe I will give the Brain Book a try