Card of the Day Archive
August 26, 2003: Breathe Deeply

Breathe Deeply

This is a versatile card. With it you can draw 1 to 5 cards. Wait. Scratch that. You can draw 0 to 5 cards. Why would you draw 0 cards? Think about it. You control what X is. So if you play this card and pay 0 CP, then you draw zero cards. Then you lose the Flow. Starting to make sense? Sometimes, you just want to lose flow, but you don't want to pass because you might lose the game because of it. Sometimes you want to delay the wave so you can dish out more DMG with cards like the Most Infectious Disease which deals 1 XDMG each time Flow is lost. So that is a cheap way to pass Flow without passing.
Now for the actual drawing. Draw as many cards as you need (up to 5 if you have crowd favor), but be careful, for each card you draw, you have 1 less CP to pay for those cards. So now you ask, why would you draw so many? Because you plan to scrap them from hand for effects. Going up against Pago? Attack him and don't worry about his Flashback ability. Have Bull's Eye on your team? Go for his Deck Cycle. Now here is the cake, Opac Sentir. That's right, this gladiator keeps coming and coming as long as you have the cards to Regather him.
So draw what you need and be sure you know what to do with your cards once you get them. Also, if you want to deplete your opponent's arsenal, this card goes well with Dripping Leaks and Love Taps.