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LegalCard DrawRank #414
As an additional cost to cast this spell, sacrifice an artifact or discard a card.
Draw two cards.
Why is this card good?
Demand Answers is red's answer to the "draw is hard in mono-red" problem, and it's one of the cleanest options available.
The discard mode makes it a strict upgrade over older cantrips in many shells — you draw two for two mana, which is excellent rate for red. But the real synergy is the artifact sacrifice clause:
- Artifact decks (especially Treasure-focused) turn a token you were going to spend anyway into two cards, effectively making it free card advantage.
- Aristocrats / sacrifice payoff decks love feeding a Blood token, Clue, or Food to a sac outlet that also refills your hand.
- Reanimator / graveyard strategies appreciate the discard mode to pitch fatties you intend to bring back.
It plays great with cards like Dockside Extortionist, Treasure generators, and any commander that profits from artifacts dying.
Skip it in decks with no artifact synergy and a tight hand — paying life or a card to draw two is fine, but it's filtering, not raw advantage, there. Spellslinger and ramp shells get more from dedicated draw.
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