Dueling Witch
Action-Reaction
Each other player gains a Curse.
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When any player gains a card (including you), you may reveal this to return a copy of that card to the supply from your hand or the top of your discard pile, then discard this.
The reaction by itself isn't great, but the presence of this card gives you a reason to pick it up for the reaction, because this is its own defense.
Previous version had you discard this first, which was an oversight.
First off, this wants the Attack type. Secondly, DXV has said that players don't like attacks that don't give you something else, and I personally don't think that the reaction is enough of a something else. Just a thought.
Clearly, I haven't done this recently enough. For now, I'll bump the cost up to and add +2 Cards.
....but then its strictly better than witch
I don't think so, because there is guaranteed to be a defense on the board for Dueling Witch. When playing with Witch, often the only defense is to let is cycle back through your deck and trash it. There is not often a Watchtower/Moat/Guardian/Lighthouse type card. Here, there is guaranteed to be a Watchtower-like defense on the board.
Although that said, if they are on the same board, it is actually strictly better. Huh. +
instead, maybe? Or +1 Card +
? Just +1 Card, or +
? I think it becomes to unbalanced after increasing the cost to
, or making it non-terminal, so those are out. What about giving it +1 Buy?