Card idea: Metanoia

Why I think it is too powerful for its cost...

Revelations
- Directed only at your prey
- Costs 1 blood
- Gives you the chance to discard a card
- See your prey's whole hand

Pulse of the Canaille
- Allows you to see everyone's hand
- Costs 3 blood
- Gives you no ability to discard cards

Metanoia
- Directed at any player
- Lets you see about 50% of their hand
- Gives you the chance to gain at least 1 blood
- Discard a card that would significantly impact your game
- Zero cost


So yes, Metanoia, while requiring , is too powerful for a free card.

Imo the card would only be used against masters / action modifiers. Looking at someone's hand and be able to discard an Aid from Bats from overe there, and gain 2 blood? Yeah... that's just some more they'll taste. I assume a combat deck can inflict more than 1 damage per card it has (the only exception being weenie fortitude).

Against an action-modifier deck, gaining pool quite OK. Of course, it's an interesting strategy against S&B decks. But, come one, which decks would inflict you damage.. and use action modifiers?
Una, B/S, Vote with stealth.

Against a master deck, this card gives an interesting non-deflectable pool damage to dementation decks.

Compared to
- Revelations: this one has no stealth. It doesn't give full knowledge of the hand. It also requires DEM or AUS DEM to discard a card, instead of aus.
- Pulse of the canaille: il might get played.

Metanoia would almost always be played (choosing Masters) against prey, which is OK.
it can be interesting to play it cross-table for blood (combat), or against anyone for pool.

But then, hey, wait! You get some extra hints if you know whom to choose (Owl Companion, Aura Reading, ..)

I don't know how you made your comparisons, but Revelations has a better chance of getting rid of a card that impacts your game (such as an action card - bum's rush, a reaction card - deflection) than this one.

Seriously, when has anyone EVER seen pulse played at inferior?

As for this card, its ok, though I am not sure if I would play it over just another KS unless I am playing multiacting deck.

A major part of this is that Malks already have almost the most blood efficient ousting strategy: Dem-Obf S&B. Enhancing other strategies is good, but I think this would be too efficient at also enhancing Dem-Obf S&B.