Curiosity

Curiosity is a slang term used for “when this creature deals damage to an opponent, draw a card”. It is named after <c>Curiosity</c> from Exodus, an Aura that grants this ability. Curiosity is a Saboteur ability.
It is primary in blue and secondary in green.
==History==
Formerly, this ability was called the "Ophidian ability." The slang changed because <c>Ophidian</c> (where the first slang came from) from Weatherlight is technically different in that you have to forego the damage of the creature to draw the card. 
The most common variant with this ability is whether or not "combat" is a required hurdle - this allows for ping-granting abilities to draw cards, which are already not common. A rarer variant is to allow the player to draw as many cards as damage dealt - very capable of snowballing. <c>Cold-Eyed Selkie</c> and <c>Glint-Eye Nephilim</c> have this ability innately, while <c>Hunter's Prowess</c> and <c>Hunter's Insight</c> grant it. <c>Diviner Spirit</c> and <c>Xyris, the Writhing Storm</c> have a multiplayer version to allow the damaged player to also draw that many cards.
The Brothers' War introduced "Curiosity for life" for black with , which allows the controller to pay life to draw a card after combat damage.
==References==
Category:Magic slang
Category:Miscellaneous mechanics