Just played this card in a deck where the purpose is to steal the opponents cards. It was on the battlefield with Laughing Jasper flint. I got 1 creature card from flint because he was the only outlaw on the battle field and I got 1 creature card from Thought-string Analyst and I didn't take any damage.

FYI this bug reporting system is ****. Have to have the highest votes for them to pay attention. Totally broken card and this will die in the feed. I guess we will see a temp ban when people get wind and abuse it.

I experienced this in a game last night. Opponent played Thought-String Analyst on turn 2 and exiled a card from the top of my deck, which turned out to be Fable of the Mirror-Breaker which he played on turn 3. He did not lose 3 life upon exiling the card as he was supposed to. He did not have any lands or other permanents in play that would have prevented the damage.