MTG Salvation

Wow ... Finally something I'm excited to include (and draft) in my Cube!

I used to think Urborg was the 2nd best black NonBasic, but I actually give that title to Lake of the Dead now. It certainly has its drawbacks, but it is a "black" black lotus the turn it comes down. It is all in as it hurts later turns, but it is very fast mana. We use it in Reanimater usually to actually hard cast the fatties the mana base typically can't easily do without it.

It has some combo potential for Cubes that support Time Vault and/or Storm.

Pyrewild Shaman is going straight in for us. Red has been getting lots of graveyard interactions lately, and this seems decent as it recurs by doing something you already want to be doing. And it's a combat trick.

We have re-added Helm of Possession since including more token support and recursive creatures for pox and it has been crazy good. We also added Gaea's Cradle as well and it's done enough work we have been wondering why we cut it. It is likely just better supported now.

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The question is: how often is he going to be worse than Walking Corpse? My instinct says "more often than not" but it'll be interesting to see how he plays out.

How often is Library of Alexandria worse than a basic land (answer is somewhat often)? The low opportunity cost of this little zombie is likely well worth it IMO. (Btw I am not saying its as good as Library ... Just making a similar comparison on how WCS on both is the same and likely irrelevant)

It seems like a reverse Library of Alexandra on a stick, i.e. if you have zero cards you can draw and play two a turn. Seems just what you want from an aggro dude. Funny that he and Dark Confidant fill similiar roles but don't work great together:P

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... how many cards do you have to draw off of him before he's good?

One ... Just one.

Was looking forward to Teysa. She was cool before. Her released new art was amazing. What a bummer the card is this bad. I can often channel my inner Timmy even though I'm a Johnny/Spike, but this card makes me feel nothing but disappointment. Whomever passed off on this design needs to see their supervisor.

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So... that Exava! 5-6 best? or more like 7-8? So many good cards at that cost already.

If you don't organize hybrids in guild sections than I think Exava might crack top 4 ...

Exava seems sweet in most RB decks. Olivia is better in a vacuum but I'm pretty sure Exava is better in cube.

We play Raven's Crime in 450 powered. It is a very reliable discard outlet for reanimation (you target yourself). After we saw players turn one Thoughtsieze themselves to play a turn 2 animate dead/exhume/dance of te dead we gave it a shot and it hasn't disappointed. It will sometimes allow you to bin a creature again later to animate again after a sweeper or something for the low price of a land. That's something most of our discard outlets can't do, particularly on color. It has been fetched with Gifts Ungiven before, an it's a good target there (especially with LftL!). We like it.

Stronghold Assassin is interesting. Is it better than Royal Assassin though? It has 2 power and not restricted to tapped, just restricted to sacrifice ... Which isn't the worst draw back in black lately
On that note, we have re-added Helm of Possession after increasing Pox support and more token generators because of pox support. It is ridicules! Another Shackles playable in black or white! Highly recommend with your cubes configuration.

Welcome to the Cube Community!
Plaque Boiler seems slow ... I'd run Oblivion Stone instead if you still want that effect.
Your Percentage of Gold is still pretty high IMO. Your percentage is close to 13% which is 2 per pack. I have found 1 per pack to be more ideal ... YMMV though.

Also eidolon's comparison suggested additions list is the perfect list to find cards you may have missed or would like to pick up to add later.

Between Ral and Tezzeret, I wonder how many more untap effects we need before Time Vault happens?