Not taking turns off with vanguard is pretty great, and not dying outside of combat is also pretty great. 4 life is a lot, but most decks outside of like tokens aren't really looking to trade card after card for 4 life each unless you aren't playing anything else. Vanguard seems overall a decent amount better, with avenger having better situational application. The blocking aspect is real, but prob not enough considering the reasons you're including 3/1s for 1w.
I haven't loved torment, it's always the thing that you want least to happen that's going to happen, and I don't think either are suitable for a peasant cube. I'd play Honden over both.
I get your reasoning but I would definitely side with Torment of Scarabs over Honden of Night's Reach. By the time an opponent has no (relevant) cards to discard, Honden sits useless. Torment is at least still contributing something at that point, even if an opponent is likely to pay life to avoid losing a key card. Plus, triggering in their upkeep is so much better than triggering in yours, even if the punisher type choice does eat at this benefit.
Yeah, that's a good point. For some reason I thought you could just choose the discard option even if you had no cards, but since that's not the case you're def right.
I haven't loved torment, it's always the thing that you want least to happen that's going to happen, and I don't think either are suitable for a peasant cube. I'd play Honden over both.
It's not that awful in certain match ups and can def be good there too, but I agree that's due to it being more a SB card than anything and makes it not worth a slot.
I could see replacing Hookmaster. Territorial Hammerskull has been awesome in IXL and is probably one of if not the best common. That's partly due to it being an aggressive format so that has to be considered, but the three toughness is huge as Master of Diversion would be not nearly as good in that format.
That's interesting to hear about Raiders Wake, though. Hands empty so quick and I'm pretty happy dumping lands to opposing Raiders Wakes, but maybe it's a small sample size and I'm misevaluating it.
Yeah, Soaring Skywrangler definitely has potential, I think a tough part about evaluating it is the amount of work it does that you don't see. When it's useless, you kinda immediately know, but it's hard to always tell what lines are being avoided due to its disruptio, and how much that potentially raise the cards stock.
Does white midrange lack cards, though? Seems worse than a lot of what you're running, though I could see it being better than Crop Mate, especially in the early turns where you might not have anything valid in the GY and Crop Mate is a 3 mana 2/2.
Chart a Course seems incredible. In decks that want to attack, it'll often be a draw 2 for 1U. I imagine so much so that it'll seem like a conditional draw 2 for 1U, especially since playing spells in your second main phase is often the correct choice as is. I'm surprised people aren't as hyped as me for it, if it's a consistent '1U - Draw 2' as I think it could be, it might be incredible.
Yeah it's def a card that needs some play to see how good it really is. Could be amazing, could be kind of a do-nothing. It feels like you're going to get at least a land most of the time and that I probably shouldn't feel too bad if this is the creature that eats a doom blade, but the theorycrafting here only gets us so far.
Also, follow us on twitter! @TurnOneMagic
Yeah, that's a good point. For some reason I thought you could just choose the discard option even if you had no cards, but since that's not the case you're def right.
Also, follow us on twitter! @TurnOneMagic
Also, follow us on twitter! @TurnOneMagic
Also, follow us on twitter! @TurnOneMagic
Also, follow us on twitter! @TurnOneMagic
That's interesting to hear about Raiders Wake, though. Hands empty so quick and I'm pretty happy dumping lands to opposing Raiders Wakes, but maybe it's a small sample size and I'm misevaluating it.
Also, follow us on twitter! @TurnOneMagic
That being said, peasant cube is full of removal, so it's kinda tough to translate it's success directly as you say.
Also, follow us on twitter! @TurnOneMagic
Also, follow us on twitter! @TurnOneMagic
You mean Sighing Soremember
Also, follow us on twitter! @TurnOneMagic
Also, follow us on twitter! @TurnOneMagic
Also, follow us on twitter! @TurnOneMagic
Also, follow us on twitter! @TurnOneMagic
Also, follow us on twitter! @TurnOneMagic
Also, follow us on twitter! @TurnOneMagic
Also, follow us on twitter! @TurnOneMagic