It's nice to see your thoughts, but I think a clear verdict that you think the card is cubable or not should be clearly stated. You did write it for some cards, but some other cards it's less clear to me on what are your thought on the card overall.
Time (RE:tweet) and space (words) are a limited resource. Regardless, my apologies, as saying "I think it's kinda meh" doesn't take too long.
But yeah, it seems a bit too situational because while it has some nice shenanigans, it's kinda meh otherwise. I honestly kinda expected some questions about those kind of cards in the comments but I think GM requires integrating with Discus which I assume is a barrier to entry.
[edit - OP, would it be good if there was some kind of comparison type of thing like "Worse than X, better than Y" which compete with it? I'm not really a fan of the <cube at X level> types of metric but thinking of how to do so in a concise manner.]
That'll be nice. That comparison is probably helpful who have hard times making a cut from their cube as well. It doesn't have to be x size cube comparison. I actually find x size cube to be pretty hard to get right unless you own a cube that size. With all the "360 staple" being thrown around lately I sometimes look in my cube and thinking there's no space for it. I imagine people running 720 probably run into that problem with some of the cards as well XD.
That way, it gives an approximate evaluation with a decent context of what it's being compared to. I can see some trouble when it comes to some super-competitive ones, since... for example, I think Dungeon Geists is a solid card but it's worse than a good amount of blue 4s and I wouldn't want to say Dungeon Geists is better than something that people have no intention of adding and saying something like "Better than: Ham Sandwich" would be kinda pointless but I think that's something that I could work with.
Also, FWIW, I think Freyalise is pretty underrated and I'm unsure if I articulated that correctly in the article.
Better than/worse than is tough, unless there's a direct comparison that works perfectly. The way Anthony does the "potential replacements" comparison is a nice way to do it.
I'm really having trouble seeing the love for Freyalise. We already have 2 excellent Planeswalkers in the 5cc slot and both (arguably)can make a body the turn they come into play. In addition, Garruk's minus ability is far stronger that Freyalise's, Nissa can ramp harder by untapping 4 Forests than by producing 1/1 bodies, and both Garruk and Nissa have game-ending ultimates. I'm not tunneling on the the fact that she makes mana dorks, it's just that even for a +2 ability on a 5cc Walker, it's just not exciting compared to readily available alternatives.
The comparison to Liliana or Elspeth isn't apt either. I'd gladly play a Planeswalker who, on turn 3, can give me an edict effect, and can stick around to wreck my opponent's hand; same with Elspeth's Retribution of the Meek, who can clear the board for me on turn 6 while still sticking around to generate threats. The same cannot be said for Freyalise, who comes down with a Naturalize effect on turn 5, and applies no pressure afterwards.
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But yeah, it seems a bit too situational because while it has some nice shenanigans, it's kinda meh otherwise. I honestly kinda expected some questions about those kind of cards in the comments but I think GM requires integrating with Discus which I assume is a barrier to entry.
[edit - OP, would it be good if there was some kind of comparison type of thing like "Worse than X, better than Y" which compete with it? I'm not really a fan of the <cube at X level> types of metric but thinking of how to do so in a concise manner.]
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Better than: Flickerwisp (even if supporting blink)
Worse than: Blade Splicer
That way, it gives an approximate evaluation with a decent context of what it's being compared to. I can see some trouble when it comes to some super-competitive ones, since... for example, I think Dungeon Geists is a solid card but it's worse than a good amount of blue 4s and I wouldn't want to say Dungeon Geists is better than something that people have no intention of adding and saying something like "Better than: Ham Sandwich" would be kinda pointless but I think that's something that I could work with.
Also, FWIW, I think Freyalise is pretty underrated and I'm unsure if I articulated that correctly in the article.
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The comparison to Liliana or Elspeth isn't apt either. I'd gladly play a Planeswalker who, on turn 3, can give me an edict effect, and can stick around to wreck my opponent's hand; same with Elspeth's Retribution of the Meek, who can clear the board for me on turn 6 while still sticking around to generate threats. The same cannot be said for Freyalise, who comes down with a Naturalize effect on turn 5, and applies no pressure afterwards.
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