For a long time I have wondered about about a colorless anthem. We just got Hall of Triumph, which wasn't quite enough. This gives a bigger effect and goes for type over color. Is convoke enough to save it from the 6 casting cost?
I have been enjoying Dictate of Heliod at 5 , but that is an instant and all creatures. This seems like a no brainer for tribal cubes but what if I am just pushing zombies in black, humans in general, and then token makers. Is the interaction with master of waves, tempt with vengence, lingering souls etc enough? Does it help the red token deck that is usually making lots of goblins or elementals?
Convoke doesn't save it from the 6 casting cost when you have to name a creature type. Too many different kinds of tokens running around for this to be a real anthem. The only thing worth naming in most cube lists is probably soldier, and most of the time you want those to be attacking rather than tapping to case a sorcery speed anthem. Red token makers and goblins want to be attacking too. If you resolve a master of waves for 3+ elementals you're already doing pretty well for yourself, wasting a deck spot to occasionally get cute with blink and get some small amount of extra value hardly seems worth it.
The only cards that this is good with IMO are new eslpeth and elspeth tirel, and white has way, way better options than this. This is unplayable in anything but extremely tribal-focused cube IMO.
Unless you're running a tribal cube I would pass on this even at bigger cube sizes. It's pretty narrow, and needs you to tap your team to cast it early. It also forces you to warp your token makers a little bit to make it relevant since you can't just run the best token makers, you have to stick with one type like goblins or soldiers. Like the OP said, if you are really hurting for a colorless anthem play hall of triumph, and even that is not good enough for my cube. Pass.
Obelisk of URD
For a long time I have wondered about about a colorless anthem. We just got Hall of Triumph, which wasn't quite enough. This gives a bigger effect and goes for type over color. Is convoke enough to save it from the 6 casting cost?
I have been enjoying Dictate of Heliod at 5 , but that is an instant and all creatures. This seems like a no brainer for tribal cubes but what if I am just pushing zombies in black, humans in general, and then token makers. Is the interaction with master of waves, tempt with vengence, lingering souls etc enough? Does it help the red token deck that is usually making lots of goblins or elementals?
The only cards that this is good with IMO are new eslpeth and elspeth tirel, and white has way, way better options than this. This is unplayable in anything but extremely tribal-focused cube IMO.
375 unpowered cube - https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/601ac624832cdf1039947588
Traditional cube: No. Just no.
Uril, the Miststalker RGW -- Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre C -- Vhati il-Dal BG -- Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer RW -- Animar, Soul of Elements URG
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker R -- Maga, Traitor to Mortals B -- Ghave, Guru of Spores BGW -- Sliver Hivelord WUBRG