I find Nekrataal, Braids and Skinrender just too important to swap for an uncertain card like the Tormentor. If I were to try it, I'd replace Desecration Demon.
I would play Sewer Nemesis over Tormenter first. That guy is seriously underrated and becomes consistently massively huge, plus will randomly be a lynch-pin enabler for some grindy recursion decks.
Not sure. Most of those cards are archetype support cards, so it's hard to cut any of them without seeing their respective performance. If reanimator is strong enough with just one of those 4cc reanimation spells, you could cut one of those for the Nemesis.
I agree on Sewer Nemesis. Solid card. Unfortunate casting cost. From your list, Tactuz, I like Sewer Nemesis more than Grim Haruspex. I could get behind cutting Priest of the Blood Rite or Puppeteer Clique (I've never really liked this card) for it.
Yeah I think Gaddock Teeg is way less impactful in cube than in something like EDH. There aren't many x-spells in cube, there's a lot of low-cost removal, and a lot of big finisher type creatures that he just can't stop.
Voice is the best of the bunch by far. Township is okay if you support big mana tokens decks and need C sources, and Teeg is a decent hatebear for Selesnya tempo shells.
Cool, thanks guys, I figured that voice was probably the best but in all the time he's been in the cube I think I've only seen him jn play once! Not that people ignore him or Selesnya, he just never seems to turn up.
Does Grafted Wargear see play? Don't get me wrong, it's cube playable, but if the swords don't see play I don't see why it would either. I can see the argument for Westvale Abbey, but personally I don't find Mindslaver interesting outside of multiplayer.
Yeah, that's all fair. I still think it's probably incorrect for swords to be sitting in sideboards all the time unless your playgroup finds the protection clauses distasteful.
I have too many blue three drop creatures. I'm definitely cutting true-name nemesis at the request of several of my cubers due to the non-interactive games it creates. I was thinking of cutting Serendib Efreet, but now I'm thinking I may just swap it with Eldrazi Skyspawner to see how he performs. Thoughts? Cube size is 380
I'd definitely run Serendib Efreet over Eldrazi Skyspawner. Efreet hits like a Mack truck in a way few other blue 3-drops can without a horrifying drawback.
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Yeah I don't think Skyspawner is good enough for something like 380. I'd probably play Aether Adept first if you aren't running that. What are your other three drops?
(I agree with Spike Rogue though, I wouldn't cut the Efreet.)
Im not sure how many werewolves you'd have to run before Geier becomes playable, but it seems like you'd have to run a lot of garbage to get there.
JAOT>=JUOS Costing 4>5, but the abilities are different enough while kind of doing the same thing that I think you could choose either and be fine/not notice a massive difference. (Except in specific matchups e.g. JAOT vs tokens.)
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Thoughts on Voice of Resurgence vs Gaddock Teeg vs Gavony Township?
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But Swords are still great, obviously, and should be seeing play.
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(I agree with Spike Rogue though, I wouldn't cut the Efreet.)
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Im not sure how many werewolves you'd have to run before Geier becomes playable, but it seems like you'd have to run a lot of garbage to get there.
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Both Jaces are decent but not amazing. I might actually prefer the new one.
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