I forgot to mention Sylvan Advocate, wtwlf123. Where do you think it would rank among those cards?
Still ahead of those two. I personally think Recruiter is the cut. Especially since Tracker and the new Magus of the Crucible will have some awesome interactions together (and with Advocate, for that matter).
Thanks for your responses. With the new Magus, I'm considering reintroducing Fastbond. I got one last one for you guys: Manglehorn or Wickerbough Elder
Manglehorn, pretty clearly in my cube. Rocks entering tapped is a big game. Elder is pretty slow these days.
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Manglehorn will be better when it's relevant, but relevant less often because it can't hit enchantments. In a powered cube, it's a slam dunk for Manglehorn I think. Unpowered, it probably depends on how many enchantments you run and how good they are compared to your artifact suite.
Thanks for the replies. I'm going to cut Liliana, Heretical Healer. Which do you think is the better replacement: Vampire Nighthawk or Mardu Strike leader?
Both of these are good cards, and I think a lot of people would just play both, Especially at any size over 360. I personally like Vampire Nighthawk more because it carries swords really well, and its better while you are behind.
Thanks for the replies. Maybe I shouldn't cut Heretical Healer? She's just failed to impress me this whole time.
I like Heretical healer more than most I think, but I've been eying Drana, Liberator of Malakir. I've started to support more agressive black cards and I think more decks want a Drana.
I'm not the biggest fan of Nether Void, but it has a higher ceiling than Never//Return which is mostly just sorcery speed Hero's Downfall with upside in a non-majority amount of games in my experience. I've been a huge fan of Collective Brutality, and I think Living Death is a staple/reason to play black at that size of cube.
If you're planning to support black aggro, do not cut Nether Void. I'd probably cut Never // Return, Collective Brutality has been doing A LOT of work.
I've been really liking Gisela. She's kinda just a boring stat monster, but she's good at her job, and there are just some boards that get stonewalled by her.
In a 360 I'd say cut Acidic Slime, especially if you're not running a full suite of manlands. Deranged Hermit has the most raw power and Thragtusk has a lot of synergies and is splashable.
Acidic slime, at its worst, puts your opponent back a turn on lands, and always trades up. Hermit, at its worst, is 4 power for 5 mana. Slime can also blow out enchantment based removal, bust mana-rocks, lock them off a color, ect.
Hermit, at its best, is 10 mana for 9 power across 5 bodies, but if the hermit dies you're back to 4 power. The only pro I can think of for hermit is if Stax is a supported archetype, and if it is then hermit seems pretty nuts.
I could be missing something else, but Hermit is the cut for me. I could almost see running Arborback Stomper over Hermit in a list without a Stax route.
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Still ahead of those two. I personally think Recruiter is the cut. Especially since Tracker and the new Magus of the Crucible will have some awesome interactions together (and with Advocate, for that matter).
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I like Heretical healer more than most I think, but I've been eying Drana, Liberator of Malakir. I've started to support more agressive black cards and I think more decks want a Drana.
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Hermit, at its best, is 10 mana for 9 power across 5 bodies, but if the hermit dies you're back to 4 power. The only pro I can think of for hermit is if Stax is a supported archetype, and if it is then hermit seems pretty nuts.
I could be missing something else, but Hermit is the cut for me. I could almost see running Arborback Stomper over Hermit in a list without a Stax route.
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