Advocate fits into more places as it does not require such a high creature density. It does not serve as a mana sink and draw engine late game, but is a great stand alone threat and a good blocker for his cost.
I like the Nissa + Maniac configuration better. I think you should be including Captive if you support green aggro though (depending on your cube size).
That question depends a bit on cube size. In 720, Supreme Verdict is undoubtedly the most important. In a 360 cube, two white mass removals at four mana might be enough. Fractured Identity is a total bomb, the kind of thing you splash for. Geist is also great, but less powerful and narrower.
My ranking is Verdict > Fractured Identity > Geist of Siant Traft
I was faced with this and cut Geist instead of Mage. Mage is super fun in blink shells, whereas Geist is just a great card, but has no particular synergies. Given that the power levels are close, I'll usually go with increased synergies, especially in guild sections.
We haven't missed Geist too much.
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I was faced with this and cut Geist instead of Mage. Mage is super fun in blink shells, whereas Geist is just a great card, but has no particular synergies. Given that the power levels are close, I'll usually go with increased synergies, especially in guild sections.
We haven't missed Geist too much.
I get this, but Geist will draw me into Azorius and Reflector Mage usually won't. I'll even splash for Geist in some decks. I'd need to be pushing blink really hard in my cube before I'd run Mage over Geist.
I was faced with this and cut Geist instead of Mage. Mage is super fun in blink shells, whereas Geist is just a great card, but has no particular synergies. Given that the power levels are close, I'll usually go with increased synergies, especially in guild sections.
We haven't missed Geist too much.
I agree with Mage over Geist. Mage fits control decks too so is much less narrow. Also works in Revillark/Alesha shells.
I agree with Mage over Geist. Mage fits control decks too so is much less narrow. Also works in Revillark/Alesha shells.
To be fair, I think Geist works really well in control, where you can drop it like turn 5 after a wrath or with removal and protection up or whatever.
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I told myself I would play any cards from Unstable that could be reasonably printed in black border and this was the only candidate. I feel like it would be a slam dunk if in black-border but maybe I'm wrong. Haven't gotten much play with Commit//Memory yet, are people still liking it?
I still like Commit / Memory but recently cut it because blue has gotten a lot of love lately with Chart a Course / Search for Azcanta. While I love the new Cryptic Command, I think having two 1UUU cards would be a bit too much on the same spot on the curve. I believe it's definitely a stronger card most of the time than Commit / Memory, just not sure I'd run it in place of it due to the UUU.
I still like Commit / Memory but recently cut it because blue has gotten a lot of love lately with Chart a Course / Search for Azcanta. While I love the new Cryptic Command, I think having two 1UUU cards would be a bit too much on the same spot on the curve. I believe it's definitely a stronger card most of the time than Commit / Memory, just not sure I'd run it in place of it due to the UUU.
This is my sentiment. 3U carries a ton of weight, and Commit has proven serviceable in a lot of situations. I also recently cut it but mostly because blue is blue not because Commit is bad.
I like Lich more, it's a bit more abuseable and monarch is a pretty sick mechanic. That being said, I've also really like Liliana, but I'm more inclined to run the abuseable creature vs the planeswalker.
Definitely Custodi Lich. Liliana was fine but not great, and Lich is so much easier to abuse.
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Basically that you can blink it with stuff like Restoration Angel if you were to lose the monarchy, or you can reanimate it. Basically any way that a creature has increased utility over a planeswalker just in virtue of its card type. Plus it attacks and blocks better than the zombie tokens do. If the rest of Death's Majesty were better, I'd lean toward her, but it's pretty blah of a planeswalker.
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That question depends a bit on cube size. In 720, Supreme Verdict is undoubtedly the most important. In a 360 cube, two white mass removals at four mana might be enough. Fractured Identity is a total bomb, the kind of thing you splash for. Geist is also great, but less powerful and narrower.
My ranking is Verdict > Fractured Identity > Geist of Siant Traft
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I think this is my ranking as well. The 4cc sweepers have just proven to be too important (even at a smaller cube size) and Identity has been a bomb.
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I was faced with this and cut Geist instead of Mage. Mage is super fun in blink shells, whereas Geist is just a great card, but has no particular synergies. Given that the power levels are close, I'll usually go with increased synergies, especially in guild sections.
We haven't missed Geist too much.
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I get this, but Geist will draw me into Azorius and Reflector Mage usually won't. I'll even splash for Geist in some decks. I'd need to be pushing blink really hard in my cube before I'd run Mage over Geist.
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I agree with Mage over Geist. Mage fits control decks too so is much less narrow. Also works in Revillark/Alesha shells.
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To be fair, I think Geist works really well in control, where you can drop it like turn 5 after a wrath or with removal and protection up or whatever.
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I told myself I would play any cards from Unstable that could be reasonably printed in black border and this was the only candidate. I feel like it would be a slam dunk if in black-border but maybe I'm wrong. Haven't gotten much play with Commit//Memory yet, are people still liking it?
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This is my sentiment. 3U carries a ton of weight, and Commit has proven serviceable in a lot of situations. I also recently cut it but mostly because blue is blue not because Commit is bad.
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