Agree with wtwlf about Gideon vs Ajani. I'd look for a different 5cc green card or add something else entirely. Green 5s are pretty great and I don't think either of those cards is necessary.
Fair point on Nissa. Figured I'd ask since I snagged one of the SDCC sets, but I don't want to force a subpar planeswalker into the cube. I do want to remove The Mending, though, so I'll look to add something else instead.
Fair point on Nissa. Figured I'd ask since I snagged one of the SDCC sets, but I don't want to force a subpar planeswalker into the cube. I do want to remove The Mending, though, so I'll look to add something else instead.
Gideon is a very solid control 3 drop planeswalker (not embarrassing in agro) and haven't really considered cutting him since I included him when the set came out.
Don't think he's neccesary, but he'll find more homes than ajani.
While I'm guessing, If you are looking at 5 cmc non-creature spells for green, think Vivian Reid might be worth a test over Nissa vital force. Haven't tested either yet, but been mighty tempted many times.
I've played them both in standard, and IMO Vivian is a slightly better card. My guess is her abilities translate even better to cube than they do in standard.
I like Marauder more as well. Obviously, it's great for tempo if you support that, but that ability is incredibly powerful. If you have room, and don't absolutely need the discard outlet, I'd give it a shot.
I'm team Bouncer, I think. Although tempo decks spring up now and again, it's just not what our blue pool is geared towards. So, Marauder ends up feeling a little out of place when you'd rather use that kind of ability on your opponent's turn. Meanwhile, I've played Bouncer in just about any blue deck you can imagine.
I tried Caller and a few other Conspiracy duders but I feel it's disappointing 98% of the time, and good but unfun 2% of the time. I still include 5 draft-matters artifact creatures but I think this one is really weak and not worth playing.
I'd pick Allosaurus because I like cards that can give you value immediately but also have a good Emergency Mode if need be (5/5 for 4 isn't bad). Bramble Sovereign is clearly gonna do more best case scenario (but requires more work and could end up weaker by circumstance) but I'm not even sure I'd find it particularly fun. "Oh cool I guess you spent 2 extra to get another hornet queen, wow, this game just got more interesting...wow..."
OG Masticore. I think there are fewer 4cc creatures that play well in control roles, whereas aggressive/creature-heavy decks are loaded with good 4cc options ...and they want fewer of them to begin with. But this is predicated on the number of competitive aggro decks in your environment. Masticore can still dominate a board full of Pikers. But if that doesn't arise often enough, I could see cutting it for something that'll have value in more matchups.
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1) Field of Ruin vs Tectonic Edge
2) Best 2 drop mana rock after Mind Stone and Coldsteel Heart? Currently running Sphere of the Suns which is quite mediocre.
Bonus if anyone would really like to help me out) I'm doing a little experiment to see how people view the color ranking in my cube. My playgroup has a couple of suspicions on one color being worse than the others but I'm wondering if that's because some of us are a bit myopic with our styles.
Here is my cube and I made a little form here to gather data on how people would rank the colors in this cube. Super curious on this.
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i dont think you need rabblemaster, najeela, and garrison though. nice to have some variety.
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Gideon is a very solid control 3 drop planeswalker (not embarrassing in agro) and haven't really considered cutting him since I included him when the set came out.
Don't think he's neccesary, but he'll find more homes than ajani.
While I'm guessing, If you are looking at 5 cmc non-creature spells for green, think Vivian Reid might be worth a test over Nissa vital force. Haven't tested either yet, but been mighty tempted many times.
I've played them both in standard, and IMO Vivian is a slightly better card. My guess is her abilities translate even better to cube than they do in standard.
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I'd pick Allosaurus because I like cards that can give you value immediately but also have a good Emergency Mode if need be (5/5 for 4 isn't bad). Bramble Sovereign is clearly gonna do more best case scenario (but requires more work and could end up weaker by circumstance) but I'm not even sure I'd find it particularly fun. "Oh cool I guess you spent 2 extra to get another hornet queen, wow, this game just got more interesting...wow..."
2 - Militant Angel vs Thalia's Lancers ?
Lancers > Angel
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They fill pretty different roles, but if you had to decide between the two, which would you run and why?
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2) Best 2 drop mana rock after Mind Stone and Coldsteel Heart? Currently running Sphere of the Suns which is quite mediocre.
Bonus if anyone would really like to help me out) I'm doing a little experiment to see how people view the color ranking in my cube. My playgroup has a couple of suspicions on one color being worse than the others but I'm wondering if that's because some of us are a bit myopic with our styles.
Here is my cube and I made a little form here to gather data on how people would rank the colors in this cube. Super curious on this.