Point taken! It seemed like having another 3 drop might help make blue's creature curve look little better in my cube (there's a LOT of blue 4 drops now after Urza, Lord High Artificer and God-Eternal Kefnet released in addition to what was already there) but maybe I'm placing too much importance on that. Like I said, I'm kinda new at this.
I'm wondering if Exalted Angel might be less critical to cube now. Gisela, the Broken Blade's biggest strike is her weakness to red having only three toughness, but Exalted Angel has this same weakness only worse (2 toughness) prior to flipping and sure you can say the opponent doesn't know what it is, but outside of cubes that are still including a lot of bad morph holdovers to try to keep morph interesting, most cubes are down to 1 or 2 morph creatures, chiefly, this one. I know that post-flip it is better than Gisela but you've also just invested 5WW over two turns to get to that point and if you hardcast it, it's just strictly worse than Lyra/Baneslayer Angel for 1 mana more. One big plus for Exalted Angel though is that it can start gaining life on turn 4 whereas Gisela takes an additional turn, so there is that.
I'd cut one of the Angels for Serra instead of one of the Gideons. Exalted Angel is the worst of the three you mentioned, but any of them would make good cuts in my book.
I feel like the fetch land interaction with Lotus cobra is although nice when it happens on T2/3, comes up much less often and is really inconsistent. Where as Paradise Druid is just consistent and guarantees to generate one mana.
Also need to pick two for the enemy color 4th/5th land slot:
Cobra >>> Druid. Cobra don't have to decide between ramping and attacking. Sylvan Caryatid is just the more effective version of Paradise Druid if you're not utilizing the 2/1 body.
For tylorlilley, I count Phyrexian Metamorph as colorless.
I rank those 6 3 drop blue creatures as such (blank lines denote tier drops):
True-Name Nemesis
Vendilion Clique
Trinket Mage (this gets much worse if you don't have Moxen and Sol Ring and such)
Man-o'-War
Exclusion Mage
Champion of Wits
As for the white 4 drops, I think Gideon of the Trials is the worst card you mentioned. Exalted Angel is next worst.
For nShinFF Lotus Cobra is a better inclusion in cube IMO. Paradise Druid is solid and better in many situations, but the upside of Lotus Cobra gives drafters a reason to pick it and draft around it. The upside is realized often enough if you're running all the fetches (and Primmatic Vista) plus any other lands matters cards.
I want some more identity in my white section, but Moat is clearly outside my budget. The alternatives I've considered are Norn's Annex and Ghostly Prison. Any thoughts on an inclusion of such a card.
Second question: How important is the addition of Ravages of War when Armageddon is already in? If Ravages wasn't so expensive, I would've just added it, but like that I'm unsure. Maybe I'll buy a different artwork of Armageddon to mimick Ravages.
Second question: How important is the addition of Ravages of War when Armageddon is already in? If Ravages wasn't so expensive, I would've just added it, but like that I'm unsure. Maybe I'll buy a different artwork of Armageddon to mimick Ravages.
Can't comment about alternatives to moat for say, but I run 2 different versions of Armegeddon. I would love to run ravages of war, but until it's reprinted It isn't worth it to me.
I ran two different Geddons until I found a Ravages for like $40 soon after the Judge foil hit. It was fine.
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Hexdrinker or Thrun, the last troll? I don't support Green Aggro, and green is mostly super ramp or Survival of the fittest, though sometimes midrange.
I'm trying to have room for Experimental Frenzy in my 540 power cube and these seem like the only red noncreature spells I could even possibly cut for it.
Here's another question: I'm trying to make room for Serra the Benevolent and was planning to either cut Gideon of the Trials or Gideon Blackblade for it...
But as a 4 mana card that makes a 4/4 flying creature when it comes down, maybe I should be considering a cut of something like Gisela, the Broken Blade or Exalted Angel or even Baneslayer Angel for it?
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I feel like the fetch land interaction with Lotus cobra is although nice when it happens on T2/3, comes up much less often and is really inconsistent. Where as Paradise Druid is just consistent and guarantees to generate one mana.
Also need to pick two for the enemy color 4th/5th land slot:
Man land
vs
Horizon land
vs
fast land
vs
Other lands (like fetid heath for BW, temple of mystery for UG and temple of Epiphany for RU)
I'm leaning towards Horizon land + mixed 5th land (some fast, some manland, some filter land etc.) for these but want to see what others think.
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I rank those 6 3 drop blue creatures as such (blank lines denote tier drops):
True-Name Nemesis
Vendilion Clique
Trinket Mage (this gets much worse if you don't have Moxen and Sol Ring and such)
Man-o'-War
Exclusion Mage
Champion of Wits
As for the white 4 drops, I think Gideon of the Trials is the worst card you mentioned. Exalted Angel is next worst.
For nShinFF Lotus Cobra is a better inclusion in cube IMO. Paradise Druid is solid and better in many situations, but the upside of Lotus Cobra gives drafters a reason to pick it and draft around it. The upside is realized often enough if you're running all the fetches (and Primmatic Vista) plus any other lands matters cards.
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Second question: How important is the addition of Ravages of War when Armageddon is already in? If Ravages wasn't so expensive, I would've just added it, but like that I'm unsure. Maybe I'll buy a different artwork of Armageddon to mimick Ravages.
Can't comment about alternatives to moat for say, but I run 2 different versions of Armegeddon. I would love to run ravages of war, but until it's reprinted It isn't worth it to me.
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The potential 4 power, lifelink, and being able to have 3 power on defense is more valuable to me than the pay 4 life to be indestructible clause.
I'm trying to have room for Experimental Frenzy in my 540 power cube and these seem like the only red noncreature spells I could even possibly cut for it.
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