The search function seemed to only show these two in the context of this thread which contained very little discussion of the cards in question and is now almost a year old.
Cheatyface is a card that inspired a lot of shenanigans among my friends back in the day, and my playgroup still uses its name to refer to cards that let you play things without paying its manacost. As long as the rules of his use are established ahead of time in the playgroup, he seems potentially playable.
With the possible resurgence of MonoU Tempo/Aggro support given recent printings, what are people's thoughts on this? I'm considering adding him alongside Master of Waves, Nightveil Specter (in a flex slot), and Coralhelm Commander to flesh out the aforementioned strategy. I also find it immensely pleasing that his effect is supremely blue!
On a similar note, Carnivorous Death-Parrot stood out to me as a fairly solid beatstick in a color that's more and more in need; it's basically a Pegasus with an additional point of toughness.
Admittedly these two are still extremely narrow in application - few cubes include Unhinged cards and even fewer heavily support blue aggro. Still, I'm sure someone out there has experience to share with this duo.
Hmm. I might consider the bird. Cheatyface is pretty insane for devotion, at UUU but I think that might be a bridge too far for my group. I might pick one up just to have though.
The Bird I will pick up for the on deck binder if we do decide to try U based aggro/tempo.
Cheatyface isn't really blue aggro since any color can run him. The card is a pita -- even when everyone *says* they agree on how he will be played you can tell they don't enjoy it when Cheatyface gets played against them. A bridge too far IMO.
Carnivorous Death-Parrot is pretty much a vanilla 2/2 flier for 1U...anyone play it? I can certainly understand not running it for a number of reasons, but if you can get past those hurdles it's a good card to push blue aggro. Someone mentioned it in the peasant forums, but I could see running in a regular cube as well.
The search function seemed to only show these two in the context of this thread which contained very little discussion of the cards in question and is now almost a year old.
Cheatyface is a card that inspired a lot of shenanigans among my friends back in the day, and my playgroup still uses its name to refer to cards that let you play things without paying its manacost. As long as the rules of his use are established ahead of time in the playgroup, he seems potentially playable.
With the possible resurgence of MonoU Tempo/Aggro support given recent printings, what are people's thoughts on this? I'm considering adding him alongside Master of Waves, Nightveil Specter (in a flex slot), and Coralhelm Commander to flesh out the aforementioned strategy. I also find it immensely pleasing that his effect is supremely blue!
On a similar note, Carnivorous Death-Parrot stood out to me as a fairly solid beatstick in a color that's more and more in need; it's basically a Pegasus with an additional point of toughness.
Admittedly these two are still extremely narrow in application - few cubes include Unhinged cards and even fewer heavily support blue aggro. Still, I'm sure someone out there has experience to share with this duo.
The Bird I will pick up for the on deck binder if we do decide to try U based aggro/tempo.
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StaffReal talk though, there are quite a few 2/1 flyers with upside in blue. I'd play all of those first before considering the parrot.
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