Expanse and Wilds are a couple of my favorite fixing lands. When I first started playing Magic, I ran them in nearly every 2+ color deck I built because they were cheap and I was a college kid on a budget. Now, I still use them quite a bit for EDH and obviously Cube. I run both at 360, but I've been thinking about trying Ash Barrens over one of them.
I'm a fan. I'm running t-mo, wilds, and ash barrens, and it feels alright along with some other 5 color fixers. Might cut one of the fetches eventually.
I run full cycles of ABU duals, shock lands, and fetches along side a city of brass. I used to run both E-wilds and T-mo along side all that fixing but they always seemed unnecessary so I cut them just a little while ago.
If you prioritize fetchs early its fairly easy to turn them into a quad land. The shock lands are usually always around mid-pack, and that makes it pretty easy to turn that early pick fetch into 4-5 color fixing.
I think they're great. They probably have near to 100% maindeck percentage since they're fine everywhere. Fixing, thinning, shuffling, landfall interactions, loam/crucible stuff, delve... they just do work.
I like these cards but would kill for another art to choose from on Expanse.
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They're great for budget, but I could see them being squeezed out of 360. I run both a 450, and while they're not always the ideal card to have, it's never a terrible late round pickup.
I have gotten a surprising amount of flak for running Evolving Wilds and Terramorphic Expanse from people drafting my cube for the first time, as at first glance they really don't look that impressive in the same card pool as ABU duals and ONS/ZEN fetches. It's not the most exciting land, but on a 5-color fixer it seems like a bit much to ask that it can fetch a dual or bring in a land untapped. They get the job done, and they always make the cut in any 3+ color deck I play. These are very readily available commons, so there's really no reason not to run them in all bu the smallest of cubes.
I like these cards but would kill for another art to choose from on Expanse.
I know, right? Terramorphic Expanse has been printed eighteen times, and there's still only one art to choose from. There's nothing wrong with the art on TE, but it would be nice to have an option besides with or without flavor text. On Evolving Wilds I fell in love with the Andreas Rocha art on the DTK version and had an extended art alter of it made. I run my Terramorphic Expanses without flavor text.
I'm currently running 8 5-color fixing lands in my cube, which seems about right, although if they print another decent one I'll be happy to run it.
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I have gotten a surprising amount of flak for running Evolving Wilds and Terramorphic Expanse from people drafting my cube for the first time, as at first glance they really don't look that impressive in the same card pool as ABU duals and ONS/ZEN fetches. It's not the most exciting land, but on a 5-color fixer it seems like a bit much to ask that it can fetch a dual or bring in a land untapped. They get the job done, and they always make the cut in any 3+ color deck I play. These are very readily available commons, so there's really no reason not to run them in all bu the smallest of cubes.
I like these cards but would kill for another art to choose from on Expanse.
I know, right? Terramorphic Expanse has been printed eighteen times, and there's still only one art to choose from. There's nothing wrong with the art on TE, but it would be nice to have an option besides with or without flavor text. On Evolving Wilds I fell in love with the Andreas Rocha art on the DTK version and had an extended art alter of it made. I run my Terramorphic Expanses without flavor text.
I'm currently running 8 5-color fixing lands in my cube, which seems about right, although if they print another decent one I'll be happy to run it.
While it would be nice to have options I think that the art for TE is still pretty nice overall. the time spiral foils look great and is what i have in my cube. I gotta say the art for evolving wilds on all but the first two printings are also great. the fnm promo is gorgeous and also really like the rocha and noah bradley ones. I run the noah bradley one in my cube because it feels just feels more special having won it in the dragon fury game.
Battlesphere is a top-tier colorless monster. Great with any effect that can cheat it out early, and a respectable 7-drop to simply cast too. A colorless 5-body army-in-a-can that can attack for 12... One of my favorite big creatures in the cube.
Battle ball is a baller. One of those cards that actually rewards you by cloning it i.e. you don't just get a second good creature, but the first creature can abuse the additional synergies.
I pretty much always take bitter blossom, so there's that.
I love Battleball, it's literally the perfect cube card: powerful on its own right, has great synergies with artifacts / tokens, has really goofy art / flavor, and costs less than $2. Always happy to have Myr Battlesphere in pretty much any non-aggro deck.
Battle Ball is the fattie I'm most likely to first pick, because it fits into the most shells - ramp, Tinker, Sneak & Show, and reanimator. It provides decent value on ETB, and threatens more than 1/2 the opponents starting life total when it attacks. Its attack can even kill planeswalkers. At TCG Market Price of $0.55, there's no excuse for not running this bad boy.
My favorite token generator is probably Deranged Hermit, gotta love anything that can make squirrel tokens.
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Probably the best individual card for making reanimator work. My bro cracked a foil one in EMA, and I traded for it to finally get one in my cube. Entombs are a little hard to find around here, and I try not to buy online.
As others have said, it's a premium reanimator enabler. It is one of my favorite p1p1 in the cube. Additionally, you can use it for Crucible/Loam decks, allowing you to Entomb Horizon Canopy or Strip Mine to start your engine.
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I run 5 3+ color fixing lands currently (Expanse, Wilds, City of Brass, Shimmering Grotto-soon-to-be-Mana Confluence and Paliano, the High City) and it's been fine. Most decks end up being 2-3 colors, which is what I'm aiming for.
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I'm a fan. I'm running t-mo, wilds, and ash barrens, and it feels alright along with some other 5 color fixers. Might cut one of the fetches eventually.
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If you prioritize fetchs early its fairly easy to turn them into a quad land. The shock lands are usually always around mid-pack, and that makes it pretty easy to turn that early pick fetch into 4-5 color fixing.
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I know, right? Terramorphic Expanse has been printed eighteen times, and there's still only one art to choose from. There's nothing wrong with the art on TE, but it would be nice to have an option besides with or without flavor text. On Evolving Wilds I fell in love with the Andreas Rocha art on the DTK version and had an extended art alter of it made. I run my Terramorphic Expanses without flavor text.
I'm currently running 8 5-color fixing lands in my cube, which seems about right, although if they print another decent one I'll be happy to run it.
450 card Peasant cube thread. Draft it here.
While it would be nice to have options I think that the art for TE is still pretty nice overall. the time spiral foils look great and is what i have in my cube. I gotta say the art for evolving wilds on all but the first two printings are also great. the fnm promo is gorgeous and also really like the rocha and noah bradley ones. I run the noah bradley one in my cube because it feels just feels more special having won it in the dragon fury game.
Myr Battlesphere
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There's a lot of good token-makers in the cube, but I think Elspeth, Knight-Errant and Bitterblossom are my favorites.
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I pretty much always take bitter blossom, so there's that.
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They're not in my cube, but I'm fond of the Army Easy-bake Oven and Prossh, Skyraider of Kher and other things that horribly abuse Purphoros, god of the Forge triggers. As for in the cube, Elspeth, Sun's Champion is a real tough cookie.
I love Terramorphic Expanse and Evolving Wilds. They're really versatile, and necessary in a lot of different scenarios.
They're also the first two miscut cards I've ever purchased. They're in cleaner sleeves now, for the record.
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Bitterblossom tops my list because of the Guay art.
My favorite token generator is probably Deranged Hermit, gotta love anything that can make squirrel tokens.
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Khans of Tarkir boxes. I would bury lots of Khans boxes.
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