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IT'S WHAT WE'VE ALL BEEN WAITING FOR!!!! The combination of a black 5-drop and a black planeswalker that ticks up making zombie tokens. I'm slamming this!
I didn't even look at the ultimate, read the first two abilities and the rest could've been flavor text for all I care. But yeah, the ultimate is also awesome in conjunction with the +1 ability.
This is an auto-include for me, but now I have to worry about Liliana density in addition to Gideon density?
EDIT: I think I'm going to cut Nether Void for this. I didn't end up fully supporting Pox, so it's kind of in a weird place, and that also lets me keep Custodi Lich, which is a plus.
Seems pretty amazing, looks like Liliana Vess will finally be going (assuming I can afford one). I will kinda miss her, she has been in the cube since the beginning but running 2 would feel a bit off.
I really like that her +1 both protects her and helps her -3 by filling the yard, she is like her own mini reanimation package. Very achievable ultimate as well, girls got it all. I will miss the repeatable discard effect though, I have ground many a game out off old lili's discard.
Don't know what I'm cutting yet, but I'll find room for this. I think this is the best - it's certainly the most needed - cube card spoiled so far. I'll probably keep Custodi Lich and actually have three black 5-drops. Who would've guessed we could get there?
You mean I can increase the number of reanimation effects in my cube while adding a token engine at the same time? Sign me up! (And also, goodbye Ob Nixilis.)
I am not as hot on her. She seems bad when you are behind - which you should be, considering it is a black five drop. Sure, she has 6 starting loyalty, but a 2/2 is a bad blocker. She is also very slow to win the game, if she can close it at all. Control decks have few targets for her to reanimate. How often will she be better than two 5/5 flying demons in the first three turns?
Adding a good reanimator spell to our 630 list was an real issue and this new planeswalker just sloved it. It certainly cost a lot of mana but is still damn powerful. And this also provides the good black 5-drop we've all wished for. Having two abilities that helps protect her is what brings it over the top. I'd really enjoy wrathing the board with this as well.
I am not as hot on her. She seems bad when you are behind - which you should be, considering it is a black five drop. Sure, she has 6 starting loyalty, but a 2/2 is a bad blocker. She is also very slow to win the game, if she can close it at all. Control decks have few targets for her to reanimate. How often will she be better than two 5/5 flying demons in the first three turns?
How bad is she from behind if she's reanimating something huge? I don't think it's as black as white as you're making it, unless the black is this and the white is like a reanimated Elesh Norn or something.
I am not as hot on her. She seems bad when you are behind - which you should be, considering it is a black five drop. Sure, she has 6 starting loyalty, but a 2/2 is a bad blocker. She is also very slow to win the game, if she can close it at all. Control decks have few targets for her to reanimate. How often will she be better than two 5/5 flying demons in the first three turns?
If you are behind you probably have a reasonable target in the graveyard off the bat, either one you discarded knowingly or which died naturally in the course of getting behind in the game - making this a Zombify that leaves a strong Planeswalker behind for B extra. Not the worst scenario at all. I will be slamming this into any deck that isn't aggro.
For every reason that I don't like Gideon, I like this Lilliana. Yes it is probably the 3rd best iteration but all other black walkers are passable.
This gives me tokens in black reanimates and wraths. Triple awesome. It makes existing decks better but isn't just another stand alone midrange value fest.
And for those not playing cryptbreaker, these two will love each other.
For every reason that I don't like Gideon, I like this Lilliana. Yes it is probably the 3rd best iteration but all other black walkers are passable.
This gives me tokens in black reanimates and wraths. Triple awesome. It makes existing decks better but isn't just another stand alone midrange value fest.
And for those not playing cryptbreaker, these two will love each other.
It's prob worse than Liliana of the Veil, but it might be as good if not better as the other 3 mana lili and probably inherently better than flipi lili since you don't have to jump through a hurdle. It costs more, but it also has some higher-impact plays with the reanimation clause and an ultimate that dually rewards you both for getting to that ultimate and what you produce on your way there.
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I didn't even look at the ultimate, read the first two abilities and the rest could've been flavor text for all I care. But yeah, the ultimate is also awesome in conjunction with the +1 ability.
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Great flavor too... Everything zombies!!
EDIT: I think I'm going to cut Nether Void for this. I didn't end up fully supporting Pox, so it's kind of in a weird place, and that also lets me keep Custodi Lich, which is a plus.
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I really like that her +1 both protects her and helps her -3 by filling the yard, she is like her own mini reanimation package. Very achievable ultimate as well, girls got it all. I will miss the repeatable discard effect though, I have ground many a game out off old lili's discard.
Hopefully she will be cheaper than Liliana of the Veil
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How bad is she from behind if she's reanimating something huge? I don't think it's as black as white as you're making it, unless the black is this and the white is like a reanimated Elesh Norn or something.
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If you are behind you probably have a reasonable target in the graveyard off the bat, either one you discarded knowingly or which died naturally in the course of getting behind in the game - making this a Zombify that leaves a strong Planeswalker behind for B extra. Not the worst scenario at all. I will be slamming this into any deck that isn't aggro.
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This gives me tokens in black reanimates and wraths. Triple awesome. It makes existing decks better but isn't just another stand alone midrange value fest.
And for those not playing cryptbreaker, these two will love each other.
It's prob worse than Liliana of the Veil, but it might be as good if not better as the other 3 mana lili and probably inherently better than flipi lili since you don't have to jump through a hurdle. It costs more, but it also has some higher-impact plays with the reanimation clause and an ultimate that dually rewards you both for getting to that ultimate and what you produce on your way there.
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