I'd take Sphinx, but I think Flooded Strand is close given there's a lot of good blue and white cards and could likely wheel one and have good mana. But Sphinx is too good to pass here.
Are these cut off for everyone else? I can't see the toughness of the creatures and for cubes running more fringe cards that makes it hard.
I think I'd take Nissa out of that pack (knowing nothing about the cube) with Elf as a close 2nd. My assumption being that there will be other 1 and 2 mana accellerants whereas Nissa is a less replaceable card.
I'd take Elf here. I like Nissa, but she wants me to be in mono-green or nearly mono-green, and if I pass Elf, that will likely push someone to my left into green, which will make it hard to stay mono-green in pack 2. Where if I take Elf, I can play it in a 2 or 3 colored deck and still have it be good.
I'd take Elf here. I like Nissa, but she wants me to be in mono-green or nearly mono-green, and if I pass Elf, that will likely push someone to my left into green, which will make it hard to stay mono-green in pack 2. Where if I take Elf, I can play it in a 2 or 3 colored deck and still have it be good.
Eh, if you cut green hard in pack 1 a single elf isn't gonna make them stay, and if they DO stay hard in green and make your p2 worse, you still have gotten 2 good packs and you have one potential opponent whose deck will be bad.
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Exactly this.
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I would also go Sphinx
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I think I'd take Nissa out of that pack (knowing nothing about the cube) with Elf as a close 2nd. My assumption being that there will be other 1 and 2 mana accellerants whereas Nissa is a less replaceable card.
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Eh, if you cut green hard in pack 1 a single elf isn't gonna make them stay, and if they DO stay hard in green and make your p2 worse, you still have gotten 2 good packs and you have one potential opponent whose deck will be bad.
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