I know there are differing opinions on how to handle the existing meld cards, but let's presume that a cube manager has already decided that "when you draft Hanweir Garrison, you automatically get the Battlements." Yes, not everyone does this. Presuming that (and I know it's a lift)...
Neither of these cards is amazing, but they do tutor for one another. That's not just a cantrip: you're guaranteed to draw a card with meaningful synergy. Getting these two cards as a single pick, I think they can break into most 450+ Simic sections. In a vacuum, neither is remotely good enough. When you're guaranteed the cantrip++, I think they're maybe just barely good enough.
They're both close enough that I wouldn't feel embarrassed playing them and I love the Partner mechanic here, but I'm not sure I can justify including them in my 720, not because they'd lower the power-level too much, but they'd lower the "cool factor" of cube with their art, names, and flavor. I'm not really looking forward to this set being the "Hearthstone" set, if I wanted that kind of art, I'd play that game.
Don't mind the aesthetics at all, and do have the "pick up both cards of a mechanically dependent pair with one pick" policy.
I still don't expect these to be good enough, their impact on the board is just really slow and fragile. And if you ever draw both naturally you're going to be feeling really unhappy. I'd rather draw a random card than a Toothy, so Pir doesn't look so hot compared to Elvish Visionary.
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I primarily play limited, so most of my spoiler season comments view cards through that lens.
Neither of these cards is amazing, but they do tutor for one another. That's not just a cantrip: you're guaranteed to draw a card with meaningful synergy. Getting these two cards as a single pick, I think they can break into most 450+ Simic sections. In a vacuum, neither is remotely good enough. When you're guaranteed the cantrip++, I think they're maybe just barely good enough.
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Hate to sound like an old grumpy Magic player... but this x1000.
Atrocious names. Deeply boring art. Barely playable mechanical effects. Yuck.
I still don't expect these to be good enough, their impact on the board is just really slow and fragile. And if you ever draw both naturally you're going to be feeling really unhappy. I'd rather draw a random card than a Toothy, so Pir doesn't look so hot compared to Elvish Visionary.
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A custom version of a third modern masters: MM2019
(filter->rarity to see in set rarity).
But won't run it in my regular cube. Only maybe in a special 2HG cube or in a 2HG module to my regular cube.
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Nailed it