MTG Salvation

Yet another great 3-drop. We sure are spoilt for choice aren't we

Personally, I’m not too big on this card. With Garrison or Krenko, I feel good casting the card on curve. If I cast this card on curve, meanwhile, I have likely already played my land for the turn and probably won’t be able to cast any nonland cards... meaning that I just played a 3/3 haste that ate the top card of my library. This card feels much better played on turn 4+ (So you can play a land post-combat if needed) but at that point, I’d personally be treating this card as more of a 4-drop than a 3-drop.

Immediately swinging as a 3/3 and the inevitability of it becoming a 4/4 makes it very hard to deal with on the battlefield. Putting this much pressure on the ground while also providing card advantage is a very unique set of skills and I'm going to find space for it.

Scales as the game progresses, generates repeatable card advantage, and can swing for 3 with haste on T3. Card seems pretty good, and I'll likely be testing this out.

This is great for 3 drop or late game. I'll cut Rampaging Ferocidon for it.

This is an interesting one. I might try replacing Legion Warboss for this. I like that it's a warrior for Najeela, the blade-blossom.

Seems great

3/3 haste for 3 that only gets bigger and can give you card advantage?

Replacing Hanweir Garrison in my 540. I love cards that give you immediate value in a red deck.

So, this works with Grim Lavamancer, Earthshaker Khenra, and Chandra Torch of Defiance, which is nice. To confirm, it doesn't work with Flashback on Faithless Looting and Firebolt, right? Since those would be going to exile from the stack, not the graveyard?

Oh boy, another strong aggressive 3-drop. What is a MadRobot to do

A scaling creature with haste which can generate card advantage if it untaps (sometimes even without untapping) is definitely cubeable, but I prefer all the Rabblemaster variants because they're so much more abusable than this. Maybe if I really wanted to push for warriors...

I wish the card worked with madness or flashback or force of will cards etc. but those are nitpicks. Card is really interesting, different, powerful and will likely have some neat interactions for cubers to discover. Obviously scavenging ooze is a clear combo. It works with both seasoned pyromancer and najella but those are 3 drops an compete for this space. Other cards I am playing like Chandra, Phoenix of Ash, Grom Lavamancer, and Bomat Courier play well. As I am really moving more to a graveyard red theme this is one I am excited to try.

This card looks awesome! Works great with chandra, torch of defiance, light up the stage, grim lavamancer, or even gruul with klothys, god of destiny, and scavenging ooze.

Will be looking at cutting Krenko for this.

This card is wonderful!
It's a 3/3 with haste that grows and generates card advantage!
What more could you want in your low curve aggro deck?
Red has a sneaky amount of card advantage at this point.
I'll definitely be testing this, it looks real strong.

Responding to OP's Goblin Chariot quip: To be fair to the olden days of Magic, we have had Suq'Ata Lancer since 1996, which was strictly better than Goblin Chariot well before the the chariot existed.

Card is Gas. For those complaining you can't cast the card on turn 3, that's fine, it'll be a 4/4 next turn if it lives and you can probably play a card then which is good enough for most Red 3s. maybe not really tight360 cubes though. Flo or is a little lower compared to the rabblemaster variants if it's removed, but the ceiling is a lot higher. Connecting 2x (once for 3 and once for 4 + a draw) should make it pretty easy to close out games and anything on top of that should be game over 99% of the time.

This card really helps the warrior package out as well
Mardu-Woe Reaper is already a warrior for Najeela, but when you cast this you can exile a card to trigger Laelia

Few other cards it combo's well with that havn't been mentioned
Remorseful cleric
All the Escape Creatures (woe Strider, etc)
Earthshaker Khenra
Karn, Scion of urza
I think it also works with Mimic Vat as well? - Sometimes I hate that card, weird rules always seem to pop up with it.

A card-drawing 3/3 haste for 3 that randomly grows huge with Dig Through Time? Super good addition.

Ah, good point, I should have read that properly. Still good stuff

Bought this deck so will definitely try this. A card advantage engine and decent stats. I will be removing one of my 3 Rabblemasters.

Did some playtesting last night with a few cards including Laelia. Opponent attacked with it and a Robber of the Rich so he was drawing cards as the red deck which was pretty awesome. It just hits so hard and quickly grows to be huge.

Laelia seems like it may competing to be the best red 3 drop in the Cube. Bold statement I know but I think it is definitely in the conversation.

I was really impressed.

Anything with haste in Red grabs my attention as they accelerate the clock for aggressive decks. This one is definitely lives up to that hype and gives potential card advantage!

Definitely slotting this in for Hanweir Garrison in my cube.

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Anything with haste in Red grabs my attention as they accelerate the clock for aggressive decks. This one is definitely lives up to that hype and gives potential card advantage!

Definitely slotting this in for Hanweir Garrison in my cube.

This card is the real deal and likely will be the top Cube card in this set. I also swapped it for the Garrison and I'm thrilled so far.

Laelia, the Blade Reforged is a very strong card that doesn't need help to be great. That said I am tickled by the many little synergies that trigger her like cascade, delve, escape, and eternalize. The two-card combo I'm most excited to assemble is Laelia + Psychatog.

I also like that Laelia hates on your opponent's effects that exile your library or graveyard, such as Ashiok(s), Robber of the Rich, Thief of Sanity, Kalitas, Traitor of Ghet, and Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh. Edit: The exile clause cares about who is doing the exiling, so most of those don’t trigger Laelia.

Looks very strong. I'm a fan. Definitely adding.