Mazemind Tome has been great in my 720 unpowered cube and this new one seems better than Tome as a mana sink effect for control decks. I am sure that this card won't play in small, medium cubes, but I think it deserves a discussion here. Thoughts?
I've always liked Mazemind Tome, but a big part of it being useful was the fact that you can scry for free, and scry twice before your next draw step. This lacking a free option to scry and the fact that the vehicle itself isn't all that great doesn't have me too interested.
I agree that the scry for free is a big lack here. My point is the mana sink when it is no counter could be a good deal for the late game: draw, treasure, and 1/1 token. But I am not sure if it is better than Mazemind Tome overall
Mazemind is best in reactive decks where this wants to be pro-active with creatures. While they look similar, I really wouldn't compare them directly since they go in completely different decks. That being said, I do think that Mazemind Tome is probably better in reactive decks than this is in proactive creature decks.
I agree that the scry for free is a big lack here. My point is the mana sink when it is no counter could be a good deal for the late game: draw, treasure, and 1/1 token. But I am not sure if it is better than Mazemind Tome overall
I don't think you can activate this when there's no counters on it, can you? Removing the counter is part of the cost. I think you get 2 activations that just draw you a card, one activation that draws you a card and gets you a treasure and pilot, and then it's just a vehicle.
I agree that the scry for free is a big lack here. My point is the mana sink when it is no counter could be a good deal for the late game: draw, treasure, and 1/1 token. But I am not sure if it is better than Mazemind Tome overall
I don't think you can activate this when there's no counters on it, can you? Removing the counter is part of the cost. I think you get 2 activations that just draw you a card, one activation that draws you a card and gets you a treasure and pilot, and then it's just a vehicle.
In any event, this is a pass.
Correct, removing a counter is part of the cost, so you can't activate this ability if it doesn't have any counters on it.
I guess I cut Mazemind Tome at some point. I liked it alright, and I'd love to play a variant of it. Unfortunately, this is just a tad too janky.
Crew 3 to animate a 4/4 is pretty pathetic. If it were a 5/5, or had evasion, or made a second treasure, or got you another pilot somehow, or let you keep drawing cards, this would just get there. As is, I don't think it's worth the time and mana.
This card has been all over standard lately and plays much better than I expected so I am revisiting it for cube.
I like it a lot more than mazemind tome and was wondering if anyone else is taking another look given it's recent success in other formats or has already been playing it.
I have it in my list but haven't had a chance to test it. My experience with it has been in Arena, where it was solid enough that it piqued my interest. I think conceptually at least this and Mazemind Tome are nice to have as options in colors that otherwise have very limited card draw.
I’ve been curious about this as well.
I cut treasure map recently but I did like that card.
This feels similar in nature and function, but has seen much more standard play.
I really like Treasure map, but its more of a combo card if anything.
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Don't have much experience with Reckoner Bacnckbuster but I played a lot with the other 2 and to me Mazemind Tome > Treasure map (we cut the latest recently). Mazemind Tome is good because it does cost any mana to activate.
So I fear activation cost of 2 of Reckoner Bankbuster is too much for powered cubes.
I have been playing this, and while I undervalued it in my previous post, I still play it mostly as artifact filler.
It's okay in the same way Mazemind Tome was okay, but I wish I could just keep drawing cards. Getting a single treasure and a getaway driver is often better than the 4 life from Tome, but it's not stellar.
The crewing bonus is helpful though. You're not gonna bother crewing this without it.
I have no plans to cut this. It goes pretty early because the majority of decks don't mind taking it. But if there were more options for colorless card draw, I wouldn't miss it.
I personally prefer Brainstone. I don't know if that card is very widely played.
I just read the standard Ban Announcement and Reckless seems to be the breakout card in Standard.
I'm wondering if anyone has any thoughts about it? It feels like a fairly good 2 drop with an enormous card advantage potential.
My only "concern" right now is not that it isn't good, but its that 2 CMC is VERY strong right now and a decent colorless 2 drop may not cut it.
I think the 2-cmc activation makes it too slow for my cube. Standard has a much very different environment where Cut Down just invalidates so many early drops and you're able to grind with this.
Mazemind Tome has been great in my 720 unpowered cube and this new one seems better than Tome as a mana sink effect for control decks. I am sure that this card won't play in small, medium cubes, but I think it deserves a discussion here. Thoughts?
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I don't think you can activate this when there's no counters on it, can you? Removing the counter is part of the cost. I think you get 2 activations that just draw you a card, one activation that draws you a card and gets you a treasure and pilot, and then it's just a vehicle.
In any event, this is a pass.
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Crew 3 to animate a 4/4 is pretty pathetic. If it were a 5/5, or had evasion, or made a second treasure, or got you another pilot somehow, or let you keep drawing cards, this would just get there. As is, I don't think it's worth the time and mana.
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I like it a lot more than mazemind tome and was wondering if anyone else is taking another look given it's recent success in other formats or has already been playing it.
I cut treasure map recently but I did like that card.
This feels similar in nature and function, but has seen much more standard play.
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So I fear activation cost of 2 of Reckoner Bankbuster is too much for powered cubes.
I'm wondering if anyone has any thoughts about it? It feels like a fairly good 2 drop with an enormous card advantage potential.
My only "concern" right now is not that it isn't good, but its that 2 CMC is VERY strong right now and a decent colorless 2 drop may not cut it.
I look forward to reading about the play patterns/ test results.
It's okay in the same way Mazemind Tome was okay, but I wish I could just keep drawing cards. Getting a single treasure and a getaway driver is often better than the 4 life from Tome, but it's not stellar.
The crewing bonus is helpful though. You're not gonna bother crewing this without it.
I have no plans to cut this. It goes pretty early because the majority of decks don't mind taking it. But if there were more options for colorless card draw, I wouldn't miss it.
I personally prefer Brainstone. I don't know if that card is very widely played.
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StaffI think the 2-cmc activation makes it too slow for my cube. Standard has a much very different environment where Cut Down just invalidates so many early drops and you're able to grind with this.
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