How do people feel about this in cube? It seems like it could be very good in the same decks as Braids and Smokestack.
While it doesn't effect most of the board state, it seems like it will often just stop your opponent from progressing.
Card can be very powerful, but we ran into consistency issues with it. There were times when it was a hard lock, but there were other times where the opponent was able to do just enough from underneath it to not make it worthwhile. It also limits your applications to mono-black, so it's a very narrow card. It can certainly be powerful, but we found that it was both just narrow and inconsistent enough that we removed it.
How do people feel about this in cube? It seems like it could be very good in the same decks as Braids and Smokestack.
While it doesn't effect most of the board state, it seems like it will often just stop your opponent from progressing.
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