Cult ConscriptB
Creature — Skeleton Warrior
2/1
Cult Conscript enters the battlefield tapped. 1B: Return Cult Conscript from your graveyard to
the battlefield. Activate only if a non-Skeleton creature
died under your control this turn.
Appears to be one of the top tier black recursive 1-drops. Can block, recurs to the battlefield, recursion trigger isn't too difficult to trigger.
I recently cut Gravecrawler and the other filler zombies 1-cmc zombies, but I think this is generally better than Gravecrawler in current iterations in my cube since I didn't run too many zombies. Definitely a solid 1 drop for black aggro though.
Probably the end of carnophage (and diregraf ghoul for the new black figure). Passing of an era. Although I actually just need to cut gravecrawler instead as the number of playable zombies has tanked recently.
That being said, this card looks fantastic. I love that it's not "activate only on your turn," meaning if you get wrathed with 1 other creature in play you can bring it back on your opponent's turn and attack right away. I also vastly prefer ETB tapped to not able to block. I love that the majority of the aggro black one-drops are recurrable now.
Very minor design note: This doesn’t play nicely with Gutterbones, which is tough because they both want to be in the same deck. I’m not a huge fan of the negative incentives created by anti-tribal designs, where you have to watch the draft for Skeletons or Snakes to not take them as highly.
Cult Conscript B
Creature — Skeleton Warrior
2/1
Cult Conscript enters the battlefield tapped.
1B: Return Cult Conscript from your graveyard to
the battlefield. Activate only if a non-Skeleton creature
died under your control this turn.
Appears to be one of the top tier black recursive 1-drops. Can block, recurs to the battlefield, recursion trigger isn't too difficult to trigger.
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That being said, this card looks fantastic. I love that it's not "activate only on your turn," meaning if you get wrathed with 1 other creature in play you can bring it back on your opponent's turn and attack right away. I also vastly prefer ETB tapped to not able to block. I love that the majority of the aggro black one-drops are recurrable now.
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Very minor design note: This doesn’t play nicely with Gutterbones, which is tough because they both want to be in the same deck. I’m not a huge fan of the negative incentives created by anti-tribal designs, where you have to watch the draft for Skeletons or Snakes to not take them as highly.
Ditto.
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