MTG Salvation

Secure the Wastes

XW
Instant
Put X 1/1 white Warrior creature tokens on to the battlefield

Instant speed tokens late game or early game. I like this one a lot and it seems close to playable or playable to me?

I like it a lot too. Great with Purphoros, anthems are cool with it too, and from CMC 3 going forward I feel like you're getting alright-to-good value out of it. With Blood-Chin you can have a whole army of Stormblood Beserkers now as well! I'm not willing to say it has a firm spot in my cube before any testing, but I see more positives than negatives.

This will excel in the MODO Legacy Cube, where the token deck is really strong.

It's another variant on Entreat the Angels/Decree of Justice. Being instant is very very nice. Plays well with cubes that run anthem effects. I'm going to consider it for mine.

Plus, it plays well with all the prowess/non-creature spell cards in this set. This is a spell that makes creatures!

Oh nice, I missed this one as well. You never get insane value from a P/T per mana investment perspective, but as an instant this card has a ton of applications. On the other hand, white has a ton of token making effects these days, so I don't know if it's necessary.

The real value of this vs competitors is the single W in the mana cost. This is straight more efficient than any other X token maker that I can think of and it's instant speed. I'm strongly considering this to replace cards like Martial Coup.

Hm, despite running both Purphoros and lots of Anthems, I am not all that tempted about this card.

I like this. It's not quite tempt with vengeance, but instant speed almost makes up for it, and white has the best anthems by far. Spear, the ajanis, dictate if you run it. I think this is definitely testable in our 450.

I think this card is fine. Ill try to give it a run.

White Tempt with Vengeance that exchanges the haste for instant speed. Seems decent for larger cubes supporting a deep token/anthem theme.

Ooooh, interesting... Looks pretty good to me.

If I were deep on tokens, I'd probably run it. Reminds me of Hazezon Tamar's sand warriors!

Is this better than Decree of Justice to support a token theme?

You can counter this one but can't counter decree. You get more with this one but you don't draw a card. Tough choice.

Its 2 less mana than Decree. I think this is much better.

Going to try this over Entreat the Angels I think.

I saw it in a deck today and it as quite good as a "white/blue haste" version of Tempt with Vengeance by making a ton of creatures out of nowhere (in a white midrange deck.) No anthems/boosts were involved and I was still quite impressed with it from what I saw.

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Going to try this over Entreat the Angels I think.

Oh, that is a fantastic idea. I'll probably do the same thing. I love the insane ceiling on Entreat, but it's application is fairly limited and the "Broodmate" mode is pretty meh. I feel like Secure the Wastes fits into a lot more decks and is a more interactive card in general.

I'm definitely going to put Powder Keg back into my cube with all the tokens running around these days.

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Going to try this over Entreat the Angels I think.

Oh, that is a fantastic idea. I'll probably do the same thing. I love the insane ceiling on Entreat, but it's application is fairly limited and the "Broodmate" mode is pretty meh. I feel like Secure the Wastes fits into a lot more decks and is a more interactive card in general.

I'm definitely going to put Powder Keg back into my cube with all the tokens running around these days.

I will try this one as well. The trick for me is supporting tokens and giving the tools against it, without crushing the archetype. I have ratchet bomb in now, and powder keg and pyroclasm on deck. The biggest change I have noticed with more tokens is 1 toughness becomes worse.

Secure looks like one of the better token support cards in a while and being splashable in black is a really good bonus, with all the playable sacrifice effects. It's definitely a really good card.

I keep saying 'Secrete the Waste'. I hope that by telling you guys and letting it gain a foothold into your head, I can break the jinx.

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I keep saying 'Secrete the Waste'. I hope that by telling you guys and letting it gain a foothold into your head, I can break the jinx.

Well thanks, that's what it'll be forever!

Also you can turn the temperature up in your house while playing, and when someone asks why it's so hot you can say you're about to Secrete the Wastes and then play the card! (Putting on "deal with it" shades is optional but recommended, as always.) Don't blame me for oil bills, though.

Top drawer. Possibly best card in DtK.

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Top drawer. Possibly best card in DtK.

I think Zurgo easily takes that spot.

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Well thanks, that's what it'll be forever!

That's just great Hicham, now look what you've done!

I was already planning to run this card... but also had the chance to play with it today at the pre-release. The card is completely nuts. Easily won every game in which I drew it. I can only assume that once you add in anthems, Purphoros, Goblin Bombardment, and other common Cube partners, it will be even better.