It jumped out at me as a card that could turn out to play better than it looks. Thassa, Deep-Dwelling has taught me how valuable repeatable blink is, and while this card never becomes a creature, that effect has won me enough games that I wouldn't mind having access to it in white, the primary blink color.
This is definitely strong - I could definitely see cutting Thassa for this in my cube, especially given how stacked blue is compared to white.
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This is definitely strong - I could definitely see cutting Thassa for this in my cube, especially given how stacked blue is compared to white.
This statement is as hilarious as it is true.
“This version of the card is indestructible, taps down threats, and can attack in the late game but we can put the weaker version in our white section to use this blue 4-slot on a REAL card.”
I’m starting to think that this game of ours is kind of nuts, guys.
I found I was able to make white a stronger color by cutting some of the 1 drops from red and black and moving them to white and expanding the number of white 1 drops and replacing those cards in black-red with combo pieces.
That statement does sound pretty ridiculous ..
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Tested this card and it has been solid in my powered 540.
My favorite turn was playing turn 2 Black Lotus with Teleportation Circle plus Thraben Inspector making two clues in the turn.
The next turn I played Charming Prince and blinked it for many turns of value.
It did other things but that was the best one. It has been a fun archetype to support in my Cube. We will see if it stays long term in a vintage powered environment.
It jumped out at me as a card that could turn out to play better than it looks. Thassa, Deep-Dwelling has taught me how valuable repeatable blink is, and while this card never becomes a creature, that effect has won me enough games that I wouldn't mind having access to it in white, the primary blink color.
Vintage Cube Cards Explained
Here are some other articles I've written about fine tuning your cube:
1. Minimum Archetype Support
2. Improving Green Archetypes
3. Improving White Archetypes
4. Matchup Analysis
5. Cube Combos (Work in Progress)
Draft my Cube - https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/d8i
This statement is as hilarious as it is true.
“This version of the card is indestructible, taps down threats, and can attack in the late game but we can put the weaker version in our white section to use this blue 4-slot on a REAL card.”
I’m starting to think that this game of ours is kind of nuts, guys.
That statement does sound pretty ridiculous ..
Vintage Cube Cards Explained
Here are some other articles I've written about fine tuning your cube:
1. Minimum Archetype Support
2. Improving Green Archetypes
3. Improving White Archetypes
4. Matchup Analysis
5. Cube Combos (Work in Progress)
Draft my Cube - https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/d8i
My favorite turn was playing turn 2 Black Lotus with Teleportation Circle plus Thraben Inspector making two clues in the turn.
The next turn I played Charming Prince and blinked it for many turns of value.
It did other things but that was the best one. It has been a fun archetype to support in my Cube. We will see if it stays long term in a vintage powered environment.
I also added Thassa for redundancy.
My 540 card Powered Cube last updated March 2022
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