MTG Salvation

Not unless I start losing to roar of the wurm and only roar of the wurm.

Yeah, that range doesn't hit enough to be playable...something like consume the meek would be much more useful.

I... can't imagine a format where pelakka wurm could be common though.
Imagine playing against the guy with triple pelakka wurm.

yeah they can't print too much good fat at common because it kinda destroys the draft environment within the set. unless they printed some strong fatties in a set like gatecrash where it's so fast that they could get away with it (which tbh they probably should've done).

Someone was talking about red cloning effects, and I realized that Heat Shimmer could probably be an uncommon in the right set environment.

I'd like that, it has neat synergy with all the "enters the battlefield" effects in the cube. Plus you can make a ton of Nucklavees, Archaeomancers, and Mnemonic Walls.

Loam Lion at common in Vintage Masters! It's not even too much to ask!
Pretty all around excited for the rarity shifts in VM.

EDIT: Man, I'd play that Disintegrate if it could be foil and that Chittering Rats regardless.

I'll argue that the older chittering rats artwork is better. I can't say that it would fit with theros if reprinted however.

I still want to see the painlands reprinted at uncommon. Also Rathi Dragon.

i wouldn't even cube rathi dragon.

I would cube Furystoke Giant, though. (Sparked by discussion of Lightning Volley.)

I'm also hungering for a green 6-drop. Anybody have a 6-drop green rare in mind that would be good bumped down to uncommon?

you could always run howlgeist...that guy is awesome.


Ancient Silverback could be uncommon

Rhox

I can only imagine Call of the Herd and/or Phantom Nantuko being preprinted at lower rarities. Not sure when flashback will be revisited, but it's at a 1 on MaRo's storm scale: http://imgur.com/a/iOGCk#0

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Ancient Silverback could be uncommon

Hey! I got one!

Return to Dominaria?

when are we supposed to start getting the MM2 spoilers anyways? I have high hopes for it

Release date is the 22d of May, so possibly two to three weeks prior to then.

Speaking of Green fatties in the standard thread got me thinking about potential downshifts;

Arashi, the Sky Asunder - Maybe slightly too good for peasant? It's savage against flying heavy decks, but even then you have to take turns off swinging with it. There are uncommon legends, but it does have that going against it. The flavour is a pretty hard knock against seeing a reprint at all.
Dirtcowl Wurm - Looks perfectly placed for an uncommon. Not sure how playable it is given it will suck in the late game, but if it comes down early could be ok.
Genesis - Probably too strong an engine?
Gurzigost - I'd assume too hard to make work in cube even if it was downshifted?
Heartwood Giant - I had no idea this card existed. And it would never get downshifted or reprinted for flavour reasons. And probably too powerful at anything but rare. But it's a rad card.
Hystrodon - Flip up as soon as turn 3 with some acceleration too strong? Would be a flavoursome add to greens card draw. But I would think not likely to see a reprint, let alone downshift.
Nemata, Grove Guardian - Would this be slow enough now for uncommon? After you cast it, it is going to take you 2 more turns just to make 4 Saprolings. Probably more of a control finisher as opposed to a fattie.
Nut Collector - I suspect it isn't good enough for Peasant Cube anyway, but maybe?
Thorn Elemental - I see Rhox mentioned on this page, but I think the combination of getting damage through plus regeneration would be a tad too oppressive against non-black decks. But this guy I could get behind at uncommon.

Surprisingly (or maybe not) not a lot of cards that fit the Pelakka Wurm mold of having some upside in the face of removal, at least that I think could be reprinted.

Mindshrieker, partly because I think it works well with blue aggressive decks and with UB reanimator. Hell, it gives sensei's top something to do.

I second Thorn Elemental. The 7th edition artwork is just so good.

if i could peasant cube mindshrieker... that card is like my favourite.