73 unique cards were voted on! Thank you to the following voters for participating:
hedge knight, ArBoR4817, Majikian, inscho, Delandel, Chipsinabox, VariSami, BrownDog5117, Squirrely, revengeanceful, Trizeam, El Panda Rojo, boburning, Leelue, RxPhantom, hedgehogger and Darkprophet.
88 unique cards were voted on! Thank you to the following voters for participating:
Chipsinabox, Leelue, revengeanceful, El Panda Rojo, ArBoR4817, VariSami, inscho, Delandel, RxPhantom, Darkprophet, MrFloppy, Squirrely, majikian, hedgehogger, Boburning and BrownDog5117.
78 unique cards were voted on! Thank you to the following voters for participating:
RxPhantom, El Panda Rojo, MrFloppy, Leelue, ArBoR4817, majikian, revengeanceful, hedgehogger, chipsinabox, inscho, BrownDog5117, Darkprophet, VariSami, Delandel, Squirrely and boburning.
76 unique cards were voted on! Thank you to the following voters for participating:
MrFloppy, RxPhantom, inscho, majikian, Darkprophet, ArBoR5817, revenganceful, Squirrely, Chipsinabox, kakwann, boburning, Leelue, Delandel, El Panda Rojo, BrownDog5117, VariSami and hedgehogger.
Honorable Mentions:
For those who are interested in online rarity downshifts, check out Nostalgic Dreams from Vintage Masters.
67 unique cards were voted on! Thank you to the following voters for participating:
majikian, RxPhantom, El Panda Rojo, inscho, Chipsinabox, BrownDog5117, Leelue, revengeanceful, ArBoR4817, VariSami, boboring, Darkprophet, Squirrely and hedgehogger.
15 unique cards were voted on! Thank you to the following voters for participating:
inscho, Chipsinabox, Darkprophet, majikian, Squirrely, Leelue, revengeanceful, BrownDog5117, El Panda Rojo, ArBoR4817, boburning, RxPhantom and midnight_baker.
13 unique cards were voted on! Thank you to the following voters for participating:
inscho, Chipsinabox, Darkprophet, majikian, Squirrely, Leelue, revengeanceful, BrownDog5117, El Panda Rojo, ArBoR4817, boburning, RxPhantom and midnight_baker.
12 unique cards were voted on! Thank you to the following voters for participating:
inscho, Chipsinabox, Darkprophet, majikian, Squirrely, Leelue, revengeanceful, BrownDog5117, El Panda Rojo, ArBoR4817, boburning, RxPhantom and midnight_baker.
11 unique cards were voted on! Thank you to the following voters for participating:
inscho, Chipsinabox, Darkprophet, majikian, Squirrely, Leelue, revengeanceful, BrownDog5117, El Panda Rojo, ArBoR4817, boburning, RxPhantom and midnight_baker.
10 unique cards were voted on! Thank you to the following voters for participating:
inscho, Chipsinabox, Darkprophet, majikian, Squirrely, Leelue, revengeanceful, BrownDog5117, El Panda Rojo, ArBoR4817, boburning, RxPhantom and midnight_baker.
10 unique cards were voted on! Thank you to the following voters for participating:
inscho, Chipsinabox, Darkprophet, majikian, Squirrely, Leelue, revengeanceful, BrownDog5117, El Panda Rojo, ArBoR4817, boburning, RxPhantom and midnight_baker.
12 unique cards were voted on! Thank you to the following voters for participating:
inscho, Chipsinabox, Darkprophet, majikian, Squirrely, Leelue, revengeanceful, BrownDog5117, El Panda Rojo, ArBoR4817, boburning, RxPhantom and midnight_baker.
13 unique cards were voted on! Thank you to the following voters for participating:
inscho, Chipsinabox, Darkprophet, majikian, Squirrely, Leelue, revengeanceful, BrownDog5117, El Panda Rojo, ArBoR4817, boburning, RxPhantom and midnight_baker.
16 unique cards were voted on! Thank you to the following voters for participating:
inscho, Chipsinabox, Darkprophet, majikian, Squirrely, Leelue, revengeanceful, BrownDog5117, El Panda Rojo, ArBoR4817, boburning, RxPhantom and midnight_baker.
11 unique cards were voted on! Thank you to the following voters for participating:
inscho, Chipsinabox, Darkprophet, majikian, Squirrely, Leelue, revengeanceful, BrownDog5117, El Panda Rojo, ArBoR4817, boburning, RxPhantom and midnight_baker.
I'll be interested to see if Banisher Priest takes over for Fiend Hunter next year (I assume it's too recent to garner a lot of support this time around).
After comparing the 2013 ranks to 2014's ranks of white, Fiend Hunter went from 18th to 21st, and Banisher Priest found his home at 16th place.
58 unique cards were voted on! Thank you to the following voters for participating:
Hedge Knight, ArBoR4817, Mijikian, inscho, Delandel, Chipsinabox, VariSami, BrownDog5117, Squirrely, Trizeam, El Panda Rojo, Boburning and Leelue.
You're welcome.
Nothing terribly surprising in the white results. I wonder if Custodi Squire is getting a little bit of a bump since it's new and on everyone's mind, but other than that the list seems to make sense.
Oh..and very happy Harm's Way snuck in. The card won me a game last night as I redirected 2 damage from a lethal "tap out" Fireball and won on the swing back next turn.
58 unique cards were voted on! Thank you to the following voters for participating:
Hedge Knight, ArBoR4817, Mijikian, inscho, Delandel, Chipsinabox, VariSami, BrownDog5117, Squirrely, Trizeam, El Panda Rojo, Boburning and Leelue.
You're welcome.
Update your list, my friend!
I see you updated it! I'll update the list right now
60 unique cards were voted on! Thank you to the following voters for participating:
Hedge Knight, ArBoR4817, Mijikian, inscho, Delandel, Chipsinabox, VariSami, BrownDog5117, Squirrely, revengeanceful, Trizeam, El Panda Rojo, Boburning and Leelue.
I used to be on the fence about Custodi Squire. She's only a recent inclusion to my own cube. He's pretty cool. She's almost like a white flying Eternal Witness. She's just got a lot of value on her.
I'd guess that part of this is driven by the aversion some people have to creatures with Shadow. Similar to creatures with protection they don't lead to interactive gameplay, so some people shy away from them, myself included.
It's too bad only a couple of us use squadron hawk, because that card is awesome, and really deserved to be on here. I was also surprised I'm now the only one who really likes goldnight commander.
Preordain being replaced with Ponder is quite surprising. I mean, I'm surprised either of them were ever on a top 20 list, but even more surprising that Ponder outclassed Preordain, even if it's only by 2 points (Ponder 34, Preordain 32).
I can automate this spreadsheet to do a lot of things. Would anyone be interested in seeing who's pet cards are whos? Or is that over-excessive and useless information?
Black is up if you wanna go look at it. It's still unformatted, as I just copy and pasted the final cell in my excel spreadsheet into the forum page. It's a little sloppy looking, but you'll get the idea. I'll update it tomorrow.
I added a "On The Fence" section, which is just seeing which cards half the voters voted on (example, 10 voters total, 5 voted on specific card). Interesting that Pestilence was part of the "On The Fence" section, I thought.
Also something that caught my eye in blue was Compulsive Research and Tandem Lookout. I've known about these cards for a while but didn't know they were so popular. Anyone wanna elaborate on why? I seem to be out of the loop.
Tandem lookout is often a phyrexian rager but with immense upside. If this draws 2 or more cards you basically win. It combos and curves with a few red creatures, namely ones that say keldon.
It's too bad only a couple of us use squadron hawk, because that card is awesome, and really deserved to be on here. I was also surprised I'm now the only one who really likes goldnight commander.
I'm pretty sure I had Goldnight Commander on my list. Maybe not as high though. I'm disappointed that no one seems to appreciate Heavy Ballista. But Squadron Hawk is kinda silly. So people draft a single card and then they're just given more? It sounds like you're forcing a card that plays poorly with the format.
Preordain being replaced with Ponder is quite surprising. I mean, I'm surprised either of them were ever on a top 20 list, but even more surprising that Ponder outclassed Preordain, even if it's only by 2 points (Ponder 34, Preordain 32).
I don't understand why you're surprised that they even made it into the top 20. Drawing cards and manipulating your draws seem pretty powerful in my book.
Sorry for the double post, but Fettergeist received two votes, one from myself and the other from revengeanceful. And nobody else even put Brainstorm in their lists?! That seemed odd to me. Also, I feel like I'm really skewing the results on some of these, so I'll just reiterate that I'm not doing it on purpose.
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I think we talked about Brainstorm in the one-mana cantrips/card selection thread. My take on it is that it's less consistent than any number of other options for the 1-mana blue card selection slot, so it will likely never make my list. I'd rather have any of the following than Brainstorm:
On another note, Heavy Ballista actually looks really powerful. Screwing with combat is something I should push more heavily in white to give it more of an identity, especially given how powerful Lashknife Barrier has proven to be.
I think we talked about Brainstorm in the one-mana cantrips/card selection thread. My take on it is that it's less consistent than any number of other options for the 1-mana blue card selection slot, so it will likely never make my list. I'd rather have any of the following than Brainstorm:
On another note, Heavy Ballista actually looks really powerful. Screwing with combat is something I should push more heavily in white to give it more of an identity, especially given how powerful Lashknife Barrier has proven to be.
Heavy Ballista has been a pet card of mine since its release in Weatherlight, and it does a lot of work in my cube. It pairs really well with Serra Advocate for combat silliness. And I totally get your point on Brainstorm, but I really like that it's an instant, too.
I'm slightly surprised I was the only voter for Terror. It really isn't that much worse than Doom Blade, which scored fairly highly. I can only assume lots of people only voted for cards in their cube (and not running Terror is fair enough, I don't cube it either, as Black has plenty of better/more "interesting" removal options. But purely from a power-level perspective, I hold that it's a legitimate top 20 card).
I don't know about top 20, but I definitely run it and pick it highly. For me though, it skims the edges of the top 20 and would probably make my top 25.
I'm slightly surprised I was the only voter for Terror. It really isn't that much worse than Doom Blade, which scored fairly highly. I can only assume lots of people only voted for cards in their cube (and not running Terror is fair enough, I don't cube it either, as Black has plenty of better/more "interesting" removal options. But purely from a power-level perspective, I hold that it's a legitimate top 20 card).
Yeah, I only voted for cards in my cube because they're the only ones I have a perspective on in my cube's environment. Terror would probably make the list if I was voting strictly based on my perception of pure power level.
I'm slightly surprised I was the only voter for Terror. It really isn't that much worse than Doom Blade, which scored fairly highly. I can only assume lots of people only voted for cards in their cube (and not running Terror is fair enough, I don't cube it either, as Black has plenty of better/more "interesting" removal options. But purely from a power-level perspective, I hold that it's a legitimate top 20 card).
I don't know about top 20, but I definitely run it and pick it highly. For me though, it skims the edges of the top 20 and would probably make my top 25.
I don't run either because I don't run a very powerful cube, but in the other cube I play I wouldn't pick doom blade over removal like last gasp or nameless inversion because not being able to target more than 1/5th the creatures in a cube is incredibly relevant, even if you are playing most of the black creatures in the best possible scenario (and good luck if you're splashing for removal). last gasp hits more creatures (and definitely hits the utility dorks which require you to spend removal vs the dudes that are swinging), except they can't regenerate in response when they could with doom blade, and last gasp is actually a combat trick. I don't think terror belongs in the top 20 (or anywhere close) when nameless inversion isn't included.
(Place) (Card Name), (Average Points)
White Results! (updated August 3rd, Closed)
02 Path To Exile - 17.76
03 Cloudgoat Ranger - 16.12
04 Oblivion Ring - 15.71
05 Mother of Runes - 13.94
06 Faith's Fetters - 9.82
07 Feudkiller's Verdict - 8.24
08 Custodi Squire - 7.88
09 Spectral Procession - 7.82
10 Guardian of the Guildpact - 7.65
11 Calciderm - 7.53
12 Lashknife Barrier - 7.06
13 Shrine of Loyal Legions - 6.53
14 Flickerwisp - 6.29
15 Journey to Nowhere - 6.29
16 Banisher Priest - 6.24
17 Serra Angel - 4.53
18 Temporal Isolation - 3.65
19 Harm's Way - 2.59
20 Glimmerpoint Stag - 2.41
Ties!
- A tie between Glimmerpoint Stag and Fiend Hunter for 41 points! But Glimmerpoint Stag had more votes than Fiend Hunter!
Consensus Cards:Path To Exile and Oblivion Ring/Banishing Light was voted on by everyone.
Almost Consensus Cards:
Swords To Plowshares and Cloudgoat Ranger were voted on by all but one person.
Serra Angel appeared on half the voter lists.
Almost Pet Cards:
Squadron Hawk, Goldnight Commander, Kor Sanctifiers, Gideon's Lawkeeper/Goldmeadow Harrier, Seraph of Dawn, Kor Hookmaster, Attended Knight, Intangible Virtue, Coalition Honor Guard, Kor Skyfisher, Stormfront Pegasus/Mistral Charger, Wall of Omens and Test of Faith all received two votes.
Pet Cards:
Cage of Hands, Charge Across the Araba, Ornitharch, Shattered Angel, Guardian of the Gateless, Heavy Ballista, Knight of Glory, Shelter, Griffin Guide, Oathsworn Giant, Puncturing Light, Elite Vanguard, Prison Term, Soltari Trooper, Miraculous Recovery, Daring Skyjek, Raise The Alarm, Cloudshift, Swell of Courage, Spirit Mantle, Kor Line-Slinger, Knight of Glory, Nyx-Fleece Ram, Cenn's Enlistment, Blinding Beam, Belfry Spirit, Story Circle and Righteous Charge were all voted on once.
For those who are interested in online downshifts, check out Pianna, Nomad Captain.
New Cards To Be Included This Year:
Feudkiller's Verdict, Custodi Squire, Lashknife Barrier, Temporal Isolation, Banisher Priest and Harm's Way slipped their way into the top 20 this year.
Eliminated:
Coalition Honor Guard, Cenn's Enlistment, Porcelain Legionnaire (voting technicality), Fiend Hunter, Squadron Hawk and Goldnight Commander all fell out of the top 20 this year.
73 unique cards were voted on! Thank you to the following voters for participating:
hedge knight, ArBoR4817, Majikian, inscho, Delandel, Chipsinabox, VariSami, BrownDog5117, Squirrely, revengeanceful, Trizeam, El Panda Rojo, boburning, Leelue, RxPhantom, hedgehogger and Darkprophet.
02 Fact or Fiction - 16.06
03 Control Magic - 15.75
04 Man-o'-War - 12.50
05 Crystal Shard - 11.06
06 Counterspell - 9.75
07 Mana Leak - 9.69
08 Mist Raven - 8.56
09 Talrand's Invocation - 7.50
10 Mind Control - 7.00
11 Jetting Glasskite - 6.63
12 Tandem Lookout - 5.63
13 Condescend - 5.44
14 Looter il-Kor - 4.56
15 Compulsive Research - 4.44
16 Clone - 3.88
17 Preordain - 3.06
18 Riftwing Cloudskate - 2.94
19 Errant Ephemeron - 2.56
20 Psionic Blast - 2.44
Consensus Cards:
Mulldrifter was voted on by everyone.
Almost Consensus Cards:
Fact or Fiction and Man-o'-War, were voted on by all but one person.
Compulsive Research appeared on half the voter lists.
Almost Pet Cards:
Binding Grasp, Propaganda, Sleep, Opportunity, Murder of Crows, Fettergeist, Latch Seeker, Exclude, Sea Drake, Triton Tactics, Repulse, Curiosity and Withdraw all received two votes.
Pet Cards:
Domestication, Brainstorm, Infiltrator il-Kor, Deep Analysis, Arcane Denial, Tower Geist, Gryff Vanguard, Blustersquall, Narcolepsy, Merfolk Looter, Wash Out, Ninja of the Deep Hours, Fog Bank, Wingcrafter, Gush, Cloudfin Raptor, Augury Owl, Capsize, Accumulated Knowledge, Sea Gate Oracle, Omenspeaker, Crippling Chill, Spy Network, Pongify/Rapid Hybridization, Choking Tethers, Compulsion, Jodah's Avenger, Ghostly Flicker, Azure Mage, Elgaud Shieldmate, Cloudskate, Ætherize, Thalaknos Scout, Dakra Mystic, Welkin Tern, Complicate, Negate, Trained Condor, Phantom Wings, Faerie Conclave and Spiketail Drakeling were all voted on once.
For those who aren’t concerned with Arabian Nights and Legends weird ranking system, check out Mana Drain, Old Man of the Sea and Serendib Efreet.
New Cards To Be Included This Year:
Psionic Blast, Mana Leak, and Condescend all slipped into the top 20 this year.
Eliminated:
Capsize, Æther Adept and Serendib Efreet all fell out of the top 20 this year.
88 unique cards were voted on! Thank you to the following voters for participating:
Chipsinabox, Leelue, revengeanceful, El Panda Rojo, ArBoR4817, VariSami, inscho, Delandel, RxPhantom, Darkprophet, MrFloppy, Squirrely, majikian, hedgehogger, Boburning and BrownDog5117.
02 Skinrender - 17.19
03 Curse of Shallow Graves - 13.63
04 Demonic Tutor - 12.69
05 Vampire Nighthawk - 11.13
06 Nekrataal - 11.06
07 Go For The Throat - 10.38
08 Diabolic Servitude - 6.88
09 Hymn to Tourach - 6.13
10 Snuff Out - 5.75
11 Necromancy - 5.56
12 Ultimate Price - 5.50
13 Pestilence - 5.44
14 Doom Blade - 5.25
15 Animate Dead - 4.75
16 Bone Shredder - 4.44
17 Dauthi Marauder - 4.00
18 Inquisition of Kozilek - 3.94
19 Darkblast - 3.88
20 Drown In Sorrow - 3.13
Consensus Cards:
Skinrender was voted on by everyone.
On The Fence Cards:
Bone Shredder appeared on half the voter lists.
Almost Pet Cards:
Booster Tutor, Liliana's Specter, Twisted Abomination, Victimize, Phyrexian Gargantua, Reckless Spite, Nezumi Graverobber, Moan of the Unhallowed, Chittering Rats, Reassembling Skeleton, Night's Whisper and Quest for the Gravelord all received two votes.
Pet Cards:
Dark Ritual, Vendetta, Murder, Bloodhunter Bat, Barter in Blood, Duress, Phyrexian Reclamation, Plagued Rusalka, Terror, Blind Zealot, Erebos's Emissary, Dakmor Plague, Mogis's Marauder, Rend Flesh, Okiba-Gang Shinobi, Black Knight, Keening Banshee, Tortured Existence, Contagion, Woebearer, Unearth, Enslave, Vampire Lacerator, Rathi Trapper, Stinkweed Imp, Stab Wound, Stupor, Wakedancer, Thrill-Kill Assassin and Tragic Slip were all voted on once.
If anyone is interested in online rarity downshifts, check out Kezzerdrix, Dark Hatchling and Sarcomancy.
78 unique cards were voted on! Thank you to the following voters for participating:
RxPhantom, El Panda Rojo, MrFloppy, Leelue, ArBoR4817, majikian, revengeanceful, hedgehogger, chipsinabox, inscho, BrownDog5117, Darkprophet, VariSami, Delandel, Squirrely and boburning.
02 Lightning Bolt - 19.12
03 Staggershock - 13.35
04 Arc Lightning - 13.29
05 Arc trail - 13.00
06 Lust for War - 9.24
07 Shrine of Burning Rage - 9.24
08 Shower of Coals - 8.35
09 Fire Imp - 6.47
10 Magma Jet - 5.88
11 Lightning Mauler - 5.18
12 Firebolt - 4.88
13 Incinerate - 4.76
14 Stormblood Berserker - 4.24
15 Keldon Champion - 4.06
16 Chain Lightning - 4.00
17 Guttersnipe - 3.59
18 Young Pyromancer - 3.59
19 Imperial Recruiter - 3.35
20 Jackal Pup - 3.18
Ties!
- A tie between Lust for War and Shrine of Burning Rage for 157 points. But Lust for War had more votes than Shrine of Burning Rage.
- A tie between Guttersnipe and Young Pyromancer for 61 points. But Guttersnipe had more votes than Young Pyromancer.
Consensus Cards:Flametongue Kavu and Lightning Bolt were voted on by everyone.
Almost Consensus Cards:
Arc Lightning was voted on by all but one person.
Firebolt, Incinerate and Guttersnipe appeared on half the voter lists.
Almost Pet Cards:
Forked Bolt, Ghitu Slinger, Fireblast, Rubblebelt Maaka, Wrap in Flames, Bloodfray Giant, Hellspark Elemental, Fault Riders, Volcanic Fallout, Markov Warlord and Faithless Looting all received two votes.
Pet Cards:
Disintegrate, Sulfurous Blast, Volcanic Dragon, Keldon Marauders, Nightbird's Clutches, Wildfire Cerberus, Acidic Soil, Hissing Iguanar, Avalanche Riders, Traitorous Blood, Reckless Waif, Ghost-Lit Raider, Pyroclasm, Gathan Raiders, Ghitu Encampment, Mogis's Warhound, Wildfire Emissary, Breath of Darigaaz, Vulshok Sorcerer, Searing Blood, Genju of the Spires, Kiln Fiend, Shard Volley, Fireslinger, Smash to Smithereens, Suq'Ata Lancer, Rapacious One and Spikeshot Goblin were all voted on once.
76 unique cards were voted on! Thank you to the following voters for participating:
MrFloppy, RxPhantom, inscho, majikian, Darkprophet, ArBoR5817, revenganceful, Squirrely, Chipsinabox, kakwann, boburning, Leelue, Delandel, El Panda Rojo, BrownDog5117, VariSami and hedgehogger.
02 Pelakka Wurm - 16.93
03 Curse of Predation - 16.71
04 Rancor - 15.93
05 Briarhorn - 12.86
06 Regrowth - 10.86
07 Acidic Slime - 10.71
08 Blastoderm - 9.43
09 Grizzly Fate - 9.29
10 Joraga Treespeaker - 8.43
11 Phantom Centaur - 6.50
12 Llanowar Elves - 6.21
13 Penumbra Spider - 5.71
14 Deadwood Treefolk - 5.21
15 Utopia Sprawl - 3.86
16 Arbor Elf - 3.86
17 Wolfir Avenger - 3.50
18 Treetop Village - 3.07
19 Harmonize - 3.00
20 Overrun - 3.00
Ties!
- A tie between Utopia Sprawl and Arbor Elf for 54 points. But Utopia Sprawl had more votes than Arbor Elf.
- A tie between Harmonize and Overrun for 42 points. But Harmonize had more votes than Overrun.
Consensus Cards:Eternal Witness, Pelakka Wurm, Rancor and Acidic Slime were voted on by everyone.
Almost Consensus Cards:
Briarhorn and Blastoderm were voted on by all but one person.
Penumbra Spider, Arbor Elf and Druid's Familiar appeared on half the voter lists.
Almost Pet Cards:
Sylvan Library, Hurricane, Nest Invader, Berserk, Experiment One, Strangleroot Geist, Jade Mage and Devoted Druid all received two votes.
Pet Cards:
Garruk's Packleader, Bestial Menace, Sentinel Spider, Prey Upon, Masked Admirers, Cultivate, Vital Splicer, Pride of Lions, Mold Shambler, Predator's Howl, Briarpack Alpha, Genju of the Cedars, Nemesis of Mortals, Indrik Stomphowler, Ambush Viper, Evolution Charm, Squirrel Nest, Tower Above, Cudgel Troll, Sakura-Tribe Elder, Edge of Autumn, Wildsize, Wild Growth, Constant Mists, Ferocious Charge, Imperious Perfect, Elvish Aberration, Shinen of Life's Roar, Killer Bees, Yavimaya Elder, Centaur Chieftain and Bellowing Tanglewurm were all voted on once.
For those who are interested in online rarity downshifts, check out Nostalgic Dreams from Vintage Masters.
67 unique cards were voted on! Thank you to the following voters for participating:
majikian, RxPhantom, El Panda Rojo, inscho, Chipsinabox, BrownDog5117, Leelue, revengeanceful, ArBoR4817, VariSami, boboring, Darkprophet, Squirrely and hedgehogger.
02 Arctic Aven - 2.85
03 Lyev Skyknight - 2.00
04 Momentary Blink - 1.69
05 Mistmeadow Witch - 0.85
Ties!
- Both Mistmeadow Witch and Azorius Guildmage had 11 points and 4 votes, but Mistmeadow Witch had a better standard deviation at 0.957 compared to Azorius Guildmage's 1.5.
On The Fence Cards:Momentary Blink appeared on half the voter lists.
Almost Pet Cards:
Sky Hussar received two votes.
Pet Cards:
Curse of Chains, Unbender Tine, Silkbind Faerie, Dauntless River Marshal and Deputy of Acquittals were all voted on once.
inscho, Chipsinabox, Darkprophet, majikian, Squirrely, Leelue, revengeanceful, BrownDog5117, El Panda Rojo, ArBoR4817, boburning, RxPhantom and midnight_baker.
02 Ribbon of Night - 3.62
03 Pychotag - 2.23
04 Far // Away - 1.46
05 Dinrova Horror - 1.08
Consensus Cards:
Baleful Strix was voted on by everyone.
On The Fence Cards:
Agony Warp appeared on half the voter lists.
Almost Pet Cards:
Haunter of Nightveil all received two votes.
Pet Cards:
Blizzard Specter, Recoil, Shipwreck Singer, Inkfathom Infiltrator and Mundungu were all voted on once.
inscho, Chipsinabox, Darkprophet, majikian, Squirrely, Leelue, revengeanceful, BrownDog5117, El Panda Rojo, ArBoR4817, boburning, RxPhantom and midnight_baker.
02 Fire Covenant - 3.46
03 Rakdos Cackler - 2.15
04 Bituminous Blast - 1.38
05 Terminate - 1.23
Consensus Cards:
Murderous Redcap was voted on by everyone.
On The Fence Cards:
Terminate appeared on half the voter lists.
Almost Pet Cards:
Blightning and Shambling Remains both received two votes.
Pet Cards:
Rakdos Guildmage, Hellhole Flailer and Crimson Muckwader were all voted on once.
inscho, Chipsinabox, Darkprophet, majikian, Squirrely, Leelue, revengeanceful, BrownDog5117, El Panda Rojo, ArBoR4817, boburning, RxPhantom and midnight_baker.
02 Ghor-Clan Rampager - 3.08
03 Flinthoof Boar - 2.62
04 Kird Ape - 1.77
05 Firespout - 1.23
Almost Consensus Cards:
Bloodbraid Elf, Ghor-Clan Rampager and Flinthoof Boar were voted on by all but one person.
Boggart Ram-Gang received two votes.
Pet Cards:
Fires of Yavimaya and Voracious Cobra were all voted on once.
inscho, Chipsinabox, Darkprophet, majikian, Squirrely, Leelue, revengeanceful, BrownDog5117, El Panda Rojo, ArBoR4817, boburning, RxPhantom and midnight_baker.
02 Kitchen Finks - 4.15
03 Trostani's Summoner - 2.15
04 Qasali Pridemage - 1.77
05 Enlisted Wurm - 1.23
Consensus Cards:
Kitchen Finks was voted on by everyone.
Almost Consensus Cards:
Behemoth Sledge and Qasali Pridemage were voted on by all but one person.
Enlisted Wurm, appeared on half the voter lists.
Almost Pet Cards:
Centaur Healer and Selesnya Charm both received two votes.
Pet Cards:
Juniper Order Ranger and Loam Lion were all voted on once.
inscho, Chipsinabox, Darkprophet, majikian, Squirrely, Leelue, revengeanceful, BrownDog5117, El Panda Rojo, ArBoR4817, boburning, RxPhantom and midnight_baker.
02 Unburial Rites - 2.38
03 Mortify - 1.69
04 Tidehollow Sculler - 1.62
05 Zealous Persecution - 1.54
Almost Pet Cards:
Kingpin’s Pet received two votes.
Pet Cards:
Blind Hunter and Restless Apparition were all voted on once.
inscho, Chipsinabox, Darkprophet, majikian, Squirrely, Leelue, revengeanceful, BrownDog5117, El Panda Rojo, ArBoR4817, boburning, RxPhantom and midnight_baker.
02 Dreg Mangler - 3.23
03 Pharika’s Mender - 3.08
04 Putrefy - 2.31
05 Nyx Weaver - 0.69
Consensus Cards:
Putrid Leech was voted on by everyone.
Almost Consensus Cards:
Pharika’s Mender was voted on by all but one person.
Life // Death received two votes.
Pet Cards:
Consume Strength, Spider Spawning and Treasured Find were all voted on once.
inscho, Chipsinabox, Darkprophet, majikian, Squirrely, Leelue, revengeanceful, BrownDog5117, El Panda Rojo, ArBoR4817, boburning, RxPhantom and midnight_baker.
02 Shardless Agent - 3.00
03 Fleetfeather Cockatrice - 2.85
04 Horizon Chimera - 1.31
05 Æther Mutation - 0.92
Almost Consensus Cards:
Trygon Predator was voted on by all but one person.
Temporal Spring and Snakeform both received two votes.
Pet Cards:
Jungle Barrier, Kiora’s Follower and Elusive Krasis were all voted on once.
inscho, Chipsinabox, Darkprophet, majikian, Squirrely, Leelue, revengeanceful, BrownDog5117, El Panda Rojo, ArBoR4817, boburning, RxPhantom and midnight_baker.
02 Jilt - 3.15
03 Gelectrode - 2.62
04 Fire // Ice - 1.69
05 Izzet Charm - 1.00
Consensus Cards:
Electrolyze was voted on by everyone.
On The Fence Cards:
Frostburn Weird appeared on half the voter lists.
Almost Pet Cards:
Turn // Burn received two votes.
Pet Cards:
Spellheart Chimera, Nucklavee, Goblin Electromancer, Izzet Staticaster, Essence Backlash, Stormchaser Chimera, Izzet Chronarch, Stormcaller of Keranos and Thoughtflare were all voted on once.
inscho, Chipsinabox, Darkprophet, majikian, Squirrely, Leelue, revengeanceful, BrownDog5117, El Panda Rojo, ArBoR4817, boburning, RxPhantom and midnight_baker.
02 Spitemare - 3.31
03 Truefire Paladin - 3.00
04 Boros Charm - 1.77
05 Warleader's Helix - 0.92
Consensus Cards:
Spitemare and Truefire Paladin were voted on by everyone.
Almost Consensus Cards:
Lightning Helixwas voted on by all but one person.
Warleader's Helix appeared on half the voter lists.
Almost Pet Cards:
Bull Cerodon and Stun Sniper both received two votes.
Pet Cards:
Sunhome Guildmage, Hearthfire Hobgoblin and Skyknight Legionnaire were all voted on once.
inscho, Chipsinabox, Darkprophet, majikian, Squirrely, Leelue, revengeanceful, BrownDog5117, El Panda Rojo, ArBoR4817, boburning, RxPhantom and midnight_baker.
Nothing terribly surprising in the white results. I wonder if Custodi Squire is getting a little bit of a bump since it's new and on everyone's mind, but other than that the list seems to make sense.
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Why wasn't I running this card?
Oh..and very happy Harm's Way snuck in. The card won me a game last night as I redirected 2 damage from a lethal "tap out" Fireball and won on the swing back next turn.
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Another thing that surprised me is Stormfront Pegasus/Mistral Charger tied with Soltari Trooper with 5 points. Clearly they didn't make the top 20, but I guess the evasion and ability to block with Stormfront Pegasus/Mistral Charger and the inability to block/be blocked by Soltari Trooper breaks even. Interesting. I would have thought that Soltari Trooper would edge out Stormfront Pegasus/Mistral Charger, even though they were nowhere near the top 20.
I used to be on the fence about Custodi Squire. She's only a recent inclusion to my own cube. He's pretty cool. She's almost like a white flying Eternal Witness. She's just got a lot of value on her.
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I'm more surprised that people are still having rampant success with counterspells.
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430, Peasant, Very Unpowered
Why you should take your hybrids out of your gold section
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I added a "On The Fence" section, which is just seeing which cards half the voters voted on (example, 10 voters total, 5 voted on specific card). Interesting that Pestilence was part of the "On The Fence" section, I thought.
Also something that caught my eye in blue was Compulsive Research and Tandem Lookout. I've known about these cards for a while but didn't know they were so popular. Anyone wanna elaborate on why? I seem to be out of the loop.
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I'm pretty sure I had Goldnight Commander on my list. Maybe not as high though. I'm disappointed that no one seems to appreciate Heavy Ballista. But Squadron Hawk is kinda silly. So people draft a single card and then they're just given more? It sounds like you're forcing a card that plays poorly with the format.
I don't understand why you're surprised that they even made it into the top 20. Drawing cards and manipulating your draws seem pretty powerful in my book.
Sorry. I also didn't vote for Swords to Plowshares or Cloudgoat Ranger. I'm not an intentional contrarian. Promise.
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On another note, Heavy Ballista actually looks really powerful. Screwing with combat is something I should push more heavily in white to give it more of an identity, especially given how powerful Lashknife Barrier has proven to be.CubeTutor: www.cubetutor.com/cubeblog/72
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Heavy Ballista has been a pet card of mine since its release in Weatherlight, and it does a lot of work in my cube. It pairs really well with Serra Advocate for combat silliness. And I totally get your point on Brainstorm, but I really like that it's an instant, too.
I don't know about top 20, but I definitely run it and pick it highly. For me though, it skims the edges of the top 20 and would probably make my top 25.
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I don't run either because I don't run a very powerful cube, but in the other cube I play I wouldn't pick doom blade over removal like last gasp or nameless inversion because not being able to target more than 1/5th the creatures in a cube is incredibly relevant, even if you are playing most of the black creatures in the best possible scenario (and good luck if you're splashing for removal). last gasp hits more creatures (and definitely hits the utility dorks which require you to spend removal vs the dudes that are swinging), except they can't regenerate in response when they could with doom blade, and last gasp is actually a combat trick. I don't think terror belongs in the top 20 (or anywhere close) when nameless inversion isn't included.
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