MTG Salvation

Just like to note that the latest reprint of Lurrus in March of the Machines fix the incorrect rule text for anyone who is bothered by it. And the card itself is still plenty strong even without the companion text.

Good reviews as always. I think there's more potential in Lord Skitter, Sewer King and I would give it a try in my 360 and see where he goes.

I'm a lot more sceptical about Charming Scoundrel as well, but I am buying the card to test it as well.

I agree with the rest though.

Great reviews. The only card I'm personally interested for 360 is Death-Greeter's Champion so the list seem rather accurate overall. The rest of the cards are just testing and I'm not sure how it pan out long term.


I think Wrenn is strong, but him not being able to make a creature that protect him on T3 makes me think he's not good enough for 360.


I'm actually also interset in Invasion of Ixalan because I still like Oath of Nissa and believe that this kind of effects are great in cube.

The card is a few years too late. Literally a decade ago molten-tailed masticore is a VERY popular option in cube. Now, I think it pass its time. This card doesn't ramp up enough to match the power creep to be worth discard a card requirement.

Requiring mana or life to activate kills this card for me. And I don't think I need the 3rd Mother of Rune for 360.

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Initially thought this is really bad due to the vulnerability to removal and lack of immediate impact, but I was really underappreciating how strong turning off your opponent's ETBs is as a form of protection. Based on a quick overview, in my cube only Swords to Plowshares, Unexpectedly Absent, Brazen Borrower, Lethal Scheme and Grist, the Hunger Tide can unconditionally get this off the board for good without trading down in mana, and two of these are white cards you could very well have in your own deck. Elesh also pairs well with the Solitude cycle for immediate impact.

It doesn't stabilise the board for you, but if it sticks, which it likely will, it will make it very easy for you to take over the game. I think it's a good card for cubes encouraging "battlecruiser"-style play.

I highly recommend Aboleth Spawn if you like this card. Its effect isn't as nearly as strong but it's also only a 3 drop. It's been working really well in my 360 testing and I might try to keep it over the long haul if possible..

I totally agree with your #2-3 but I am a bit surprised by the top card of the set.

Current, I am including
Dack Fayden
Lutri, the Spellchaser
Prismari Command
in my Izzet section.

Lutri has been pretty solid and I'll have to see if I like this guy more than Prismari command.

I also view Surge Engine a bit differently. While it is "The way this card plays out, you spend your 2nd turn’s and part of your 3rd turn’s mana getting this beater online" like you say, it's also essentially leaving 2 mana open for counterspell which are bread and butter of blue decks. I do like blue tempo and like to push for cubable blue creatures a lot though. So while I'm not sure if it'll stay in my cube I'll still give it a run.

It's good but I don't know what to cut. Maybe Monastery Mentor?

Winds of Abandon > Swift Configuration

Den of the Bugbear > Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance

Gideon Jura > The Wandering Emperor

I put it in Orzhov slot for now, replacing Vindicate. Lingering Soul is too strong, and Lurrus to me is just as strong as vindicate but a lot more unique. I can't rule out having strictly better wrath of god for my cube, so Damn over Vindicate it is.

If I ever want to free up a lot, it'll probably be a white card in my cube. It's Wrath of God mode is going to use so often and it's going to get swipe by white deck a lot more than black deck.

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Unless you have a strong aversion, I think Comet, Stellar Pup is worth more of a test over Nahiri

Comet is prob like a top 5 multicolored card, I don't think playing it discounts the playability of Nahiri.

At 630, I'm going to be adding or testing a small chunk of cards:

White:
Celestine, the Living Saint

Black:
Triarch Praetorian
Necron Deathmark
Primaris Eliminator

Green:
Biophagus
Old One Eye

Multicolor:
Chaos Defiler
Mawloc

Also considering but not ready to commit to:
Space Marine Devastator (as a slightly more expensive Pest Infestation)
Defenders of Humanity
Night Scythe
Thunderhawk Gunship
Inquisitorial Rosette

I like this card a lot as well. Probably in the #3-#4 range in Gruul.
I run the top 6 cards and I would rate them something like this (#1/#2, #3/#4 and #5/#6/#7 are pretty interchangeable):

1. Wrenn and Six
2. Minsc and Boo
3. Bloodbraid Elf
4. Dragonlord Atarka
5. Huntmaster of the Fells
6. Domri, Anarch of Bolas
7. Radha, Heart of Keld

I will likely cut Domri or Huntmaster for it.

1. White Plume Adventurer. I just don't like keeping track of Initiative / The Undercity, and if you reject the entire package outright you have more slots to work with.
If I HAD to pick 1 more, I'd cut Monastery Mentor. His ceiling is obviously leagues above all the rest, but it's so difficult to achieve that I prefer the known quantities provided by the other cards. EDIT: I also treat Porcelain Legionnaire as a 2, so perhaps you can cut a 2 instead?

2. Unexpectedly Absent > Fateful Absence

3. Feldon and Seasoned Pyromancer. Same rationale as with the White cuts, I prefer the stable cards that are more aligned with what the color is generally doing.

4. Ob Nixilis > Cackler. I like Cackler on paper, but I think in just about every playgroup Ob Nixilis is going to be received better.

5. Primeval Titan. It's better if you're trying to ramp "honestly", but I assume that the most likely way these cards are getting onto the battlefield is by cheating.

6. Treetop Village > Lair of the Hydra

7. Vindicate > Lurrus

Hi all, delurked for the first time in ages since the Twitch merge, after running into a few issues.

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Ugh...

I'm not sure I like this. I really didn't like it when they pulled this kind of shenanigans with SOI. It's Tamyo's Journal all over.

Mostly because the different Journals weren't recognized by stores, most databases, and many players. I always felt this is WotC giving actual collectors an unnecessarily harder time.

c'est la vie I guess. Collectors are in the minority now.

I honestly cannot comprehend what you wrote. If a collector doesn't want to collect all the versions of an Un-card...maybe...don't?

Is WOTC forcing some unbearable hardship on people who choose to collect all the different versions of something? Should they refrain from making the game more fun for everyone else because collecting all the different versions will be more difficult for people whose chosen hobby is...collecting all the different versions? You'd figure it'd be just one more fun aspect of that hobby. Just does not compute.

Looking forward to it! Congrats!

I'm a huge fan of Ithaca and Syracuse is slightly close by too. Enjoy living there!

Totally off topic, but I used to live in Ithaca wish I could move back. Hit me up if you need any info on it, and if I go to visit any of my friends up there I'll see if you want to cube.

On topic: You convinced me to try Ballista and Sram's Expertise. Probably cutting Ajani Goldmane and Lightning Greaves for them, but I'm iffy on the artifact right now.

Cheers,
rant