Pick 1:
Accorder Paladin
Adanto Vanguard
Charming Prince
Glory-Bound Initiate
Imposing Sovereign
Also, which would you rather run - Ancient Stone Idol, or Emrakul the Promised End?
The Idol works with tinker/welder and is arguably better with sneak attack/TTB/Feldon since it leaves behind a 6/12 dude. Emrakul flies, and has a cast trigger (although it's probably not getting hardcast often). Both work reasonably well with reanimator or Show and Tell.
Adanto Vanguard or Imposing Sovereign here--probably more so on Sovereign than Vanguard. Sovereign is better against midrange decks and Vanguard's indestructibility can be a real thorn in the side of control players. Furthermore, I'm currently on Promised End and not Ancient Stone Idol because I don't think Tinker needs anymore help. I also think Promised End is superior with Channel, which I believe can use the support. Protection from instants is also pretty relevant.
I'm going to test the Green giant. An Overrun that can be tutored for in green and recurred is pretty nice. Curving into this after dropping a Hermit is going to be so fun. It looks like it'll be pretty good in the Selesnya decks that go wide too.
Me neither. It seems situational, a huge double-edged sword, pretty weak versus removal and it has a very narrow range of white decks that would actually play it effectively.
Sun Titan supports combos, archetypes, and it's more versatile and flexible, and does a much better job of guaranteeing value. Sun Titan has aged really well for us; it's far better now than it used to be, and I'm certainly not going to remove it for a card that will go into less decks and contribute to far less interesting lines of play.
I haven't had much success with Loam in my cube or the cubes I've played. I can't help but agree with BlackWaltz3's opinion that Loam usually ends up in tier 2 strategies. In what decks does Loam shine in, and are these decks of comparable power level to the decks of other commonly played archetypes? Are the decks specifically built to abuse Loam? How many Loam interactions are you looking to include in your decks before Loam becomes a worthy inclusion?
Thrun is still better than this. Hexproof is more of a pain for control to deal with than Pro-Blue. I can totally see people trying this instead of Polly K though. This set also has the Flash Wolf so there's definitely some competition over the same spot.
This card has far exceeded my expectations. It's a mini Skullclamp and Serrated Arrows built on a stick. He's burn proof and the proliferate allows players to ultimate their walkers faster while simultaneously controlling the board. Drawing more creatures just means that he can continue to put more -1/-1 counters on the board, and if you draw a land, he can just proliferate. The random protection from humans clause isn't just flavor text either; it's occasionally relevant since humans is probably the most common creature type in many cubes. Praise Yawgmoth.
In summary/ TLDR
This dataset, as it currently stands, is question-generating, not as question-answering. When the data tells us something that doesn’t agree with our experience, it might be time to start questioning the reliability of those experiences.
How you choose to interpret it is up to you, but I see this as a developing tool for a community that historically has based card choices entirely on personal experience.
I could not agree more with Tjornan's post. This aptly sums up why I'm interested in the data. Obviously it's not enough to conclude card A is better than card B, but it's useful as a catalyst to question our beliefs. If cards that I normally let wheel or often ignore are showing up in relatively high numbers of 3 - 0 decks, then perhaps I may need to reevaluate a few of my drafting choices--or not because someone may be able to explain to me why the high frequency is misleading. The point is to generate questions and discussions and I think this type of data is generally more useful than anecdotal evidence, which may be biased or easily distorted. I would like to encourage everyone to sort or sift through the master spreadsheet to see if you find anything intriguing.
You guys still getting good mileage out of this card? I’m not usually down to give up a draw for a creature unless I’m in Sneak Attack or Show and Tell.
Adanto Vanguard or Imposing Sovereign here--probably more so on Sovereign than Vanguard. Sovereign is better against midrange decks and Vanguard's indestructibility can be a real thorn in the side of control players. Furthermore, I'm currently on Promised End and not Ancient Stone Idol because I don't think Tinker needs anymore help. I also think Promised End is superior with Channel, which I believe can use the support. Protection from instants is also pretty relevant.
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Spawn of Mayhem or Drana, Liberator of Malakir
Elspeth, Sun's Nemesis - 2.5
Nadir Kraken - 2
Woe Strider - 1
Agonizing Remorse - 2
Phoenix of Ash - 2
Storm's Wrath - 1.75? Closer to 2 than 1
Thassa's Intervention - 1
Uros, Titan of Nature's Wrath - 1
Klothys, god of destiny - 1.5
What combos and archetypes do Sun Titan support?
EDIT: Added some questions.
I could not agree more with Tjornan's post. This aptly sums up why I'm interested in the data. Obviously it's not enough to conclude card A is better than card B, but it's useful as a catalyst to question our beliefs. If cards that I normally let wheel or often ignore are showing up in relatively high numbers of 3 - 0 decks, then perhaps I may need to reevaluate a few of my drafting choices--or not because someone may be able to explain to me why the high frequency is misleading. The point is to generate questions and discussions and I think this type of data is generally more useful than anecdotal evidence, which may be biased or easily distorted. I would like to encourage everyone to sort or sift through the master spreadsheet to see if you find anything intriguing.