When I see Healing Salve, I'm often like "Oh girl, I wish I could turn every card into this." Thanks they removed the gain life part, otherwise this would have been broken.
Greater Basilisk looks like it's going to be a beast in common cubes (as well as warping the M11 draft format). A very relevant body with a rattlesnake? Awesome stuff.
I shrug at Greater Basilisk. Is it really that good?
I don't think Nightwing Shade is up for it. Zof Shade, Crypt Ripper and even Dungeon Shade, if you're going to make the Flying argument, is better than it, and none of them are good enough.
Nightwing Shade is terrible, and definitely doesn't belong in a cube. 5 mana for a 2/2 that costs 2 to pump?
I'm sure what to think about the Basilisk... it seems ok, but not sure if it deserves a place. What kind of deck would run it? Control? Aggro? My other green 5-drops are a lot beefier, Crabapple Cohort, Territorial Baloth, but deathtouch is nice.
I'm really happy with Garruk's Companion, and I reckon Sacred Wolf is good too; they're just what Green aggro needs.
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God damn it, we need more pauper lands for the cube.
Edit: Huh. Looking at everyone's pauper cubes (and on this, should we make a directory, for new pauper cubers to refer to?), almost no one plays the Zendikar/Worldwake effects lands. Is there a particular reason? Because I think they're solid, and much better than the cycling lands, which everyone has.
I never paid any heed to restricting it to five when I was choosing from the zen/wwk lands. All of the lands that don't follow a cycle are in their own, misc. section in the lands section. Kinda lucky that I still rounded to a multiple of five.
I don't think Bojuka is worth it, at all. I did your five, but taking out the Bog for the Steppe. I think that the Steppe is awesome; it has so many theoretical uses! But I wasn't following the 1-per-color thing. /shrugs
But Seijiri Steppe is still in the top five, and that's all that really matters when you're looking to fill that last space. Better than Bojuka Bog, at the least.
I really want to bulk up my lands section. My cube is currently 480 cards large and has 35 lands. I'm building it up to 500; those last 20 cards I want to fill up with lands and, if necessary, Artifacts.
i don't have a commons cube but the steppe seems really good. it taps for white and basically makes a dude unblockable. and the bog seems a lot better in a powered cube where reanimator runs rampant.
When I see Healing Salve, I'm often like "Oh girl, I wish I could turn every card into this." Thanks they removed the gain life part, otherwise this would have been broken.
i don't have a commons cube but the steppe seems really good. it taps for white and basically makes a dude unblockable. and the bog seems a lot better in a powered cube where reanimator runs rampant.
I like the idea of sejiri steppe because any color could play it.
It looks a lot better when you look at it like:
0, target creature gets protection this turn. Every turn after this one, you can have 1 white mana.
Ophidian doesn´t have evasion either, and it´s a very good card.
Ophidian and Scroll Thief may be good, but I don't think they're good enough for the cube. They're way too inconsistent; all it takes is a X/2 to neuter it.
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Sacred Wolf can't be the target of spells or abilities your opponents control.
3/1
Can I get a hell yes?
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HELL YES!
Can't touch this! Duh, nuh nuh nuh... nuh nuh... nuh nuh!
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Pincher Beetle.
The hyprocrisy makes me cry. Or laugh.
I guess the troll-shroud does make it a lot better, but still.
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what hypocrisy?
I like Pincher Beetles as a cute card already, Sacred Wolf should be real fun.
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The difference between trollshroud and normal shroud. There's a big difference, but when you compare Pincher Beetle and Sacred Wolf, you just wonder.
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I don't think Nightwing Shade is up for it. Zof Shade, Crypt Ripper and even Dungeon Shade, if you're going to make the Flying argument, is better than it, and none of them are good enough.
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I'm sure what to think about the Basilisk... it seems ok, but not sure if it deserves a place. What kind of deck would run it? Control? Aggro? My other green 5-drops are a lot beefier, Crabapple Cohort, Territorial Baloth, but deathtouch is nice.
I'm really happy with Garruk's Companion, and I reckon Sacred Wolf is good too; they're just what Green aggro needs.
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Well, it's going in. I'm just thinking it's going to be one of those cards which seem good, but looking deeper, isn't really that... spectacular.
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God damn it, we need more pauper lands for the cube.
Edit: Huh. Looking at everyone's pauper cubes (and on this, should we make a directory, for new pauper cubers to refer to?), almost no one plays the Zendikar/Worldwake effects lands. Is there a particular reason? Because I think they're solid, and much better than the cycling lands, which everyone has.
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Pirana Marsh and Turntimber Grove are complete crap, Smoldering Spires, Sejiri Steppe and Soaring Seacliff I think aren't as good as the other ones although Sejiri Steppe almost made it.
I have these, borderposts, bouncelands, panoramas and 5 others - 30 lands (sort of).
A card I like but haven't seen is Grimclaw Bats. In a super aggressive deck the pain doesn't matter as much, flying and shade pump for 1B is good.
I don't think Bojuka is worth it, at all. I did your five, but taking out the Bog for the Steppe. I think that the Steppe is awesome; it has so many theoretical uses! But I wasn't following the 1-per-color thing. /shrugs
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Borderposts definitely deserve to stay; having an appropriate borderpost is way better than the corresponding Bounceland IMO.
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I like the idea of sejiri steppe because any color could play it.
It looks a lot better when you look at it like:
0, target creature gets protection this turn. Every turn after this one, you can have 1 white mana.
I hear unblockable dudes in any color are nice =)
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Steppes is in mine, if only it has flash though, that'll open a whole can of worms.
Generated this on random.org. It was a pain to separate to the colors.
1 Blightning
1 Branching Bolt
1 Shambling Shell
1 Kathari Bomber
1 Terminate
1 Consume Strength
1 Wrecking Ball
1 Deft Duelist
LANDS
1 Esper Panorama
1 Golgari Rot Farm
1 Wildfield Borderpost
1 Tranquil Thicket
1 Khalni Garden
1 Naya Panorama
1 Shimmering Grotto
1 Barren Moor
1 Rakdos Carnarium
1 Simic Growth Chamber
ARTIFACTS
1 Dimir Signet
1 Orzhov Signet
1 Yotian Soldier
1 Cranial Plating
1 Izzet Signet
WHITE
1 Steppe Lynx
1 Soul Warden
1 Raise the Alarm
1 Benevolent Bodyguard
1 Stormfront Pegasus
1 Journey to Nowhere
1 Lairwatch Giant
1 Prismatic Strands
1 Squall Drifter
1 Kami of Ancient Law
1 Kor Sanctifiers
1 False Defeat
1 Blade of the Sixth Pride
1 Join the Ranks
1 Righteous Charge
1 Order of Leitbur
1 Shu Elite Companions
1 Daze
1 Pestermite
1 Choking Tethers
1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
1 Æthersnipe
1 Condescend
1 Spellstutter Sprite
1 Mana Leak
1 Impulse
1 Calcite Snapper
1 Foresee
1 Deep Analysis
BLACK
1 Carnophage
1 Nantuko Husk
1 Cruel Edict
1 Ravenous Rats
1 Eyeblight's Ending
1 Heartstabber Mosquito
1 Dauthi Slayer
1 Dauthi Horror
1 Ostracize
RED
1 Keldon Vandals
1 Ghitu Slinger
1 Anarchist
1 Coal Stoker
1 Spur Grappler
1 Volcanic Hammer
1 Brute Force
1 Sokenzan Spellblade
1 Lash Out
1 Fiery Temper
1 Magma Burst
1 Prodigal Pyromancer
1 Firebolt
1 Plated Geopede
1 Kaervek's Torch
1 Chain Lightning
1 Fireball
1 Overgrown Battlement
1 Growth Spasm
1 Search for Tomorrow
1 Presence of Gond
1 Krosan Avenger
1 Durkwood Baloth
1 Evolution Charm
1 Gorilla Chieftain
1 Citanul Woodreaders
1 Basking Rootwalla
1 Wild Dogs
1 Golgari Brownscale
How would you build the deck?
I need to go, but I'll give my own take on it when I have more time to look through.
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Scroll Thief is a huge step up from Ophidian for sure. If it had some sort of evasion or deterrent from blocking it, I would totally run it.
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black red aggro looks like the way to go.a little light on creatures but full of good removal.
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The one time where Ophidian is better though is with Ninjas.
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Ophidian and Scroll Thief may be good, but I don't think they're good enough for the cube. They're way too inconsistent; all it takes is a X/2 to neuter it.
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