I mean, it's really hard to setup it quickly for Cascade, and almost impossible without 1CMC cards.
so, it will just get some value there.
and the floor of a 3/1 can't block for 2 is really, really low.
alongside the fact that you're going to need a couple 1 CMC spells to set it up or else it would simply be better to just run the 3 CMC cascade stuff we usually do to hit the "no casting cost" stuff, I'm guessing this just will not see that much play.
maybe there's some way to run it in a deck with 2CMC and up hoping to throw stuff in the graveyard with Cathartic Reunion and friends to use Gaea's Will on turn 4 or something like that.
but it just seems really, really clunky.
the Sphinx in the other hand seems ABSOLUTELY CRAZY.
I mean.... specially in Legacy because Brainstorm is a card.
this thing will cheat real large things into the battlefield very early.
the Sphinx in the other hand seems ABSOLUTELY CRAZY.
I mean.... specially in Legacy because Brainstorm is a card.
this thing will cheat real large things into the battlefield very early.
Well, in modern, we got something called brainstone, you see... it's even an artifact!
(The Jund Death's Shadow deck has been a bit slow to get Delirium but does appreciate the Marauder.)
if what you want in a Death's Shadow deck is an extra way to find Shadow for 2 mana, just play Scourge of the Skyclaves
still, yes, Cascade is pretty busted, so.... there could be a way to abuse this thing, and if is there, my money is still in Gaea's Will even if I don't really believe it.
the Sphinx in the other hand seems ABSOLUTELY CRAZY.
I mean.... specially in Legacy because Brainstorm is a card.
this thing will cheat real large things into the battlefield very early.
Well, in modern, we got something called brainstone, you see... it's even an artifact!
(The Jund Death's Shadow deck has been a bit slow to get Delirium but does appreciate the Marauder.)
if what you want in a Death's Shadow deck is an extra way to find Shadow for 2 mana, just play Scourge of the Skyclaves
still, yes, Cascade is pretty busted, so.... there could be a way to abuse this thing, and if is there, my money is still in Gaea's Will even if I don't really believe it.
I'm at 4 Scourge of the Skyclaves and I'm trying 4 Abundant Harvest in my Jund Death's Shadow deck, and no, there is never enough gas. ...I'm actually on 3 Death's Shadow because it often dies on entry in Turns 1-3, but since Bloodbraid Marauder is like late-game cheap Bloodbraid Elf that's compatible with Lurrus of the Dream-Den, I'm fine with the Marauder flipping Death's Shadow.
(The Jund Death's Shadow deck has been a bit slow to get Delirium but does appreciate the Marauder.)
if what you want in a Death's Shadow deck is an extra way to find Shadow for 2 mana, just play Scourge of the Skyclaves
still, yes, Cascade is pretty busted, so.... there could be a way to abuse this thing, and if is there, my money is still in Gaea's Will even if I don't really believe it.
I'm at 4 Scourge of the Skyclaves and I'm trying 4 Abundant Harvest in my Jund Death's Shadow deck, and no, there is never enough gas. ...I'm actually on 3 Death's Shadow because it often dies on entry in Turns 1-3, but since Bloodbraid Marauder is like late-game cheap Bloodbraid Elf that's compatible with Lurrus of the Dream-Den, I'm fine with the Marauder flipping Death's Shadow.
the comparison to Broodbraid Elf is what really makes me realize that what's really missing from this card is haste...
maybe it had that during playtests (because of the name) and they ended up opting to drop it.
I mean, it's really hard to setup it quickly for Cascade, and almost impossible without 1CMC cards.
so, it will just get some value there.
and the floor of a 3/1 can't block for 2 is really, really low.
alongside the fact that you're going to need a couple 1 CMC spells to set it up or else it would simply be better to just run the 3 CMC cascade stuff we usually do to hit the "no casting cost" stuff, I'm guessing this just will not see that much play.
maybe there's some way to run it in a deck with 2CMC and up hoping to throw stuff in the graveyard with Cathartic Reunion and friends to use Gaea's Will on turn 4 or something like that.
but it just seems really, really clunky.
the Sphinx in the other hand seems ABSOLUTELY CRAZY.
I mean.... specially in Legacy because Brainstorm is a card.
this thing will cheat real large things into the battlefield very early.
You're totally missing the point on why low cost cards with cascades are strong. It's because it is much easier to manipulate your deck into cascading into lower costed cards. The probability of what cards you will get is a lot more predictable. Now, it all comes to deck building in how you want it to work (in a predictable manner).
I mean, it's really hard to setup it quickly for Cascade, and almost impossible without 1CMC cards.
so, it will just get some value there.
and the floor of a 3/1 can't block for 2 is really, really low.
alongside the fact that you're going to need a couple 1 CMC spells to set it up or else it would simply be better to just run the 3 CMC cascade stuff we usually do to hit the "no casting cost" stuff, I'm guessing this just will not see that much play.
maybe there's some way to run it in a deck with 2CMC and up hoping to throw stuff in the graveyard with Cathartic Reunion and friends to use Gaea's Will on turn 4 or something like that.
but it just seems really, really clunky.
the Sphinx in the other hand seems ABSOLUTELY CRAZY.
I mean.... specially in Legacy because Brainstorm is a card.
this thing will cheat real large things into the battlefield very early.
You're totally missing the point on why low cost cards with cascades are strong. It's because it is much easier to manipulate your deck into cascading into lower costed cards. The probability of what cards you will get is a lot more predictable. Now, it all comes to deck building in how you want it to work (in a predictable manner).
Normally, low-cmc cards with Cascade are powerful because you can manipulate your deck to cast any 0-cmc spell you want on command with them. However, I agree with seilaoque that Bloodbraid Marauder's Delirium requirement for Cascade prevents such deck manipulation from being viable. Dumping enough instants, sorceries, creatures, artifacts, enchantments, and/or planeswalkers in the graveyard by Turn 4 without putting a single 1-cmc card (or 0-cmc non-payoff card) in your deck is going to be hard. And then what payoffs fit in that Delirium shell? Ancestral Vision? Quite possibly suboptimal Glimpse of Tomorrow?
Bloodbraid Marauder will play a lot more like Bloodbraid Elf, IMO - a value Cascade dude that you need to spin the wheel for but that you always appreciate the results from.
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Today Mark talks about Set Design of Modern Horizons 2, its Draft archetypes, and increased mix-and-match cards. He also introduces the new bookends to the single cascade mana value scale (so not counting the quadruple cascade of Apex Devastator.)
Sphinx: wowzers that’s a easy use for affinity decks.
I mean, it's really hard to setup it quickly for Cascade, and almost impossible without 1CMC cards.
so, it will just get some value there.
and the floor of a 3/1 can't block for 2 is really, really low.
alongside the fact that you're going to need a couple 1 CMC spells to set it up or else it would simply be better to just run the 3 CMC cascade stuff we usually do to hit the "no casting cost" stuff, I'm guessing this just will not see that much play.
maybe there's some way to run it in a deck with 2CMC and up hoping to throw stuff in the graveyard with Cathartic Reunion and friends to use Gaea's Will on turn 4 or something like that.
but it just seems really, really clunky.
the Sphinx in the other hand seems ABSOLUTELY CRAZY.
I mean.... specially in Legacy because Brainstorm is a card.
this thing will cheat real large things into the battlefield very early.
Well, in modern, we got something called brainstone, you see... it's even an artifact!
(The Jund Death's Shadow deck has been a bit slow to get Delirium but does appreciate the Marauder.)
if what you want in a Death's Shadow deck is an extra way to find Shadow for 2 mana, just play Scourge of the Skyclaves
still, yes, Cascade is pretty busted, so.... there could be a way to abuse this thing, and if is there, my money is still in Gaea's Will even if I don't really believe it.
yeah, sure.
but in legacy you do have actual brainstorm....
and also Scroll Rack, Mystic Sanctuary, Worldly Tutor, Enlightened Tutor...
also, in modern this could be the time for Scheming Symmetry to shine... lol.
I'm at 4 Scourge of the Skyclaves and I'm trying 4 Abundant Harvest in my Jund Death's Shadow deck, and no, there is never enough gas. ...I'm actually on 3 Death's Shadow because it often dies on entry in Turns 1-3, but since Bloodbraid Marauder is like late-game cheap Bloodbraid Elf that's compatible with Lurrus of the Dream-Den, I'm fine with the Marauder flipping Death's Shadow.
the comparison to Broodbraid Elf is what really makes me realize that what's really missing from this card is haste...
maybe it had that during playtests (because of the name) and they ended up opting to drop it.
You're totally missing the point on why low cost cards with cascades are strong. It's because it is much easier to manipulate your deck into cascading into lower costed cards. The probability of what cards you will get is a lot more predictable. Now, it all comes to deck building in how you want it to work (in a predictable manner).
Normally, low-cmc cards with Cascade are powerful because you can manipulate your deck to cast any 0-cmc spell you want on command with them. However, I agree with seilaoque that Bloodbraid Marauder's Delirium requirement for Cascade prevents such deck manipulation from being viable. Dumping enough instants, sorceries, creatures, artifacts, enchantments, and/or planeswalkers in the graveyard by Turn 4 without putting a single 1-cmc card (or 0-cmc non-payoff card) in your deck is going to be hard. And then what payoffs fit in that Delirium shell? Ancestral Vision? Quite possibly suboptimal Glimpse of Tomorrow?
Bloodbraid Marauder will play a lot more like Bloodbraid Elf, IMO - a value Cascade dude that you need to spin the wheel for but that you always appreciate the results from.