MTG Salvation

Quote from wtwlf123

Experiment One will go in. Nothing else looks good enough yet. Maybe Gideon 2.0, but probably nothing else.

Domri?

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Quote from wtwlf123

I also like it. GR mid-range is a thing, and this card will be just fine in there. 3-mana 'walkers are pretty boss.

Quote from rantipole

Barring something else from Gatecrash (which is highly likely), this will be my 5th Gruul card. Pretty nice but not uber-strong. I could see him getting benched by other good stuff just in this set, especially if Gruul gets hooked up like Golgari and Azorius did.

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Quote from wtwlf123

I think this is 100% on the money. I think it's a fine card. But with other good Gruul cards coming out in this set, I don't know if it'll actually make the cut after we see what else we're getting.

You run six gold cards:
1 Kird Ape
1 Tattermunge Maniac
1 Flinthoof Boar
1 Bloodbraid Elf
1 Huntmaster of the Fells
1 Sarkhan Vol

So if you think he's 5th best, doesn't that mean you think he's better than two cards on that list? I think he's better than Sarkhan Vol and might be better than Huntsmaster as well. Tattermunge Maniac is the worst one drop in cube but necessary for keeping aggro working at a large cube size so I wouldn't cut him probably.

Are you cubing with Goblin Settler? I didn't even know that card existed, seems okay but an extra mana and 1/1 body seems iffy for the upside of bounce/blink abusability. I'd probably rather have Stone Rain, and I wouldn't cube that at 720.

Intuition is insane in reanimator IMHO. I can see why you might cut it at 540, but it's no where close to the chopping block for us at 720. It's also good in other archetypes, as mentioned.

Don't you like Ring of Gix more than Icy Manipulator?

Quote from wtwlf123

Is it the same as going dude, dude, vortex, geddon? Of course not. Not much is. But a good ramp deck is still a good deck, and it can compete.

I mean, Land+Mox+Elf -> Eureka -> Terastadon or Eldrazi seems pretty dumb.

I kinda can't believe either of those cards are making it in your 500, what are your other options if Bloodline Keeper doesn't work out? Have you experimented with helping out the archetype by putting Nantuko Shade or another black aggro creature back in ?

Nether Void is such a sweet card, so good in plenty of archetypes. We love it in black/x aggro.

I think that's the better swap as well. I would rather have Bone Shredder than Liliana's Specter more often than not.

How have the games gone so far?
What cards have exceeeded your expectations?
What cards have underperformed?

I know it's early, but I'm interested.

Quote from JeffDerek

My problem is it's overcosted versions of spells I wouldn't play anyway.

This. If the modes were appropriately costed, I still wouldn't play it.

It's pretty terrible, I'd play Absorb over it and I hate Absorb.

I disagree with your scoring if you're going by that scoring metric.

I'd rather splash for Vraska, the Unseen than Vindicate even though you have Vindicate at 5 and Vraska at 3 (for example). I think they should both be 4s.

Likewise, you have black-white Sorin at 5. Why? I thought he was awesome coming out, but I don't know if I would go so far as to splash for him if I'm in white or black - it depends on the deck.

Coiling Oracle should also be a 3, guy is solid especially if you have repeatable bounce which Simic usually does.

I might take the time later to rank your cards differently just to see how different I perceive your guild power heirarchy.

I like your Victimize and Survival of the Fittest.

I don't like the new Jace very much. I don't think he's 360 quality, while I think Tamiyo is. He's 450+ quality for sure though. His +1 is actually really good, and I don't know if anyone's really commented on it.

I actually like Obstinate Baloth more than Yeva by a pretty good margin, but Obstinate Baloth can be really oppressive to aggro decks, and green decks are already pretty good against aggro.