Jeeessus did this card overperform today. Ran 3 cubes with ~ 10 cards today... and I am about 8 cubes deep with some of the early spoilers..
I can confidently say Judith impressed me the most relative to my expectation of the card.
It was in a semi-aristrocrat deck both times I saw it in action.. but she did so good without any recursive shenanigans, I'm beginning to think she may deserve a slot in normal BR agro sections.
She pressed the advantage hard every time I saw her resolve. The +1/+0 pumped other creatures to levels that either traded with blockers that otherwise had profitable blocks, or do 1 less damage, and then the death trigger would finish off the creature.
Suddenly courser of kruphix felt bad against a zurgo bellstriker, a gravecrawler and a flesh carver. Trading up 2 toughness with creatures is very powerful, as is pinging mana elves with death triggers.
Still a very small sample, but looking forward to testing with her more!
Thanks for posting your experience. Do you run an Aristocrats package in your cube? I'm trying to necro the old thread to hear from people who support Aristocrats. As I look at my list I think all I'm missing are the payoff cards (and I already run some of those). Judith definitely seems like she'd be great in that kind of deck. If she's playable in aggro as well she definitely deserves to be tested.
Jeeessus did this card overperform today. Ran 3 cubes with ~ 10 cards today... and I am about 8 cubes deep with some of the early spoilers..
I can confidently say Judith impressed me the most relative to my expectation of the card.
It was in a semi-aristrocrat deck both times I saw it in action.. but she did so good without any recursive shenanigans, I'm beginning to think she may deserve a slot in normal BR agro sections.
She pressed the advantage hard every time I saw her resolve. The +1/+0 pumped other creatures to levels that either traded with blockers that otherwise had profitable blocks, or do 1 less damage, and then the death trigger would finish off the creature.
Suddenly courser of kruphix felt bad against a zurgo bellstriker, a gravecrawler and a flesh carver. Trading up 2 toughness with creatures is very powerful, as is pinging mana elves with death triggers.
Still a very small sample, but looking forward to testing with her more!
Of those I can only see cutting Aristocrat and Redcap, and if I'm adding Judith, it feels like I should keep Aristocrat. I'll mess around with it. For testing it may be best to cut daretti just so I can play Judith alongside the other BR cards listed here. I don't think Daretti is going to get the axe in the end though. The card is very unique and powerful.
Extremely powerful card in an artistocrats shell, but in a traditional RB agro shell, while I think it's good, I suspect it underperforms the good red 3-drops. Thanks rabblemaster and friends for setting the bar so high!
I'm always hesitant about cards that require other cards on the battlefield to be any good. There's a minor win more quality and they can't steal games with mulligans/bad draws.
However, when you play her with creatures, she represents hasted damage with her anthem and makes blocking with slightly larger creatures a nightmare. Gains value against wraths as well.
I may test because the feel is so... rakdos. But I doubt she'll crack a stacked guild.
I do, but I run duplicates so the archetype is better in my cube. I'll reply in the thread you necroed. https://www.mtgsalvation.com/forums/the-game/the-cube-forum/cube-card-and-archetype/620005-aristocrats
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I can confidently say Judith impressed me the most relative to my expectation of the card.
It was in a semi-aristrocrat deck both times I saw it in action.. but she did so good without any recursive shenanigans, I'm beginning to think she may deserve a slot in normal BR agro sections.
She pressed the advantage hard every time I saw her resolve. The +1/+0 pumped other creatures to levels that either traded with blockers that otherwise had profitable blocks, or do 1 less damage, and then the death trigger would finish off the creature.
Suddenly courser of kruphix felt bad against a zurgo bellstriker, a gravecrawler and a flesh carver. Trading up 2 toughness with creatures is very powerful, as is pinging mana elves with death triggers.
Still a very small sample, but looking forward to testing with her more!
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I'm always hesitant about cards that require other cards on the battlefield to be any good. There's a minor win more quality and they can't steal games with mulligans/bad draws.
However, when you play her with creatures, she represents hasted damage with her anthem and makes blocking with slightly larger creatures a nightmare. Gains value against wraths as well.
I may test because the feel is so... rakdos. But I doubt she'll crack a stacked guild.
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