It probably has a higher ceiling than JTMS, but I can't imagine picking it p1p1 over jace. You probably need a ton of artifacts before it comes better.
In my cube ,locking yourself into the artifact deck has a clear chance of train wrecking if other people are doing the same. Also, going an early artifact.dec piece forces you to pick cards like signets over better cards.
I think Tolarian academy and tinker are even more busted in the artifact deck, then you have people who want to go into it because they had some absurd start like mox -> mana vault... If you use the 3rd/4th best card as a signal to move into the archetype, and other people are doing the same, trainwrecks will happen too often.
That being said I've yet to get proper experience with the card, maybe it's just that good
wtf. Did they build this card specifically for powered cube?
The activated ability is an absurd mana sink AND urza provides defensive value over two bodies.
There's zero matchups I don't like this card. Only downside is it requires other artifacts to be great.
At first glance I like this more than any of the artifact.dec planeswalkers. It also defends and works with those planeswalkers well!
In my cube ,locking yourself into the artifact deck has a clear chance of train wrecking if other people are doing the same. Also, going an early artifact.dec piece forces you to pick cards like signets over better cards.
I think Tolarian academy and tinker are even more busted in the artifact deck, then you have people who want to go into it because they had some absurd start like mox -> mana vault... If you use the 3rd/4th best card as a signal to move into the archetype, and other people are doing the same, trainwrecks will happen too often.
That being said I've yet to get proper experience with the card, maybe it's just that good
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The activated ability is an absurd mana sink AND urza provides defensive value over two bodies.
There's zero matchups I don't like this card. Only downside is it requires other artifacts to be great.
At first glance I like this more than any of the artifact.dec planeswalkers. It also defends and works with those planeswalkers well!
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