It's one of my favorite cards - it was laying low for us for a bit for the reason you mentioned - it'd get played then usually blown up before activation.
Then a few months ago someone won the cube a few ago with a Hermit-Vat deck that made my heart sing, and that alone was enough to buy it a few more years in our group
Has anyone played this card with one of the new pitch creatures yet?
Grief - Pitch, remove a card. Then Mimic Vault again and continuously on your opponent's draw step to lock them out of the game.
I been a bit reluctant to play this as it takes 6 mana to essentially gain your first activation and I feel its a bit too slow for today. How are others finding this?
Yes this card was great with the Lorwyn Evokes, and further shines with the MH2 cards.
I included it a few years ago, but it has never done anything.
I guess it has become an outdated cube card: as cubes get more synergistic, there are not room anymore for goodstuff cards like this, even moreso considering the high variance attached, as it can do nothing even in the right deck (which no ones seems to be able to identify in my playgroup).
I plan to cut it alongside Platinum Angel to include Dark Depths and Thespian Stage, but I figured I'd ask first in case we missed something.
I included it a few years ago, but it has never done anything.
Sounds like you should cut it then. If this is true for any card in your cube, it's a waste of time keeping it in there, regardless of how it [plays for other folks.
I like Mimic Vat, and I think it is a synergy card; one of the few support cards for etb trigger decks that's still good. But as the goodstuff cards get better, there's less and less room for synergy cards that are less efficient. I wouldn't fault anyone fur cutting this card if blink and etb-adjacent shells aren't something you support.
Then a few months ago someone won the cube a few ago with a Hermit-Vat deck that made my heart sing, and that alone was enough to buy it a few more years in our group
Yes this card was great with the Lorwyn Evokes, and further shines with the MH2 cards.
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I included it a few years ago, but it has never done anything.
I guess it has become an outdated cube card: as cubes get more synergistic, there are not room anymore for goodstuff cards like this, even moreso considering the high variance attached, as it can do nothing even in the right deck (which no ones seems to be able to identify in my playgroup).
I plan to cut it alongside Platinum Angel to include Dark Depths and Thespian Stage, but I figured I'd ask first in case we missed something.
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Sounds like you should cut it then. If this is true for any card in your cube, it's a waste of time keeping it in there, regardless of how it [plays for other folks.
I like Mimic Vat, and I think it is a synergy card; one of the few support cards for etb trigger decks that's still good. But as the goodstuff cards get better, there's less and less room for synergy cards that are less efficient. I wouldn't fault anyone fur cutting this card if blink and etb-adjacent shells aren't something you support.
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