I'm more "in like" with Bosh I think. Red just wants one big abusable Welder/Daretti target floating around. I really wanted to replace it with the red Gearhulk (almost regardless of what it did) but it turned out to be the hottest pile of garbage ...so Bosh stays in for now.
I run Yawgmoth's Will without storm. Perfectly fine card. Recently used it to play a land and bloodbraid. It usually gets back like 2 cards and its just good.
Bargain is something I've thought about but there's a lot of aggro in my cube and 6 mana do nothing but pay life seems bad. By the time you can use the cards, its probably too late. I don't have much respect for the card in cube.
Black has a few ways to burst out mana (Dark Ritual for example). And Bargain is one of the better targets because any card disadvantage you rack up getting Bargain in play can immediately be reclaimed by the card itself. Again, if you can get a T3 bargain in play and your opponent can't remove it, you are going to have a hard time losing with most decently built control decks.
I prefer Strike Leader to Nighthawk. Hits for lots of damage, makes tokens. Points in favour of Nighthawk are that it goes into more decks, and works well in Weight Advantage decks if you run it. Kalitas is super great though.
I'd probably keep Nighthawk. I feel like there are too many ways to make tokens now and I find less to be more with that particular mechanic.
I've been thinking about this recently, and pretty soon, I think we'll have to be a lot more discriminating over token makers. Or at least have more answers to them and different ways to use them besides attacking.
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I'd keep Nighthawk not to discriminate against tokens, but because black doesn't have a ton of token synergy like Naya colors do. Also, Nighthawk does more of what black seriously lacks: life gaining flying stall walls.
I've been thinking about this recently, and pretty soon, I think we'll have to be a lot more discriminating over token makers. Or at least have more answers to them and different ways to use them besides attacking.
As my main cube is more midrange, I arrived at this threshold awhile ago. Biggest problem with token makers is that the best answer (sweepers) hurts other decks just as much (if not more), so they can be format warping. In a more power/combo focused list, this is very likely less of a problem. So YMMV with respect to token maker density.
Looking for room for Selfless Spirit. Cut Soltari Trooper or Kor Skyfisher.
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I totally missed that. I have visited your CT page in the last couple of months too, must just have glanced over it. Good to see some Bosh love still.
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Bargain is something I've thought about but there's a lot of aggro in my cube and 6 mana do nothing but pay life seems bad. By the time you can use the cards, its probably too late. I don't have much respect for the card in cube.
If neither of those things applies, there are probably other things worth considering.
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As my main cube is more midrange, I arrived at this threshold awhile ago. Biggest problem with token makers is that the best answer (sweepers) hurts other decks just as much (if not more), so they can be format warping. In a more power/combo focused list, this is very likely less of a problem. So YMMV with respect to token maker density.
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Retro combo cube thread
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Cut one of these:
- Harbinger of the Tides
- Aether Adept
Rank these:- Ratchet Bomb
- Powder Keg
- Chromatic Lantern
- Masticore
Rank these:Uril, the Miststalker RGW -- Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre C -- Vhati il-Dal BG -- Jor Kadeen, the Prevailer RW -- Animar, Soul of Elements URG
Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker R -- Maga, Traitor to Mortals B -- Ghave, Guru of Spores BGW -- Sliver Hivelord WUBRG
Which one you will cut for the new Angel of Invention? My thought is for Geist-Honored Monk