MTG Salvation

Lo, how the mighty have fallen! I'll add it as soon as I get home from work. Thanks for the tip, steve_man. I'll post an AKH update too after release weekend.

You really think it'll fall that hard? It's worth about $18 right now....

It'll probably fall, then rise or plateau somewhere under ten once all the people wanting it for casual reasons like cube or EDH go to buy theirs that they've been holding off from.

Shrine of Burning Rage has been really, really good for us. Getting this in your opening hand, or early in the game feels amazing. Kind of like how with Pack Rat, you know you've got something up your sleeve that can come out early, but will almost certainly win you the game if they can't remove it.

Shrine of Burning Rage is a card I'm always surprised to see it on lists because it always felt pretty average but I could see it getting better the more agro is pushed.

It's incredibly swingy, but there are a number of matchups where your opponent doesn't have artifact removal against your deck since red aggressive decks typically only have so many artifacts in the roster, or dealing with the creatures killing them is more important than dealing with the clock but then the clock kills them anyways. It's great for when you're fighting through removal-heavy decks since it gives you a clock that persists even after stabilization. Yes, it dies to disenchant, but it also kills from 7-10 life out which is absurd for a 2 + 3 mana investment.

Here's an update for Amonkhet:

Glory-Bound Initiate
Forsake the Worldly
Never // Return
Manglehorn
Dread Wanderer

• Cast Out
  
• Trueheart Duelist
  
• Commit // Memory
  
• Vizier of Many Faces
  
• Curator of Mysteries
  
• Glyph Keeper
  
• Censor
  
• Never // Return
  
• Bone Picker
  
• Plague Belcher
  
• Bloodrage Brawler
  
• Ahn-Crop Crasher
  
• Bloodlust Inciter
  
• Channeler Initiate
  
• Honored Hydra
  
• Champion of Rhonas
  
• Samut, Voice of Dissent
  

Obviously varying in popularity and power level, but those are all the cheapy cards I wouldn't be surprised to see in, say, 450 unpowered lists.

Thanks for the suggestions, i0. My previous AKH update to this list was definitely on the conservative side, and it's time I added more AKH cards that have held up to testing. To be honest, though, I haven't gotten enough testing in with my unpowered to know where most of the AKH cards I've added stand, and a lot of the cards you're suggesting haven't really been on my radar.

Based on feedback I've seen on this forum so far and the latest episode of Antknee and Usman's Third Power podcast, though, I do feel OK with adding the following cards now:

• Cast Out
  
• Trueheart Duelist
  
• Commit // Memory

Also, Never // Return is already on the budget list.

I'd like to get more feedback on the rest as to whether or not they've tested well, so I'll put up a post in the AKH Testing and Inclusions thread and get back to this after some other cube managers have weighed in.

Bloodlust Inciter is a pretty miserable card. It pretty much needs to be in your opener, with even that being still kinda 'meh' some percentage of the time. It may be the worst top deck outside of like a basic land, and even then at least my basic land will be needed in some percentage of games at that point.

Censor is pretty legit and deserves a spot. The others are a bit too borderline IMO.

Censor is over $2, so it's not applicable. What's a mistake? I don't make those. On the other hand, Plague Belcher, Harsh Mentor, and Samut, Voice of Dissent have all dropped to under $2 and tested really well for me.

*Note, Samut, Voice of Dissent only ever went in the Fires of Yavimaya deck or awful 3-4 color "stuff" decks, but I've had her carry me to the finals in an 8-man draft twice now and she's really a powerhouse.

No, it's not. The low is ~$1, and that's for NM.

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No, it's not. The low is ~$1, and that's for NM.

I'm so used to using goldfish for prices I forgot that TCG low was the most commonly used method of pricing. My bad.

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No, it's not. The low is ~$1, and that's for NM.

I'm so used to using goldfish for prices I forgot that TCG low was the most commonly used method of pricing. My bad.

No worries! It's still pretty high for an uncommon that's in the currently-standard limited set.

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No, it's not. The low is ~$1, and that's for NM.

I'm so used to using goldfish for prices I forgot that TCG low was the most commonly used method of pricing. My bad.

The price standard I'm going by is actually TCG Market price, but that still puts Censor at $1.80 right now.

Thanks for the testing feedback!

I miss Spike Rogue.

You can add Fractured Identity to the watch list, I think. I doubt for long, though.

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I miss Spike Rogue.

+1

+2

Yup. +3.

Cheers,
rant

+4

Fractured Identity now 1.16 market

Also, it's busted as heck