Oath of Druids, Gideon, and Liliana are the only real standouts in this pack. I would spam Oath of Druids since that’s one of my favorite build arounds.
Bitterblossom for me. It's one of those rare cards, even in cube, that consistently dominates a game all by itself. It plays in a lot of different strategies, and enchantments are probably the most difficult type of permanent to answer.
Jace, Witness, and Pack Rat all stand out to me, but I think Jace has the most raw power and will make any blue deck. I can reasonably hope to wheel the Fractured Identity putting me in UW control or UW tempo, which are both fine places to be.
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Taking Jace and wheeling fractured Identity would feel so rad. Taking jace and getting izzet charm back seems pretty sweet too.
TNN is such a redonkulous card, may not be the right pick but it might be too, if I'm not feeling committal Id take a stone and hope to wheel the other.
Armageddon has the most raw power while Mox Diamond keeps me really open. Can’t ignore Koth / TNN either, but I’d probably take the Mox Diamond to keep me open.
Grim Monolith, though a close second with Vamp Tutor since it's the most splashable/universally playable of the next best options.
Also, @steve, how has the desert been?
It’s nothing special, I just run it in Unpowered mainly because I still want more colorless sources. The card itself has very little opportunity cost for a deck and giving Primeval Titan something new to play with is always fun.
Grim Monolith. I love to first pick Entomb and shoot for reanimator/Welder decks but there's too much good black here. Monolith is really powerful and keeps me open.
I could take several cards depending on my mood that day. Grim monolith lets you stay the most open. Vampiric Tutor is another nice pick. You aren't dedicated to black by picking it, and can play it in a very light splash, but there's also several black cards you can expect to wheel and may get paid off that way. If I'm in an aggro mood (and I usually am), I would pick dark confidant. I can expect to wheel hellspark elemental or glory-bound initiate, so picks 2-8, I'd be looking at orzhov or rakdos,but that also leaves me an option to see if black is wide open and wheel Liliana or Vampiric tutor. I wouldn't be upset with any of those picks.
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Taking Jace and wheeling fractured Identity would feel so rad. Taking jace and getting izzet charm back seems pretty sweet too.
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It’s nothing special, I just run it in Unpowered mainly because I still want more colorless sources. The card itself has very little opportunity cost for a deck and giving Primeval Titan something new to play with is always fun.
My High Octane Unpowered Cube on CubeCobra
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