MTG Salvation

Expressive Iteration.
(took a quick look but didn't find a thread for this one)
It has been heavily played in multiple constructed formats. Does it translate well to cube? Anybody tried it?

I am currently cubing it, and it's pretty good.

Quote from steve_man »

It's definitely a good card. A baseline sorcery speed Anticipate ain't bad considering the ceiling is a 2-cmc pseudo Divination. My only issue is space, for me this doesn't beat out the versatility of Izzet Charm / Prismari Command / Dack Fayden or the ubiquity of Lutri, the Spell Chaser.

I think it's better than Izzet Charm, but worse than the other 3 you mentioned.
As a result, it just barely on the outside looking in for my cube.

we're also playing it and found it to be very solid

I under-estimated expressive iteration when I saw it spoiled.

The "you must play one of these cards this turn" downside of the card is less than I thought. There's a high % chance you'll be able to hit a land off of 3 cards and if you are in the late game, you'll probably have enough mana to want to do something proactive with 2 non-land cards.

In the majority of decks, I think it's better than a 2 mana divination, not worse. The ability to dig an extra card deeper more than offsets the requirement to play one of the two cards the turn you cast the spell.

That being said, I love izzet charm. The counter non-creature spell mode is much better in cube than it is in constructed and every mode is often relevant.

I haven't played enough with iteration in cube to be confident, but I'd guess it is better than izzet charm in cube.

I really have been enjoying this card, but I do think Izzet Charm is better; not as an overall Magic card, but in my cube. It's simply a better fit, since it's an instant, interacts directly with the board, counters problematic spells, and helps contribute to the success of multiple archetypes since it's a discard outlet.

My reluctance is my UR section is stacked:

Goblin Electromancer
Izzet Charm
Dack Fayden
Prismari Command
Saheeli Rai
Thousand-Year Storm

I really should be cutting these two, but I'm reluctant.
Saheeli, Sublime Artificer
Fire // Ice

On the bench but I really love these cards:
The Royal Scions
Prismari Command
Ral Zarek

I could see playing him, but I'm really not sure if I could cut into any of the above UR cards as of right now.

My UR section and BG section is already over. I'm not sure if I can add any more cards to the list.

I'm a bit reluctant to test this right now considering how stacked this guild is. Does anyone want to suggest any cuts?