Isamaru and YoshimaruW
Legendary Creature - Dog
Whenever another legendary creature or creature with mana value one enters teh battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on Isamaru and Yoshimaru.
2/2
This card looks ridiculous. Base rate 2/2 for W is good. Played turn 1, then followed up with 2 one-drops on turn 2, it attacks for 4. Also strong when followed by Kari Zev, Skyship Raider since the Ragavan tokens will trigger this each turn. Also just followed by Thalia on turn 2 and attacking for 3 is also very good.
Obviously this would be insane if it were printed. A vanilla 2/2 like Isamaru is still very playable, if unexciting, and Yoshimaru is not miles off being playable on its own (note it triggers off any Legendary permanent, so it grows from lands, artifacts and Planeswalkers as well).
Isamaru and YoshimaruW
Legendary Creature - Dog
Whenever another legendary creature or creature with mana value one enters teh battlefield under your control, put a +1/+1 counter on Isamaru and Yoshimaru.
2/2
This card looks ridiculous. Base rate 2/2 for W is good. Played turn 1, then followed up with 2 one-drops on turn 2, it attacks for 4. Also strong when followed by Kari Zev, Skyship Raider since the Ragavan tokens will trigger this each turn. Also just followed by Thalia on turn 2 and attacking for 3 is also very good.
Almost certainly the best white 1-drop creature ever printed, but I won't be running any of these. I hate that they don't have art, and I hate that most players will have no chance of knowing what this card does until they see it in my cube and that it looks so jarringly different from other cards.
Plus, including un-cards (which I do) and the playtest cards (I did run growth charm) is always a fine line - many of them are just brokenly good, which sort of defeats the purpose of playing them as fun cards, and a lot of them are just either bad or don't work in the rules, so you have to walk a very fine line of cards that are powerful enough for cube but not just a top 10% cube card that's also not legal anywhere. This falls on the "too powerful" side of the line for me.
Edit - also they are apparently just stickers on top of cards, not even real cards, and are barely available. Easy pass.
I liked the last run of playtest cards. I particularly wanted them to complete the cycle of dual lands (including Domesticated Watercourse, Enchanted Prairie, and others). Lazier Goblin is my favorite Shock variant ever.
But these are just stickers. If they come to actual print (hopefully with some art, even if it's minimal), I'll give them another look. Some seem neat.
If you like a playtest card mechanically but dislike it being a sticker it’s pretty easy to whip up some AI art and print it out with MPC.
Personally I would stay away from anything where the rules are unclear (this passes) or it obviously wouldn’t make it through a normal developmental check (this fails).
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Yeah, I thought these were like the other MYB playtest cards, just without art. Didn't know they were actual playtest stickers. That's a bit disappointing. I am hoping for more printed playtest cards like Lazier Goblin since those have been cool includes for my cube.
If you like a playtest card mechanically but dislike it being a sticker it’s pretty easy to whip up some AI art and print it out with MPC.
That's certainly true, but to my brain when something has never actually been printed as a real magic card (even if it's not legal in any format) it just feels like a custom card that a magic designer happened to make. If your cube runs custom cards, I'd absolutely run this. But like, is this more of a real magic card than Alchemy cards are? I'd say no.
Obviously this would be insane if it were printed. A vanilla 2/2 like Isamaru is still very playable, if unexciting, and Yoshimaru is not miles off being playable on its own (note it triggers off any Legendary permanent, so it grows from lands, artifacts and Planeswalkers as well).
GK i think it only triggers off legendary creatures & 1 drop creatures, unless the spoiler image is incorrect.
If you like a playtest card mechanically but dislike it being a sticker it’s pretty easy to whip up some AI art and print it out with MPC.
That's certainly true, but to my brain when something has never actually been printed as a real magic card (even if it's not legal in any format) it just feels like a custom card that a magic designer happened to make. If your cube runs custom cards, I'd absolutely run this. But like, is this more of a real magic card than Alchemy cards are? I'd say no.
I also think they’re about as “real “ as Alchemy cards — which is to say, very real magic cards and a clear delineation from actual customs 😆
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Obviously this would be insane if it were printed. A vanilla 2/2 like Isamaru is still very playable, if unexciting, and Yoshimaru is not miles off being playable on its own (note it triggers off any Legendary permanent, so it grows from lands, artifacts and Planeswalkers as well).
GK i think it only triggers off legendary creatures & 1 drop creatures, unless the spoiler image is incorrect.
Well, y'all just brought to my attention the fact that Doggo triggers off 100+ things in my environment while ol' Champy always underperformed, "only" triggering off 60+ or so. Gonna give Doggo a spin and looking forward to it.
This card looks ridiculous. Base rate 2/2 for W is good. Played turn 1, then followed up with 2 one-drops on turn 2, it attacks for 4. Also strong when followed by Kari Zev, Skyship Raider since the Ragavan tokens will trigger this each turn. Also just followed by Thalia on turn 2 and attacking for 3 is also very good.
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Mox Poison for instance (its a 5 color mox with the drawback that you get a poison counter)
There's also a Jitte/Divining Top mashup where its an equipment that gives you the top's effects as options when it deals combat damage.
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Almost certainly the best white 1-drop creature ever printed, but I won't be running any of these. I hate that they don't have art, and I hate that most players will have no chance of knowing what this card does until they see it in my cube and that it looks so jarringly different from other cards.
Plus, including un-cards (which I do) and the playtest cards (I did run growth charm) is always a fine line - many of them are just brokenly good, which sort of defeats the purpose of playing them as fun cards, and a lot of them are just either bad or don't work in the rules, so you have to walk a very fine line of cards that are powerful enough for cube but not just a top 10% cube card that's also not legal anywhere. This falls on the "too powerful" side of the line for me.
Edit - also they are apparently just stickers on top of cards, not even real cards, and are barely available. Easy pass.
465 unpowered cube - https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/601ac624832cdf1039947588
But these are just stickers. If they come to actual print (hopefully with some art, even if it's minimal), I'll give them another look. Some seem neat.
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My 1570 card cube (no longer updated)
My 415 Peasant+ Artifact and Enchantment Cube
Ever-Expanding "Just throw it in" cube.
Personally I would stay away from anything where the rules are unclear (this passes) or it obviously wouldn’t make it through a normal developmental check (this fails).
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That's certainly true, but to my brain when something has never actually been printed as a real magic card (even if it's not legal in any format) it just feels like a custom card that a magic designer happened to make. If your cube runs custom cards, I'd absolutely run this. But like, is this more of a real magic card than Alchemy cards are? I'd say no.
465 unpowered cube - https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/601ac624832cdf1039947588
GK i think it only triggers off legendary creatures & 1 drop creatures, unless the spoiler image is incorrect.
I also think they’re about as “real “ as Alchemy cards — which is to say, very real magic cards and a clear delineation from actual customs 😆
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