Sun Titan has been on the chopping block for us for a while, but it would be weird for us to cut it if we are adding the Esper Walker, as that is one of the best hits for it printed in years.
I’m considering “cheating” and cutting a 4-drop instead of a 5-drop for this since the best mode of the card is to cycle and then eternalize.
Cutting Hero of Bladehold because it is currently the worst 4 or 5 drop. I think your logic is totally justified.
For us Sun Titan is mostly a reanimator fatty that cou can sometimes slot into control and midrange decks. Definitely not great but I do think competes well against clunky midrange stuff like this and Archangel Avacyn. We're bringing in Angel of the Ruins to test in our next update though, so if all goes well Sun Titan's days might be numbered.
With that said we're not playing this creature but I'd personally treat it as a white 2 drop in cube cmc layout imo, since I think that's probably going to be the most commonly used mode. But when deckbuilding, if I'm playing a slow deck I'd treat it as a 2 drop, and if I'm playing a more aggressive deck I'd treat it as a 5.
Cutting Hero of Bladehold because it is currently the worst 4 or 5 drop. I think your logic is totally justified.
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With that said we're not playing this creature but I'd personally treat it as a white 2 drop in cube cmc layout imo, since I think that's probably going to be the most commonly used mode. But when deckbuilding, if I'm playing a slow deck I'd treat it as a 2 drop, and if I'm playing a more aggressive deck I'd treat it as a 5.