It's as if Squee died and rose from the dead (even though he's immortal) in a new powercrept zombie form. Like the original Squee, this goes really well with Survival of the Fittest / Forbid, but this is actually worth casting by itself now.
Cool card - I think this competes with The Scarab God for a slot.
My weakest Dimir card is probably Fallen Shinobi, but that card is so fun I don't want to cut it for this.
Hence, this card probably won't make my cube but it's definitely a strong option.
This card is sweet. Definitely running this in my 540.
[Cube analysis talk]
I have a slush fund of shard slots where I run cards that fit the theme of those colors and this will get slotted there. I would cut a Talisman if I had to cut from my guild cards.
Squee is rarely cast so he is colorless but I have a feeling this one will get cast more often so he will be a UB card.
[End Cube analysis talk]
Also, he is a zombie! Nice to have that potential synergy.
I have dreams of using him with Liliana or Survival or Dack Fayden. That would be hot!
Not for me... At least on power level. Too slow or inconsistent to generate meaningful value in a high powered format.
Never been a fan of squee in high powered cubes and this isn't enough better to justify it's additional color restriction and stronger competition.
If you find it fun tho, hell ya, go for it!
A 3/1 body with an ETB obviously a lot better than squee, but so much of the format still goes way over the top of it or under it by the mid-game. Also, If you are continually recurring it to reach it's ceiling value, the life loss becomes non-neglible.
This seems solid. I don't really see it dying to a token as a bad thing? My Dimir decks are probably more likely to want to have this die and recur it for another trigger.
Added a sacrifice/enhanced Aristocrats theme to black before MH2 dropped so excited to see how this will play in that shell. As mentioned above...it's a zombie!
I like this a lot. I think people are underestimating how annoying an infinite 3/1 can be to get through. I suppose its meh in an MTGO style vintage combo cube but I'll be playing it in unpowered.
Squee always gave some interesting interactions, but a 3 mana 1/1 is completely unplayable. So you had to discard it a minimum of two times to get any value out of it, over having had any other better card. Despite the two colours, there's a lot of upside here. Surveil is a very nice ability to fix draw and in the right colour for graveyard interaction. I'll keep this on the radar.
It's as if Squee died and rose from the dead (even though he's immortal) in a new powercrept zombie form. Like the original Squee, this goes really well with Survival of the Fittest / Forbid, but this is actually worth casting by itself now.
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My weakest Dimir card is probably Fallen Shinobi, but that card is so fun I don't want to cut it for this.
Hence, this card probably won't make my cube but it's definitely a strong option.
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2018 CubeTutor Power Rankings:
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[Cube analysis talk]
I have a slush fund of shard slots where I run cards that fit the theme of those colors and this will get slotted there. I would cut a Talisman if I had to cut from my guild cards.
Squee is rarely cast so he is colorless but I have a feeling this one will get cast more often so he will be a UB card.
[End Cube analysis talk]
Also, he is a zombie! Nice to have that potential synergy.
I have dreams of using him with Liliana or Survival or Dack Fayden. That would be hot!
My 540 card Powered Cube last updated March 2022
For real. I can't muster any more excitement for this card. A recursive beater that also fixes your draws? Yes, please.
540 Version: https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/zza
Never been a fan of squee in high powered cubes and this isn't enough better to justify it's additional color restriction and stronger competition.
If you find it fun tho, hell ya, go for it!
A 3/1 body with an ETB obviously a lot better than squee, but so much of the format still goes way over the top of it or under it by the mid-game. Also, If you are continually recurring it to reach it's ceiling value, the life loss becomes non-neglible.
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Also yes, it dies to a token on the attack, but it also dies to skullclamp, and synergizes with black sac outlets for tons of value.
While this card is no Scarab God, I do think it's kind of being slept on.
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