Plated Crusher: fine, but way worse than Pelakka Wurm (though better than Roar of the Wurm).
Eldrazi Skyspawner: insane dude for every blue deck. Sometimes it's a flying dude that hits for 2 and ramps into a T4 Mulldrifter, sometimes it just blocks a 3/2 and a 2/1.
Catacomb Sifter: solid, if slightly underwhelming. Still good on-curve size, but hasn't really made the "death trigger deck" much better
Deathless Behemoth: pretty good, slightly underwhelming compared to expectations
Bane of Bala Ged: A+ ramp target... annihilator 2 at seven mana!!
Expedition Envoy: exactly as you'd expect
Carrier Thrall: similar to Catacomb Sifter; maybe the more 2-bodies-in-1 guys you play, the better this effect gets
Brood Monitor: surprisingly good for green deck that wants to blink or reanimate this and absolutely flood the board
I haven't played anything else on the list, I don't think.
Breaker of armies - Only played once. Broke armies. Seemed very good, but not really enough experience to justly determine its strength.
Bane of bala ged - Drafted/Sealed a few times this weekend, this card was definitely an all-star. I agree can be killed somewhat easily, so there were some games had to hold back with it. But overall, very impressed.
Drana's emissary - Does exactly what I want it to do in decks that want it. Being a flyer puts it at above average for me.
Plated Crusher - Only played once. Was pretty good, have to wait and see I think. But still expecting it to do what I want, which is be a big body that can't be targeted.
Zulaport Cutthroat - Played a few times, so far a great card. Fits in perfectly with the drain life/sacrifice deck(s) which is the focus of my BW archetype.
Eldrazi Skyspawner - Love this card. Has been great every time it has hit the board. Love using in control decks and leaving up one island for remand etc using the token for colorless.
The strange thing about Bane of Bala Ged is that in my experience it seems to die to easily. However, 5 toughness does put it out of range of all burn spells, the only two cards that care about 5 toughness are Dismember and Fire Covenant. If it gets to attack it's already enough value, either it gets blocked and is a 3 or 4 for 1 or it doesn't get blocked and it's a 2 for 0. The more I think about it the more I feel that its toughness doesn't even matter, I just want my 7+ drops to be somewhat resilient against spot-removal like Go for the Throat. If I look at my other 7+ drops (Pelakka Wurm, Plated Crusher, Roar of the Wurm and Trostani's Summoner) they all do that in one way or the other.
I would tepidly say that in one attack it may only barely makes up for the investment of 7 mana. That's two more mana than incremental blight, cloudgoat ranger, and shower of coals. Getting rid of their 2 worst cards + a couple blocks or something on turn 6-9 is functional but unimpressive to me.
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Plated Crusher: fine, but way worse than Pelakka Wurm (though better than Roar of the Wurm).
Eldrazi Skyspawner: insane dude for every blue deck. Sometimes it's a flying dude that hits for 2 and ramps into a T4 Mulldrifter, sometimes it just blocks a 3/2 and a 2/1.
Catacomb Sifter: solid, if slightly underwhelming. Still good on-curve size, but hasn't really made the "death trigger deck" much better
Deathless Behemoth: pretty good, slightly underwhelming compared to expectations
Bane of Bala Ged: A+ ramp target... annihilator 2 at seven mana!!
Expedition Envoy: exactly as you'd expect
Carrier Thrall: similar to Catacomb Sifter; maybe the more 2-bodies-in-1 guys you play, the better this effect gets
Brood Monitor: surprisingly good for green deck that wants to blink or reanimate this and absolutely flood the board
I haven't played anything else on the list, I don't think.
Otherwise, yeah, what he said.
I also just cut all the blighted lands. I just put in mortuary mire to test.
My CubeCobra (draft 20 card packs, 2 packs.)
430, Peasant, Very Unpowered
Why you should take your hybrids out of your gold section
Manamath Article
Breaker of armies - Only played once. Broke armies. Seemed very good, but not really enough experience to justly determine its strength.
Bane of bala ged - Drafted/Sealed a few times this weekend, this card was definitely an all-star. I agree can be killed somewhat easily, so there were some games had to hold back with it. But overall, very impressed.
Drana's emissary - Does exactly what I want it to do in decks that want it. Being a flyer puts it at above average for me.
Plated Crusher - Only played once. Was pretty good, have to wait and see I think. But still expecting it to do what I want, which is be a big body that can't be targeted.
Zulaport Cutthroat - Played a few times, so far a great card. Fits in perfectly with the drain life/sacrifice deck(s) which is the focus of my BW archetype.
Eldrazi Skyspawner - Love this card. Has been great every time it has hit the board. Love using in control decks and leaving up one island for remand etc using the token for colorless.
My 180 Peasant Cube on Cubetutor
My CubeCobra (draft 20 card packs, 2 packs.)
430, Peasant, Very Unpowered
Why you should take your hybrids out of your gold section
Manamath Article
My C/Ube on Cube Cobra
My CubeCobra (draft 20 card packs, 2 packs.)
430, Peasant, Very Unpowered
Why you should take your hybrids out of your gold section
Manamath Article