It is post-spoiler season, better known as the Nobody-checks-this-forum Season and I wanted to get some discussion flowing.
As a long time lurker of the forum who rarely posts, I'd like to open this thread to discuss how Nostalgia weighs in your decisions making to cut or add cards.
First of all, context! I discovered the Peasant Cube forum way back in 2015 when I started building, what I called in that moment, a "Budget Cube". I scanned through my old collection from 2001 (just a bunch of commons & uncommons from the Invasion-Mirrodin era) and decided to create a Cube out of them, because.. Hell.. I wasn't using them and they are neat cards that should be given play. After being consumed for over a month building spreadsheets, evaluating cards and thinking of archetypes, I finally finished it. And one of my primary rules was: Never cut those cards that give you that beautiful feeling of "I want to keep exploring this game". the bacchus Evaluate Everything thread was key in this discovery of the forum, and I've always thanked the community for making that thread. Its a pity that it is almost dead by now.
Nowadays, when I'm evaluating cards I tend to skew more on old cards than new cards when making a decision. Is this something that you take into consideration when evaluating cards? I see that people here in MTG Salvation are old time players and I suppose that many of you have this kind of feeling, or at least you "suffer" when you cut them. For newer players, I understand this is not an issue, sin
Some examples: First-Sphere Gargantua vs. Phyrexian Gargantua
My train of thought: Pretty similar effect, the new one has more flexibility than the other, but I love old border and for such a small difference I won't make the swap.
I have a Llanowar Elves that has lazers coming out of his eyes. I found him at a draft way back in the day and thought it was funny.
I think there have been side/upgrades to Epic Confrontation, but I like uppercutting a dinosaur. Comparable to punching a bear with Savage Punch, but...
Similar to Llanowar Elves, I have a Overrun that has alternate art that I found at a prerelease or something. All the animals have monocles and top hats.
Again, not sure if there will be a card to replace Baleful Strix, but mine is holding a lightsaber.
I doubt anything'll replace Skyknight Legionnaire, but I had a sick draft with like 4 or 5 of these back in the day. Never forget the prerelease winning swing for 6 with 3 of these suckers. went 3-0.
I really enjoy my Porcelain Legionnaire custom art to having a mana cost of 2 + toilet.
Only real MTG players suffer 1 damage from City of Brass.
Valor probably counts. Even when Anger and Wonder were at their most popular, I do not recall others really running that one. But damn it, free first strike on all your creatures, potentially at instant speed, is such a huge effect to me.
Does Young Pyromancer count? Serra Angel and Psychatog are solid locks for me no matter what comes out. The tog gets there easily on power but I think Serra Angel isn't the bomb she used to be (but still a very solid card on the board).
I actually just got the 30th anniversary Serra Angel and since I'm a Kev Walker fan girl I'll be swapping it in for my FTV:A Rebecca Guay one (which is a shame because I have that art on a playmat).
Of course, there's the predictable response of "be careful not to hurt your cube", but is the cube's health really worse for running shock over a shock + variant? Power creep eventually pressures strategies that weren't as well supported, possibly throwing a good experience out of whack. I'm not sure if we've ever talked much about this.
I'm a big advocate for shooting for a B+ power level, so these aesthetic touches might actually have nuanced benefits.
Even if they're unintentional.
It is post-spoiler season, better known as the Nobody-checks-this-forum Season and I wanted to get some discussion flowing.
As a long time lurker of the forum who rarely posts, I'd like to open this thread to discuss how Nostalgia weighs in your decisions making to cut or add cards.
First of all, context! I discovered the Peasant Cube forum way back in 2015 when I started building, what I called in that moment, a "Budget Cube". I scanned through my old collection from 2001 (just a bunch of commons & uncommons from the Invasion-Mirrodin era) and decided to create a Cube out of them, because.. Hell.. I wasn't using them and they are neat cards that should be given play. After being consumed for over a month building spreadsheets, evaluating cards and thinking of archetypes, I finally finished it. And one of my primary rules was: Never cut those cards that give you that beautiful feeling of "I want to keep exploring this game". the bacchus Evaluate Everything thread was key in this discovery of the forum, and I've always thanked the community for making that thread. Its a pity that it is almost dead by now.
Nowadays, when I'm evaluating cards I tend to skew more on old cards than new cards when making a decision. Is this something that you take into consideration when evaluating cards? I see that people here in MTG Salvation are old time players and I suppose that many of you have this kind of feeling, or at least you "suffer" when you cut them. For newer players, I understand this is not an issue, sin
Some examples:
First-Sphere Gargantua vs. Phyrexian Gargantua
My train of thought: Pretty similar effect, the new one has more flexibility than the other, but I love old border and for such a small difference I won't make the swap.
Flametongue Kavu vs. Flametongue Yearling
My train of thought: Pretty much the same said above.
Shock vs Play with Fire
My train of thought: I'm never cutting Psycheatog Shock out of my Cube, never!
Cards I'll never cut that I consider "pet cards" of mine:
Phyrexian Rager
Avalanche Riders
Careful Study
Breath of Darigaaz
Jilt
Blastoderm
River Boa
Please tell me what you think and if you have any exmaples of "uncuttable cards" due to their Nostalgia component, please share them!
My Peasant Cube - CubeCobra
Kami of Ancient Law is certainly way less cool compared to Ronom Unicorn.
While a better 2/1 evasive black creature for 2 is unlikely to come around, I like Dauthi Horror's spike nipple too much to replace.
Don't mess with my pet card turtle-bro Calcite Snapper.
I have a Llanowar Elves that has lazers coming out of his eyes. I found him at a draft way back in the day and thought it was funny.
I think there have been side/upgrades to Epic Confrontation, but I like uppercutting a dinosaur. Comparable to punching a bear with Savage Punch, but...
Similar to Llanowar Elves, I have a Overrun that has alternate art that I found at a prerelease or something. All the animals have monocles and top hats.
Again, not sure if there will be a card to replace Baleful Strix, but mine is holding a lightsaber.
I doubt anything'll replace Skyknight Legionnaire, but I had a sick draft with like 4 or 5 of these back in the day. Never forget the prerelease winning swing for 6 with 3 of these suckers. went 3-0.
I really enjoy my Porcelain Legionnaire custom art to having a mana cost of 2 + toilet.
Only real MTG players suffer 1 damage from City of Brass.
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That's all I can think of right now.
Cliffside Rescuer is probably a pet card at this point.
I am probably of a very limited pool of people that run Old Man of the Sea but that is not entirely up to nostalgia, I would wager.
Zephid's Embrace is probably more of a pet card. But Shroud + +2/+2 + Flying is just basically 'make your own finisher'.
Juzám Djinn is a bit like Old Man but more of a pet card, even if I think that nothing else quite fills the same niche.
Do others still run Rakshasa Gravecaller?
Spikeshot Goblin is definitely a pet card. A scaling pinger just feels so nice.
I am not bound to Icehide Troll but it is a pet card.
Worm Harvest definitely counts. One of the first Masters set downgrades and such an interesting build-around.
Serra Angel and Psychatog are solid locks for me no matter what comes out. The tog gets there easily on power but I think Serra Angel isn't the bomb she used to be (but still a very solid card on the board).
I actually just got the 30th anniversary Serra Angel and since I'm a Kev Walker fan girl I'll be swapping it in for my FTV:A Rebecca Guay one (which is a shame because I have that art on a playmat).
Draft it on Cubetutor here, and CubeCobra here.
Treasure Cruise did nothing wrong.
sigh, I'm not the robot I wish to be
(and epochrasite too)
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Of course, there's the predictable response of "be careful not to hurt your cube", but is the cube's health really worse for running shock over a shock + variant? Power creep eventually pressures strategies that weren't as well supported, possibly throwing a good experience out of whack. I'm not sure if we've ever talked much about this.
I'm a big advocate for shooting for a B+ power level, so these aesthetic touches might actually have nuanced benefits.
Even if they're unintentional.
My CubeCobra (draft 20 card packs, 2 packs.)
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