MTG Salvation

The threat of activation on this card makes Tibalt very hard to block especially if the exiled creature is undercosted/ overstatted (Uro anyone?). Couple that with the late game planeswalker and I think we have a winner here. Will definitely test.

It would be cool if you do some sort of combo to cascade into your Deep Forest Hermit but I don't think I like this as much as Earthshaker Giant.

Okay, the kids are in bed so lets try to put a proper thought together.

At this point everyone understands these MDFC's will almost always make the decks of their respective colors and that they will prevent non-games by helping prevent flood/screw. As well, everyone hopefully understands that the cost of including these cards comes at cutting another card from you Cube not your deck. Cube real estate is hard to break into these days with so many archetypes and generic high powered cards. That means even though each of the MDFC's would be played, does not mean they are auto-includes in a Cube.

So, where is the line drawn? How often does the card need to be played on it's front to be worth the inclusion? If it's a tapped land 75% of the time then it's almost certainly not worth it. What if it's a tapped land only 50% of the time. Is it worth it then? As well, the impact of the card needs to play into the equation. The mythic cycle for example are high-cost high-powered effects. Yes, they'll be cast less often but when they are, they'll have a large effect on the game.

I don't know where the line is drawn, but my instincts tell me that the players should WANT TO cast the spell, only using it as a land as the fail safe. I don't want players to include a card in their decks that will be a tapped land nearly every game with the off chance it might be something else a fraction of the time. Glasspool Mimic would get played in a lot of blue decks, but I feel would be a tapped land far too often for it to be worth an inclusion in my cube. I played Cackling Counterpart for a long time because the card looked to be so broken. Two creatures at instant speed for one card. This has to be good! Well, it turned out to be a trap. It just sat in players hands far too often or ended up copying something inconsequential just to be played.

That experience told me I'm not looking for this effect in my Cube. Putting a land on the back makes it playable in decks but I don't want to cut a card that has a role in my cube for a card that I feel will be a tapped land most of the time.

Green 3 drops are a good place for landfall beaters to be with all the mana elves we get. Casting this guy on turn two off an elf should allow the mammoth be a 5/5 consistently for the next few turns.

I'm not a fan of this card since both sides are good early and bad late. The flexibility just isn't there when both sides of the card want to be played at the same time in the game.

After playing Vantress Gargoyle in limited and as a 4 of in my dimir standard deck, I don't think he'll be good in cube. Needing 7 cards in your opps graveyard in order to attack is too many without a dedicated mill plan. Unless he's coming down turn 2 blocking can also be unpredictable. It can be powerful in the right shell but I think it will be too inconsistent in non-mill decks.

Strictly better than two cards that have been in my Cube since the beginning. Easy include

Remember, this triggers off of all tokens including non-creatures like treasures and clues. I think it would have been better in white since white shares tokens with red and green and this is basically a hidden selesnya card. Maybe one day.

Don't ignore the pure value of finding a Baleful Strix.

Scry 1 is not "draw a card". I would cube Omenspeaker and Thing in the Ice over this.

Here's a partial update based on what I've already gotten during prerelease weekend

OUT --> IN

Disenchant --> Forsake the Worldly
Seeker of the Way --> Trueheart Duelist
Dungeon Geists --> Vizier of Many Faces
Tormented Hero --> Dread Wanderer
Goblin Bombardment --> Soul-Scar Mage
Harsh Mentor --> War-Name Aspirant
Hero of Oxid Ridge --> Hazoret the Fervent
Sarkhan, the Dragonspeaker --> Chandra, Torch of Defiance
Uktabi Orangutan --> Manglehorn

Here are the rest of the cards I'm planning to add once I get a hold of a copy:

• Glory-Bound Initiate
  
• Censor
  
• Commit // Memory
  
• Never // Return
  
• Liliana, Death's Majesty
  
• Combat Celebrant
  
• Rhonas the Indomitable
  
• Samut, Voice of Dissent
  
• Nissa, Steward of Elements

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Cuts for these TBD.

I'm also planning on jamming as many of the new full-art basics into my basics box as I can get my hands on.
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