Thoughtseize is great, but there's no law against cutting it. Play the cards you wanna play. Cut the cards you wanna cut. Just because a card is a small-cube staple doesn't mean it has to be in every cube.
I also fragrantly dismiss the aforementioned thesis, though.
Spawning Pit was no good for me when I tried it. It's a solid sac outlet, but payoff is quite small. That said, it's a card with a lot of hidden uses, since you can just sac anything that was going to the grave anyway.
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Artifact Creature- Human Shaman
Haste
Reforge (1,T, Sacrifice this artifact: Add mana equal to this card's mana cost. Spend this mana only to cast artifact spells, or activate abilities of artifacts.)
3/2
Next:
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Selesnya with a new mechanic
An Ixalan pirate
I think the only difference between "play" and "cast" is that you play lands, but don't cast them. For nonlands, I think it's functionally identical, but what do I know?
Yep, this casts your whole deck off of one activation (unless we add some alternate cost or something).
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Enchantment
Whenever you cast a multicolored spell, search your hand, graveyard, and library for two different multicoloured cards and put them in your hand. WUBRG: Until end of turn, you may play multicolored cards without paying their
Guild Allegiance For LifeWUBRG
Enchantment
Whenever you cast a multicolored spell, search your hand, graveyard, and library for two different multicoloured cards and put them in your hand. WUBRG: Until end of turn,
Where did the other thread go? I like this card alright, but it's a B-lister for sure. It's a cool card to switch up blue's focus towards tokens. Lack of evasion kills its chances most places.
It's mostly a gum-up-the-ground card, which limits its uses significantly. It is a decent blocker, but by no means the ulimate five-drop blocker. That crown goes to Guardian of the Gateless.
There's clearly an aristocrats theme in the set, and it's an archetype that is liked by many, and loved by me. I thought it may be nice to lay the support out.
Tier 1 support:
She's hurt by the nontoken clause, but tokens get a lot from the +1/+0 anyway.
Blue is not an aristocrats color, but Mesmerizing Benthid is decent token support. Vindictive Vampire is almost trying to be good. If it had an additional point of toughness, or any keyword, it would be good enough. Teysa is cool if you are going REALLY deep. These are mostly cards that haven't gotten any attention, and may deserve some from the B-listers in the world.
I've thought about adding Rage Thrower and Hissing Iguanar as well as some of the other rusalkas. Honestly, I thought I was playing Rage Thrower until I just checked. That card is surprisingly good for a six mana 4/2, but I guess I cut it for being fragile.
My cube is so big that you can never count on seeing Blood Artist, so its relies on a wide array of effects. Nevertheless, it is a proven strategy here. Whether it's a main theme or a subtheme in a deck, it usually works out.
Everyone: STOP TRYING TO WIN THE CULTURE WAR BY POSTING ON THE INTERNET!!!
No matter how smart and compelling your post/ article seems to you, it is not going to change hearts and minds. None of us had ever heard of either of these two people before this nonsense: it is just an excuse to rehash a bigger issue that will never be resolved by making posts and counter-posts on message boards. (Yes, I know saying that here is hypocritical.)
It's like people don't even know that Anointed Procession will be eight bucks in five years. How is it this kind of card always follows this pattern? It seems investors would have destroyed that easy plunder by over-exploiting it.
Not that I mind. I'm happy when cards are cheap, and easily available. Order now for your casual fun purposes, or you'll end up paying way more for the same card. In the mean time, almost every other card in the set will tank in value. Business as usual.
I also fragrantly dismiss the aforementioned thesis, though.
These look like the most natural cuts:
Verdurous Gearhulk or Kalonian Hydra out for Ooze
Ob Nixilis Reignited out for Spawn
Diregraf Ghoul out for Gutterbones
Instant - Trap
If an opponent has lost three or
Spider Spawning Makes a lot of decent chumps.
Souls of the Faultless can be annoying.
Wall of Denial answers every category except for blocking wide.
This is absolutely a niche cubeable card.
The Only Way Forward Is Down R
Artifact Creature- Human Shaman
Haste
Reforge (1,T, Sacrifice this artifact: Add mana equal to this card's mana cost. Spend this mana only to cast artifact spells, or activate abilities of artifacts.)
3/2
Next:
Mirrodin Pure
Selesnya with a new mechanic
An Ixalan pirate
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Guild Allegiance For LifeWUBRG
Enchantment
Whenever you cast a multicolored spell, search your hand, graveyard, and library for two different multicoloured cards and put them in your hand.
WUBRG: Until end of turn, you may play multicolored cards without paying their
Enchantment
Whenever you cast a multicolored spell, search your hand, graveyard, and library for two different multicoloured cards and put them in your hand.
WUBRG: Until end of turn,
It's mostly a gum-up-the-ground card, which limits its uses significantly. It is a decent blocker, but by no means the ulimate five-drop blocker. That crown goes to Guardian of the Gateless.
Tier 1 support:
She's hurt by the nontoken clause, but tokens get a lot from the +1/+0 anyway.
Tier 2 support:
Biogenic Ooze just happens to be good in a jund aristocrats shell. Seraph of the Scales is likewise useful goodstuff.
Tier 3 support:
Blue is not an aristocrats color, but Mesmerizing Benthid is decent token support. Vindictive Vampire is almost trying to be good. If it had an additional point of toughness, or any keyword, it would be good enough. Teysa is cool if you are going REALLY deep. These are mostly cards that haven't gotten any attention, and may deserve some from the B-listers in the world.
Tier 4 (not really worth considering):
Knight of Sorrows
Syndicate Messenger
Watchful Giant
Bloodmist Infiltrator
Debtors' Transport
Orzhov Racketeers
Undercity Scavenger
Smelt-Ward Ignus
Edit: Added Gutterbones to tier 2. It's a tier 1 card, but tier 2 in aristocratic terms. Thanks to Blue_Oneironaut for pointing out the omission.
I've thought about adding Rage Thrower and Hissing Iguanar as well as some of the other rusalkas. Honestly, I thought I was playing Rage Thrower until I just checked. That card is surprisingly good for a six mana 4/2, but I guess I cut it for being fragile.
My cube is so big that you can never count on seeing Blood Artist, so its relies on a wide array of effects. Nevertheless, it is a proven strategy here. Whether it's a main theme or a subtheme in a deck, it usually works out.