MTG Salvation

card seems to always just be the last cut. looking for a replacement i think.

lich is better than doom whisperer but only if you dont mind including monarch in your cube.

Looking at stats it's been a top 10 black card in my unpowered list with a main deck percentage of 83% and a 63% win rate.

A big fat flying trampler can be hard enough for most decks to deal with on its own, but it also can dig pretty deep. This card just straight up hoses a lot of green decks.

Thanks!

Updated the blog on my cube website with my includes/cuts and reasoning. Can check them out here: https://andrewvisser.wixsite.com/cube/post/ikoria-lair-of-behemoths-commander-2020

looking forward to collecting some stats on these guys.

Hey guys!

It's been pretty quiet on the forum lately but I thought I might share a project I have been working on while doing all this social isolation business. It is mostly for my own personal enjoyment but I thought others might like to see some of the information I have if they find it beneficial/interesting.

I am going to be doing a yearly post recording the rankings of cards in my cube after the release of the spring set. The rankings are solely based on maindeck percentage and win/loss ratios and are different from the power rankings that have been done before because the rankings do not reflect all cards, only the ones in my list that I have sufficient data for. It is based 100% off results with no corrections to cards that are "strictly better" and theoretically should be ranked higher.

I have collected the results on a new wix website I made for my cube and you can find the breakdown of rankings by colour, section, guild, or overall under the "Rankings" tab on the menu. There is also other general information on my cube as well as blog posts on new inclusions and spoiler discussion under the updates tab.

Feel free to check out all the stuff here: https://andrewvisser.wixsite.com/cube

I have also attached the top 10 for each section as a little preview of the full stats that can be found on the wix site.

Hope you are all staying healthy out there!

-Your friendly pink bunny

Had a good experience with kraken the other day and will give it a bit more time to prove itself. I am waiting to see how it will play with the addition of rielle, the everwise and if a looting/drawing archetype can help it find more of a home.

Great write up again!

I think this might be the first time I am testing a card that hasn't made your top 20 list.

Voracious Greatshark isn't the most competitive card but I think it will shine more than some of the other lower options on the list.

nighthawk is so much better than this.

nighthawk is guaranteed to stonewall any threat if you need it.
Nighthawk is guaranteed to have evasion if you need it.
Nighthawk is guaranteed to give you lifegain if you need it.

this card does none of that. this card says 10% of the time i'll be what you need.

I don't want a card that isn't what I want 90% of the time.

Don't like this

slamming this over aurelia, exemplar of justice

360 Unpowered

White:
Test: Luminous Broodmoth over Gisela, the broken blade

Blue:
Include: Shark Typhoon over Talrand's Invocation
Test: Voracious Greatshark over Nadir Kraken

Black:
Include: Heartless act over Cast Down

Red:
Nothing

Green:
Include: Gemrazer over ripjaw raptor
Include: Slippery Bogbonder over Briarhorn

Colourless:
Include: The Ozolith over Scroll of fate

Gold:
Include: Winota, Joiner of forces over Aurelia, Exemplar of justice
Include: Lutri, the spellchaser over electrolyze
Include: Lurrus of the dream-den over anguished unmaking
Include: Fiend Artisan over Pernicious Deed
Testing: Rielle, the everwise over Dack's Duplicate

He's been alright for me without a storm package.

He currently gets maindecked about 47% of the time and decks that run him have won just over 61% of their games which ranks him 22nd out of 50 blue cards in my section based solely off win percentage.

If you rate maindeckability and win percentage equally he drops to 38th/50.

kraken has been medium for me. Going to look to test something else in its place when ikoria drops.

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I think there is a risk that the novelty of companion exaggerates this guy's Cubeability as a creature in your maindeck. Obviously, if it is in your Cube it will make some decks but if you take away the companion ability, would this still be a Cubeable creature?

Since it is largely speculative right now as to the how onerous the companion condition will prove to be (and how often it will even be feasible), I think a little reservation is called for.

I think it is cubeable for sure without companion. easy mana cost, so many important targets. whether its bitter blossom, survival of the fittest. comboing with selfless spirit to give indestructable to all your creatures each turn. card is super versatile.