This card feels like further proof the WOTC design team reads the cube thread for ideas on cards they'll let us have....if we jump through ridiculous hoops we didn't ask for first.
Not saying that kind of land should come easily, but they made the price of entry way too high on the entire cycle.
As soon as I saw someone suggest cutting Reveillark I knew this thread was in for it....lol. I'm pretty sure there should be a sticky note warning posters of the avalanche of posts they will get should they disparage that card here. Joking aside, I think SirPicaro captured my feelings on it on the last page.
Also, can we talk about the posts between Ennex and asmallcat on the first page? Those two called it and didn't even know it!
I've seen enough to jump on board for testing this. Potential cut could be Reveillark or Exalted Angel.
Censor is at the edge of my 450. I do think that much like Supreme Will the flexibility doesn't quite make up for the added cost. Unlike Supreme Will though a cantrip for U is a better backup plan than Impulse for 2U.
Izzet Twinfiltrators2UR
Creature – Human Rogue Wizard (R)
Haste, Menace
When Izzet Twinfiltrators enters the battlefield create a 2/1 red and blue Human Rogue Wizard creature token with haste, menace, and "whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player draw a card then discard a card".
Whenever Izzet Twinfiltrators deals combat damage to a player draw a card then discard a card.
2/1
Not making the cut for me at 450 although I do agree it is the 3rd best wrath black wrath option behind Damnation and Toxic Deluge. If I make the jump to 500 as I have started thinking about doing then this will come in as part of that update.
I think having a person in the background makes the art more dynamic. It shows a mage forming the command and not just a symbol coming from a lamp/bottle thing. Also the gesture the blue mage is making is just classic blue...as in "No".
The must haves for me though are a foil condescend with the new art (can be found on mythic spoiler) and the Horizon Canopy. Really like the Ancestral Vision, but I ultimately decided I appreciate the call back to Ancestral Recall in the original art more.
I want a few playsets of these unstable lands alongside the Zendikar/BFZ full art lands. Didn't care for the Amonkhet full art lands with all that horn action going on...
IMA definitely has a couple cards I want for the artwork. (Especially the blue cards....blue gets everything I swear).
Mana Drain - I don't run this, but that is some SICK art and updated wording on the card makes me happy. The Judge Promo has really good art/updated wording too though so a couple options here now. Ancestral Vision - Another spectacular new art option for those who run this. Cryptic Command - Vastly superior art here. Condescend - YES. This is the one I'm most excited about actually. I hate the current art for this and I can't wait to pick up a foil of this new and improved art.
aaaaaaand.....
Horizon Canopy - That is some beautiful art. I have a strong preference for running cycles in my cubes when it comes to lands that only produce certain colors, but I might break the symmetry just to get to look at this all the time.
Lastly just want to comment on getting a Duress art that I don't hate from Ixalan....finally. It still isn't great, but it is easily the best of available options for me.
It is definitely on my watch list. Cuts would be pretty tough for it though. I mean, I could cut Thrun, but he's the last troll....the last one! Hasn't he suffered enough?
Lancers did get better with the rule change, but not swap for Baneslayer level better. Once you get to 6+ white five drops you might have a slot for this one.
The idea of just playing the back sides has been floating around on reddit for a while now. I think several of these might be too good if we did this. Maze of Ith or Gaea's Cradle that can also tap for a mana? Primal Wellspring and Conqueror's Foothold are ridiculous value if you start with that side. The Diamond Valley one (black land) might be fine.
Another in a long line of transform previews with unfortunate hoops to jump through to get payoffs in the form of classic magic lands. Wish they would have pushed the front sides on these a bit more. These are just too safe.
When it is Divination for 1U, it's insane value and when it is Catalog at sorcery speed for 1U it's fair. The condition here is so easy to meet though that I think it will be the former more than the latter. Excellent card.
From your list I would cut Nissa Vastwood Seer or Wickerbough Elder. You don't need to cut any 5 drops as green supports the higher end of the curve well and being a modern cube you're already short a popular 5 drop (Deranged Hermit).
Chart a Course
Carnage Tyrant
Sorcerous Spyglass
TESTING
Thalia's Lancers (Updated legendary PW rules move this card from just outside playable to a potential cube staple).
Ruin Raider
Hostage Taker
WATCHING
Ripjaw Raptor
Not saying that kind of land should come easily, but they made the price of entry way too high on the entire cycle.
Also, can we talk about the posts between Ennex and asmallcat on the first page? Those two called it and didn't even know it!
I've seen enough to jump on board for testing this. Potential cut could be Reveillark or Exalted Angel.
Izzet Twinfiltrators 2UR
Creature – Human Rogue Wizard (R)
Haste, Menace
When Izzet Twinfiltrators enters the battlefield create a 2/1 red and blue Human Rogue Wizard creature token with haste, menace, and "whenever this creature deals combat damage to a player draw a card then discard a card".
Whenever Izzet Twinfiltrators deals combat damage to a player draw a card then discard a card.
2/1
The must haves for me though are a foil condescend with the new art (can be found on mythic spoiler) and the Horizon Canopy. Really like the Ancestral Vision, but I ultimately decided I appreciate the call back to Ancestral Recall in the original art more.
IMA definitely has a couple cards I want for the artwork. (Especially the blue cards....blue gets everything I swear).
Mana Drain - I don't run this, but that is some SICK art and updated wording on the card makes me happy. The Judge Promo has really good art/updated wording too though so a couple options here now.
Ancestral Vision - Another spectacular new art option for those who run this.
Cryptic Command - Vastly superior art here.
Condescend - YES. This is the one I'm most excited about actually. I hate the current art for this and I can't wait to pick up a foil of this new and improved art.
aaaaaaand.....
Horizon Canopy - That is some beautiful art. I have a strong preference for running cycles in my cubes when it comes to lands that only produce certain colors, but I might break the symmetry just to get to look at this all the time.
Lastly just want to comment on getting a Duress art that I don't hate from Ixalan....finally. It still isn't great, but it is easily the best of available options for me.