This is so pushed for an edict… They skipped right past a Diabolic + PW edict modal and decided to give us the additional token/non-token thing. This card seems very good.
We had a Cube event over the weekend, and I saw this in action in a couple decks (one of them was mine). It’s very good. Putting 2 planeswalkers and minimum one creature into play for 3 mana is a lot for the opponent to deal with, and with any amount of board presence you can drain a lot. It does help that we run creatures that are good with this like Scrapheap Scrounger, Skyclave Shade, and Tenacious Underdog. I wouldn’t play Ob in a Cube with zero black aggressive support.
For us the Boros Charm indestructible mode almost never came up except for some cheeky combos with Armageddon. That’s my best comp for Cube experience with an indestructible combat trick / wrath protection.
I’ll be watching this to see if you all have positive experiences with this though.
360 seems like a totally different beast than 720 at this point. Aggro benefits from the redundancy of creatures at larger sizes. All those 3-mana powerhouses are twice as likely to appear at 360 while the aggro curve is only marginally better.
I’d be curious what constitutes “midrange” in this discussion. I’m guessing green midrange decks often have Hexdrinker and red midrange has Ragavan and dragons at 5cc. But that makes definitions wonky because we’ve had great “long game” 1-drops printed recently which makes decks that like to attack with 1-drops more like midrange decks instead of “put all my 2-power 1-drops that can’t block on the board and hope they get there.” I remember when every third Cube card was some jank common/uncommon with decent P/T and a defensive drawback. Couple this creature trend with 3cc walker bombs taking the previously held throne of the 4cc Walker.
In general my claim is that midrange decks have gotten more aggressive which has made hard aggro less prominent, and that has been great for Cube.
Sidenote: our experience with “tempo” is quite different. Ux tempo is always one of the best ways to compete for a 3-0 in our Cube.
Pelakka Wurm was a reasonable fatty not that long ago, and this is way better. It’s probably better than Avenger of Zendikar. An argument could be made for this over Terastodon as well. Hornet Queen and Woodfall Primus seem a lot better than this though.
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But it’s hard…
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https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/sg5
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I’ll be watching this to see if you all have positive experiences with this though.
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2 - Adanto Vanguard > Seasoned Hallowblade
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Elder Gargaroth vs Workshop Warchief?
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In general my claim is that midrange decks have gotten more aggressive which has made hard aggro less prominent, and that has been great for Cube.
Sidenote: our experience with “tempo” is quite different. Ux tempo is always one of the best ways to compete for a 3-0 in our Cube.
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