MTG Salvation

Eternal, Brutality, Liliana, Mannequin and Engineer would be my cuts.

Poor performance from Arcane Artisan and a couple of additional great targets for Spellseeker that I didn't have access to before (the Finales). Being able to play powerful cards on-curve after casting it adds a lot of additional value to the card. I'm considering cards like Profane Command and Devil's Play with a closer eye than I was before.

Oketra and one of the Soltari.

Maybe the 2nd Mother of Runes? If not, I might take a card from somewhere else. Maybe Adorned Pouncer and Secure the Wastes for Champion and Lieutenant?

Not the design intent, but it might be fun if it shows up!

Ya, being at 630 affords me a few slots to experiment with, and I want to see how this goes. Mimic/Blade can be used to support any of the small tribal subthemes, and the Humans package is only 4 cards. If it turns out to be a viable strategy, that's a small price to pay.

I figured it was worth a shot, especially since Mayor looks awesome with the new Nightpack Ambusher.

Palace Jailer can be really powerful, but I've also been crushed by my own Jailer in the Monarch subgame, and when it works out poorly for you, it really feels bad. Despite it being good a lot more than when it's bad, I remember the times where it fails me a lot more. Probably unfair to gauge a card off of those situations, but when things in the Monarch game go poorly, you remember them. There are matchups/situations where Jailer's busted, but there's also ones where it's either quite risky or even actively bad. I like Jailer and I have no plan on cutting it, but it didn't make my Top 20 list this year. I give a slight edge to Custodi Lich as the best Monarch card in the cube, IMO, because it has a built-in mechanic that helps win the Monarch subgames if they start. I do think it's a fun and exciting mechanic though. Really cool cards.

Thanks for doing this BlackWaltz3! I know it's a lot of work.

Reveillark and Elesh Norn being missing but Brimaz and Hero being on there feels wrong to me, but I understand why people vote that way, the former are swingier and less consistent.

Quick changes to experiment with a Human subtheme and clip out a few underperformers:

Steppe Lynx -> Champion of the Parish
Tithe Taker -> Thalia's Lieutenant

Arcane Artisan -> Spellseeker
Champion of Wits -> Exclusion Mage

Phyrexian Arena -> Xathrid Necromancer

Sylvan Advocate -> Mayor of Avabruck

Cursed Scroll -> Metallic Mimic
Ratchet Bomb -> Heirloom Blade

I think focussing some number of your selected 'walkers on supporting specific decks helps to lower the "feel" of being oversaturated. It's when you have a ton of generic goodstuff walkers that are playable in everything that the density starts feeling too high, IMO.

Chupacabra's awesome. I think it's better than all of those 4cc creatures other than Braids and maybe Yawgmoth.

I can send out a small signal boost on Twitter; it might snag a couple of extra voters.

Everything I've offered has been suggestions. But thanks for the awesome contribution to the discussion!

So all the drafts matters cards are supposed to be voted on then? Since they're not conspiracies or Un- cards? For future threads, "Vintage Legal" is a nice clean way to illustrate this (unless you want Holiday promos, dexterity cards and ante cards to be included). Just a suggestion.