MTG Salvation

Something that has yet to occur in my peasant cube is Tandem Lookout+Syr Konrad the Grim and Sphinx's Tutelage. Any draw triggers a mill, which might trigger Konrad, which triggers another draw... If you can get the pieces, it seems nuts, and those cards are already good on their own, too.

First of all, welcome!

Secondly, did you exclude the listed cards based on price or power level? I'm guessing power level, since you do run some other expensive cards. I think FoW and Demonic Tutor are both actually fine, because the best you're going to tutor for is an uncommon, and the best you'll FoW is an uncommon as well. Not to say uncs are by definition weak, but you won't get combo's that're too degenerate.

Furthermore, a lot of people here have found Loxodon Warhammer and Behemoth Sledge to be extremely strong cards, and I myself have banned them from my cube, since they tend to make games very one-sided.

Also, whilst not THE most important bit, I'd try to balance your guilds, as they are a bit unbalanced now. Most people here use a different system for Hybrids, where they count hybrids as half a card of each colour. So, for example, Kitchen Finks would take up half a green and half a white slot, so with a Kitchen Finks and a Dryad Militant you'd fill up a green and a white slot. This because of the fact that both Kitchen Finks and Militant can be played in non-Selesnya G and W decks.

Other than that, you just have to test a lot to see what works for you and your friends.

What do you guys think of Pharika's Libation? It seems like an Abrade-esque card to me, in that it is always relevant.

I think Weaver of Destiny is a solid card. I especially see it as a solid card in GWx, because that deck tends to run an above average number of enchantments (O-ring variants, usually)

I really like Anax. It only takes 1 anthem or equipment to make most of the red 2-drops 4 power, and things like Bloodrage Brawler and Flametongue Kavu have 4 power to start with, so they leave 2 tokens.

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Hooray, more Exploration effects for Lord Windgrace decks! And this one fixes mana as well!

Not only does it fix, it also makes Valakut and Cabal Coffers a bit better. I like it a lot and will definitely pick up a copy.

It's an Entombing snake! Neat. I can think of a few EDH decks that might want this.

True, it is a bit more like a 2 or 3 for 1 then a true sweeper. But you shouldn't discount the thing, even if in most games, it just sits there. There's gonna be games where you can do it for 2 or 1 and nab a couple mana rocks or something, and the great thing is that it can usually be tutored for should the need arise. And even if you don't activate it, it's still a land, so it still taps for mana.

Threnody Singer is a card we are considering, being as it is an okay body with a fine combat trick attached. It just does a bunch of things for the blue aggro decks, be they mono or dualcoloured.

Other than that and the spider, so far nothing yet imo.

Codex Shredder is also very nifty in Muldrotha, as you can use it to mill yourself or just recur it constantly with Muldrotha.

In my Windgrace, I run a bunch of utility lands. Keep in mind that I run Prismatic Omen, so I can often get away with a high amount of colourless sources.

Field of the Dead, Dark Depths and Thespian's Stage are my wincons.

Valakut, the Molten Pinnacle often acts as removal for planeswalkers, or a boardwipe.

I've been trying Raging Ravine, again, as an answer to planeswalkers.

Witch's Cottage is a new card from Eldraine, but one I have been very happy with. I have several ways to sac lands and then recur them, so getting more than 1 use out of it is great. Also, it is fetchable.

Maze of Ith and Glacial Chasm are pretty great, too. Maze is essential for Windgrace, since it allows you to protect your commander. Chasm can set up some nasty situations with Crop Rotation or breaks parity on Ruric Thar, the Unbowed, and it even lessens the damage you take from your own manabase (Ancient Tomb comes to mind).

Speaking of which, Ancient Tomb and Crystal Vein are my 'Sol lands'. Especially Vein is good in Windgrace, because of obvious reasons.

My land destruction suite is Wasteland, Strip Mine, Tectonic Edge and Dust Bowl.

A card that is very good in most Windgrace decks is Dakmor Salvage. It provides you with a constant source of lands to discard to Windgrace, as you can keep recurring it.

Blast Zone is a must, it's a boardwipe that can be recurred. It is a tad slow, but in my experience, most Windgrace decks don't lack ways to slow the game down, and it's nice to have as a red button of sorts.

Other than that, I run the standard Jund lands, but with more duals added (Tango duals and Cycle duals), because they're Mountains for Valakut purposes, along with the other cycle lands that can be discarded for one coloured mana. (Forgotten Cave, Tranquil Thicket, Barren Moor)

Oh and Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth and Cabal Coffers are good, provided you run a number of tutors, since being stuck with just a Coffers is hellish.

EDIT: And obviously Bojuka Bog is a must, especially if you run Crop Rotation.

EDIT 2: Boseiju, Who Shelters All can be a consideration if you're facing lots of counterspell-based strategies.

It's good in aggro decks that skew towards tempo, so mostly Izzet.
It's also good in Gruul combat trick-based decks, as you can surprise your opponent.
Boros equipments/auras also runs it, occasionally.
Also, it has haste, making the clock just that little bit faster.

Esper would definitely be control or combo with a lot of artifacts, often with a lockdown element.

Bant I would assume something with lots of enters the battlefield, and often tempo-y.

I play the Karoos and, generally speaking, I like them. They have enough tiny little synergies in my cube that they are fun to play with. Things like turning on a Land Tax whilst still making a landdrop, or untapping it with Kiora, Behemoth Beckoner or resetting a Vivid are all fun little things that makes me want to keep them for at least the foreseeable future.

I agree with Phitt here, Curse of Shallow Graves (and Disturbance) make it so that your aggro deck can keep attacking whilst continuously retaining its boardstate. You only need 1 guy to start creating an army.

As for Throne of Eldraine, I think I am most excited about Syr Konrad, he seems solid.

Also, some errata's on the peasant front: Vampire Sovereign, Vampire Aristocrat and Vampire Noble are now nobles in addition to their other creature types. I imagine this is irrelevant for most people, but it does boost Valiant Changeling ever so slightly.