@shamizy I've been consideration Herald of Anguish, but was curious about two things: 1) Have any of your drafters picked the card mistaking black for having an artifact theme; and 2) has its improvise ability been used at least a few times?
@shamizy I've been consideration Herald of Anguish, but was curious about two things: 1) Have any of your drafters picked the card mistaking black for having an artifact theme; and 2) has its improvise ability been used at least a few times?
this is the ultimate blessing and curse of the Crusher. I don't mind the card, just fits awkwardly into a lot of decks I work towards in my cube.Namely, once it's on the battlefield, you'll never topdeck another land
I like how Grave Titan acts as a nice bridge between Slow Midrange, Control and Reanimation as a card all of these decks can play. I don't like how hard it can be to beat this on board most of the time. Compared to Elspeth, Grave Titan adds 3 times as much power to the board the turn it enters the battlefield, and produces an extra 25% more power on each subsequent turn. The tokens are better, and Grave Titan can take part in combat instead of needing to be protected. The only real way to answer a titan is with a removal spell, as it can't simply die to being hit with a flier. While the tokens sticking around makes it decent against targeted removal, titan is pretty sad when killed by a wrath variant.In the same vein as Elspeth:
I want a beefy black finisher and reanimation target - this is the obvious one that many of us labelled as too strong for our Cubes years ago. For those of you who do play it or gave it another chance, what's the verdict in 2021?
This card is super cool, I would try to play it if I had more room for red 3-drops. It's a great top-end card for aggressive red strategies, and also plays reasonably well in Gruul Life from the Loam decks.I dunno if anyone has ever talked about this dude, but I'm going to talk about this dude:
Ol' Crushy here is exactly what the doctor ordered as a curve-topper for a low-curve Rx deck. Oh, sure, you look at it and go "it's just a vanilla beater, what gives?", but that ignores the secret power that the card has. Namely, once it's on the battlefield, you'll never topdeck another land.
I love you, Countryside Crusher.
Yes. I think it would just be a Tainted Adversary variant at that point, simply swapping the flexibility of the adversary for a larger body.I don't mind grave titan at my power level. For the haters, would giving the tokens Decayed change your opinion?
Most likely. The snowball effect has been the main complaint for my playgroup when someone gets this out on turns 2 and 3. I have a lot of nostalgia for Grave Titan and will continue to pick it highly in Vintage cubes due to its power level and ability to hard cast, but I don't think it's a healthy card for environments below that power level.I don't mind grave titan at my power level. For the haters, would giving the tokens Decayed change your opinion?
Do you want a midrange threat or a cheat target?What Black finishers do people like that are at a similar power level to Grave Titan?
I think people have different definitions of what each of these terms encompasses. "Mulldrifters" are often used to describe any creature with a reasonable ETB ability, even if it's bigger than a 2/2 or something. Likewise, some people use "Baneslayer" to include any creature that doesn't generate immediate value, even if they're small, such as Dark Confidant and Young Pyromancer.I think Grave Titan categorically can't be a Mulldrifter, since the whole idea behind those categories was that there is a distinction between "cards that can be cleanly answered, and should be as quickly as possible" and "cards that can't be cleanly answered, but don't need to be unless you're way behind".
What am I, chopped liver?It would take a very special environment for ol' GT to be something that you don't want to remove ASAP
The only cheat I run is Birthing PodDo you want a midrange threat or a cheat target?
BustedI cheat
Do you want a midrange threat or a cheat target?
I remember when Visara the Dreadful and Kokusho, the Evening Star were considered to be the optimal black 6-drops.Remember when Geth, Lord of the Vault was a fine 6-drop in black for like a year before it just felt too bad to play it next to Grave Titan?