General [WAR] War of the Spark

TrainmasterGT

TrainmasterGT

Velrun said:
Are we talking mono red?

Otherwise you experienced this guy:
Surrak Dragonclaw
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I am talking Mono-Red. Surrak is a card I used to cube with, actually :).

I totally love Surrak if I'm being honest, but he's not nearly as good Ilharg. Being 3 colors is a really big drawback in limited, and he doesn't have the pseudo-recursion the pig has.


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I'm surprised no one has brought this up yet. It seems to be on-par with the average riptide power level. I would wager it is far superior to Adventurous Impulse, despite costing 1 extra mana.
 
TrainmasterGT

TrainmasterGT

This is why we check MTGS and RTL. They might might not always agree with us, but at least they're good at finding card leaks :)

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Finale of Glory
XWW
Sorcery
Create X 2/2 soldier tokens with vigilance. If X is 10 or more, also make X 4/4 angel tokens with flying and vigilance.

Final of Revelation
XUU
Sorcery
Draw X cards. If X is 10 or more, instead shuffle your graveyard into your library, draw X cards, untap up to five lands and you have no maximum hand size for the rest of the game. Exile Finale of Revelation.

Finale of Eternity
XBB
Sorcery
Destroy up to 3 target creatures with toughness X or less. If X is 10 or more, also return all creature cards from your graveyard to the battlefield.

Finale of Devastation
XGG
Sorcery
Search your library and/or graveyard for a creature card with converted mana cost X or less and put it on the battlefield. If X is 10 or more, your creatures gain haste and +X/+X until end of turn.

Looks like Finale of Devastation is going to be pretty good in cube. The other three are only so-so. It might very well be the best cube card in the set that isn't Saheeli. I think I might be trying it.
 
Brad

Brad

Green bond: I'd rather run Grapple or Impulse. It's possible I use the card at some point, for sure, but I'm not in love.

Blue bond: I am in love. I love Pull from the Deep and this is better.

I'll repost my Reddit comment about the Finales:
White: reasonable token maker. 4 power at 4 mana. Probably doesn't cut in higher power builds, but this has serious applications.
Blue: no one is looking for this effect, and the 10+ payoff isn't terribly appealing.
Black: this thing could be a bit of a monster. At cmc 5, a very normal wrath CMC, it will usually smack 3 of your opponent's dudes. Makes it relevant in both midrange and control. If anything, it could hose aggro too hard.
Red: not sure who runs a deck that wants this. Looks like a hell of an EDH card and I'm sure someone will cube it. It is interesting, I'm just not sure what deck has that amount of mana and that density of spells.
Green: almost GSZ. The one mana difference is a lot, but this will find a home in a variety of cubes.
 
Velrun

Velrun

This set has two lands I desperately want for my variant of the Utility Land Draft.

Karn’s Bastion

And this

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CARDNAME enters the battlefield with 1 counter.

Tap: Add C

XX, tap: Put X counters on CARDNAME.

3, tap: sacrifice CARDNAME: Destroy each nonland permanent with converted cost equal to the number of counters on CARDNAME.
 
Karl

Karl

Seb here making all other modern MtG artists look like scrubs. Card feels underwhelming. I'd be happer playig read the bones or Painful truths.
 
TrainmasterGT

TrainmasterGT

This is too narrow to be cubable in most Riptide environments, but I think it will be good in MTGO legacy cube style lists:
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Also- I think I found my last G/W card if I don't pick up the WAR ajani.
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Huatli's Raptor
GW
Creature - Dinosaur
Vigilance

When Huatli's Raptor enters the battlefield, proliferate. (Choose any number of permanents and/or players, then give each another counter of each kind already there.)
Ixalan's essence never left Huatli's heart.




This is really good in every stage of the game for G/W counters. Seems insane with Pelt Collecter or Experiment One. Might not be a slam dunk, but I feel this is definitely a Watchwolf variant I'll be happy with.



(Obviously it's not as big as the wolf, but I think it's better in every other way.)

Finally, we have Oketra!
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God-Eternal Oketra
3WW
Legendary Creature - Zombie God
Double Strike

Whenever you cast a creature spell, create a 4/4 black Zombie Warrior token with vigilance.

When God-Eternal Oketra dies or is put into exile from the battlefield, you may put it into its owner's library third from the top.



3/6

I love this card -so much-, but it's power level is too high for what I'm aiming for in my next cube I think. Too much value!

This might be better than Sun Titan although it doesn't break my top 5 cube cards given it's relatively low range of playability without oppressiveness.
 
Velrun

Velrun

The Elderspell seems like a sideboard card and I would be happy to try and squeeze it in my cube if I can find room for it. I really like it when cubes have ‘room’ for sideboarding.

That Oketra has a very, very dangerous trigger. I fear it a little bit. It does help tokens go wide decks but the tokens are almost too threatening already for them to really need any synergy/help/support.

The Dinosaur is super cool but I cannot find room for it. I am going to try out Brad’s legendary theme for Selesnya as can be seen here:

https://riptidelab.com/forum/threads/the-selesnya-conclave-gw.1848/#post-81448

I also feel like tokens go wide do not need any more support and proliferating after a Gavony Township activation seems unimportant. However I do like the Dino! I hope no one will ever run Watchwolf again :p
 
Heymaker

Heymaker

TrainmasterGT said:
Finally, we have Oketra!
godeternaloketra.jpg

God-Eternal Oketra
3WW
Legendary Creature - Zombie God
Double Strike

Whenever you cast a creature spell, create a 4/4 black Zombie Warrior token with vigilance.

When God-Eternal Oketra dies or is put into exile from the battlefield, you may put it into its owner's library third from the top.



3/6

I love this card -so much-, but it's power level is too high for what I'm aiming for in my next cube I think. Too much value!

This might be better than Sun Titan although it doesn't break my top 5 cube cards given it's relatively low range of playability without oppressiveness.
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Yet another card that reminds us all of something we already know... we're running precisely half the optimal number of Gravecrawlers in our cubes.
(And before you ask where mine are, there like uh... in the basic land box, duhhh).
 
ravnic

ravnic

A little late, but who likes this card? (besides the stunning art from Seb)

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I wish it was costed {2}{B}{G} to be more splashable in landfall, but I might try it.
 
TrainmasterGT

TrainmasterGT

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o_O

I was not expecting this!

Does this mean that Kaya is going to be a main character now??!

Also, are the Gatewatch even going to be important after this set? The last three years of Gatewatch stories were kind of boring, save for Ixalan and Dominaria. Even then, the Gatewatch wasn't carrying the story. Only an amnesiac Jace was around on Ixalan, and the GW members played second fiddle to the Weatherlight crew during Dominaria.

Just saying- they're all more interesting either in their own context or with other interesting characters. As a group, the original gatewatch members might as well be a loaf of Wonder Bread.
 
Rasmus Källqvist

Rasmus Källqvist

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Supposedly Ugin is plotting something together with Ashiok?

I have to say, the way they're managing the story element of this set is fantastic. Very clever to use the spoiler format to tell a story somewhat linearly!
 
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