Sets (TMT/TMC) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Testing/Includes Thread

[TrainmasterGT]

This is a testing/includes thread. Post pictures using /ci or a text list using /c with what cards you plan to include and what cards you plan to test.​

Main Cube:
Might test if Accessable:


Unstable Cubicrons:
Testing


Once again I think "the discourse" surrounding this set has blunted any excitement I would normally wish to express about new Magic cards. I debated making a thread for all for this set since I'm not actually sure I'm going to end up playing any of the new cards in my main Cube. However, I think may actually end up being a staple for Unstable Cubicorns. It has great art by Magic legend Zoltan Boros (it's also one of his better recent peices which is a big plus), it has the reminder text for indestructible, and it's a W/B hybrid card, which allows me to get a bit more color diversity in the "not monocolored" portion of the box. Plus, the name "Foot Elite" is just kinda goofy in a way that is very much in dialogue with the Brushwagg/Storm Crow/Goblin Diplomats style cards that have come to play a big role in the box's identity. The only thing I don't like about Foot Elite is that it is strictly better than format pillar Pensive Minotaur. While this isn't necessarily a problem since I already run other strictly or objectively better three drops in the box such as Territorial Hammerskull, Foot Elite would likely be the best body available at three mana, which I don't love. I think there is a 100% chance I am overthinking this choice and it really doesn't matter that much in the long run.

Tl;dr, you beat the foot but it won't go well when you catch an Italian boot to the half-shell.

What are your plans for this set?
–GT

 

[MilesOfficial]

I've got 14 cards I'm putting in my Cube to start.



Really good set, mechanically. I've talked about all of these cards before in the main thread, but I was surprised I found room for the duos of Splinter & Leo and Mikey & Mona. Michelangelo, the Heart is the key card from the set for me, and it does just everything I want my Cube to do. Chrome Dome and Lita, Little Orphan Amphibian do a great job fleshing out some archetypes. Technodrome is also going to be a delight in my trinket decks as well.

Leonardo, Leader in Blue is maybe my favorite aggressive Savannah Lions equivalent from a strictly practical standpoint.

Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry is maybe the most suspect choice here, but I like both the flexibility and the subtle encouragement to do creature token strategies.

I hate even having to say this but I really don't like TMNT. Or rather, I find it unpleasant aesthetically and the gross-out humor of the era is pretty unappealing to me. I did not grow up with it. That said, the fact that every thread on r/MtGCube is downvoted to hell and that no one can talk about anything about this set without it being drowned out in negativity has been highly frustrating. I love Magic. This set looks and feels like Magic to me, at least well enough. I'm not a fan of any modern setting, including New Capenna and EOE, but this is definitely worse than that, but it feels like it was made with more love than Spider-Man, and there are some seriously cool designs here. I wanna talk about them!!

Cards I'm tracking closely:



...plus several more of the pizzas.

 

[shamizy]

Nothing's really changed since spoiler season for me with these 5 cards being on my shortlist for inclusion. These all could be Magic cards; there isn't enough turtle stuff present to really turn me off to them art or flavor-wise. The vast majority of the set though? Absolute slop. Ugly set all around, just not a fan of these IPs seeping into the game.

Rat King, Verminister is clean design in any double-fetch environment and being able to go into a T2 fetch then cast it as a 2/2 + a 1/1 body is pretty nice in the early game. I'm probably going to swap out Jadar, Ghoulcaller of Nephalia out for it since I like the rats better than a decayed zombie token. Also lets me make another swap to bring back Accursed Marauder which synergizes well and can keep up the zombie count for Gravecrawler.

I'm always on the lookout for more support for U/R Artifacts as I've been finetuning that archetype for the last decade or so. It only really became a thing once MH1 was printed to hit a critical mass, but we've gotten a steady stream of cards over time. This is the first big set in a while to really supplement it where trinkets and smaller tokens can now turn into legit win-conditions via Ravenous Robots and Technodrome. Chrome Dome gives a mini Steel Overseer impression letting you take advantage of going wide with Thopters and whatnot.

Casey Jones, Vigilante might be more cute than effective (a 3/4 would have been MUCH better as a body), but I can never ignore the ability to just burst draw 3 fresh cards to maybe get to the burn spells necessary to close a game. A Goblin Lore effect on a body gives support to any discard/madness synergies ala Hollow One or Vengevine builds. Could be pretty sweet with Monument to Endurance.

Just going to pick up my $10-15 worth of singles and call it a day, far too many sets coming out in a short period of time.

 

[Nanonox]

I like a lot of the mechanics and card designs this set has to offer, but the flavor is too off putting. Case in point, there are two slam dunk cards mechanically that I will be excluding for flavor purposes



The Mutagen tokens are great at spreading out a bit of power and The Ooze is valuable GY hate that isn't oppressive.

Two cards I will be adding and am happy to



As I moved away from instant/sorcery matters, I have more room for artifact specific cards. These two provide some much needed back up for the go wide strategy which I've been neglecting. Having my tokens be artifacts means they naturally work with Steel Overseer, Arcbound Ravager and friends tying more and more synergies together.

I'd like to find a slot for



Plenty of ways to trigger the Rat King ranging from combat, to fetches to good old sacrifice. Having a rare go tall and wide card is pretty unique.

For other lower power projects, I am liking this one



It's a self-contained counters payoffs that snowballs, but slowly. Even if it lives for a turn or two, it's not the end of the world for the opponent, and you still got value.

 

[StrionicAdventurer]

The one card I'm really considering testing from this set is:



There's a lot of flexibility in my 4-drop black creatures area. I like the cards I've picked but I'm not very attached to any of them. This thing synergizes well with a lot of other cards in the environment, and I just think the concept of a pizza monster from another dimension is incredibly funny. Perhaps too funny for me to resist. He doesn't scream NINJA TURTLES at me like a fucking pop-up ad in the middle of my booster pack. He's just a gross mutant who is made of pizza.

Otherwise, the set is full of so many cool designs that it might just push me over the edge into making an all-UB cube, which I can then re-skin into a more fantasy-inspired form. Universes Beyond sets share a lot of common mechanical themes: legends matter, +1/+1 counters, artifacts matter, and so on. I love the text boxes on a lot of these cards. Bummer about the ads.

OH I FORGOT:



This thing might also make the cut. It's also pretty setting-agnostic and I love the way it supports artifact strategies in an obvious way but supports a broader tokens them as well. Would likely replace Sardian Avenger simply by virtue of a shorter word count.

 

[MusicalBen]

Dimension X Pizzasaur is also the one for me.

I've been trying to get a W/B counter-management theme going, with cards such as Mutated Cultist, Scholar of New Horizons, Etched Slith, Grateful Apparition, that can bridge artifacts, proliferate, enchantment-matters and bounce/blink themes. I'm still not sure what is the final package regarding the sagas, but I like the idea of dropping Summon: Ixion followed by Pizzasaur within this context.

 

[StrionicAdventurer]

Dimension X Pizzasaur is also the one for me.

I've been trying to get a W/B counter-management theme going, with cards such as Mutated Cultist, Scholar of New Horizons, Etched Slith, Grateful Apparition, that can bridge artifacts, proliferate, enchantment-matters and bounce/blink themes. I'm still not sure what is the final package regarding the sagas, but I like the idea of dropping Summon: Ixion followed by Pizzasaur within this context.

Dude you've got to put in Razorlash Transmogrant.