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  1. shamizy

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    Flamespeaker always read MUCH better than it actually played. The dream is to generate card advantage repeatedly, but the reality is that this gets blocked all day long by many cards in the 3 CMC+ range. It will hardly ever do anything on its own, but there are cute lines that can be opened up...
  2. shamizy

    Sets [M21] M21 Previews!

    This guy is dope: Good aggressive body, relevant typing, and he plays super well with recursive aggro and aristocrat style decks. Carrion Feeder + Gravecrawler + flashing out this guy to refuel your hand sounds like a fun time.
  3. shamizy

    Sets [M21] M21 Previews!

    Showcase frame for that vanilla 7/3 is lowkey hilarious. What a waste.
  4. shamizy

    Sets [M21] M21 Previews!

    I think Obsessive Stitcher is a fine card to integrate themes in a tidy package, but the turn-off to me (aside from power level for my environment) is how in your face it is. Cryptbreaker opens up lines of play and causes you to re-evaluate how to maximize its impact, this clearly points out...
  5. shamizy

    General White Three Drops

    Thalia, Heretic Cathar I've loved her ever since she was first printed. The disruptive ability against greedier manabases has been very relevant in matches, she keeps the window open for attacking by tapping down creatures when they ETB on the other side of the field, and that 3/2 body with...
  6. shamizy

    Sets [M21] M21 Previews!

    That's fair. I guess I'm considering the base body more highly as well. The dog is only good as insurance for another creature since a 1/1 isn't doing much proactively, Bodyguard lets you chip in early for 2 damage if it ends up being your only early drop in hand, turns into protection for...
  7. shamizy

    Sets [M21] M21 Previews!

    I like Bodyguard way more because of the Human subtype and 2/1 body which make it relevant with other cards. A 1/1 is kind of anemic by comparison. If they print enough cards to where dogs are a thing that matter in Cube, then great for people who want to add this, but good doggo memes don't...
  8. shamizy

    Sets [M21] M21 Previews!

    I'm ehhh on the pro-multicolor trinket text, but I like the rest of it. Cool card that has a blend of counters and token interactions + pseudo-wrath insurance. Also a human to boot, so you get some nasty stuff with Champion of the Parish and Thalia's Lieutenant. Curving into it in GW Midrange is...
  9. shamizy

    Card/Deck Warriors Tribal Theme: Cards That Can Come Out to Play (and aren't parasitic)

    I definitely don't agree that Najeela is weaker, in fact I think she's the strongest Rabblemaster variant. It's not as potent a base body as Rabblemaster once it starts swinging with buddies, but she can get going as soon as she hits the board off triggers from other creatures as Onder pointed...
  10. shamizy

    General Companions, Yay or nay?

    Oh damn it, I just had a copy of Yorion arrive yesterday and completely glossed over that fact. I really dislike having confusing cards in my cube and while most of my drafters are experienced, this is still an annoying thing to clarify and correct before playing. I'm going to have to pick up a...
  11. shamizy

    Sets [M21] M21 Previews!

    I'm thoroughly disappointed in the lack of full frontal nudity. Make Magic great again, bring back Clergy en-Vec!
  12. shamizy

    Sets [M21] M21 Previews!

    Manticore looks straight out of the Questing Beast school of design. Yuck.
  13. shamizy

    Sets [M21] M21 Previews!

    Alright I dig this one: Instant speed activations will be obnoxious at higher loyalty, but I think the +1 and -3 template will keep this one safe for most cubes. I dig the design, not sure if can find a spot for it though. Things are going well with Mu Yanling, Sky Dancer and I don't wanna...
  14. shamizy

    General Life Gain as a Thing

    I remember seeing this thread when I first joined up and trying out some basic implementation in my first drafts of my cube, but they didn't really work out all that well. Lifegain was a hard theme to really develop at a higher power level and there weren't a whole lot of enablers that could...
  15. shamizy

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    I don't know if you've had more success with it, but this card has always been a trap to me. I haven't tried it in cube but I've desperately tried to make it work in EDH after it came out for months and it was always just awkward. The dream is being able to use multiple artifacts to power out...
  16. shamizy

    Card/Deck Low Power Card Spotlight

    I remember reading up on one of Dom's posts on Devastating Dreams a while back but it completely slipped my mind for a long time. Now I'm just drooling over the idea of shooting off a T4 Dreams for 2 after deploying Rielle, the Everwise on the play and reloading. Gonna order one later tonight...
  17. shamizy

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    Yeah, that was the initial conclusion I had when the card was spoiled. I'm mostly looking for cross-archetype pollination with more ways to generate artifacts in green but there aren't really a whole lot of good options for me. I'll just wait for Green to get some more higher powered artifact...
  18. shamizy

    Sets [M21] M21 Previews!

    I really need to see what the base P/T is on the card, but when I think of Vito and Brutal Hordechief I get butterflies in my stomach.
  19. shamizy

    Sets [M21] M21 Previews!

    Baneslayer isn't going to be anything more than a sideboard card. That's just where we're at design-wise, I'm not sure she'll even make a dent as far as Constructed goes. Pretty sad place to be.
  20. shamizy

    Sets [M21] M21 Previews!

    This is one of the most hateful aggro cards I've ever seen: This hurts me deeply in my Recursive Aggro loving soul.
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