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Observant Alseid - but modified to 1W casting cost, 3W bestow. I stole this from someone (FSR?) and I've carried it through several iterations of my cube. I need to do a real proxy though, my sharpie-job looks like ass. Word of Undoing - Unsummon with upside, especially if you run a lot of the...

Nimbus Naiad looks really good (and possibly too good) as I have it, 1{U} to cast and 3{U} to bestow. I keep expecting it to be too good, but it hasn't overperformed yet in my list.

Ones 1 Legion Loyalist 2 Gravecrawler 1 Pillar of Flame 1 Bonesplitter 1 Zurgo Bellstrike 1 Goblin Guide 1 Grim Lavamancer 1 Carrion Feeder 1 Mortician Beetle Two 1 Bitterblossom 1 Chainer's Edict 1 Ash Zealot 1 Blood Artist 1 Tymaret, the Murder King 1 Bloodghast 1 Dark Confidant Threes 1...

I run it over other 2/1s because it's a Human Warrior, and that has some good synergies. Occasionally it's just "fuck you, Thundermaw Hellkite", and that's okay too.

I like the tension on this a lot. Should you detain pre-combat, or use it as a surprise blocker? Really solid design.

Venser, the Sojourner

Wilt-Leaf was pretty brutal when I was running a heavy token theme in GW. I've pulled the theme since, and Wilt-Leaf has been decent. I'm experimenting with pushing the power level back up so Wilt-Leaf is back on the bench, but I often think about putting it back in.

This is entirely correct.

FoW has always been borderline for me. It's okay though, and feels like one of the more skilltesting cards that I run, so I keep it. It's decent in a blue tempo-oriented deck, and it's also passable in a control deck, especially on the draw, where you sometimes need to counter an early spell...

It might sound silly, but sometimes the best way to show your drafters something they're missing is just to do it. I play with a few good players and a lot of newbies. Most of them didn't understand the value of fetchlands and duals until I steamrolled a draft with 5-color no-basic-lands...

Brain maggot felt vaguely playable when I had a heavy enchantment theme, and felt terrible the rest of the time. I felt no remorse cutting it and Mesmiric Fiend.

What about changing the 2nd ability to "Place X -1/-1 counters on Cruel Sadist: Cruel Sadist deals X damage to target creature."? It's like Goblin Arsonist with a built-in sac outlet, plus additional upside. I feel like the mana costs should be adjusted down, but I can't decide how.

It's been in my Cube since it came out, but it's rarely done anything. Once it cast Inferno Titan on four and jam for 12, but generally it's just a 2/1 for 2. Part of the issue is that it's in red. In red aggro, a lot of your stuff already has haste. Control is usually splashing red for...

It can be a beating in my cube, but I've got +1/+1 counter support through all five colors. Hardened Scales > Phantom Nomad > Ordeal of Nylea It makes Incremental Growth soooo good. It's certainly not good in most environments, though. It just happens to work out well in mine.

I think he's okay if B, C, and E) You have an environment where bouncing a permanent is frequently relevant (Creature enchantments, +1/+1 counters...something). But you really need all those to come together.

Yup! I had some conversations with my usual playgroup about what sorts of things they enjoyed, after running a more traditional-style cube for a year. A lot of the things they preferred (limited removal, a focus on enchantments and a bit of "voltroning", more synergy and less power, a viable...

Ones 1 Favored Hoplite 1 Ajani's Presence 1 Hardened Scales 1 Hunger of the Howlpack Twos 1 Hero of Iroas 1 Kor Spiritdancer 1 Phantom Nomad 1 Observant Alseid 1 Apostle's Blessing 1 Ordeal of Heliod 1 Temporal Isolation 1 Travel Preparations 1 Ordeal of Nylea 1 Fists of Ironwood 1 Lightning...

Several of the Outlast guys have been houses here, but mine's definitely a lower-powered Cube with a +1/+1 counter theme.