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That seems like a pretty legit interaction. Double strikers removing a blocker like that can be game winning, and is something else for an opp to play around. You might like feat of resistance too, its good in all of those spots. Blink is also nice to counter pacifism effects and tap effects.

I would probably just cut those cards: both of them are pretty far over the power level of the rest of the cube.

No, even worse of a typo than usual, I meant otherworldly journey: blink effects that can be used both to dodge removal and remove blockers. That actually does sound like a pretty interesting way to put one of these decks together. Just think of that with cards like abbot of keral keep on a...

Stonewood is too expensive for aggro, unfortunatly. I gave a lot of thought as to how to respond, and honestly, I think the best solution is to first trim the midrange value guys. Aggro is a weird beast in the sense that nearly identical lists can play dramatically different depending on how...

Of those I've listed, the ones I've seen in other riptide lists are vines, feat, shelter, emerge unscathed, and become immense. The only ones I think would fit into Jason's exact cube would be vines and I only say that because vines sees legacy play.

I was wondering: what if you take that list and remove shriekmaw from it? How does it look than? I think you kind of have to bump nekrataal way up, because at that point the effect is unique. Also, if skinrender and murderous redcap aren't good enough, is that because these cards are being...

I think the overrall problem is running too great of a density of value midrange creatures. In small douses they are reasonable, as the combination of getting a body and spell to recoup lost tempo either from an aggro rush or control's removal, can help midrange stabilize. However, in large...

The main appeal for me of carrion feeder is that it costs 1 mana and is an unconditional sac outlet for aggro. Its problem is, like pod, a drafter problem: people just play it in the wrong decks with the wrong cards. For some reason people want to run it in an overly complicated midrange deck...

Bone shedder is prob my favorite of those effects because of the natural interaction with graveyard and sacrifice strategies. The evasion and etb is also great with ninja of the deep hours, which is of course priority for me. Its the closest i've gotten to recreating the feel of ninja and...

This is really interesting: I would have rated them shriekmaw, redcap, skinrender, nekretaal. I really like the non-artifact, non-black restrictions. The removal effect feels strong, but the condition forces you to meta the format more, and helps balance getting a body + spell vs a control...

Thats kind of what happened over here, the players were really confused by it even after I drafted a few great pod decks. Keep in mind this was in a format where sacing stuff to the yard was actively good. Thats why I think you need a metric ton of etb creatures: that way you are just...

I'll second that if power level is a concern, than skin render over shriekmaw, or maybe nekrataal over both. Its just a question of what quality body you want left over to recoup the tempo off of spending 4-5 mana on a sorcery speed last gasp or terror. I think its ok to have some of those...

I actually had the same experience, and thought it was strange. You would think Timmy would want it in the value green decks they like to draft, and Johnny would want to brew around it, but no.

I'm guessing its more of a thragtusk problem. I've ran pod in cubes where its pretty bad. Its worth is really tied to the density of value ETBs you run, and thraggy is the king of midrange value. Its a good card, but I kind of get tired of it. You either went into the pod deck or you...

I just mean the style of deck that the players in my group tend to draft in that particular environment. Basically, sacrifice a bunch of dudes, give a guy evasion, and come over for lethal. I'm being a bit spiky with that judgment: the star city games open version looks like a really well...

Also, another sweet deck from the open that reminded me of some of the aggro-combo decks we see sometimes in the penny cube. The deck self-mills to stock the graveyard, than casts a giant rally the ancestors, getting back a vertical pump sacrifice creature (nantuko husk), enough creatures to...

What kind of red decks do you ultimately have in mind? I agree its a bit narrow, but I like the direction. All of the red spell mastery card I think are cubeable, we have a number of red draw spells that fuel the graveyard, and we've had a sudden infusion of reasonable power artifact...

No, it was a standard deck running magmatic insight and tormenting voice. When I saw it though it made me think of your post and red graveyard interactions.