There aren't that many options. Doubling up really is the cleanest and most effective way that I see for this slot. But I respect if you want to stick singleton. It's just that there isnt much room to stretch the "creativity" for this particular slot. There are only a handful of options printed...
This is a functional reason at least. I run snow basics in Ayula too, to power that snow bear who's power is equal to snow permanents as well as a Mouth of Ronom
Can't wait to see this in EDH used against that one player that uses only snow basics for no functional reason. Good in EDH for reasons besides that, but that will be funny to see.
@ravnic, are you looking for something that you aren't getting out of Wild Mongrel and Noose Constrictor? My first recommendation is just doubles of those.
Yeah as Inscho mentions, none of these recent messages have moved the dashboard's dial at all. Still 100,000 on the nose. I would assume it updates only periodically, still interesting that one somehow manages to discount deletions.
Forager just seems a tad too fragile to combat and red spells from what I've experienced. It ideally wants you to exile the best spells in your 'yard so you get the best return when it attacks, but this leaves you open to a bigger removal blowout and can restrict other recursion like mission...
Certainly understood. A strong reason this acting on the battlefield as a creature is so good for cubes that can profitably run it. Not necessarily that it is maximally powerful.
I think I like that quite a bit better than the Ethereal Forager. Nice card.
is this actually true? Most discard besides like Fauna Shaman allows for discard of any card type, and self mill is type-agnostic too. Like I guess getting it from the battlefield to the grave is easier, but that would...
kind of like the original you mean?
I like that it's from the battlefield. Fragile and looking for you to utilize it quickly before it poofs. Also kinda like the original, but you can't do it for free lol.
{B}{B}{B} is a little rough, but it can definitely set up some power turns in a sac deck.
Just to note for anyone that misses it, Magus of the Bridge triggers from the battlefield, not from the GY like the original.