Done with prerelease. The XRR searing fireball is not really possible to beat in Limited. Pia and Kiran are really good. not sure how many of the cards scale to Cube.
anyone want to take a crack at updating themes for this set? something like:
artifacts -- could add bosh, iron golem, krark-clan ironworks, etc.
molten vortex -- could add seismic assault, life from the loam, raven's crime, crucible of worlds, etc.
nissa, vastwood seer
chandra, fire of kaladesh
liliana, heretical healer
jace, vryn’s prodigy
kytheon, hero of akros
erebos’ titan
graveblade marauder
woodland bellower
magmatic insight
gilt-leaf winnower
abbot of keral keep
disciple of the ring
scab-clan berserker
herald of the pantheon
molten...
absurd! it's a strong card that would be a staple in current standard. it just suffered from being in the same format as garbage like Bloodbraid and JTMS
edit: i've also never played with it and i dont think anyone has in cube. colorless lands have a higher drawback in cube though because the...
if only any of those cards actually did anything. here's a few more thoughts:
humility is surprisingly fun. people think it's moat but it's not. it's a great build-around.
silent arbiter never really caught on, no idea why.
isnt "crap or gbs" its own special category full of the cards all of us hate the most? with so many blink effects now (and more printed in each set!) i'd rather keep the closet in the closet
i actually like a lot of these cards and will briefly cover why i exclude most of them.
good:
smokestack, icefall regent, thalia, thalia horse (probably), tangle wire
smokestack is a fun build-around and im not opposed to braids either. ditto lodestone golem.
possibly good:
winter orb (no...