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So rector for all these sweet enchantments you are running. And Karmic Guide? That has a lot of shenanigan value (esp with lark). Maybe some more support for black devotion? I threw Grave Pact in there for big splashy effect value, but that could be Necropotence or a half dozen other cards...

I think it's more the effect that tutors bring. This is especially important in cubes with wide power bands. Where the best card in your deck is much better than the weakest, the more ways you can get your best card the more likely you will be to win games. The flatter your curve, the better...

FWIW, I run Goblin Matron and am very happy to pay 3 for that effect since it fetches really strong cards I want pretty much every game. And this new dude woman is fantastically better. You pay 2 mana for Demonic Tutor (arguably the best tutor ever printed), and for 1 more mana you get a 1/1...

Tutors are really powerful. And this one can be abused with blink/recursion, in a color that wants this sort of effect and doesn't really get many of them. It's a slam dunk in power lists and synergy lists that are cool with tutors of this caliber.

$2.99 vs $29.99 Is Recruiter 10 times better? Honest question. Because it might be.

Vexing Sphinx is pretty bad against bounce, so proceed with caution if your blue section is full of snap, et all. Those white card suggestions are sweet though.

I think Recruiter of the Guard is much better than Imperial Recruiter FWIW. Making it 2 toughness limit instead of 2 power means you can get a lot of really juicy targets for aggressive decks. Hero of Oxid Ridge. Things like Blistering Firecat, et all. And it still gets Karmic Guide and Acidic...

I could be off here. I ranted about Priest of the Blood Rite and ended up cutting it for sucking. This might be version 2.0 of that. And I've been working on a combo cube project which has a very high density of spell effects. Arcane Savant would break that cube with relative ease. That may or...

The card would likely be too good with a single casting of the card in exile. Repeatable casting means this card is broken to pieces. I love the design but would not run this in anything but a degenerate power or combo cube. Forget about things like Cruel Ultimatum. You don't need that for...

That's what I'm saying. The card is worse than True-Name Nemesis. IMO, this is the best blue creature ever printed.

It's absolutely too good. Go look at the final 45 cards you had with any Ux deck you've built recently. I guarantee you find at least 2-3 cards you can staple to this that make it a super value card at worst and utterly busted BCS. How many times have you drafted say a UR deck and see a...

Nice. That gets a whole lot of stuff.

Speaking of graveyard... when I was heavily supporting that mechanic, this dude was actually pretty good. He's an inefficient card, but being unblockable and castable from the yard means he stays relevant all game and is very good with equipment. Needing a black/green permanent in play is not...

You could always run Arc Trail / Arc Lightning package for splicer hate. Not sure if that just makes burn too good though (or if you even want to run hate cards - dividable burn hurts a lot of decks). Hard for me to be objective on any of those cards. Haakon - sort of a pet card. Early...

Really liking how your list is evolving. Might have missed discussion for or against, but what about Pale Rider of Trostad / Haakon, Stromgald Scourge? You've got discard in here, plus madness, and hellbent. If ever you had a list for Haakon, this feels like it. And on that thought...

Cruel Ultimatum deck (not actually running said card)? EDIT: Tzenmoroth beat me to it. :)

IMO, yes. Precursor Golem is really really good unless you have a ton of ways to make the drawback matter. I once saw golem + reckless charge on an empty board. Not pretty. Fact is the drawback plays more as a benefit since you tend to build around the effect and your opponent has to react...

Blood Scrivener feels like a really solid payoff for hellbent, and it gives you redundancy with Asylum Visitor.

Threw in Astral Slide package which amounted to 5 cards swaps (I'm already running almost every playable cycling card because I love the mechanic). Drafted this questionable piece. Mana is loose (not enough fixing and I probably should have gone 17 lands not 16). I was forcing the deck and...