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I also cut Emeria Angel long ago for being too much wow. She was just always the right pick, delivering soo much value for absolutely zero investement. I never looked back since I cut her. My replacement was Master Splicer I think, that guy already did so much more for synergy.

I think I finally found a way to change my Dimir archetype into Ninjas. I envision the archetype not as actual tribal but as a tempo deck getting value from the ninjas ninjutsu and saboteur abilities. But first I'd like to check if the riptide gang has (as usual) something useful to say to that...

Essence of the Wild This looks like a sweet token payoff. I just want to cast that and immediately tap Squirrel Nest. Has anyone ever tried this crazy son of a wizards employee?

How much worse is this at ramping compared to llanowar elves? Sakura-Tribe Scout With 3+ lands in you opening hand, you'll have the same 3 mana on turn 2. Just with one less card in hand. But you won't lose that extra mana when the dork dies. And with landfall it has some shenanigans going...

I had him in my ninja pauper deck many years ago. Nobody seemed to know about this card and they always were shocked when I ninjutsu'd with it. If you support that archetype and maybe something like voltron this guy should be great.

Oh,guys, these last two pages were incredible and you mentioned so many things were I feel similar - beginning with the problems that planeswalkers and absurd Etb guys brought to the game, going on with the no longer existing needs of investing mana in your value, up to the point of keeping the...

I alteady run Thirst for Knowledge and Wing Splicer as generslly useful cards and I even have before artifacts were a thing. And Animating Faerie is one I'm testing right now, but it is a little more narrow than something like Whirler Rogue. I'm intrigued by Emry as a selfmill crossover, bit I...

The little word untapped makes them so much worse though. I am looking for something too. I want another blue artifact payoff like these: Whirler Rogue Thopter Spy Network Mirrodin Besieged All of these have the huge advantage of working with little support. The rogue is a great 4 drop in...

We usually draft with 4-5 people and have around 1 drafter per draft, who goes more heavily in the token archetype. But tokens appear to some degree in 80% of the decks I'd say.

Master of Pearls He's a more fair Dictate of Heliod kinda.

I habe 14 token producers in white and 13 in green, which are my main colors for the midrange token deck, as well as 9 in red. I also support a boros gowide deck which is really aggressive, but you need less actual token producers here, as most 1- and 2-drops work just great with anthems as they are

Yeah, they were plenty in Ravnica, and maybe a bit too good for the format, but they came together with the incredible ramp and fixing of signets, ALSO at common. I don't think either alone would have such a strong impact, but the signets are probably even "worse", which is why they are my only...

I was looking for combat tricks in white and this one woke some interest innme: Guided Strike Considering how sweet Shelter is in my cube, a combat trick that has the fail case of cycling doesn't seem bad, and if it works (95% of white decks are creature heavy here) it can easily give you a 2...

I don't know what you mean, I'm super happy with Talrand. He sees play in Izzet, Dimir, Grixis and other heavy blue decks and usually makes 1-3 drakes before getting killed. I consider his fragile body a feature, making him far less frustrating to play against than that 1/5 dude.

Honestly, he didn't see much play so far. I think people are often scared by the drawback. I personally put him into every deck possible and only consider bording him out against red decks. Long story short, I think he's super cool but I can't tell you much now.

Very powerful, either 3 damage, not preventable witzout removal, every turn, which is great in aggro, OR a free bolt every turn, which is great in every deck. I don't run this card because it's powerlevel scares me a bit. It's not broken but just too universally strong imo.

BGu Dredge Stinkweed Imp Grapple with the Past Nighthowler Spider Spawning Haunted Crossroads Laboratory Maniac BRw Sacrifice Carrion Feeder Goblin Bombardment Rukh Egg Blood Artist Phyrexian Reclamation Promise of Bunrei URb Spells Matter is also somewhat graveyard focused Enigma Drake...

That was fun. I got that sweet zombie deck together: https://cubecobra.com/cube/deck/5e6a54b61287041ccf338f2c I like the curve, pretty aggressive. The payoffs are subtile but worth it!

I agree, I run lots of Carl Critchlow art in my cube and I hope he'll paint cards again in the future.

The first battle is pretty tough. I run the identical Nantuko Husk and it is really, really strong in the sacrifice deck, whether it is aggressive or grindy, in my experience. Stronghold Assassin is a card I never tried, because I don't want to overload on removal, but I think it would be quite...