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I have a lot of graveyard synergy in my cube, so keep that in mind. IMO, Kokusho is still very scary. It doesn't need to die to win games. It's a 5/5 flyer. Those are good all by themselves. But killing it is generally a poor option too because of the death trigger, so it's a damned if you...

Batman's bat making cost is really high. It was high back then. In cube, it's borderline unplayable outside a really slow cube or maybe a control mirror battle of attrition. When I played Batman, I was running other bats. His regenerate clause is sweet though. But with lightning bolt level...

Nicely stated Grillo. Well, all this love for Angler is making me think I should find a spot for it. It does get style points for being a zombie fish.

Maybe it's the extra point of toughness? 5 toughness is so much more than 4. Red pretty much can't touch that without 2 for 1'ng itself and the same is typically true for combat. 5 toughness needs a double team a lot of times.

I totally agree with the value of undercosted guys. And I also really like delve since it allows you to use "spent" cards as a resource. It's really good in cube. Tasigur has been very solid. He's not on the verge of being cut. But a more generic version of him that is 1 more mana? I'm...

Angler and Tasigur are NOT 2 drops. They are 5+ drops that can cost less than that. There is a big difference. The only way to cast either on turn 2 is something like entomb stinkweed dredge. Otherwise, they don't come down until later in the game. And you get them on the cheap which is...

Blood-Chin Rager is pretty decent by itself and with other warriors even better. Arashin Foremost is also solid with other warriors. Even solo, he's respectable (better than Silverblade is without a buddy since Arashin always has double strike). I really like double strike though, so take...

I suspect a lot of this is theorycraft. But it could also be that my list is just so far removed from contemporary cubes at this point that I can no longer meaningfully compare the two. I've played a lot with Tasigur at this point. Making him cost 1 more for 1 more power will not make him...

It's a 5/5 for 1 on turn 5. Maybe a tad earlier. It's only better than that if you run a heavy graveyard theme. Which is fine if you do, but it still gets chumped all day. Tombstalker costs 1 more for evasion that in my mind is well worth it. Tasiguar without his second ability is...

I love Harm's Way. It's a classic white effect that is often a 2 for 1 for only one white mana. I run it and have been running for a long time. And since removing Path to Exile and Swords, it has become my number one 1CC white non-creature spell.

So wow. What do you guys think of Gurmag Angler? There are guys on MTGS rating that over Kokusho, The Evening Star which I am having trouble wrapping my brain around. I love me some delve, but I'm not even sure I rate Tasigur, the Golden Fang above Kokusho (and Tasigur is definitely better...

Transmute is just too clunky. It was clunky back in Ravnica block and cube is so much more efficient (even in my list). Demonic Tutor isn't even that great in a list that has a flatter power curve like most Riptide cubes (think about it... how many times can you afford to pay 2 more to cast...

Lots of good suggestions there. I can vouch for Blind Obedience. The life gain and life loss add up. It's actually really nasty in multi-player and that is one of the biggest reasons it remains in my list. It's a tad borderline 1v1 though. Foe-Razor Regent has played pretty well. I'm...

Totally off topic... I've seen a couple threads now about land placement. Sounds a little like the egg breaking argument the lilliputians had. But I'll bite. Am I the only one that puts lands on the right and other permanents on the left? Putting stuff above or below my lands doesn't feel...

I think you can argue Shelldock and Volrath's might be too strong for ULD, though they are totally fine as part of the main draft. But I would not put Yavimaya Hollow in that company. It's a good card though and right at home in ULD IMO (power level wise).

Snakeform is legit. I ran that for a long time. Has anyone gotten time with Bounding Krasis? Looks good actually. Like a Wolfir Avenger I might actually play.

Other than Edric, Spymaster of Trest. Is there anything that really stands out in Simic? What I like about oracle is that you will almost always run it if you are in the colors. It won't be the center piece of your deck, but it's a great T2 play in virtually every Simic deck. That to me...

Two thumbs up for Coiling Oracle. I'm never unhappy casting that on T2.

That was a fun read. I honestly don't think M10 ushered in or classifies as "conservatism" though. Planeswalkers changed the way the game played and I see M10 as a period where Wizard's really pushed creature power to adjust to having walkers as a permanent type. I view it as the most radical...

I've run Ninja of deep hours off and on. It's something of a pet card but it probably doesn't belong in my cube. And that explains why I take it out each time my nostalgic tendencies get the better of me. There are certainly cool synergies with ninja. But cube is just so efficient now. I...