yes, miscalc is just… wow. so good. this fight club reminds me of some limited article where the author was talking about solving formats and basically said “my teammates and i debated endlessly whether X or Y was the best common in the set. but you know what? they’re both great, it doesn’t...
nah i think censor is usually better as well
EDIT: generally you’ll probably be running both unless you have some specific restriction on double pips or “hard” counters, they’re both nice simple core blue effects near top of class
oooh KOA is another good one, i forgot about her even though i literally have one in the mail on its way to me right now
EDIT: Brad, it’s ok to have wrong opinions
i mean, when you maindeck Krark you’re here for the GAMBLIN’, that’s why it’s cool.
but if you want to make some gobbos, why not get a card that is going to make a guaranteed number of gobbos? i can even see going up to Siege-Gang Commander for this slot, it’s pretty low power these days and...
some thoughts on cuts:
Slogurk - cut a Golgari card. Probably Fiend Artisan or Meren.
White removal - i would actually look at your artifact/enchantment removal here as it seems like there’s a bunch. Dismantling Wave or Angel of the Ruins would be my cuts for Fateful Absence, but you know your...
gw…. boring?!? only if you’re doing it wrong!
i don’t care much for either lion and would run KOTR, Rallier, Finks, Eladrimi’s Call, Pridemage, Voice of Resurgence, ANOTHER KOTR AND RALLIER, Saffi first, personally
survival is not in my cube because it’s not a fair card
shaman is not in my cube because she didn’t cut it on power (though she’s in my upsize)
difference is BEEG
yeah i agree with Erik and Sigh both. in a deck that supports it, it’s great whenever, but it’s not like Goyf where you just get a big bopper for “playing Magic correctly.” you do have to lean into instants and sorceries a fair bit- and if you look at my environment for example, red is VERY MUCH...
big theme of this set for me is KEEPIN IT CLEANNNNN. there’s so many clean, simple, powerfully rated effects in this set!
Already running (and may double up):
Consider - wowee how did this take until 2021 to get printed, what a killer CLEAN core effect
Pretty much guaranteed to run:
Cathartic...
it’s been pretty ok for me. you don’t activate the ability VERY often, but it does its thing. having a density of 1 mana spells is pretty important to get it to 4/4 consistently though…