There's been a bunch more spoiled that I don't have the time to make a post for, but my secondary cube is an Onslaught cube that's patiently waiting for enough tribal density and overlap to come to fruition, so I'm excited to see Clerics and Wizards heavily featured. Also,
Yeah, the pro black is way too strong. It's probably 70% black cards. I was just curious how people feel on the power level of the cards if they provided nearly no protection.
I asked this in The Black Cube thread but never got a reply...
What do you guys think of nonblack Swords in The Black Cube?
sword of body and mind
sword of war and peace
sword of fire and ice
sword of truth and justice
Having black removal around means none of the protection is very safe...
This is why I can do 3c: https://riptidelab.com/forum/threads/the-best-jumpstart-cube.3153/
Having the colors split down the middle gives a lot more overlap and the mana bases are prepared for it. Only having the option to go for 4 guilds or 2 triplets makes it so you won't run into some weird...
You can go kind of unfair with it, if you want, too: https://scryfall.com/search?q=cmc>5 power<3&unique=cards&as=grid&order=name
I tried to get rid of power=*, which worked, but it killed the power=0 as well, so the search is bloated.
Went ahead and added:
WU
Revelation
Really wanted to see Rev get some use and have control present. WIll just have 7 WU decks for now rather than delete one.
Added:
WU
Auroic
Blink
Entombment of a Machine
Fliers
Spirits
Tempered Steel
A little worried that Auroic and Steel may be too isolated from the other decks. Need to thread more enchantments and artifacts through the other decks later, as well as artifacts in future blue decks.
Also...
Guess I should have been more specific. Those guys are like big value hits. I'm looking for like early cheat reanimator. I guess it could just be a spell cheat, actually. Turn 4 Ultimatums off the Mastery and whatnot.
Although, it's a good reminder of Scholar, which I should utilize for other...