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Right, the danger of milling people is that for every time you mill their bomb, there's another time where you mill some inconsequential cards and get them closer to their bomb. Still, though, point taken about having a free sac outlet that does something on every activation! Is Spawning Pit at...

I like a lot of the engine cards that would go into this theme (Argothian Enchantress, Eidolon of Blossoms), but the payoff cards are few and far between. Doomwake Giant is one of the better ones, but black doesn't have a whole lot else to contribute when it comes to cards that glue this...

kicking it off

Yeah, Phyrexian Rebirth has been just about perfect here. Very strong - possibly the best white card in my list right now, making a 4/4 on average - but far less annoying than Gideon Jura or Elspeth, Sun's Champion. That the token can be answered by bounce, blink, and other non-removal spells...

the future is here

I actually psyched myself into slotting Hooting Mandrills into my list with my latest update... and then when it came time to actually pull the trigger, I realized that it didn't make much sense. The whole reason Gurmag Angler is making as big of a stir as he is is that black fundamentally...

Maybe double Greater Gargadon is the answer? I was hoping that Scorched Rusalka could be a fringe player in non-sacrifice themed red decks, a la Gruul aggro circa 2006, whereas most of the other options are narrower. Goblin Bushwhacker is a card that was excellent as a 1-of in the standard...

I got that idea from your sample decklists! It seems really sweet, gives another dimension to aggro decks in the lategame, is fetchable by Ranger of Eos, and was excellent back in Standard in the Boros decks of that era. I can't believe I never thought of that card before you posted about it a...

yeah, in cube, while Tarmogoyf can be cast on turn two, he's not usually impressive until turn five-ish, so i think the comparison with Angler is even more apt and yes Angler reads horribly, but then again, 'goyf read horribly on its release, too

How many looters is too many? I've got Merfolk Looter + Enclave Cryptologist + Looter il-Kor, and I was thinking of swapping one of them out for Jace. The thing I've found with delve is that you need exactly zero enablers to help cast your Treasure Cruises and Gurmag Anglers. Given that you're...

It's fantastic in creature-on-creature matchups, especially weenie-on-weenie action (hmmmm, I should rephrase that... nah, it's fine). Otherwise, it's just a Magma Spray. That downside may be enough to justify its upside as a mega combat trick. I liked it while I ran it, but ultimately I wanted...

having played with and against both Angler and Tasigur, i like Angler more at this point. but i concede that my evaluation might change over time, especially if i observe Tasigur used in a control-vs-control matchup, where his ability will have time to shine. i'll admit that if they were both in...

i actually think Gurmag Angler > Tasigur, because there's often not enough time to get value out of Tasigur's activated ability in cube Kokusho hasn't really been good enough for most cubes in a while now but either way it's a little silly to compare them head to head, Angler is much more of...

Hmmmm. I find a direct comparison with Compulsive Research and Forbidden Alchemy a little strange, because as with all other looting cards, they provide much stronger card selection than Impulse-type effects. With Research, you can bin a land when you're pining for raw card advantage, or two...

I actually try my darndest to support reanimator in BUG, and Forbidden Alchemy's not great even in the deck where it's supposed to shine. Again, you can't spend seven mana in the late game simply to set up your graveyard - I mean, there's durdling, and then there's durdling, and the latter will...

Hah! No, it's more that Tymaret was as awful as he looks, and I think Scorched Rusalka's got more game.

This might be an unpopular opinion, but I really don't like Forbidden Alchemy in cube. I actually ran it for a while, and fully expected to go gaga over it, so I was surprised myself at how much I disliked it. Impulse isn't particularly strong in cube, particularly when cards like Preordain and...

Yeah, the thing with white one-drops is that there's no real wrong answer. You can do Jason's Steppe Lynx/fetchland package (read: don't do Jason's Steppe Lynx/fetchland package); you can do human tribal; you can run all the Savannah Lions; you can do the newfangled warrior thing; you can go the...

Yeah, as Lucas notes, Niveous Wisps is a less narrow white instant one-drop cantrip that fills much the same role, but can be employed by all manner of decks - tempo, control, and everything in between. I take zero credit for this one, though - I think it was Laz who came up with this tech!

Yeah, true, I forgot about Oona, Queen of the Fae. She's fine, but I honestly forgot about her, despite having run her in my list for about three years, because she's just another Pedestrian Finisher. Sure, she's efficient at her job, and closes out games right quick, assuming you have any mana...