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How many red devotion enablers do you run? Having cards like Burning-Tree Emissary, Murderous Redcap, Frostburn Weird, Boros Reckoner, and various other hybrid cards with multiple {R} symbols goes a long way towards having your drafters view Purphoros as strictly a global enchantment versus an...

i did counter a Bitterblossom over the course of the night i had it, along with a buncha far less threatening cards yeah, if i can reliably make blue mana turn one i think it's a card i'd start maindeck, and then move to the side if i don't see any high impact two's

i have no idea yet, but roughly 90/320 spells in my list - or about 2 in 7 - are 2 cmc so i figure it's worth a shot, especially because so many of the Mana Leak variants are so bad on the draw against fast decks

*runs back* oh true i didn't see the word think in his statement. which is a good point because i didn't really think about this one *hides*

i run spell snare *runs away*

Yeah, seems like it'd be good at any power level. UB can often use the lifegain to stabilize, and it seems better than Bituminous Blast in the control decks that want this type of effect. Baleful Strix is such a sweet Dimir value card already, though, and I don't want to load up that section...

I don't actually run Carrion Feeder, and I'm only at two Gravecrawlers, so I think I'm at something like 7 zombies and 7 vampires. Is that even a high enough density to make Kalastria Highborn worthwhile? Incidental wizards is pretty sweet, though it's kind of depressing that there aren't...

Other than human tribal, I think it's pretty well established at this point that supporting other tribes is a bit of a stretch. I'm not quite ready to go down the full blown custom cards route yet, but creature type errata might be a halfway point. Aside from changing creature types, I've been...

I always thought one day I'd get around to sharpie-ing Kithkin on every white weenie in my list, but Innistrad's introduction of human tribal has more than sated my tastes for the time being, especially because the support naturally bleeds into all five colours. I've always wondered if a human...

I know that incorporating custom cards is a big line most of us aren't willing to cross - myself included - but after experimenting with a human Amrou Scout, I'm becoming more and more comfortable with the idea of creature type errata. It feels like a smaller step than full blown custom cards...

cool, thanks! i actually think Phyrexian Rager is fine in a control or attrition deck, but your other evaluations seem spot on. i haven't tried Ophiomancer yet because i'm also worried an indestructible 1/1 deathtouch could be annoying

Alright, you guys have sold me. Because I think it'll also be fairly difficult to trigger ferocious in the kind of decks that want See the Unwritten, I'm going to try its instant speed cousin instead, Summoning Trap.

Attrition / value black threes Dusk Urchins Flesh Carver Grim Haruspex Mardu Strike Leader Ophiomancer Phyrexian Rager Xathrid Necromancer

That was our experience here as well - Precursor Golem was very much like a poor man's colourless Baneslayer Angel, in that it was a spot removal check that could take over the game unchecked. It's probably fine in a power-max environment, but potentially dangerous otherwise. Though I very...

Yeah, or if your cube supports a heavy flash theme, where you can make use of your mana otherwise. Really, the best conditional counterspells that protect your creatures tend to grant them evasion or combat bonuses, as well. Brave the Elements Emerge Unscathed Gods Willing Vines of Vastwood

Yeah, Greater Mossdog, Arcbound Worker, and Hana Kami wheeling over and over in draft after draft made me think there was room for improvement. The narrow, poison principle-y cards should at least be strong build arounds, and these were anything but.

Ehhh... it's hard to justify keeping mana up for conditional counterspells, and cards like Turn Aside have never been very good, even at :u:.

Court Hussar is fine, except that Sea Gate Oracle does almost the same thing and is much easier to cast. I agree that none of these really do enough without the second colour, and it's not really worth wasting a gold slot on small value creatures when space is so tight.

AHHHHH i literally just placed my singles order already thirty minutes ago AHHHHHHHHHHHHH