General [Almost Daily] Every Set in Magic, Cube Edition

Wow, I didn't expect this thread to be so active. You could say it's... almost daily.

So I guess I have to double post!

Rise of the Eldrazi is an interesting case. I was on a short hiatus from mtg when it released and I wasn't even aware what a banger it was before this thread. Turns out I am still cubing eight (!) cards originally from ROE.

Nest Invader and Awakening Zone utilize the incredibly cool spawn tokens and bridge ramp and tokens in green.

Sea Gate Oracle and Cadaver Imp are sweet etb value creatures. The Imp especially fits my environment like a glove where a cheaper, evasive gravedigger synergizes perfectly with Ninjutsu.

Prophetic Prism got a ravnican reprint and is now a staple in my Ravnica cube.

I still cube Enclave Cryptologist as my only level up card, because there aren't many Merfolk Looter variants ghat aren't too bad or too good.




This guy is my favorite finisher for wildfire decks. He's also great in sacrifice decks and makes an artifact. And now, with Goblin typal in my cube, he's more solidified than ever in my cube. However, there is one card I adore even more from ROE:



I love cards like this one that are quickly read and understand but make you think how you can abuse it. It helps that Vengevine supports madness and dredge, two of my favorite archetypes.


Honorable mentions: Wall of Omens, the og white cantrip creature, was in my cube for a long, long time. And Jwari Scuttler is just cute.
 
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Born of the Gods

Wow, I can keep this one rather short.



I love this guy. Been cubing him for at least a decade.

I don't live tribute and most of the other mechanics and themes from Theros block, and BNG in particular didn't even give us a really cool devotion card.
 
I kind of like Tribute when the difference in power between the options is small. Unfortunately, the only card which did this well was:

The rest are just kind of whatever.

I did think Snake of the Golden Grove was busted as a kid, though. No idea why, maybe because it's either a 5 mana 7/7 or it gains you some life? Either way, I am a Colossal Dreadmaw enjoyer as an adult.
 
I feel bad that I don't have a sexier answer than Satyr Wayfinder but it really is a perfect card. Could have been the most boring thing imaginable but some absolute genius decided to end it with "graveyard" instead of "bottom of your library in any order". So many awesome hooks with this guy but it also just generically Does the Thing Well. Awesome.
 
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