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There's been some recent support for a Fires archetype, and it could be interesting - although this is a bit late on the curve it makes your topdecks very potent, which is where midrange tends to stumble against control. Considering I was a wee lad who thought an armadillo cloak on a noble panther was completely OP during Invasion (limited English and rules proficiency didn't help), could someone with some insight talk about what made that deck tick? And is it viable in cube?
I believe what made fires tick was hasty blastoderms and saprolings burst. I could be wrong, that's when I started playing so I wasn't exactly up on how things actually worked.
Dom Harvey
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Red and green each have a ton of good 5s though 
Did you want a 5 mana fires effect that gets absolutely stupid on big creatures? Cause you got one.
These cards seem super hard to evaluate, but my gut says "not good enough"... and then I realize that maybe it's actually a creature sometimes. That's probably my reaction to all the gods though. 5 mana does seem like a lot for haste granting.
Not sure if this is a useful reference point:
FlowerSunRain
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At least I can safely say I have absolutely no desire for the GW God. I guess she's good if you want your 5 mana ramp as slow and grindy as possible?
Chris Taylor
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Searing Blood looks like a much more consistent searing blaze:
Also that art makes me squirm
Anyone else laughing at edgewalker: Minotaur edition?
Karametra looks bad
It does look good for EDH though. The indestructable source of mana advantage like that seems super strong.
Lastly: New mana leak variant I'm not interested in?
Also that art makes me squirm
Anyone else laughing at edgewalker: Minotaur edition?
Karametra looks bad
It does look good for EDH though. The indestructable source of mana advantage like that seems super strong.
Lastly: New mana leak variant I'm not interested in?
Do people really have trouble getting Searing Blaze online?
FlowerSunRain
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I never have. Searing Blaze seems the better card to me.
phoar
Chris Taylor
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Oh man it's a cycle I'm so fangirling out right now (Despite the lack of ladybits)
Chris Taylor
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FlowerSunRain
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First strike check. That one wasn't too hard to guess, I guess.
Dom Harvey
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Worst set for Cube/Constructed in a long time?
I have a little hope for tribute and more bestow and devotion stuff but I think this set is going to be more relevant putting together a pauper or peasant format.
Chris Taylor
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Maybe it;s just me, but we;re about 50 cards in.
What do you mean by this? No good cards? Good cards with negative fun effects? Boring?
Wasn't Gatecrash pretty awful? I don't actually know how many GTC cards I run, I just remember it was a huge letdown after the awesomeness of Return to Ravnica. Most everyone was expecting the cycle of hybrid one-drops to be 'completed'.
After seeing the blue preview, I figured all of the Archetype cards would be six mana and mostly unplayable. So glad to be wrong. Hooray for misleading previews!
After seeing the blue preview, I figured all of the Archetype cards would be six mana and mostly unplayable. So glad to be wrong. Hooray for misleading previews!
FlowerSunRain
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What was wrong with Gatecrash? I think I'm playing 10 cards from it atm. Finishing the hybrid one drop cycle would have been awesome, though, as there just aren't enough one mana cards around. The last set that was just plain bad for cube was Alara Reborn, which was due in no small part to the gimmick involved.
So far I like a few cards from this set, but I agree that it hasn't been the most exciting one around. Though, they have previewed a few gridfillers and draft commons, so maybe there will be some good stuff around the corner.
So far I like a few cards from this set, but I agree that it hasn't been the most exciting one around. Though, they have previewed a few gridfillers and draft commons, so maybe there will be some good stuff around the corner.
CML
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quite a few, skyjek loyalist striker domri x1 bte reckoner assemble are in mine, and obzedat and a few others are relevant. this set seems a lot worse
Dom Harvey
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Gatecrash was a poor set for most cards but had a few cards with creative/niche applications that made themselves known over time, this set is just wholly unimpressive so far.
Wait is there a playable Archetype card in this set? Also, I feel like that naming scheme is very confusing, design wise.
Oh right, the First Strike dude. MTGS style, anybody want to rank him power-level wise among white's 3-drops?
Oh right, the First Strike dude. MTGS style, anybody want to rank him power-level wise among white's 3-drops?
Yeah, I think that's the best assessment. I'm still trying to nab a copy of Nightveil Specter so that my Gray Merchant is less embarrassing.
How big would my cube have to be before I could include X white three drops (where X is the number of white three drops that are better than first-strike-lord +1)?