Yeah Yorion is definitely a little too good for low power cube. You should play Battle of Wits instead.
Card/Deck Broken cards for lower power
- Thread starter ravnic
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My favorite card of all time.
I am currently trying all companions except Lutri and Lurrus as occasionals. The problem hasn't been that they were too huge power-outliers – But so far they have only been maindecked. I am talking about the good ones like Yorion, Umori or Gyruda. I think for lower power levels, especially when we're talking about a limited draft context, I would have preferred companions to be weaker at face value but still come to your hand with the old companion rule.
Imagine if Yorion was only a 4/4 and would only blink one permanent, but he could come to your hand for free if you build around him. I think that would have been more appropriate for my cube, at least.
Imagine if Yorion was only a 4/4 and would only blink one permanent, but he could come to your hand for free if you build around him. I think that would have been more appropriate for my cube, at least.
I'll always hate how they put jokes in every single card but the original flavour text for Battle of Wits is, apparently, a bridge too far.
I've had it in and out at various times. The main detractor is that every Worldknit deck feels the same which is kind of the opposite of what you'd want, where you have to make do with everything you draft. It turns out you can easily make a 5c control pile when you can take the best card from every pack.
It also doesn't work with Yorion even though both cards want you to play a big deck, which has come up and is a feel bad. I won't put it back in now unless and until I decide Yorion's had its time.
I don't get it.
Ah, it's nothing. It's just that flavour text has gotten more and more jokey and one-liner-ish over the years but Battle of Wits was downgraded to "There's no loftier ambition than the pursuit of knowledge" which has no charm.