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Other problems with enchantments:
- The ease of removing them varies greatly, to the extent that red basically can't do it and the printing of Feed the Swarm was a much more important moment for black than it should have been. If an enchantment is too good, the Grixis colours will have a very hard time with it
- The good enchantments are split between general enchantments that often go in slower midrange decks or specific strategies and Auras that want a lot of cheap + strong creatures
- The ease of removing them varies greatly, to the extent that red basically can't do it and the printing of Feed the Swarm was a much more important moment for black than it should have been. If an enchantment is too good, the Grixis colours will have a very hard time with it
- The good enchantments are split between general enchantments that often go in slower midrange decks or specific strategies and Auras that want a lot of cheap + strong creatures
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Well, artifacts had the same points you mention. Black could not destroy them. Besides what is wrong that a color has a weakness? As long as you still have a great shot at winning against it. There are a lot of growing enchantments, spell enchantments, sleeper, hidden enchantments which are quite good. Enchantments are not colorless unlike most artifacts, but that is not really a con in my book.
Hm, I think going about enchantment as a tribal theme is probably the wrong way to go. Delirium is a good example of when having enchantments in your deck gets rewarded. I think probably the same is true for devotion? Rewards you for having more permanents in play rather than playing spells that go to the graveyard.
Sanctum Weaver has a great floor and it isn't A then B. The rest sort of sucks.
A lot of the enchantment stuff is good with density, but the density isn't nearly as free to amass as it is for artifacts. More cards that count enchantments currently in play rather than ones that come down after would be big.
For example, Eidolon of Blossoms has a lot of potential, but it's hurt by needing enchantments in your hand the next turn and not caring about enchantments in play. Maybe that wouldn't hurt as bad if enchantments had a deeper pool of good ones, but there simply isn't unless you want to make all your white removal an enchantment. Even then, you're on mostly 3 MV sorcery speed removal.
A lot of the enchantment stuff is good with density, but the density isn't nearly as free to amass as it is for artifacts. More cards that count enchantments currently in play rather than ones that come down after would be big.
For example, Eidolon of Blossoms has a lot of potential, but it's hurt by needing enchantments in your hand the next turn and not caring about enchantments in play. Maybe that wouldn't hurt as bad if enchantments had a deeper pool of good ones, but there simply isn't unless you want to make all your white removal an enchantment. Even then, you're on mostly 3 MV sorcery speed removal.
Not being able to interact with a whole card type is poor design. I think colours can have weakness but not being able to interact is not far off from not being able to draw cards. It should be a basic effect, not a weakness. Either way, it's not a huge problem if you keep it in mind or your decks can
Now, black can interact with enchantments through discard and blue can bounce and counter them. So that's not too bad.
Why do I get a card back in Cube Cobra? I don't know what card is it or why it's giving me an error!
visual spoiler list view mode could also show you the culprit
You have *two* invalid cards, after taking a quick peek
This seems to affect a very specific subset of cards, and has the same issue across cubes. I notice that both you and erik have (potentially) the same 2 mana green sorcery invalidated.
CubeCobra knows about this issue:
So I'd check in the mystical archive list to remember what those cards were:
https://scryfall.com/sets/sta?as=grid&order=set
I'm guessing the green sorceries we are seeing invalid are regrowth, the white instant could be a couple things, but swords to plowshares and ephemerate are likely candidates. The red sorcery in Brad's list is probably faithless looting or claim the firstborn
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We experienced a data corruption issue that modified some cards in cube lists. If you're seeing the errors Cannot read property 'map' of undefined, Card with id [...] not found, or anything similar, chances are your cube now contains a cards named "Invalid Card" in place of some of your cards. We are currently investigating the cause of this issue. To fix the errors you see, you need to remove all "Invalid Card" cards from your cube and replace them with regular cards. You can do so by following these steps:
1. Search your cube list for the name "Invalid Card". If you find any such cards, you are experiencing this issue.
2. Note which cards have been replaced by these Invalid Cards. Reports indicate that the issue is tied to cards from the Mystical Archive. Some data like tags, notes, and color should remain unchanged and can help you remember exactly which cards are missing.
3. Using the Add/Remove form at the top of your cube's List page, remove the card "Invalid Card"; type Invalid Card into the "Card to Remove" field, click Remove/Replace, then click Save Changes.
4. If any instances of "Invalid Card" remain in your cube, repeat step 3 until they've all been removed.
5. Using the Add/Remove form, add in the cards that are missing from your cube.
We're sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused and thank you for your understanding.So I'd check in the mystical archive list to remember what those cards were:
https://scryfall.com/sets/sta?as=grid&order=set
I'm guessing the green sorceries we are seeing invalid are regrowth, the white instant could be a couple things, but swords to plowshares and ephemerate are likely candidates. The red sorcery in Brad's list is probably faithless looting or claim the firstborn
They are indeed Regrowth and Ephemerate! I'll fix them.
Ok, this is a weird one, and might warrant a thread if it weren't so specific, but I'm looking for cool cards to Sharpie. Strictly removing information from the card.
This has been an idea I've had for a while but didn't want to explore because it's really weird. MID had a few cards that have pushed this forward for me:
I think the lands will probably be easy to set up. Outside of that, I wonder if anyone else has had this thought or has any input. It would be more of a creative project than something that comes together, most likely.
It's kind of hard to have an eye for with much consistency. It's even harder to think back and pinpoint a card like this. "This would be cooler if I crossed part out" isn't a skill any of us have practiced.
Open to any ideas, really.
This has been an idea I've had for a while but didn't want to explore because it's really weird. MID had a few cards that have pushed this forward for me:
Another complication with asking this is power level. To me, this is a cool grave hate card on a decent body, but the lifelink and potential card advantage make it to necessary to answer. For others, that's fine, but it's an example. Same thing with the new Gisa, if you've been following along.Liesa, Forgotten Archangel
Legendary Creature - Angel
Flying,lifelink
Whenever another nontoken creature you control dies, return that card to its owner's hand at the beginning of the next end step.
If a creature an opponent controls would die, exile it instead.
4/5
This one costs too much to me, so I'd just want to Sharpie off one mana.Ominous Roost2
Enchantment
When Ominous Roost enters the battlefield or whenever you cast a spell from your graveyard, create a 1/1 blue Bird creature token with flying and "This creature can block only creatures with flying."
One I've always wished could play like an aggro Squee.Pyrewild Shaman
Creature — Goblin Shaman
Bloodrush —
Whenever one or more creatures you control deal combat damage to a player, if Pyrewild Shaman is in your graveyard,you may payreturn Pyrewild Shaman to your hand.
3/1
I think the lands will probably be easy to set up. Outside of that, I wonder if anyone else has had this thought or has any input. It would be more of a creative project than something that comes together, most likely.
It's kind of hard to have an eye for with much consistency. It's even harder to think back and pinpoint a card like this. "This would be cooler if I crossed part out" isn't a skill any of us have practiced.
Open to any ideas, really.
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i often find myself wanting to sharpie off:
“basic”
“enters the battlefield tapped”
“can’t block”
“you may pay _. if you do”
“basic”
“enters the battlefield tapped”
“can’t block”
“you may pay _. if you do”