That's a good point, and I know it fits well here
I've always found it really hard to not just telegraph cards like this because holding 4 up is so insanely obvious, but that's probably way way different with random eldrazi spawn floating around
It seems only possibly good in a serious five-color deck, and even there it's not really pulling much weight or pulling the player into the archetype. It's like a narrow, conditional version of Allied Strategies.
Discussion:
Gods are not really supportive in a Multicolor Cube. While your 3-4 colored it's hard to turn on any of the gods. The monocolored ones are even harder to get online than the multicolored ones. While the cube supports a blue based control/domain archtype I'm very likely to build in Kiora, Horizon Chimera and Prophet of Kruphix. While Kiora is a superfriend of Jace and Tamiyo, she is also able to set up your domain. Horizon Chimera is good for getting some life and might act as a flying Thragtusk when you play cards like Brainstorm and Allied Strategies. Prophet of Kruphix is the perfect card to control with Evasive Action while building up your Board in your own turns.
Other Cards:
Read the Bones, Sylvan Caryatid, Burnished Hart and Xenagos the God might be improvements to existing cards
Shipwreck Singer might be perfect to hose Eldrazi Tokens if they are not directly sacced before attacking.
Daxos might act as a trouble card in the early stages of the game as a sort of nightveil specter in this cube.
Underworld Cerberus isn't that much supported in this cube, but i definitely like the card as ressurection spell, definitely worth the try. Think of: Faceless Looting, discarding Eldrazi, trigger on stack, sac Cerberus to Viscera Seer -> Eldrazi comes in.
Xenagos Planeswalker might be a good addition overall, providing a double mana boost from every Eldrazi Token
Peak Eruption is a good sideboard option for the Multicolor Aggro Archtype.
Alright, let's knock em off:
Kiora, Xenagos (PW) - Great fits, shove them in. Read the Bones - You could sub it in for Toil // Trouble, but I prefer the design of the split card. Chromanticore - You didn't mention it but this guy is sweet. Sylvan Caryatid - It does fit the theme, but the 2-drop slot is kind of jammed in green. I was going to bring in Lotus Cobra anyways (see below)
I don't really like Peak Eruption, and am not big on land destruction in this cube anyways. Daxos - the "big UWR" strategies really liked Reviving Vapors, but I can see this swap being reasonable. I've never played with Daxos myself, but it doesn't really impress me, especially considering how clogged the boards can get in this format.
Prophet of Kruphix doesn't do anything we need.
Xenagos (God) is fine but I'd rather just run Zhur-Taa Ancient.
Underworld Cerebus could be fine if you don't want anymore Rakdos, Lord of Riots.
Shipwreck Singer.. kind of cool, not sure what to cut though.
Horizon Chimera doesn't do anything we need here, and the cards that are there are more on-theme. I like your reasoning, but I really wouldn't want to cut a card like Urban Exploration from this cube, or take something away from the Evolve theme (Fathom Mage).
Going with the big mana theme, I would probably jam every card with Monstrous I could find.
For reference, if I were to run it today, I'd play the following (used the cards in the [] brackets)
Need: Fewer tokens
More Trample / Evasion
Ghost Quarters
Ramp + removal in one spell?
More sacrifice? (esp in black?)
More for red to do
More aggressive blue?
Another Primeval Titan?
Boros Elite
Mikaeus, the Lunarch
Doomed Traveler [Student of Warfare]
Judge's Familiar
Dryad Militant
Dryad Militant
Figure of Destiny
Skittering Invasion
All is Dust [Blade of the Bloodchief]
Eldrazi Conscription
Ulamog's Crusher
Artisan of Kozilek
Spawnsire of Ulamog [Artisan of Kozilek]
Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
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Badlands
Bayou
Plateau
Savannah
Scrubland
Taiga
Tropical Island
Tundra
Underground Sea
Volcanic Island
I laugh a little because fresh meat is mentioned at the bottom of the previous page. You even explained to me that 4 mana isn't much to hold up because of the eldrazi spawn thing
How has this cube been holding up compared to your main one? I'm particularly interested in the Hybrid/Alara Blade aggro package, which I'm stealing for a cube I'm working on right now.
Uh... I actually haven't played it in a long time. I love the Alara / Hybrid package for a cube of this power level, but the whole thing could probably use some work.
About what I figured, thanks. Here's my work in progress. http://cubetutor.com/viewcube/11748
Applying errata to Naya Hushblade to give Hexproof instead of Shroud. Yes, I like living dangerously.
About what I figured, thanks. Here's my work in progress. http://cubetutor.com/viewcube/11748
Applying errata to Naya Hushblade to give Hexproof instead of Shroud. Yes, I like living dangerously.
I like it, mixing hybrid with the blade cycle and also Devotion. I wonder if there's not room to push hybrid a little further with stuff like Sygg, River Cutthroat. Looks like a fun cube.
Might not be enough but an uncommon in Conspiracy -
Deathreap Ritual 2GB Enchantment Morbid — At the beginning of each end step, if a creature died this turn, you may draw a card.
I know you don't like gumming up the board with tokens, but this cube does use eldrazi spawn... here is a spoiler coming in M15 that might be interesting: Chasm Skulker 2U Creature - Squid Horror Whenever you draw a card, put a +1/+1 counter on Chasm Skulker. When Chasm Skulker dies, put X 1/1 blue Squid creature tokens with islandwalk onto the battlefield, where X is the number of +1/+1 counters on Chasm Skulker. 1/1
There also appears to be a cycle of cards in M15 that are domain related - in name and mechanic - that might suit your needs
Soul of Ravnica 4UU Creature - Avatar Flying 3UU: Draw a card for each color among permanents you control. 3UU, Exile Soul of Ravnica from your graveyard: Draw a card for each color among permanents you control. 6/6
Soul of Zendikar 4GG Creature - Avatar Reach 3GG: Put a 3/3 green Beast creature token onto the battlefield. 3GG, Exile Soul of Zendikar from your graveyard: Put a 3/3 green Beast creature token onto the battlefield. 6/6