General Expensive Eldrazi Domain Cards

[Jason Waddell]

Hello. I was indexing the Eldrazi-Domain cube, and thanks to some generous donations, we have almost all the cards in the cube. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1aY17Jp99M0wWpzCFwDEDOIL8r11JJlc6qGDEDpUZTes/edit#gid=0

In total the cost to buy the remaining cards is 92 tickets. Reasonable. (Really, it's just the cost of 8 people doing a draft).

Maybe some of them aren't necessary though. In decreasing cost order:


Thoughts? Replacements? Some of these cards seem like must-keeps?

 

[James Stevenson]

Didn't you used to run mycoloth?

 

[Dom Harvey]

You could replace Craterhoof with Decimator of the Provinces when it comes out but, as a just-released Mythic, it might have a price tag of its own

Archangel and Titan are unique and worth shelling out for. I can lend a Titan as and when it's needed

I'd cut Tamiyo anyway

Collective Restraint is highly oppressive?

 

[Eric Chan]

It's a fairly big step down from PrimeTime, but Ulvenwald Hydra is probably cheaper.

Is there actually a lifegain theme, or is Archangel of Thune just a mega-anthem? If the latter, I've been impressed lately by Sublime Archangel; she gives your go-wide strategy another dimension, and has 'haste', so she's often online 2+ turns earlier than Archangel of Thune.

Sorin, Lord of Innistrad doesn't seem essential - and I always thought you hated planeswalkers that plus to make a token.

Worldly Tutor is probably the hardest to replace if you have a top-of-library theme. Is Green Sun's Zenith affordable online...?

 

[Aston]

Sylvan Tutor is a fraction of a ticket.

 

[Jason Waddell]

It's a fairly big step down from PrimeTime, but Ulvenwald Hydra is probably cheaper.

Is there actually a lifegain theme, or is Archangel of Thune just a mega-anthem? If the latter, I've been impressed lately by Sublime Archangel; she gives your go-wide strategy another dimension, and has 'haste', so she's often online 2+ turns earlier than Archangel of Thune.

Sorin, Lord of Innistrad doesn't seem essential - and I always thought you hated planeswalkers that plus to make a token.

Worldly Tutor is probably the hardest to replace if you have a top-of-library theme. Is Green Sun's Zenith affordable online...?

Ulvenwald Hydra is a decent suggestion. Perhaps it's too similar to Prime Time though. Ideally would have a 5/6 drop that offers a different look.

There's no lifegain theme, it's just a mega anthem. But I also run Sublime Archangel.

Sorin LOA was mostly there because I had it in paper, and because the +1/+0 is a cool way to bring tokens online.

Sylvan Tutor would work, Instant speed isn't super necessary in that slot.

 

[Jason Waddell]

You could replace Craterhoof with Decimator of the Provinces when it comes out but, as a just-released Mythic, it might have a price tag of its own

Archangel and Titan are unique and worth shelling out for. I can lend a Titan as and when it's needed

I'd cut Tamiyo anyway

Collective Restraint is highly oppressive?

No love for Tamiyo? What's your argument here? Potential replacements?

Collective Restraint is probably super oppressive.

 

[Jason Waddell]

Pick 2:

 

[Jason Waddell]

(btw, Craterhoof is 20 tickets)

 

[Jason Waddell]

 

[Jason Waddell]

Was thinking, instead of ULD, what if drafters of this cube have access to unlimited copies of Evolving Wilds.

 

[Eric Chan]

If you just want "midrange green fat", and don't need it to have land-tutoring capabilities, there's a metric ton of them available for next to nothing.

 

[James Stevenson]

bellower looks cool. anybody tried it?

 

[Jason Waddell]

Pick one:


(Trinket Mage is in the cube)

 

[shamizy]

bellower looks cool. anybody tried it?

I play Bellower, he's a sweet card to tutor up value threes like Tireless Tracker and Knight of the Reliquary. Just remember that it's a nonlegendary clause because I've had some drafters get got by that.

 

[James Stevenson]

Pick one:


(Ion Storm is in the cube)

Chimeric mass for sure

 

[genericco]

My take on Bellower is he's weaker than he looks. Not having Trample or a nasty monstrosity ability or attack trigger is a big mark against him; for six mana and it was too easy to chump block.

Genesis Hydra is another one where I liked the design but it ended up being too below average. The vanilla body you get is way below curve and again has no keywords so like Bellower you better get something good from the entry trigger.

I like the really threatening ones - Rampaging Baloths, Primeval Titan, Gaea's Revenge and at 5 cmc Outland Colossus.

 

[Aston]

Chimeric mass for sure

Agreed, no contest.

 

[Onderzeeboot]

I play Bellower, he's a sweet card to tutor up value threes like Tireless Tracker and Knight of the Reliquary. Just remember that it's a nonlegendary clause because I've had some drafters get got by that.

You forgot Eternal Witness But yeah, I really like Bellower!

 

[Jason Waddell]

Pick 2:

 

[safra]

Another vote for Bellower, who comes in and out of my list, usually as this tasty ravioli:

 

[Jason Waddell]

 

[Jason Waddell]

Sac a spawn token to flip. Too obvious?

 

[Jason Waddell]

Other options:

 

[Chris Taylor]

I'd go with wingman. Avacyn is way over the top for this, and monk is all kinds of boring