Card/Deck Low Power Card Spotlight
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How much of a stretch is this card as a BR removal-control finisher? It blocks incredibly well, the removal should help clear blockers and then you can burn away that last health.
After having played against this I can sadly report that both me and other players in my playgroup found it to be game ruining garbage. It completely shuts down any combat, and becomes a boring removal check that halts what could've otherwise been an interesting match. Cut it after one draft!
Is this a fair card in a zombie dense deck or miserable? I can see it ending up as a repetitive board state with no interaction. It does really insentivise playing zombies though.
I considered adding this card a few times, never actually tried it. I like this card, because it works with Zombies or just with any sacrifice strategy. It is exactly the kind of tribal effects I enjoy in cube - not too linear and playable or even desireable potentially for decks with zero Zombies.
I think I talked myself into finally trying this card out lol.
I think I talked myself into finally trying this card out lol.
That's a good argument
The lock only works with a zombie deck so maybe it isn't that oppressive. Worth a try at leastHow likely is a deck with no non-zombie creatures in your meta?
I think a lock with Reassembling Skeleton or Tenacious Dead is much more likely in my cube, even though I run a decent number of Zombies.
I think a lock with Reassembling Skeleton or Tenacious Dead is much more likely in my cube, even though I run a decent number of Zombies.
Also works in tokens.
I'm already trying to support death cloud and braids and smokestack, so I think a card like call to the grave fits that theme pretty well. Incidentally, I'm running Reassembling skeleton to get a lock with those cards already so call might just make it in
I used to love playing this in pox decks. I did try it in a very early iteration of my cube and it was bizarrely a card that was extremely hard to parse for new players, so much so that I needed to cut it. I still love it though, it's such a cool card. A bit of a vehicles-esq feel to it.
Onderzeeboot
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Another one. How hard is it to actually get down to 1 card in a regular deck? Do you need to actively discard cards to get to use him?
Chris Taylor
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It is hard, but the floor of dire grad Ghoul isn't bad at all so why not
Me too! I still run it
Would you guys run it over Haunted Plate-Mail? Because this card is in the slot, I would else maybe play the Idol in. I already run Chimeric Mass (not going to cut it, the flexibility is huge) and I don't want 3 dudes like this.
I do run a pox archetype to a degree.. so maybe it isn't that unrealistic to be low on cards in hand in black
Might just try it.Can you give some examples of these critters?
It can be as simple as
, just from the first couple of hits. Interestingly enough, they work well both with and against wildfire.Extra fun: Time
with a wildfire turn.
Onderzeeboot
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Cathar's Companion also is great with Wrath of Gods.
This is like- my favorite card. Such a simple, yet elegant, design. It rewards you for building an enchantment deck, and can (theoretically) just win the game by itself. When I was younger I used to play it in a deck running 4 copies of Nyx Infusion and 4 copies of Quag Sickness. The deck used Gray Merchant of Asphodel as a wincon because I thought it was the card that made mono-black devotion so good
. Guardian has been in my cube since day 1 and I don't see it coming out any time soon.