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Another toy for lower powered artifact aggro decks. I can see this cracking several lists.
It's tough supporting multiple burn spells that can't go to the dome, but this one seems like a really nice option. I like it more than Magmatic Sinkhole
Nice little support piece for the discard matters control deck with things like Archfiend of Ifnir, Drake Haven, Faith of the Devoted, and Curator of Mysteries
Wild Mongrel, what happened to you!!?? Madness is getting some sweet, sweet lovin' this set good god.
Wow. I love this. We've talked about how rare sac a permanent cards are, and I've been looking for something a little more interesting than Lightning Helix. I'll have to think hard about this one.
Colorless discard is always welcomed. Love the old school callback to Fodder Cannon and Skull Catapult
landofMordor
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my trypophobia (and @Tjornan 's) says NOPE
landofMordor
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http://mythicspoiler.com/mh2/cards/cabalinitiate.html
Wow, no-mana discard activation on a 2-drop with relevant late-game text. Seems like a juiced enabler.
Wow, no-mana discard activation on a 2-drop with relevant late-game text. Seems like a juiced enabler.
I like this one. One issue my madness section has is that the discard enablers keep getting better and more interesting, but there are few actual cards with "madness" written on them that hit that right power level. This set, while undeniably a boon to madness decks in cube, has sort of exacerbated that tension. This is still slightly clunky, but the upside is there.
You know a set is great the when the final drop of commons makes you think hard about so many cards (for inclusion, not because they are so complex). In addition to Fodder Tosser, Nested Shambler, and Foul Watcher, which have already been posted, I really like these:
I'm currently running Deadbridge Goliath, and happily so. But I love the added combat trick option here.
I think I have to give this a try? Great madness enabler and probably solid in other aggro or fattie decks?
Here I really like the crossover between spells matter and madness. Six mana is a lot however. And four isn't nothing either, when you might have to pay a mana/activation cost to discard this.
I like the overlap between lifegain and sacrifice, and I could see this being fine for aggro on my power level too, even without having massive synergies? It's a bear on turn two and reach once they stabilized.
These cards usually play better than they might look. And a payoff for sacrifice and tokens in white is something I'm happy to see too. Sadly it only triggers of your own creatures.
Well, that's a cool Gravedigger. Gets artifacts, enchantments and lands too, while also having lifelink. And abs.
I'm currently running Deadbridge Goliath, and happily so. But I love the added combat trick option here.
I think I have to give this a try? Great madness enabler and probably solid in other aggro or fattie decks?
Here I really like the crossover between spells matter and madness. Six mana is a lot however. And four isn't nothing either, when you might have to pay a mana/activation cost to discard this.
I like the overlap between lifegain and sacrifice, and I could see this being fine for aggro on my power level too, even without having massive synergies? It's a bear on turn two and reach once they stabilized.
These cards usually play better than they might look. And a payoff for sacrifice and tokens in white is something I'm happy to see too. Sadly it only triggers of your own creatures.
Well, that's a cool Gravedigger. Gets artifacts, enchantments and lands too, while also having lifelink. And abs.
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While not being able to cast it as a topdeck stinks, I like that this isn't a bajillion dollars. Plus, two upkeeps is not all that long of a time, and 2 is a lot less than 4. I will probably test this, especially if I cave to adding some cascade in. This + the red 2-drop delirium cascade dude = Lorehold is back on the menu.
landofMordor
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Depending on your goals, this might be ok. I'd rather have too many good discard outlets than too many overcosted cards with the word Madness on them. Partially that's because Madness cards are often heinous if not cheated into play, but also because discard outlets can exploit a whole host of synergies like Delirium, Eternalize, Scavenge, Flashback, etc etc etc. Maybe "RB graveyard-adjacent glue" has less ring than "RB Madness!!!!!" but it's certainly less fragile during draft and gameplay. It's what I'm planning my latest cube around, myself.
100%. I have 3 madness cards in my graveyard cube. There are many ways to exploit the discard mechanic that don't involve running a bunch of awkward stuff for your environment.
"Four-color theme-adjacent glue" is how I design all of my archetypes now.
Any day you get an excuse to talk about the Fairbanks-Morse H-24-66 Trainmaster is a good day. I'm gonna have to pick one of these up for my layout the next time Lionel offers one in O-Scale. I usually only buy Steam locomotives but I think these are pretty cool. Fun fact, despite being the most powerful Diesel locomotives on the market when they were first introduced, the Trainmasters were actually used on Passenger trains in addition to Freight trains very often.
Did I ever tell you my close friend in Antwerp is a designer for train stuff. A lot of bed design for sleeper cars, but also mockups for trains, trams, busses. He even designed a tram station here in town.
No, you haven't, but that's really cool! Thank you for sharing!
