Real talk, guys. Under what circumstances can this guy be safely run?
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Real talk, guys. Under what circumstances can this guy be safely run?
Pretty much any circumstance in a cube with decent power levels. He's good, but not game warping as long as your aggro decks are solid enough. I've had him in my cube from the very start and he's never been oppressive unless the control guy was ahead already. He's very good in a board stall or when you're ahead, but he's not very useful if you're trying to catch up. If decks in your cube can apply a decent amount of pressure by T3-T4, he's completely fine.
I gave that one a rest after using it for 2 years, because i try to have a cube with less obvious windmillslam picks.
If you have stuff like Recurring Nightmare, Elspeth, Knight-Errant, Swords, Balance, Sulfuric Vortex, Natural Order, i can't see why Jace couldn't be in there also.
It isn't "oppressive" as some of those mentioned above and it fits in (m)any deck(s).
Elspeth to me seems more powerful in cube than jace to be honest, you just don't lose with that one.
If you have stuff like Recurring Nightmare, Elspeth, Knight-Errant, Swords, Balance, Sulfuric Vortex, Natural Order, i can't see why Jace couldn't be in there also.
It isn't "oppressive" as some of those mentioned above and it fits in (m)any deck(s).
Elspeth to me seems more powerful in cube than jace to be honest, you just don't lose with that one.
I am probably the only person who does this, but I cut/alter cards that slow games down too much- jace's brainstorm, mirri's guile, top, and similar are real speed bumps to my tournaments, and I just don't feel enabling the minor skill-test of these cards is worth the massive time-sink it afflicts the other 5-7 players with.
I originally sharpied out Jace's 0 but after that just made him even more boring than he already was, honestly.
I originally sharpied out Jace's 0 but after that just made him even more boring than he already was, honestly.
I hope you mean that figurally because a sharpie to jace makes me kind of nauseous
Over the perfect fit, good lord.
Only cards I have that are actually drawn-on were straight-up donated to me. Mostly signatures of donors, but some doodles as well.
Only cards I have that are actually drawn-on were straight-up donated to me. Mostly signatures of donors, but some doodles as well.
Chris Taylor
Contributor
Real talk, guys. Under what circumstances can this guy be safely run?
Is aggro good? He's fine
I was thinking earlier today how having colored-artifact equipment would be really useful for cube. I feel like there is a gap between high-powered equipment that is too obviously a 1st pick, due to be being colorless, and weak equipment that is just not quite good enough. On the flip side, there are few auras that have the value worth running when you are risking a 2-for-1. I run Rancor, not because I really like it, but because it's actually useful. A lot of cubes could benefit from strong equipment cards that require some sort of color commitment. It would open up a lot of design space.
Yeah, that's a great, interesting observation. Make equipment too good, and you run the risk of decks of all shapes and sizes running it for pure value (Sword of Feast and Famine and Batterskull being notable culprits here). Make equipment too bad, and no one gives it a whiff. It's really hard to hit that sweet spot for colourless equipment, but slapping some coloured mana onto either the casting cost or the activation might just be the trick. Something like Behemoth Sledge isn't a bad start, and I'm kind of surprised Wizards hasn't gone back to this well more often.
Chris Taylor
Contributor
I totally clicked on this thread expecting Mr. Waddell to have gunned out a "Mindsculpter? I hardly know her!" joke. Beat you to it, bitch.
FlowerSunRain
Contributor
I tried playing Godsend and it really wasn't that great, but the idea is in the right place.
I ran these 4 in a mostly-custom cube for a while. I had a white one too but it ended up too good/very unfun and i removed it and never made an actual replacement, it was a civic saber that gave protection from monocolored creatures for like
& . the creature types really mattered in this cube but honestly that was way too much complexity
Chris Taylor
Contributor
I appreciate you finding a use for the art for Liege of the Axe, it deserved better
I ran these 4 in a mostly-custom cube for a while. I had a white one too but it ended up too good/very unfun and i removed it and never made an actual replacement, it was a civic saber that gave protection from monocolored creatures for like
The fuck kind of staff is a Rebel using to bring shit back? Why are wizards wearing masks? Shamans wielding scythes? Explorers aren't scouts anymore?
Laz
Developer
I know I am suspending my disbelief to play this card game with critter-summoning Planeswalkers, but this just goes too far!
Wait wth is that new card art?
Onderzeeboot
Ecstatic Orb
Omg, tempest art in the new border. I am going to faint!
Is that a mockup or is it from a real set? I don't recognize the expansion symbol.
Edit: *cries* Tempest Remastered, an online only set :'(
I considered it, but I wanted to leave design space open for future
Chris Taylor
Contributor
Chris Taylor
Contributor
Honestly after doing some research on the mothership about this I'm actually kind of impressed. I wish it was available in paper, but what are you going to do? (Actually the reserved list likely has something to do with that but that's a whole different debate)
There's a lot of good at work here. Going back to old sets that a lot of newer people never played and giving them a once over with everything they've learned in the intervening 10+ years is not a bad way to churn out something fun like conspiracy or commander, without the niche appeal of those products.
I know a lot of people who loved the hell out of VMA draft (And they didn't force mono white each time either!)
on top of that:
- Bonus points for getting more RKF art in the game
- Bonus Bonus points for reprinting Wasteland/Mox Diamond/Piles of other stuff without reking standard
- The rarity shifts seem to be decent this time around. Wasteland is a rare rather than an uncommon, which is likely a bit of a money grab, but not as insane a one as making it mythic.
Oh mah damn
Onderzeeboot
Ecstatic Orb
Yeah, I have to agree, it looks pretty boss. Shame it's not available offline, I would have liked some of those modern frames for my cube.
