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. I don't think that would make it too borked either.
You guys wanted control...
CML
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You guys wanted control...
i have tried it and it didn't work, though it's possible i wasn't trying hard enough.
in the skype thread ano suggested
cards like this are my favorite suggestions, as when they work there's such enormous designer 'upside.' when they don't i can just take Zur the Enchanter out of my cube so to speak and try another one. throw out some more here
also anyone play with this
i believe Alex Blanton did actually however here's what I said in response since I've actually run itin the skype thread ano suggested
[06:54:31] anotak: heartless was good in my old cube if you built around it an drew it otherwise atrocious
[06:54:44] anotak: honestly it probably needs like 2x or 3x in a cube to work
Squadron?
Dom Harvey
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[13:01:29] Dom Harvey: maybe that's the way to go with cards like that
[13:01:31] Dom Harvey: take 1, get 3
[13:01:41] Dom Harvey: and you could run off-the-wall stuff like Aluren
[13:01:31] Dom Harvey: take 1, get 3
[13:01:41] Dom Harvey: and you could run off-the-wall stuff like Aluren
does this have a place
Besides memory problems I don't think it's the worst thing ever. Played someone's else's cube where he had "planeswalker" as well, but outside of tempo/control decks it's usually manalith.
I will admit to being tempted. Does anyone have thoughts/experiences?
More interesting than wall of denial, somewhere around Grand Arbiter Augustin IV, but worse than Drogskol Reaver, all IMO of course.
I don't like this, "control means play no creatures" is not my deal. Nonbos with walls and 1/3s.
Chris Taylor
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Regrowth is kinda the most meh card I've ever experienced (when it's not regrowing ancestral recall anyways)
I cut it, but it's probably fine. Nobody wanted raise dead, but raise removal seems at least slightly appealing?
Two mana removal?
Nameless Inversion
It's removal and clunky pump spell too. It's an auto include if you also run Haakon.
Nameless Inversion
It's removal and clunky pump spell too. It's an auto include if you also run Haakon.
Chris Taylor
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Does gravedigger suck in your cube? If no, play this guy instead!
Put more cards that give you selection while causing cards to fill the graveyard and regrowrh becomes a lot more valuable. You have more oppertunity to use it, the digging will help you find it / a synergistic bomb, or you can always pitch a wasteful regrowth.
Regrowth is one of those cards like wrath of god that is super awkward at the wrong time and powerful but fair at the right.
Really helps if you can up the selection but include a lot of sorta peaky high power level cards, the sort you really do feel good about re using. Re growing the hymn or timewarp is a place you want to be, but man it's not bad the odd turn you had to recur your cheap removal or fetch land when you need it or just to get a bit of work out of the card.
There are a lot of ways to make regrow better in your cube, or really any more situational card, add more selection, make sure spells are cheap and plentiful and interacting often and forego similar cards for more of the kinds that interact with important zones like the graveyard. God I just love how Thirst For Knowledge gives all my cards cycling. I'm so much more likely to go out on a limb on neat synergy. Regrowth might be better with big splashy effects but you really only need a couple to capitalize on.
Regrowth is one of those cards like wrath of god that is super awkward at the wrong time and powerful but fair at the right.
Really helps if you can up the selection but include a lot of sorta peaky high power level cards, the sort you really do feel good about re using. Re growing the hymn or timewarp is a place you want to be, but man it's not bad the odd turn you had to recur your cheap removal or fetch land when you need it or just to get a bit of work out of the card.
There are a lot of ways to make regrow better in your cube, or really any more situational card, add more selection, make sure spells are cheap and plentiful and interacting often and forego similar cards for more of the kinds that interact with important zones like the graveyard. God I just love how Thirst For Knowledge gives all my cards cycling. I'm so much more likely to go out on a limb on neat synergy. Regrowth might be better with big splashy effects but you really only need a couple to capitalize on.
someone somewhere said
so i'm in an environment with gods but not very many tokens.
there's like... young pyromancer, rampaging baloths, emeria angel, and that's it maybe? got a ton of recurry stuff worth exiling though
hmmm
so i'm in an environment with gods but not very many tokens.
there's like... young pyromancer, rampaging baloths, emeria angel, and that's it maybe? got a ton of recurry stuff worth exiling though
hmmm
Exile itself is just a strong effect (do you have regenerators?), and who doesn't love flashback? So often with this, firebolt and chainer's edict my opponents facetable when I start digging through my yard to cast them. Plus that art is sweet, yo.
The problem I have with it is you can do literally nothing with it against higher-cmc creatures, while you can still get value out of, say, last gasp in junction with blocking/being blocked/more spells etc.
The problem I have with it is you can do literally nothing with it against higher-cmc creatures, while you can still get value out of, say, last gasp in junction with blocking/being blocked/more spells etc.
Dom Harvey
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I think they're both interesting, but I'm actually mildly peeved that blue gets creatures like that which IMO feel very red/green mechanically...
Dom Harvey
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guys this looks like a fun card