Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

[Nanonox]

What conditions and other cards would I need for it to be interesting an fun?

I think some redundancy of the effect would be sweet. Schafkurai mentioned Jace, Wielder of Mysteries and that is a good one. There is also Nexus of Fate which is less obvious, but a lot of fun (by my standards) to optimize.

For the Oracle to shine, I'd be looking at a mix of one-shot and repeatable self-mill enablers



A bunch of ways to recur it in case it hits the GY



Other GY matters payoffs to signal that a coherent deck is supported



There are other, more spicy ways to win

Artifact draw 7



Paradox Engine combo



One card engines (that you don't want, I know!)



Storm (tame version)



And a bunch more. Fun card, highly recommend!

 

[Humpty_Dumpty]

Thanks for all those suggestions. Quite a lot of those are already in my cube, so I’ll give it a go as a payoff/alternate win con for Sultai graveyard.

 

[Rasmus Källqvist]

Can someone explain this card to me? To me it just looks like some really bad removal. Is it supposed to go into self-sac / token decks?

 

[Watermelon]

bad removal+having an artifact on the board for improvise/all that glitters/any artifact synergy. Good in low power environment that supports both sac and artifact matters

 

[froggy]

it's basically a more flexible bone splinters in white. it's not as low power as it might appear at a first glance - 1 mana removal is very powerful as a rule, and being able to sacrifice a random treasure or token for it is a price a lot of decks are willing to pay. not being cmc limited makes it a nice comparison to portable hole and the like, and ward 2 makes it really likely to stick around, especially if you're low on mass artifact removal. it's certainly not perfect, but i think it's a solid role player in lower power or mid power environments.

 

[Rasmus Källqvist]

More cards to get a vibe check on. I managed to get hold of a copy of standstill from someone donating a bunch of old cards. Is this GRBS or can it be fun? Personally I can enjoy having some spicy cards in a cube (like armageddon).

 

[LadyMapi]

Is there anything people playing your cube can do while the staring contest happens?

 

[Rasmus Källqvist]

Is there anything people playing your cube can do while the staring contest happens?

Turn creatures sideways I suppose

 

[EzPzJapanezy]

Werewolves/Wolves play well with Standstill. Stuff like Mayor of Avabruck and Nightpack Ambusher.

Level Up/ Figure of Destiny-type cards play really well with it.

Activated Abilities in general are a strong pairing, and of course, having a threatening board state that demands an answer from your opponent is a pretty guaranteed Standstill trigger.

If you support a "Draw-Go" Tempo archetype it shouldn't have an issue being playable imo.

 

[Rasmus Källqvist]

After pondering a bit, it's also basically "just" a 2-mana draw spell. That's pretty good, but I don't know if I would consider for instance Treasure Cruise to be too broken for the power level of cubes I'd wanna build.

I have a copy so, I'll just try it.

 

[Chris Taylor]

After pondering a bit, it's also basically "just" a 2-mana draw spell. That's pretty good, but I don't know if I would consider for instance Treasure Cruise to be too broken for the power level of cubes I'd wanna build.

I have a copy so, I'll just try it.

*Unless you're losing

 

[Rasmus Källqvist]

*Unless you're losing

EZ just don't be in a position where you're losing

 

[inscho]

More cards to get a vibe check on. I managed to get hold of a copy of standstill from someone donating a bunch of old cards. Is this GRBS or can it be fun? Personally I can enjoy having some spicy cards in a cube (like armageddon).

I love standstill and there’s plenty of ways to make it interesting:

 

[Nanonox]

This screams broken engine possibility to me, just unsure how to maximize it. The obvious way is with "free" creatures like



I'm a fan of the Emissary and the Faeries, but the others not so much (Dockside can really pop off but is too conditional).

You could combine those with cards that ping on ETB to dome the opponent:



Value creatures are another obvious avenue to take, but much harder to abuse because of limited mana.



Cost reducers would make chaining the spells a lot easier



Aluren is busted with the Curio, but looks dubious outside of it. I am already sold on Earthcraft being great so that's a combo already in place. The monuments seem fun as they both reduce the costs and trigger on each cast.

What are you thinking in regards to Cloudstone Curio?

 

[Humpty_Dumpty]

Why stick to creatures?

gives infinite mana and card draw.

This sort of nonsense probably needs a cube like Caleb Ganon's Powered Synergy Cube.

 

[Brad]

Is this good? Seems too slow?

 

[PyreDream]

I think too slow on both fronts. If you have landfall or a way to exploit lands as a raw resource a la Knight of the Reliquary or Elvish Reclaimer it gains some value.

 

[ravnic]

I mean ... context matters. I have it in my cube and it's pretty good there. Within the very high power levels you like designig for, maybe not so much.

 

[Erik Twice]

What do you all think of this?

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[MilesOfficial]

What do you all think of this?

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I like it. My main Cube is far too strong for it, but in a midrange-focused environment where removal is closer to 3 mana on average than 2, it's just a massive threat. The kinds of cards that end up in lots of Cubes over-index on the historic trio, so it's really easy to support in my experience.

 

[Nanonox]

I think it’s a cool threat that is easy to support if you have a minimal artifact theme (legends and sagas you’ll have lying around).
As Miles says, the cube needs slower/worse removal otherwise it won’t be competitive.

I think it’s a miss in your cube, unless we abuse that last ability



And another one drop.

Spoiler: Spoiler

Ok fine, it’s still a miss…

 

[EzPzJapanezy]

Has anyone given this one a chance yet? Curious how it performed for folks if so.

 

[Erik Twice]

Has anyone given this one a chance yet? Curious how it performed for folks if so.

It's fantastic, since it helps push higher mana costs in decks that would normally avoid them.

You can create a cheat package with it, blink and Windbrisk Heights, which is also fun.

 

[Erik Twice]

This is a unique card, but I worry about two things:

1) Avoiding creatures often results in decks that don't work
2) It can be used as a sideboard card to crush aggro, since it's splashable.

Thoughts?

 

[Rusje]

This is a unique card, but I worry about two things:

1) Avoiding creatures often results in decks that don't work
2) It can be used as a sideboard card to crush aggro, since it's splashable.

Thoughts?

It’s funny with

Just try it out, it is one expensive card…