Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight
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Onderzeeboot
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What does this actually do? I looked up the Rock Lobster lyrics to find the joke. I feel considerably enlightened, but not about this issue.
Onderzeeboot
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It says no to Scissors Lizard. I admit, a shallow joke
I'm now googling Rock Lobster lyrics...
Edit: Apparently B52's Rock Lobster reach number 1 in Canada. What a weird country...
That is a bangin tune, my friend.
Dom Harvey
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Other people said:
These seem fun.
Onderzeeboot
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And they have great flavor text
Baleful Strix is one of my favourite cards.
I know why it isn't in standard, that's just humane, but I have to wonder about what she'd be like in modern. Maybe I should ask caleb to do a banned series on it because boy is there a gaping hole where a UB deck could be.
Anyway how does everyone feel about very powerful / efficient gold cards, how does their saturation warp a format, do you find yourself supporting archetypes discreetly with your gold selection?
I know why it isn't in standard, that's just humane, but I have to wonder about what she'd be like in modern. Maybe I should ask caleb to do a banned series on it because boy is there a gaping hole where a UB deck could be.
Anyway how does everyone feel about very powerful / efficient gold cards, how does their saturation warp a format, do you find yourself supporting archetypes discreetly with your gold selection?
CML
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i threw in a cruel ultimatum for the lulz. if you're gonna throw in a 3-color card, i think it has to have that kind of impact to be worth a slot. the problem is (per the cfb vid) there is no 3-color card with the impact of cruel.
the RB section was (probably still is) mainly hybrid for devotion
there are a bunch of gold green cards to support the "green deck" archetype
Chris Taylor
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CML
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yeah i don't get the whole maelstrom wanderer thing. fatties are already pretty narrow. 8-mana fatties are really narrow. 8-mana fatties in 3 colors are narrower still. 8-mana fatties in 3 colors that aren't all that powerful are yet narrower. 8-mana fatties in 3 colors that aren't all that powerful and that you can't reanimate are not even close to being worth a slot in most cubes on here.
Grillo_Parlante
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Wanderer is the ultimate timmy card. There are a million excellent reasons not to run it and those reasons are all correct, but the guilty pleasure of resolving a wanderer is just too much.
I mean, this is one of its popular comments on gatherer:
I mean, this is one of its popular comments on gatherer:
CML
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Grillo_Parlante
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How does this compare with the other white spirit token makers in terms of raw power?
Worse than both spectral procession and lingering souls IMO. Probably worse even than midnight haunting.
CML
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Try doubling up on raise the alarm and run a bunch of those cards above and you'll find your delver of secrets, young pyromancer, glorious anthem, carrion feeder and blasting station get better.
How much better is Raise the Alarm than the un-run Dragon Fodder?
Onderzeeboot
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Well... Raise the Alarm is much better if you run Isochron Scepter. It's also in a color that cares more about anthem effects, though Rabblemaster, Hellrider, Alpha Orcish Oriflamme and Siege-Gang Commander are nice interactions.
You kind of want Gather the Townsfolk if you have any human tribal going on, though.
These are all fine cards that get along great with hellrider, bombardment etc and I recommend you try running more weenie cans instead of unexciting white 2-3 drops. and maybe some red ones too. Original costed orcish offlamy or whatever it's called is a great add. Might even make red decks better at blocking...
Grillo_Parlante
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I run triple gather the townsfolk, alongside the existing big three white token makers, as well as dictate of heliod and cathar's crusade. I really like token makers, but its always tricky to figure out what density you can get away with before your cube starts to bog down.