Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

[Onderzeeboot]

Memory Jar is only broken if you can do filthy things with it, like recur it with... oh wait...

 

[CML]

Memory Jar is delightful but you really need to be doing something with the 7 cards. I don't think it fits much of anywhere

 

[Dom Harvey]

 

[CML]

you can combo it with this



to make THIS

 

[Dom Harvey]

I knew there was a reason that seemed familiar

I wish I could say I'd been drinking but Christmas has been depressingly sober

 

[Suicufnoc]

This is a lot of cards to post in the Single Card Spotlight thread, but whatever. I want to run an Eidolon of Blossoms or two.

 

[CML]

No reason to include narrow cards, Eidolon is good in Standard because it goes well with good cards and the same will be true in your Cube

 

[Onderzeeboot]

It's okay to include a few slightly subpar cards to support a theme, but that only works if the rest of the environment is not too cutthroat. I have an enchantment subtheme in my cube, but run only Nyx-Fleece Ram and Madcap Skills of that list. Madcap Skills is insane in an aggro deck, and Ram is solid in a Wx control or midrange deck.

There's actually a thread about this I think. <searching/> http://riptidelab.com/forum/threads/enchantress.428/

There you go!

 

[James Stevenson]

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[Diakonov]

I've been seeing it in people's lists, but it doesn't look that strong to me.

 

[Alfonzo Bonzo]

?

I really like it, helps smooth mana whilst providing access to graveyard synergies.

 

[Dom Harvey]

This being better than Elvish Visionary is probably a decent litmus test for whether your graveyard theme is present/popular.

 

[Chris Taylor]

This being better than Elvish Visionary is probably a decent litmus test for whether your graveyard theme is present/popular.

Surprise! Both cards are horrible

 

[CML]

nah everyone always plays them they're great

 

[James Stevenson]

I've always had a weird fondness for the elf, but it doesn't cut it. You really run it, CML? *Checks CML's list* Yes he does. Hm.

 

[FlowerSunRain]

Satyr's been good to me, smoothing your land and giving you +3 delve mana is pretty cool.

 

[Jonas]

I run it, but it only gets a spot because I wanted more mulch effects.

 

[DreamPaint]

I run both. Like CML said people usually play them and are relatively happy with their performance.

 

[Peter LaCara]

I've been considering running this beauty mainly because the art is siiiick, but also because I have a small morph theme in blue and black and she makes for a brutal addition to the guessing game. My worry is that her stats just aren't good enough when compared to my other 5's like Bloodgift Demon and Doomwake Giant. Anyone have any experience with her?

 

[Grillo_Parlante]

I think she would be pretty decent if you upped the number of cheap fight effects and added a few instant speed threatens that could untap her.

The unmorph cost might be an issue though?

 

[Alfonzo Bonzo]

I've been considering running this beauty mainly because the art is siiiick, but also because I have a small morph theme in blue and black and she makes for a brutal addition to the guessing game. My worry is that her stats just aren't good enough when compared to my other 5's like Bloodgift Demon and Doomwake Giant. Anyone have any experience with her?

Gameplay > art, and will depend on power level of rest of your cube, but if you do go for it, fun with:



Etc

 

[Diakonov]

This was the first thing I thought of when I saw Feldon.

 

[Onderzeeboot]

Every time my opponent plays this in a cube draft I groan. Will my cube be more fun if I add this card? (i.e., given that I support Boros, should I cube this card?)

I can't think objectively around this card, and I really dislike that ultimate. Guess I've been on the receiving end of it way too often, and it's even more demoralizing than unlimited krakens.

 

[Suicufnoc]

He tends to seal the deal IF you're already ahead and if he's not dealt with. But more often than not, he -2's then eats 2-3 damage. Or takes 6 turns without taking damage to get back to ultimate. I think he's ok

 

[CML]

AV is a judgment call, I think, but is a strong card in Cube. On one hand, I hate how he accentuates mana screw, on the other hand he is probably OK in most environments in spite of being a top-5 constructed walker of all time. Here is why. An interesting discussion yesterday was how my team hates the new walkers in standard because they are unpleasant to play against. Alright, but what makes them so unpleasant? Simple -- they're beefy. Ashiok costs 3 and goes to 5. Elspeth goes to 5 and makes 3 goddamn tokens. In an environment lighter on creatures this doesn't matter so much -- Ashiok whiffs against control decks in standard, Elspeth Knight-Errant is too slow for Legacy now, and so on. But everyone in Cube has creatures, and accordingly the best metric for "how cool is this walker in cube?" is: "how beefy is it?" This elegant formulation explains why most of us have fun with JTMS and not with Elspeth Knight-Errant, who is miles too strong.