Sets (TMT/TMC) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Testing/Includes Thread

[TrainmasterGT]

This is a testing/includes thread. Post pictures using /ci or a text list using /c with what cards you plan to include and what cards you plan to test.​

Main Cube:
Might test if Accessable:


Unstable Cubicrons:
Testing


Once again I think "the discourse" surrounding this set has blunted any excitement I would normally wish to express about new Magic cards. I debated making a thread for all for this set since I'm not actually sure I'm going to end up playing any of the new cards in my main Cube. However, I think may actually end up being a staple for Unstable Cubicorns. It has great art by Magic legend Zoltan Boros (it's also one of his better recent peices which is a big plus), it has the reminder text for indestructible, and it's a W/B hybrid card, which allows me to get a bit more color diversity in the "not monocolored" portion of the box. Plus, the name "Foot Elite" is just kinda goofy in a way that is very much in dialogue with the Brushwagg/Storm Crow/Goblin Diplomats style cards that have come to play a big role in the box's identity. The only thing I don't like about Foot Elite is that it is strictly better than format pillar Pensive Minotaur. While this isn't necessarily a problem since I already run other strictly or objectively better three drops in the box such as Territorial Hammerskull, Foot Elite would likely be the best body available at three mana, which I don't love. I think there is a 100% chance I am overthinking this choice and it really doesn't matter that much in the long run.

Tl;dr, you beat the foot but it won't go well when you catch an Italian boot to the half-shell.

What are your plans for this set?
–GT

 

[MilesOfficial]

I've got 14 cards I'm putting in my Cube to start.



Really good set, mechanically. I've talked about all of these cards before in the main thread, but I was surprised I found room for the duos of Splinter & Leo and Mikey & Mona. Michelangelo, the Heart is the key card from the set for me, and it does just everything I want my Cube to do. Chrome Dome and Lita, Little Orphan Amphibian do a great job fleshing out some archetypes. Technodrome is also going to be a delight in my trinket decks as well.

Leonardo, Leader in Blue is maybe my favorite aggressive Savannah Lions equivalent from a strictly practical standpoint.

Wingnut, Bat on the Belfry is maybe the most suspect choice here, but I like both the flexibility and the subtle encouragement to do creature token strategies.

I hate even having to say this but I really don't like TMNT. Or rather, I find it unpleasant aesthetically and the gross-out humor of the era is pretty unappealing to me. I did not grow up with it. That said, the fact that every thread on r/MtGCube is downvoted to hell and that no one can talk about anything about this set without it being drowned out in negativity has been highly frustrating. I love Magic. This set looks and feels like Magic to me, at least well enough. I'm not a fan of any modern setting, including New Capenna and EOE, but this is definitely worse than that, but it feels like it was made with more love than Spider-Man, and there are some seriously cool designs here. I wanna talk about them!!

Cards I'm tracking closely:



...plus several more of the pizzas.