Tutors, specifically specific tutors such as Trinket Mage, can provide drafters with a fun “package” to draft and build around. They can even become “themeless themes” or minimalist archetypes that emerge.
What tutors do you run in your cube and why?
EDIT: I’ll slowly fill in mine up here.
Relic Seeker Not the strongest creature ever, but i like the aggressive bent vs Stoneforge Mystic as well as the incidental +1/+1 counter. (And the price tag!) I do run some nasty equipment with Fireshrieker as a pet favorite.
Ranger of Eos I have several one drops even before i thought of this guy that scale nicely into the late game, such as Giantkiller, Pteramander, Cryptbreaker, Dragonmaster Outcast, and Warden of the First Tree.
Thalia's Lancers Even outside my explicit Historic support, this card can grab a Theros weapon like Whip of Erebos, a utility land like Miren, the Moaning Well, or any of the many legendary critters that make their way into cube.
Tribute Mage A departure from the Trinket norm, I looked real hard at my list and decided it was cooler to fetch up Wellsprings and Altar of Dementia than the usual suspects. I will probably rotate this slot among all the Mages as time goes on; I think they all bring cool things to the table.
Gifts Ungiven The best tutor ever printed! Nothing beats mulling over Gifts piles in my book. I would run 4 of this if i could. Every drafter is going to come up with a different way to use it.
Goblin Engineer Have not actually got to play with this one yet, but my hopes are high.
Hoarding Dragon One of my old favorites from my Daretti commander deck. Without Swords and Path in the format, this guy becomes less of a feelbad risk, and the flavor is just cute.
Realms Uncharted Gifts for lands is definitely not nearly as open-ended as the real thing, but in a cube with 135 nonbasics, you are likely to have something at least mildly cool going on with this. Also has synergy with “lands in graveyard” cards like Gitrog Monster.
Sylvan Scrying See above- i’ve included lands archetypes like Cloudpost and Emeria, the Sky Ruin in the cube, but even scrying up your manland is juicy enough for me to warrant this include. Plus it adds to my count of smoothing effects a la the great Grillo Parlante.
Birthing Pod Much like Gifts, this card needs no introduction and i’d probably double up on it too without too much thought.
Scrapyard Recombiner Grabs Myr Battlesphere, Triskelion, Pentavus... And Deal Broker!
Expedition Map See Sylvan Scrying above. I have doubled up on this in the past and may do so again if i bring back Trinket Mage.
What tutors do you run in your cube and why?
EDIT: I’ll slowly fill in mine up here.
Relic Seeker Not the strongest creature ever, but i like the aggressive bent vs Stoneforge Mystic as well as the incidental +1/+1 counter. (And the price tag!) I do run some nasty equipment with Fireshrieker as a pet favorite.
Ranger of Eos I have several one drops even before i thought of this guy that scale nicely into the late game, such as Giantkiller, Pteramander, Cryptbreaker, Dragonmaster Outcast, and Warden of the First Tree.
Thalia's Lancers Even outside my explicit Historic support, this card can grab a Theros weapon like Whip of Erebos, a utility land like Miren, the Moaning Well, or any of the many legendary critters that make their way into cube.
Tribute Mage A departure from the Trinket norm, I looked real hard at my list and decided it was cooler to fetch up Wellsprings and Altar of Dementia than the usual suspects. I will probably rotate this slot among all the Mages as time goes on; I think they all bring cool things to the table.
Gifts Ungiven The best tutor ever printed! Nothing beats mulling over Gifts piles in my book. I would run 4 of this if i could. Every drafter is going to come up with a different way to use it.
Goblin Engineer Have not actually got to play with this one yet, but my hopes are high.
Hoarding Dragon One of my old favorites from my Daretti commander deck. Without Swords and Path in the format, this guy becomes less of a feelbad risk, and the flavor is just cute.
Realms Uncharted Gifts for lands is definitely not nearly as open-ended as the real thing, but in a cube with 135 nonbasics, you are likely to have something at least mildly cool going on with this. Also has synergy with “lands in graveyard” cards like Gitrog Monster.
Sylvan Scrying See above- i’ve included lands archetypes like Cloudpost and Emeria, the Sky Ruin in the cube, but even scrying up your manland is juicy enough for me to warrant this include. Plus it adds to my count of smoothing effects a la the great Grillo Parlante.
Birthing Pod Much like Gifts, this card needs no introduction and i’d probably double up on it too without too much thought.
Scrapyard Recombiner Grabs Myr Battlesphere, Triskelion, Pentavus... And Deal Broker!
Expedition Map See Sylvan Scrying above. I have doubled up on this in the past and may do so again if i bring back Trinket Mage.
