MTG Salvation

Quote from Spicay

This alone is making me want to cube the Thief.

Even better: They play jace, then choose to brainstorm, you respond with this guy, draw 3 cards, they put 2 back, and then you attack jace

Looooooove flash creatures. I also like niche countermeasures and this one hits the effect everyone wants to be doing: drawing more cards.

So far I don't know what to make of him. I think he's too awkward to hold and too vulnerable to just eot slam for no value.

Against some decks, he's fairly awful. Against other decks, he's pretty sick. I don't think UB has room for such a boom-bust card when the other options are consistently sick.

Notion Thieve is only good against blue decks. Even then he costs four so not cubeworthy in any setting.

If he had some kind of evasion, I'd consider him. As a 3/1, he dies to anything, and flash hardly mitigates that. Pass.

Quote from Hicham

Notion Thieve is only good against blue decks. Even then he costs four so not cubeworthy in any setting.

Hahaha I thought everyone wanted to be blue!

If he wasn't blue himself, he'd probably hold more value. But outside of crushing blue draw-go decks, I think he's too niche for maindeck play.

Quote from RJRellik

Lol Your Notion Thief + Their Consecrated Sphinx

You die, if your opponent is smart and you can't kill the Sphinx.

-AA

That's what's funny

Notion Thief in response to Wheel of Fortune is pretty saucy.

If it cost 3 mana, I think it could be a fantastic boost to UB tempo decks. As is, it's worse than something like Vendilion Clique, and that's a monocolored card.

He might see a lot of play in the sideboard against Sphinx's Revelation, but not cubeable. To be fair Vendilion Clique is completely busted.

All the mothership previews are limited fodder.

Catch 1UR
Sorcery (R)
Gain control of target permanent until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn.
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Release 4RW
Sorcery (R)
Each player sacrifices an artifact, a creature, an enchantment, a land, and a planeswalker
Fuse

Catch is more than sweet, it hoses walkers, but unfortunately Release isn't cutting it.

catch//release seems good, though it is tricolor.

I think Catch & Release are sweet tricolor card for any cube that run 3 color section.

Catch // Release

1UR
Gain control of target permanent until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn

4RW
Each player sacrifices an artifact, a creature, an enchantment, a land and a planeswalker

edit: mega-nathed!
this is a card I'm definitely happy with running, although the color combination makes me wonder where to put this...

Quote from daedalusaf

Catch // Release

1UR
Gain control of target permanent until end of turn. Untap it. It gains haste until end of turn

4RW
Each player sacrifices an artifact, a creature, an enchantment, a land and a planeswalker

edit: mega-nathed!
this is a card I'm definitely happy with running, although the color combination makes me wonder where to put this...

We have a slightly larger cube so we're going to run it as a UR card.

The RW half is too expensive to even be playable really so we don't mind having Release just dangling there onto Catch.

I really like catch and releae. 3 mana steal is just fine. Don't know if it makes it in, but I like it.

While an interesting card, Catch // Release does not even come close to making it in my boros section, and while coming closer to being acceptable in izzet, still misses the mark there by a wide margin.

Quote from KingsRanger

While an interesting card, Catch // Release does not even come close to making it in my boros section, and while coming closer to being acceptable in izzet, still misses the mark there by a wide margin.

My thoughts exactly.

I have been wanting a threaten effect in my cube for a long time but they are never great. Izzet isn't great, and I would rather play grab the reins if I wanted splashy blow out potential. It looks like like fuse is just a weaker version of Entwine. With that we occasionally got alternate non mana ways to get the second effect so they didn't seem too expensive. I love betrayal of flesh and had dreams of another card of that caliber.

I think people are a little skewed about the notion theif. Yes he is cute with wheel of fortune or against a brainstorm but I think he is better in a blue deck with remand arcane denial and such. Still not cube worthy but...

Zealous Conscripts and Sarkhan Vol are two better Threaten options, if you're looking for something reliably maindeckable.

So far for my cube I'm thinking I'll include the following:

Ral Zarek - Not sure what I'll cut for him but it's either Fire//Ice or Prophetic Bolt. I'm guessing it's going to be the bolt but Fire//Ice doesn't seem to play as well in my group as it has for some others. Probably because we are crappy deck builders.

Voice of Resurgence - So pumped about this VVVVVALUE bear. Cutting the GW charm for him. I think I'll have an easier time fitting this guy in as I run Finks and Militant in a separate hybrid section.

Blood Scrivener - Cutting Disciple of Bolas, finally. My cube has too many black 4 drops anyway. Couldn't be happier about this switch.

Savagehorn Hydra - This may be a controversial switch but I'm going to axe Flinthoof Boar for the time being. I think Flinthoof is a fine card, but my group is pumped to try this card out.

I'm happy with this haul so far. Still hoping for a nutz red 2 drop, another good Izzet card, and more 2 pwr 1 drops. But thats every set.

Are we going to get another 'walker out of this set? If so, any hints on what it will be?

I think Catch//Release is pretty great. The Izzet side is nearly cubeable on its own. Upgrading Threaten to any permanent for 1 --> U is awesome! Threaten effects are exciting for cube purposes and there aren't many beyond Sarkhan and Conscripts. I don't know at what size I'd run it, but it would be on my radar for sure if I expanded, and it would be my first pick for the WUR section above Lightning Angel or that 7/7 guy.

Not sure how to evaluate the other side, but it's cool nonetheless.

EDIT: I'm tempted to play Nivix Cyclops now, because Bioshock. I mean, look at the thing:

http://www.mythicspoiler.com/newspoilers.html

It's actually not completely terrible, also.

Oh boy, a new Lightning Helix that costs twice as much but does one more damage and gains one more life! Groan. So far I'm looking at Ral Zarek, Blood Scrivener, Voice of Resurgence, and Far/Away for cube additions.

Catch//Release at least shows us that there will be fuse cards for wedges as well as shards. My impression is that R&D are playing it safe with this cycle, and none will be pushed enough for inclusion in smaller cubes, but we shall see.