You seem to be implying that Courser is "too slow" for most cubes as well, but perhaps being a 2/4 factors into that, since it buys you more time to get value off of it.
Regarding defensive 2 drops, it's not like aggro decks only play 3 power dudes. There are many 2 power creatures which Greenseeker can block just fine, some even profitably.
I actually think the biggest knock on this card is that the Greenseeker can't get you a land to play on your turn AND block, unlike Courser. So you have to choose between hitting your land drops and defending, similar to Sylvan Caryatid. That makes it much weaker than my initial estimation.
I think a 2/4 vs a 1/3 , not needing to tap to activate and gaining a life every land that enters the battlefield more than makes up for the additional G mana.
Courser is significantly better against agro than greenseeker is...
However, all that being said, I actually don't like courser of kruphix very much for small-medium powered cubes. Good enough to earn a slot (I've cut it for a while and ended up missing it), but it's not the powerhouse that it was in it's standard format. It's too low impact in some matchups.
I strongly considered testing this after seeing it for the first time in m19 sealed.
A 2 mana card that can gererate a stream of card advantage that has some mild board prescence (for it's size) is a card worth paying attention to.
When combined with cards like sensei's divining top and sylvan library, it actually turns into a legitimate engine.. so there's mild build around potential.
The issue with greenseeker is the rate at which it generates card advantage is pretty slow, and it takes away from some of the explosive nature of green decks. Most green decks can't compete with blue or black card advantage.. It's strengths are explosiveness and a good agro matchup. Cards that deviate from that gameplan and are mediocore in rate, tend to not be what they are looking for.
It's also an engine that is vulnerable to wrath effects, something that green decks are vulnerable to in general. Over-extending on that axis is a downside.
The average green cube decks has about 40% land.. So greenseeker needs about 4 turns on the battlefield, just to exceed a cantrip in card advantage! By that time, a wrath becomes more and more likely.
I like it a lot for very large unpowered cubes, and uncommon cubes, but id be surprised if it's good enough for anything tighter.
I think a 2/4 vs a 1/3 , not needing to tap to activate and gaining a life every land that enters the battlefield more than makes up for the additional G mana.
Courser is significantly better against agro than greenseeker is...
However, all that being said, I actually don't like courser of kruphix very much for small-medium powered cubes. Good enough to earn a slot (I've cut it for a while and ended up missing it), but it's not the powerhouse that it was in it's standard format. It's too low impact in some matchups.
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A 2 mana card that can gererate a stream of card advantage that has some mild board prescence (for it's size) is a card worth paying attention to.
When combined with cards like sensei's divining top and sylvan library, it actually turns into a legitimate engine.. so there's mild build around potential.
The issue with greenseeker is the rate at which it generates card advantage is pretty slow, and it takes away from some of the explosive nature of green decks. Most green decks can't compete with blue or black card advantage.. It's strengths are explosiveness and a good agro matchup. Cards that deviate from that gameplan and are mediocore in rate, tend to not be what they are looking for.
It's also an engine that is vulnerable to wrath effects, something that green decks are vulnerable to in general. Over-extending on that axis is a downside.
The average green cube decks has about 40% land.. So greenseeker needs about 4 turns on the battlefield, just to exceed a cantrip in card advantage! By that time, a wrath becomes more and more likely.
I like it a lot for very large unpowered cubes, and uncommon cubes, but id be surprised if it's good enough for anything tighter.
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