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ExpiredRascals you sir are a god-like hero.
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More seriously, I like Verdant Force, fire imp and naturalize. Verdant Force seems the least likely to wheel.
If we take VF, that means we've got Rith, Roar and VF, plus Triskelion at 6... That's pushing it for a deck with no elves. But in slower matchups, I'd much rather have too much fat, especially when so many of our cards are so efficient (robot, flashback, sword).
But we don't have a naturalize effect right now, and maybe we should just rely on the fat we have and try to round out our sideboard...
I don't particularly like Verdant Force. A nonevasive 7/7 that poops out 1/1s just isn't worth 8 mana in cube, even in a cube with few higher end creatures.
We don't have naturalize, but do have the original Vandals, so at least can take out artifacts.
I'd actually consider Scroll Rack here. It ups our artifact count, and although Solemn Simulacrum is our only shuffle effect, it's a universally solid card in non-aggro decks.
If not, I'd pick Fire Imp to help with our creature count, then Naturalize.
I'm not crazy about the scrollrack. Without reshuffle, it's good in the opening hand, but otherwise a do-nothing artifact. The imp at least carries a sword...
And I'm fine saying no to the VF. I'd rather not mess with GGG, and leaving it in increases the chance of us getting that naturalize back.
I'll vote for our mini FTK, Fire Imp. It's another efficient, obstructive creature that buys us tempo as we shut our opponent down and/or ramp up. And I'll be happy with either naturalize or keldon mauraders on the wheel.
I may just be misunderstanding how good scroll rack is in an average deck. If so, change my mind.
I'll need to check my spreadsheet to see what happened with that keldon vandals.
No idea what happened there. Best guess would be marauders, and I think I'll just make an executive call and amend it to that. Seems like the best solution.
Just got to say, you've definitely earned distinction as an MTGS hero
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Because he's the hero MTGS deserves, and the one it needs right now. So we'll global him. Because he can take it. Because he's not just our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. An expired rascal.
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ExpiredRascals you sir are a god-like hero.
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ER is a masterful god who cannot be beaten in any endeavour.
I think my pick order is: Scroll Rack, Fire Imp, Natrurlize, Vedant Force. The 5GGG keeps me off of VF, mostly because I don't feel he is good enough to warrant that mana cost. I never mind having a Disenchant in main when playing cube (we don't normally play with sideboards). I love Fire Imp but don't think this is the deck for him. Scroll Rack is an artifact which helps in in our deck. Outside of top deck mode it hopefully digs for what we want, it might dig deep. If it gets what we need it looks like a great card, if not I'm always pissed at it. I don't rank it highly over the others.
Sticking with my guns. Tempo cards in our main color are big game. I see the imp as an upgrade to our vandals. I wish he was FTK, but we already have FTK. Second choice is naturalize for the board. Also, if we play a control deck, we'll be glad we can count to 20 with our RDW in r2.
Also, we got to ten artifacts. That's enough, I think, for the welder and the worker. If we take any more, they need to do something, and the rack just seems like a do-nothing 80% of the time.
1 Winter Orb
1 Thran Dynamo
1 Flametongue Kavu
1 Lightning Helix
1 Brimstone Volley
1 Jackal Pup
1 Metalworker
1 Blast from the Past
1 Plow Under
1 Keldon Vandals
1 Roar of the Wurm
1 Call of the Herd
1 Ashmouth Hound
1 Goblin Wardriver
1 Drop of Honey
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Talisman of Unity
1 Boros Signet
1 Goblin Welder
1 Greater Gargadon
1 Stomping Ground
1 Talisman of Impulse
1 Regrowth
1 Chain Lightning
1 Rith, the Awakener
1 Avalanche Riders
1 Moss Diamond
1 Zo-Zu the Punisher
1 Petravark
1 Keldon Champion
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Triskelion
1 Tolarian Academy
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Keldon Vandals.I'll drop ER a line. Pretty sure it's supposed to be Keldon Mauraders.
If so, it's a great wheel for our secret RDW sideboard plan...
If we take VF, that means we've got Rith, Roar and VF, plus Triskelion at 6... That's pushing it for a deck with no elves. But in slower matchups, I'd much rather have too much fat, especially when so many of our cards are so efficient (robot, flashback, sword).
But we don't have a naturalize effect right now, and maybe we should just rely on the fat we have and try to round out our sideboard...
We don't have naturalize, but do have the original Vandals, so at least can take out artifacts.
I'd actually consider Scroll Rack here. It ups our artifact count, and although Solemn Simulacrum is our only shuffle effect, it's a universally solid card in non-aggro decks.
If not, I'd pick Fire Imp to help with our creature count, then Naturalize.
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And I'm fine saying no to the VF. I'd rather not mess with GGG, and leaving it in increases the chance of us getting that naturalize back.
I'll vote for our mini FTK, Fire Imp. It's another efficient, obstructive creature that buys us tempo as we shut our opponent down and/or ramp up. And I'll be happy with either naturalize or keldon mauraders on the wheel.
I may just be misunderstanding how good scroll rack is in an average deck. If so, change my mind.
No idea what happened there. Best guess would be marauders, and I think I'll just make an executive call and amend it to that. Seems like the best solution.
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Scroll Rack is an artifact which helps in in our deck. Outside of top deck mode it hopefully digs for what we want, it might dig deep. If it gets what we need it looks like a great card, if not I'm always pissed at it. I don't rank it highly over the others.
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Also, we got to ten artifacts. That's enough, I think, for the welder and the worker. If we take any more, they need to do something, and the rack just seems like a do-nothing 80% of the time.
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