There are better 2 cost mana rocks than Guardian Idol so I would probably cut that unless you are trying to achieve a particularly high density of them.
Why not just cut Yasova Dragonclaw since you have her labled as on the chopping block anyway? I have enjoyed her but she is pretty replaceable.
This seems legit. As much as I think Rhonas sucks I don't think I would notice Yasova missing. Sometimes it's just better to run a card that everyone says sucks and see for yourself how it plays.
Why not just cut Yasova Dragonclaw since you have her labled as on the chopping block anyway? I have enjoyed her but she is pretty replaceable.
This seems legit. As much as I think Rhonas sucks I don't think I would notice Yasova missing. Sometimes it's just better to run a card that everyone says sucks and see for yourself how it plays.
She is mostly a nod to tribrid for me, I really like how they fit into 2 guilds but take up a mono slot. Yasova Dragonclaw is definitly the worst of the ones I run.
I'd agree with the others here. Basically anything you have marked as on the block could go. My preferred cut from those would be Song of the Dryads. That was a card I thought I wanted in green, but ultimately just wasn't needed and came with too steep of a drawback.
I don't think this is necessarily correct. I ran Rhonas for a bit and he was never bad. The built in pump ability made getting him attacking or blocking relatively easy. I recently cut him for Jadelight Ranger, but that was honestly just a convenient swap because Rhonas was a proxy, Jadelight was a real card, and they were comparable in power level. He's no staple or anything, but he's definitely not embarrassing.
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It's not a lot worse, but I like Elspeth more. Flooding the board with tokens is generally always a good play, whereas sometimes Gideon just +2s until he dies. Helps that the only other good CMC 6 creature in white is Sun Titan but there are no shortage of great white 5s.
Both are great, but I actually prefer Gideon Jura over to Elspeth, Sun's Champion. Cheaper cmc makes it slot into more decks, especially control shells where I want it most.
Elspeth is a bomb in an uncontested slot. Jura is a good card in a contested slot.
I think the exact opposite is true. Gideon Jura is the only playable 5cc noncreature spell in white. And, it goes into decks that aren't looking for 5cc creatures. So it literally has no competition in the respective role it performs. Whereas the 6cc Elspeth is a good token producer in a sea of amazing top-end army-in-a-can type cards, and is far more replaceable in decks that are looking for a big effect of her ilk. I think Gideon is not only better, but I think he's more important, and far more unique.
If I had to only run elspeth's sun champion or gideon jura, I'd choose elspeth, but it's close... I could be biased as I lost multiple games over the past couple cubes to elspeth in frustrating fashion heh.
I'd play them both over sun titan if that's an option That I do not think is close.
I think the exact opposite is true. Gideon Jura is the only playable 5cc noncreature spell in white. And, it goes into decks that aren't looking for 5cc creatures. So it literally has no competition in the respective role it performs. Whereas the 6cc Elspeth is a good token producer in a sea of amazing top-end army-in-a-can type cards, and is far more replaceable in decks that are looking for a big effect of her ilk. I think Gideon is not only better, but I think he's more important, and far more unique.
Elspeth's role is not to be a token producer, it is to be a finisher for control decks. Elspeth provides inevitability and is also a great tool for stabilizing. Gideon is not a reliable finisher.
Elspeth is by far and away the best white card for her role, and one of the best threats in cube.
Elspeth is the only noncreature 6cc spell I run in white, so it's the same as Gideon, except white has only one playable creature six drop and a sea of playable creature five drops.
Hopefully my opinion isn't being misconstrued as Elspeth being bad. Couldn't be further from the truth. Elspeth is a fantastic card, great in both control as a finisher and in token decks as an insane engine card. I wouldn't cut her even in the smallest of cubes. But gun to head, if I had to choose between her and Gideon Jura, I'd keep Gideon around because I think he's more unique and ultimately does something that can't be replaced by a different effect.
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There are better 2 cost mana rocks than Guardian Idol so I would probably cut that unless you are trying to achieve a particularly high density of them.
Anything you would cut from this list for Rhonas? I keep thinking I should give it a shot.
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Yeah, probably. I was just scanning his green section to see if there was anything I'd cut for Rhonas. The real answer is don't run Rhonas.
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If you would prefer a non-creature cut then I would go for Song of the Dryads, I have a soft spot for Curse of Predation.
This seems legit. As much as I think Rhonas sucks I don't think I would notice Yasova missing. Sometimes it's just better to run a card that everyone says sucks and see for yourself how it plays.
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She is mostly a nod to tribrid for me, I really like how they fit into 2 guilds but take up a mono slot. Yasova Dragonclaw is definitly the worst of the ones I run.
Only thing with cutting Yasova Dragonclaw is she is a card you want if you are trying to make Rhonas the Indomitable work. Curse of Predation also helps get 4 power on board so Song of the Dryads may be the best cut becauseRhonas the Indomitable is slightly worse without either of the others.
I'd agree with the others here. Basically anything you have marked as on the block could go. My preferred cut from those would be Song of the Dryads. That was a card I thought I wanted in green, but ultimately just wasn't needed and came with too steep of a drawback.
I don't think this is necessarily correct. I ran Rhonas for a bit and he was never bad. The built in pump ability made getting him attacking or blocking relatively easy. I recently cut him for Jadelight Ranger, but that was honestly just a convenient swap because Rhonas was a proxy, Jadelight was a real card, and they were comparable in power level. He's no staple or anything, but he's definitely not embarrassing.
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It's not a lot worse, but I like Elspeth more. Flooding the board with tokens is generally always a good play, whereas sometimes Gideon just +2s until he dies. Helps that the only other good CMC 6 creature in white is Sun Titan but there are no shortage of great white 5s.
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I think the exact opposite is true. Gideon Jura is the only playable 5cc noncreature spell in white. And, it goes into decks that aren't looking for 5cc creatures. So it literally has no competition in the respective role it performs. Whereas the 6cc Elspeth is a good token producer in a sea of amazing top-end army-in-a-can type cards, and is far more replaceable in decks that are looking for a big effect of her ilk. I think Gideon is not only better, but I think he's more important, and far more unique.
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I'd play them both over sun titan if that's an option That I do not think is close.
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Elspeth's role is not to be a token producer, it is to be a finisher for control decks. Elspeth provides inevitability and is also a great tool for stabilizing. Gideon is not a reliable finisher.
Elspeth is by far and away the best white card for her role, and one of the best threats in cube.
Elspeth is the only noncreature 6cc spell I run in white, so it's the same as Gideon, except white has only one playable creature six drop and a sea of playable creature five drops.
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