Companion — Your starting deck contains at least twenty cards more than the minimum deck size.
Flying
When Yorion enters the battlefield, exile any number of other nonland permanents you own and control. Return those cards to the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step.
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We can probably ignore Companion here, but he/she's a giant Flickerwisp which flickers as many nonland permanents as you want. I don't have a strong blink archetype, but I know it's popular with many players so this could be a good inclusion for some, alongside stuff like Brago, King Eternal and Soulherder. Being hybrid is cool too.
Cool card, but UW is the tightest guild in my opinion, which makes finding room tough. You’re right that some people will run this because of blink support prioritization.
Blink is a well supported archetype in my cube, but this is a miss for me. 5 mana is a lot, and returning EOT means no Kiki-Jiki combos. If this had Flash, I'd be more interested, as it could function as a super Restoration Angel. The return EOT would even be preferable with Flash, as it could save your creatures from a Sweeper. But this card misses in too many areas for me to consider it.
edit: forgot its legendary, so no Kiki combos no matter what.
5 mana is too much for a card like this in a powered cube.
It will only see play in a blink deck and then it's BARELY good enough.
4/5 flying body is nice though, so it's certainly not a bad card.
For lesser powered cubes that are looking for another blink enabler , this one is great.
Worldknit doesn't change your minimum deck size - it just says that you have to use all the cards in your pool in order to utilize its effects. If you play all of the cards in your pool, there's a decent chance it'll meet Yorion's starting deck size requirements unless you've somehow drafted Worldknit and an egregious quantity of lands.
Worldknit doesn't change your minimum deck size - it just says that you have to use all the cards in your pool in order to utilize its effects. If you play all of the cards in your pool, there's a decent chance it'll meet Yorion's starting deck size requirements unless you've somehow drafted Worldknit and an egregious quantity of lands.
World Knit would require you to put Yorion in your deck unfortunately. If Companions started in the command zone it would work (and I suspect that one day they will drop their phobia/aversion to using the Command Zone..but, alas, not today)
I would just houserule worldknit to work with companions tbh. It’s extremely clearly in the spirit of the card.
On the other hand, good world knit decks are closer to 50 cards anyway in our experience.
As for Yorion, I want to test how the companions ability works out, even if the likely answer is “not worth it.” One of the big problems is if you want to have 32+ Other nonlands it’s hard to pick up adequate fixing.
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I wouldn't be surprised if there are viable 60-card builds with this as a companion. We might see some 80-card constructed decks too. This card is pretty savage when you can cast it from your sideboard...
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Companion — Your starting deck contains at least twenty cards more than the minimum deck size.
Flying
When Yorion enters the battlefield, exile any number of other nonland permanents you own and control. Return those cards to the battlefield at the beginning of the next end step.
4/5
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We can probably ignore Companion here, but he/she's a giant Flickerwisp which flickers as many nonland permanents as you want. I don't have a strong blink archetype, but I know it's popular with many players so this could be a good inclusion for some, alongside stuff like Brago, King Eternal and Soulherder. Being hybrid is cool too.
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and returning EOT means no Kiki-Jiki combos. If this had Flash, I'd be more interested, as it could function as a super Restoration Angel. The return EOT would even be preferable with Flash, as it could save your creatures from a Sweeper. But this card misses in too many areas for me to consider it.edit: forgot its legendary, so no Kiki combos no matter what.
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It will only see play in a blink deck and then it's BARELY good enough.
4/5 flying body is nice though, so it's certainly not a bad card.
For lesser powered cubes that are looking for another blink enabler , this one is great.
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Worldknit doesn't change your minimum deck size - it just says that you have to use all the cards in your pool in order to utilize its effects. If you play all of the cards in your pool, there's a decent chance it'll meet Yorion's starting deck size requirements unless you've somehow drafted Worldknit and an egregious quantity of lands.
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World Knit would require you to put Yorion in your deck unfortunately. If Companions started in the command zone it would work (and I suspect that one day they will drop their phobia/aversion to using the Command Zone..but, alas, not today)
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On the other hand, good world knit decks are closer to 50 cards anyway in our experience.
As for Yorion, I want to test how the companions ability works out, even if the likely answer is “not worth it.” One of the big problems is if you want to have 32+ Other nonlands it’s hard to pick up adequate fixing.
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