I can't imagine this is better than venser. The flash and spell bounce modes are well worth 1 mana, as is the slightly wider bounce effect (although 95% of the time you're bouncing a creature or PW).
As such, I don't think this cracks my 360 list, especially since I need Pestermite for twin support, but I would probably play this at 450+ and definitely play it at 540+. Barrin will probably end up at a similar power level to Sower of Temptation.
If you're still playing Man-o'-war, this is an easy swap.
While it's definitely better than many of those, they serve different roles. Arcane Artisan is to pad the cheaty archetype, Fae of Wishes is already getting cut for Ghostly Pilferer, and I'm hesitant to cut some of the other ones. I'm open to Meloku, though. Will have to weigh cutting that v Whirler Rogue.
We tried this card even though we haven't played a Man-o'-War in years, and we found it to be just a little bit better than that. Card is fine in bigger cubes, but I wouldn't put it anywhere near even a top 5 of mono-blue 3cmc creatures, not to mention how far down the ladder it goes when competing with multicolored blue 3cmc creatures and mono-blue 3cmc non-creature spells. Even though it hits walkers and can even draw you a card late in the game, it has most of the same issues as other Man-o'-War variants in that it was just too low impact most of the time imo.
I thought this card was going to be a great addition to my cube but it just hasn't seen any play. Stats wise it has been played less than manowar even was. I think when Brazen Borrower exists there just isnt much reason to have this around. At least not in an unpowered 360 list.
I don't expect this is very good in a small cube. It's fine here, but the double blue means it goes pretty late, and I think Man-o'-War is a slightly better card in general. I still like it though, and I wouldn't really want to cut it.
I thought this card was going to be a great addition to my cube but it just hasn't seen any play. Stats wise it has been played less than manowar even was. I think when Brazen Borrower exists there just isnt much reason to have this around. At least not in an unpowered 360 list.
Had the same experience. Didn't get played anymore than man-o-war, which I wouldn't even cube nowadays. It ended up being an easy cut for me.
didn't look at your entire list... but first thing my eyes saw you could cut... Frost titan...no need to run as many 6 drops as 3 drops...
I can't imagine this is better than venser. The flash and spell bounce modes are well worth 1 mana, as is the slightly wider bounce effect (although 95% of the time you're bouncing a creature or PW).
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Had the same experience. Didn't get played anymore than man-o-war, which I wouldn't even cube nowadays. It ended up being an easy cut for me.
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