MTG Salvation

These are good changes if you want to pare down green aggro. If I went up to a 630 card cube, I'd probably reinclude the green aggro cards I just cut.

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Wall of Roots is awesome. Wall of Blossoms is great, but I don't run it anymore at 465 cards. Wall of Roots is in no danger of being cut.

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I'll either cut Izzet Charm (similar spell but Prismari does more) or 4-mana Saheeli for this. Hard to decide and we've still got a lot of cards to see before I need to choose.

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I think asmallcat summed this card up perfectly. It's clearly good, but Golgari just has better options.

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I'd like to try to find room for Crawling Barrens. Any suggestions for cuts in colorless or lands?

How do you feel about cutting one of Terramorphic Expanse / Evolving Wilds to make room? The effect is redundant and you have Prismatic Vista and Fabled Passage as well. I think I'd be ok cutting one of the original ETBT ones to open up a slot for something different and a little more interesting.

That's not a bad idea. We've gotten two superior basic land searchers recently. Maybe only one Expanse/Wilds variant is needed these days.

Thanks!

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I've been wanting to try Crawling Barrens too but I can't find a cut.

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Thanks. I was looking at Powder Keg as the potential cut for Barrens. The only thing that gives me pause is that Keg is an answer to manlands like the Barrens.

I don't love Greaves but it's been useful for the Eureka/reanimator decks and to protect Kiki-Jiki.

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Kaldheim Update:

Skymarcher Aspirant -> Usher of the Fallen
Accorder Paladin -> Starnheim Unleashed
Shatter the Sky -> Doomskar
Lavaclaw Reaches -> Blightstep Pathway
Needle Spires -> Needleverge Pathway

I'd like to try to find room for Crawling Barrens. Any suggestions for cuts in colorless or lands?

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1. Necrotic Hex is more interesting and could be a finisher, but Crippling Fear is probably more useful.
2. Elder
3. Probably Sea-God but I'm not jazzed about either.
4. Mortars unless you can make Metalcraft a thing in your cube.

Starnheim Unleashed vs Spectral Procession?

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Good changes. I like Student of Warfare more than Skymarcher Aspirant and will be cutting Aspirant for Usher.

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Interested in what Breathe1234 asked as well as whether this could replace Spectral Procession.

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Agree with wtwlf here.

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I jam Balance into any control deck. There are lots of situations where at least two of the modes will be advantageous. It's great with any planeswalker, but especially with Wrenn & Six in a Loam/Cruicble shell.

In reading this thread, it seems a lot of the cards being discussed are underperforming not because of the card itself but because the cube doesn't support the archetype(s) the card is meant for. If you don't support white aggro, of course Armageddon won't be good for you. If you don't support a bunch of fatty cheating decks, Sneak Attack and Show & Tell won't work out too well.

Many of the cards discussed here are among my favorites in the cube and nowhere near my chopping block.

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At 465 Powered my only definite add is Usher of the Fallen. Starnheim Unleashed and Doomskar are strong possibilities. I wanted Immersturm Predator to get there but it doesn't quite make it. I'm not really seeing a case for even testing anything else.

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Finally a card I'm pretty sure will make my cube. I think the T3 Serra is going to be the most commonly used mode, but the fact that it gives you an undercosted effect at 3,4,5, and 7 mana is just fantastic. I hope we can get at least one more Foretell card so this doesn't stick out like a sore thumb, but that's a minor complaint.

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