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Jul 17, 2020
Metamind posted a message on [720][Powered][Conspiracy]Metamind's Cube

Quote from rantipole »
I don't like the cut of Broodmoth but the rest seems really solid.

Cheers,
rant
Quote from calibretto »
Agreed with rant. I don't care for the Broodmoth cut either. Even more so, I'd prefer Basri's Lieutenant to Emiel. I also think I'd cut Shalai over the moth, especially if you hadn't gotten much play time with the moth yet.

How has Broodmoth played for you?

Emiel was added because Eldrazi Displacer is a huge fan favorite here. I agree it is not up there by power level merits, and I don't advocate others to add him/her.
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Jul 13, 2020
Metamind posted a message on [720][Powered][Conspiracy]Metamind's Cube

The cube was updated with M21
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Jun 28, 2020
Metamind posted a message on [720][Unpowered]Patrunkenphat7's Cube

Thanks! The change list is helpful
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Jun 24, 2020
Metamind posted a message on This or That discussion.

Quote from armando.zuffi »

1 - Pelt Collector vs Experiment One vs Kessig Prowler ? What order ?

2 - Alesha, Who Smiles at Death vs Pia Nalaar vs Rampaging Ferocidon ? What order ?

3 - Devoted Druid vs Incubation Druid ?

4 - Wildborn Preserver vs Mayor of Avabruck ?

Devoted > Incubation
Pia > Ferocidon > Alesha
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Jun 24, 2020
Metamind posted a message on [720][Unpowered]Patrunkenphat7's Cube

Is there a way to see your change list?
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Jun 23, 2020
Metamind posted a message on [CUBE][WAR] Teferi, Time Raveler

Quote from IMorphling89 »
The absolute floor of bouncing a thing and drawing a card for 3 Mana is not bad

I just want to add the floor usually involves gaining 1-2 life on top of all that. Card is powerful.
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Jun 20, 2020
Metamind posted a message on [CUBE][SOI] Thraben Inspector

Inspector was great here, as far as I am concerned also a staple. The white one drop every deck can play.
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Jun 19, 2020
Metamind posted a message on [M21][CUBE] Llanowar Visionary

Quote from IMorphling89 »
I think Cultivate and Kodama's Reach are better than this card because
1) They provide awesome mana fixing, which this doesn't do
2) They thin your deck of two lands, which is great for future draws.

This card's ok, but I'm not really interested in playing it.

But they never draw you gas. Playing Visionary in the late game is just like cycling a Triome, except you still get the body, while Cultivate is a dead draw. It can be a clean two-for-one with some tempo as a defender against aggro. Just playing this turn 2 or 3 and fending off 1/1s before you access your ramp next turn can save a few points of life. Being a potential attacker is also useful to threaten planeswalkers and carry equipment. In green, where you have Craterhoof, Gaea's Cradle and Survival, being a creature rather than a sorcery is significant. I think it is far better than Cultivate.
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Jun 17, 2020
Metamind posted a message on This or That discussion.

Quote from armando.zuffi »
1 - Zealous Conscripts vs Glorybringer vs Terror of the Peaks ? What order ?

2 - Blue draw section: Boon of the Wish-Giver vs Waker of Waves vs Deep Analysis ? What order ?

3 - The First Iroan Games vs Garruk's Harbinger ?

4 - Forsake the Worldly vs Leonin Relic-Warder ?

Glorybringer > Conscripts > Terror, most consistent and best of the bunch when behind
Waker > Analysis > Boon, best main mode
Games > Harbinger, more splashable, demands an answer
Forsake > Relic-Warder, Splashable cycles and cannot be undone at instant speed by a removal

Quote from opterown »

Pick 1 - Imposing Sovereign or Seasoned Hallowblade

Pick 1 - Robber of the Rich or Heartfire Immolator

Sovereign, I predict the card disadvantage would be too costly unless used as a discard outlet (hard in white)
Immolator, it is a rare widely-playable red two drop while Robber is an easily interchangeable aggro-only beater.

Quote from Foxantes »
1)Elspeth, Knight Errant vs Elspeth,Sun's Nemesis?
2)Top 3 white 5 drops? (counting Gideon Jura if he makes your top3)
3)Looter il-Kor vs Teferi, Master of Time?
4)Voracious Hydra vs Questing Beast?

Knight Errant by far
Looter by far, cheap enough to get you out of mana screws and enables reanimation earlier in the game
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Jun 16, 2020
Metamind posted a message on [M21] Terror of the Peaks

Quote from JuiceBOX »
I would usually agree, but a form of built in protection kind of melts that argument for me. I like that I can play him on the top end of a deck and to remove him still achieves my aggressive objective and if he sticks around it is going to close the game. I don't think it is as good as Thundermaw Hellkite but I do think that it is better than Glorybringer.

I think Glorybringer is better than Hellkite, and I don't think 3 damage is a good enough compensation for losing your threat. The hasty dragons are a good way to kill planeswalkers, when Terror is a standing duck to their abilities.
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Jun 13, 2020
Metamind posted a message on [M21] Terror of the Peaks

I'm not a fan on first glance. Five drops that need follow-up to be impressive always disappoint. Glorybringer/Thundermaw Hellkite seem way better.
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Jun 7, 2020
Metamind posted a message on [CUBE][M20] Knight of the Ebon Legion

It plays very well. Unlike most one drops, it is a decent topdeck. One thing not mentioned yet in previous comments, it how well it can discourage casting planeswalkers. Your opponent has to respect the potential 4 attack damage this one drop will have next turn, and that alone can change their gameplan even if the ability is never activated.
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Jun 5, 2020
Metamind posted a message on This or That discussion.

Quote from calibretto »
Quote from Metamind »
Initiate > Paladin = Eidolon > Skyfisher

Out of curiosity, what makes you rank Skyfisher so low?

Tempo cost not worth the unexciting body. Played as a trap more than anything in my experience, would not recommend.
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Jun 2, 2020
Metamind posted a message on This or That discussion.

Quote from armando.zuffi »
1 - 2cc: Kor Skyfisher vs Accorder Paladin vs Glory-Bound Initiate vs Eidolon of Obstruction ? What order ?

2 - 3cc: Ranger-Captain of Eos vs Benalish Marshal vs Mirran Crusader vs Hanged Executioner ? What order ?

3 - 4cc: Gisela, the Broken Blade vs Leonin Warleader ?

Initiate > Paladin = Eidolon > Skyfisher
Crusader > Ranger-Captain > Executioner > Marshal, but these really depend on context
Warleader > Gisela
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May 22, 2020
Metamind posted a message on [CUBE][IKO][C20] Includes and Testing Thread

Quote from wtwlf123 »
It's not. A lot of the test drafting was done on CubeCobra, which only supports regular drafts. All of the companions were easily built around if drafted early. Some are harder than others, but they're all very doable, and they're all very good.

I'm saying that because you are playing a lot of synergy-decks that revolve around a small group of cards. Reanimator decks were always fringe at our cube, which is of the same size, even though we play more pieces. But, I haven't tested the companions thoroughly so you might be right.

Quote from opterown »
I don't know about you but the decks I build on CubeCobra tend to be far better than the decks I get in paper draft - I suspect bot and human drafting patterns are different enough that it's not really representative.

For me it is usually the opposite actually.
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