MTG Salvation

No haste, borderline. Sneak attack needs redundancy, but I dont think this is it. Sticking to nahiri and feldon

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We have had a lot of success with this card in our cube. But at the same time we push the welder/tinker/tezzeret support, and is it too good? It doesnt have a thread yet and I think it should. I dont really see it in cubes and I'm curious why

It also gives your mishra factories, celestial colonades hexproof. Shuts down thespian stage, titania. Good enough to play if you want to, but I'm not so sure I want to murder the loam deck that already struggles to stay competitive

Rancor is the best aura, but I play elephant guide too. In white I play gryffs boon and angelic destiny. And in red I play splinter twin. Not to mention blues mind control and blacks necromany effects

We had a mono black stax deck win our 8 man tonight. Credit probably most due to 1 to 2 turn of aggro creatures backed by sinkhole and liliana. But smokestack still performs and its a good tool for a competitive deck. Not going anywhere anytime soon. Which is funny because I had braids and stack out for about a year before gravecrawler was printed thinking it was a weak and wasted archtype, but it has been one of our groups favorite decks for a while now.

Strong as ever, but hard to say if he would stay if I had anything smaller than a 720. Most of the 2 power 1 drops are preferable

This is a breakdown of my 3-0 in cube from sept. 2016 to the present. 720 unpowered. Upon requests I can submit some 40 card lists, but its more than I want to type out in the moment.
Gruul aggro
Jund midrange reanimator
Orzhov midrange reanimator
Jeskai control
Izzet tempo
Sultai midrange (9player)
Gruul midrange (9p)
Selesnya aggro
Monogreen aggro (11p)
Boros aggro (9p)
5c kiki combo
4c no green control
Sultai midrange
Simic natural order
Orzhov control
RDW/with bloodbraid
Simic ramp/ with mind twist
Gruul ramp
Rakdos midrange (10p)
Boros aggro splash black
Mono blue (powered module)
Dimir control
TNN azorious midrange
RDW
Bant flash
Mardu bombardment (4-0) back to back 8 man
Rakdos artifact ramp (3-0) lost finals to bombardment
Orzhov midrange
4c no red reanimator
Naya aggro
Sultai aggro
Temur aggro/opposition
Jeskai midrange
Monoblack aggro
(360 powered) 4c lands (mostly strip mine lock)
WW
Jund midrange
WW/splash red
Bant lands
Gruul aggro
WW
Naya aggro
Grixis control
Bant midrange
Azorious control
Mardu sneak/reanimator
4c kiki combo
WW
Mono blue ramp
Naya aggro
Selesnya midrange (11p)
Orzhov aggro
Grixis depths combo (10p)
Mostly blue esper tinker
4c aggro opposition
Mono black midrange/with hissing quagmire and lifecrafters bestiary
Izzet artifacts control
Black stax aggro
Dimir control/depths combo

Titania has been a build around powerhouse and hands down greens best 5 drop. Whether we get an army on their end step off of gargadon, blowout board presence with a cataclysm, wildfire or geddon. Or just get solid value with knight of the reliquary, fetches or extra strip mine plays the card is always at least 10 power for 5 and a land play.

I have about 4 to 5 years worth of 3-0 lists written on paper from our near weekly draft group. I live in a place too rural for the internet so I dont get on the forums too often. But I will start to dump them here

I think they are near equally good. Meren is probably better in midrange mirrors and finality is a better fit for the ramp archtype. And to balance my archtypes giving ramp decks a better tool than midrange is a good choice for me. Because midrange has a lot to play with anyway. Find is also way more splashable, this cards slides into monocolor lists that manage to get a couple fetches and an overgrown tomb, while meren doesnt have that flexibility

Bomat was really lackluster in my testing. Haste is good if you have all the swords. I currently run swiftspear, but noble was good and can easily make it back in if I decide I want 1 more 1 drop

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1 - Thrash//Threat vs Ravager Wurm vs Gruul Spellbreaker vs Huntmaster of the Fells ? What order ?

2 - Magister of Worth vs Sorin, Grim Nemesis vs Ashen Rider vs Ethereal Absolution ? What order ?

3 - Anticipate vs Gifts Ungiven vs Frantic Search ? What order ?

huntsmaster provided you have kird ape and everything isn't 4cmc
Ashen rider. I'd rather support reanimator and sneak attack than midrange, unless all of your WB cards are in WB aggro archetype
1. Frantic search
2. Gifts ungiven. I would make room for gifts if you play unburial rites and life from the loam. Gifts can be fun to build around and have a high ceiling.
Don't play anticipate.
Brainstorm, ponder, preordain, serum visions,and impulse should be enough

Liliana of the veil, it's a solid control breaker, and good in every version of black. I also like picking Griselbrand, but I don't know the consistency or strength of sultai or mardu reanimator in this cube

It's been decent in midrange piles in my cube. Both modes can be good at different times. Took out Meren for it, and it has felt like a good choice. At the same time it's also the first of my 6 GB cards to go when I want to test something else

https://youtu.be/NbjKtFrL3qM
It's a 720 unpowered. It's pretty fine tuned and features a competitive blend of archtypes. I'll post a list someday. Even though I'm usually testing out 4 or 5 new cards or older benchwarmers at any given time. As sometimes new cards can help older one become more viable