I've been struggling with designing black's archetypes for awhile actually. My last goal was to find a nice balance of reanimation spells. I've wanted to put in more aggressive creatures, but at this moment I am not sure what to change. I'm adding more cards to my cube, and I'm looking to add mostly creatures to black. I have a list of potential adds, mostly Shadow creatures, Bob, and the coldsnap pump knight.
What I don't know is how black's creatures should be split, between reanimation targets, utility creatures (puppeteer clique), and the creatures that kill stuff like Shriekmaw.
I asked some of my friends if Dark Confidant is good in cube. Is it good enough? Definitely! But they say that due to the mana cost variance in the cube, there will be times that you just take a ton of damage from him. Black aggro isn't supported in any of our local cubes, and Bob isn't in any of them either.
I understand he is sick with library manipulation, but I'm worried about the times you just run him out on turn 2 and he just eats your life.
I'm playing Faeries with white splash, and I was wondering if Burrenton Forge Tender would be a relatively non obtrusive way around Volcanic Fallout. I haven't tested it myself, as my mana base isn't set up to play a whole lot of white, especially early where forge tender helps against red decks
While I can't say you're wrong with it being good in extended and standard, the older formats have access to Mishra's Factory, which is strictly better than Mutavault.
As for limited, you never NOT take it because its a money rare, but its not so powerful in that format because I look at it as a bear.
I saw a Chameleon Colossus passed once. I couldn't help but think that the person who opened it looked at it and saw the green border and moved on, not knowing he passed the best green card/creature in the set.
What I don't know is how black's creatures should be split, between reanimation targets, utility creatures (puppeteer clique), and the creatures that kill stuff like Shriekmaw.
(and you all have been very helpful.)
I understand he is sick with library manipulation, but I'm worried about the times you just run him out on turn 2 and he just eats your life.
What does the hive mind think?
While I can't say you're wrong with it being good in extended and standard, the older formats have access to Mishra's Factory, which is strictly better than Mutavault.
As for limited, you never NOT take it because its a money rare, but its not so powerful in that format because I look at it as a bear.
I saw a Chameleon Colossus passed once. I couldn't help but think that the person who opened it looked at it and saw the green border and moved on, not knowing he passed the best green card/creature in the set.