I mean, I get that there is a difference and that most Living Weapon cards are bad, but the powerlevel between this and Fable seems so huge that the comparison is rather conceptual.
Really I think its most important for the decks that tend to want more one drops to have more come into play untapped lands. So color pairs that want turn one elves or white aggro creatures have more come into play untapped lands than other colors.
Im fine with running both in my cube. I like having Domain as a good option, and I like the tension of more of your lands coming in tapped if you want to play 4 or 5 color.
Frankly in my cube most manlands are borderline unplayable. You never get a chance to activate them. Ill be trying several of these out. Being fetchable and counting as those land types is also huge.
Things like eggs and baubles are innocuous on their own, but they add up a lot when tying together support for different things like Lurrus / Urza's Saga / Delirium / Prowess etc, not to mention artifact critical mass in general. There's an upward trend I've been keeping an eye on in both artifact critical mass and artifact sacrifice outlets. Things like Galvanic Blast have really appreciated in value, and there's a lot of new artifact sacrifice outlets now with Gut / Bombardiers / Demand Answers. Even something like Shrapnel Blast looks like it can be pretty consistent these days. When LCI came out, I said in my hot takes article that Syr Ginger, the Meal Ender was a huge signpost for things to come in the future, and we've been only getting more and more things that create artifacts or do stuff with artifacts than ever.
100%. If your cube doesnt take advantage of cheap artifacts then this wont look good at all. I think this is pretty decent with what I run.
Ya I agree, Fables power level is much higher.
Big difference between a 0/0 and a 2/2
100%. If your cube doesnt take advantage of cheap artifacts then this wont look good at all. I think this is pretty decent with what I run.
Exactly. I didnt want to put a new card in and have someone blow them out.