Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Quick Morningtide Cube Draft List Update

In this post I talked about Morningtide adds. Here are my picks for the add and cuts. I won't make these changes unless people are on board.

Bitterblossom IN for Flesh Reaver, because he is really terrible in all but the most aggro of decks.

Chameleon Colossus IN for Elves of Deep Shadow, because we have four other green guys who tap for mana, and that doesn't include cards like Wood Elves, Sakura Tribe Elder, and Wall of Roots.

Countryside Crusher IN for Red Elemental Blast or Pyroblast, because we can keep one in and still do a little blue hosing.

Reveillark IN for Honorable Passage, because it just looked like the weakest white card.

Vendilion Clique IN for Ray of Command because blue needs more creatures and Ray is a weaker blue spell.

Cream of the Crop IN for Crop Rotation because we have Harrow in there too.

Kinsbaile Cavalier? The cut would probably be Devouring Light in my opinion. We have five other knights in white, four other knights in black, and then Mirror Entity, which seems a little bit good with the Cavalier. Is that enough to take out a white removal spell?

T

7 comments:

Tabasco said...

In favor of all changes

don't forget that cavalier is 4 for a 4/4 essentially

coyoeuglly said...

Bitterblossom IN for Flesh Reaver, because he is really terrible in all but the most aggro of decks.

Chameleon Colossus IN for Elves of Deep Shadow, because we have four other green guys who tap for mana, and that doesn't include cards like Wood Elves, Sakura Tribe Elder, and Wall of Roots.

Countryside Crusher IN for Red Elemental Blast or Pyroblast, because we can keep one in and still do a little blue hosing.

Reveillark IN for Honorable Passage, because it just looked like the weakest white card.

Vendilion Clique IN for Ray of Command because blue needs more creatures and Ray is a weaker blue spell.

Cream of the Crop IN for Crop Rotation because we have Harrow in there too.



Granted I have never played with this cube before...

Most importantly Ray of Command is probably the BEST blue card. Ray of Command effects are auto first pick except over the most bomb of bomb cards... i.e. Meloku, Umezawa's Jitte, Wrath of God, ect. There are only 3/4 other blue cards I would take over Ray pack 1 pick 1.

Second Crop Rotation seems pretty strong in this cube. While yes Crop Rotation and Harrow do similar things... Crop Rotation does all the same things and more if you draft correctly. Crop Rotation into Karoo? At instant speed no less. So you don't get blow out by that Man-o-war. Or just go get your Volrath's Stronghold.

TooSarcastic said...

Feel free to take a look over the list and see what should alternately come out for the Clique and Cream. I will do the same. And you should. Play with this Cube. It is a super cheap way to draft and you get to play with awesome Magic cards.

TooSarcastic said...

How does Evacuation for the Clique sound? And maybe Vinelasher Kudzu for Cream of the Crop?

The Captain said...

i would cut forbid from blue. From green? The obvious worst card seems to be mtenda lion, on accout of that card being dogshit. HL jungle lion minus....

TooSarcastic said...

Oh yeah, I remember this discussion before. I think Mtenda Lion must a pet card of mine or something, because I seem to be deending it's inclusion a lot. Of course, I also have the worst Cube draft record ever, so I defer to the Captain on this one. Forbid and Mtenda Lion out! Clique and Cream in!
T

Matt said...

I have a finkel if u want