I first saw Keldon Megaliths in action when I played with Konfusius' cube after his "lotsa lands" update. The one game I watched, it burned the opponent down from four or so. "Might as well test it out in my peasant cube", I thought, and that's what I did. I only had it maindecked once (Winston draft) against a UB deck with tons of utility creatures. It was amazing. Being able to ping away creatures late or randomly kill the opponent even later is so good for a land. Two is a tiny sample size, but two out of two is already a lot for a card that's only meant to be good occasionally.
Many people run Barbarian Ring and I'm convinced that this is better than it. It doesn't hurt you when you use it, and it's a much more inevitable win condition once it's online. If you have room in your cube (maybe at 450, but definitely at 540), give this a shot.
Has anyone of you already tried this out? Have you been amazed, disappointed, have your expectations been met? Do I just sound like a Mad Prophet to you, or does it make sense?
Specialities about the cube: U tempo, B aggro, R slow-ish are supported. G aggro is not.
Currently trying to support tokens in all colors but blue, in different ways: W pumps them, B sacrifices them, R suicides them, G has decent-sized ones.
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*literal C/U definition according to gatherer
**some cards are banned. Library of Alexandria, Land Tax, Sol Ring.
I've played this card a lot in the cube. It's my 3rd favorite Red-aligned land, behind Barbarian Ring and Ghitu Encampment. I like Ring more because it's a good land for Loam/Crucible decks, the 2nd damage kills a lot more relevant targets in the late game and it doesn't ETBT, which is great for red. I like Encampment more because it's a threat even when I'm not hellbent. At 540, I'd probably be playing Ring and Encampment, and Megaliths wouldn't go in until 630-720, in a cube I'd design.
Specialities about the cube: U tempo, B aggro, R slow-ish are supported. G aggro is not.
Currently trying to support tokens in all colors but blue, in different ways: W pumps them, B sacrifices them, R suicides them, G has decent-sized ones.
cube list outdated
*literal C/U definition according to gatherer
**some cards are banned. Library of Alexandria, Land Tax, Sol Ring.
I would agree this is the third best red land after Encampment and Ring. If you include it in your monocolored section, you'll have to cut a spell, so you have a choice to make on red's role in your cube. If you include it in your land section, it shouldn't make the cut until you get to 720+ size, as two mono-aligned lands per color is generally the most a cube can manage. If you don't care about keeping that stuff balanced, then it can probably come in.
I have seen comparinsons between Keldon Megaliths and Cursed Scroll, but of couse megaliths is a lot worse, except it being an uncounterable land.
Red aligned lands provide the needed push for red decks, as they are uncounterable, and sometimes they are relevant because they are non red sources of damage as well.
I first saw Keldon Megaliths in action when I played with Konfusius' cube after his "lotsa lands" update. The one game I watched, it burned the opponent down from four or so. "Might as well test it out in my peasant cube", I thought, and that's what I did. I only had it maindecked once (Winston draft) against a UB deck with tons of utility creatures. It was amazing. Being able to ping away creatures late or randomly kill the opponent even later is so good for a land. Two is a tiny sample size, but two out of two is already a lot for a card that's only meant to be good occasionally.
Many people run Barbarian Ring and I'm convinced that this is better than it. It doesn't hurt you when you use it, and it's a much more inevitable win condition once it's online. If you have room in your cube (maybe at 450, but definitely at 540), give this a shot.
Has anyone of you already tried this out? Have you been amazed, disappointed, have your expectations been met? Do I just sound like a Mad Prophet to you, or does it make sense?
450, Peasant*, unpowered**
Specialities about the cube:
U tempo, B aggro, R slow-ish are supported. G aggro is not.
Currently trying to support tokens in all colors but blue, in different ways: W pumps them, B sacrifices them, R suicides them, G has decent-sized ones.
cube list outdated
*literal C/U definition according to gatherer
**some cards are banned. Library of Alexandria, Land Tax, Sol Ring.
My 630 Card Powered Cube
My Article - "Cube Design Philosophy"
My Article - "Mana Short: A study in limited resource management."
My 50th Set (P)review - Discusses my top 20 Cube cards from OTJ!
450, Peasant*, unpowered**
Specialities about the cube:
U tempo, B aggro, R slow-ish are supported. G aggro is not.
Currently trying to support tokens in all colors but blue, in different ways: W pumps them, B sacrifices them, R suicides them, G has decent-sized ones.
cube list outdated
*literal C/U definition according to gatherer
**some cards are banned. Library of Alexandria, Land Tax, Sol Ring.
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I like Ring more.
My 630 Card Powered Cube
My Article - "Cube Design Philosophy"
My Article - "Mana Short: A study in limited resource management."
My 50th Set (P)review - Discusses my top 20 Cube cards from OTJ!
Red aligned lands provide the needed push for red decks, as they are uncounterable, and sometimes they are relevant because they are non red sources of damage as well.
This will definitely come after Barbarian Ring and Ghitu Encampment.