so all of a sudden there are like a dozen scd threads, which is great because i lurk the **** out of this place collecting bullpen cards and trying to think of new meta space to explore in my cube from people's passive comments, and this place has been a bit slow for my tastes lately so i thought i'd try to help and get people saying things and making posts.
i know many people are looking for tools in the blue tempo toolkit, and this is a card i like for that. i knew it wasn't popular, but i just noticed it didn't even make the average 720 and thought i'd throw this out there.
it's admittedly awkward. it's not quite a geddon or upheaval, and truth be told it's not as good as either. it does have the distinction of being an instant though, and still plays nice with artifact and/or elf mana.
if attacking mana bases is something you're cool with blue doing in your meta, maybe check out this card?
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Whoa, didn't know they had printed an effect like this at instant speed. Seems pretty sweet if you have an on-board advantage, like geddon, though obviously softer. Still would think this could deserve a test at the 650 range if blue aggro/tempo was supported.
I like it, but I think I can count on one hand the number of times another player has built it into a deck. The card's just dramatically worse than Armageddon, but has that same downside of being dead-in-hand if you're behind on board.
I wish there were a 6-mana Instant Catastrophe-equivalent card for Sunder and Evacuation. I would feel much more confident putting that in my deck than either.
New reprint of this card as an invocation in HOU. Anybody think this card's playability has changed in the past few years? I don't, but I feel like if I opened the invocation I'd try to find a spot for it in my cube, so just want to check at what size this is playable in your opinions.
5 mana 'armageddon' in blue is pretty filthy when you're ahead, but I feel like less blue decks want this effect and it's not like blue 5s are lacking.
Great card - vey clean, unique effect - but it takes an unusual cube environment for it to be stronger than Baral's Expertise, Mystic Confluence or even just an additional counterspell, even in tempo.
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i know many people are looking for tools in the blue tempo toolkit, and this is a card i like for that. i knew it wasn't popular, but i just noticed it didn't even make the average 720 and thought i'd throw this out there.
it's admittedly awkward. it's not quite a geddon or upheaval, and truth be told it's not as good as either. it does have the distinction of being an instant though, and still plays nice with artifact and/or elf mana.
if attacking mana bases is something you're cool with blue doing in your meta, maybe check out this card?
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Any cube that includes cards like Pestermite, Opposition, and Equilibrium should strongly consider this imo.
I wish there were a 6-mana Instant Catastrophe-equivalent card for Sunder and Evacuation. I would feel much more confident putting that in my deck than either.
Also, is Parallax Tide better? Honest question.
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This could be a good payoff with Azusa/ Wren and help with the artifact deck without being too parasitic.
Its no Armageddon in a white aggressive deck, but I feel it could fill a more board role in a lot of archetypes.
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I don't play Meloku the Clouded Mirror - but I could definitely see her make an appearance in my cube if the former 3 are all added.
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