Dauthi Marauder is pretty embarassing in the worst cube color, which is better at aggro than blue. Blue doesn't want or need weak creatures like these.
The first two can only block fliers but the Airship may only block fliers. I assume that this means that the airship is perfectly capable of blocking creatures on the ground but is prohibited by some sort of Mercadian bye-law.
"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less." -Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass
We played them two or three years ago when we started cubing. We started with a 680 something cube. They were decent. They did their thing in controlish build and in aggroish builds.
But clearly they are far from staple material. They are too limited in which blue decks really want to play this. As we cut our size down, they left our cube at around 600. And that was 600 back then. The last years a lot of good cards have been printed (not broken, but good enough to be playable in larger cubes 600-1000).
I would only play them in a really big cube (750-850+) or in a cube where you really push blue aggro/tempo hard. Combine them with cheap counters and bounce.
These are nice cards for sky decks, but these kind of decks only exist in pauper (peasant?) lists, where the decks are closer to regular draft decks.
In a regular list, they can't compete with the other 3 drops, be it in blue or the ones that your opponents are casting during their turn.
Its pretty rare these guys see play even in Peasant. My peasant cube supports a little bit of Blue tempo, and it can do better than this for 3 drops. These guys thrive in pauper but I think that's about it.
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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!
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"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean - neither more nor less." -Lewis Carroll, Through the Looking Glass
But clearly they are far from staple material. They are too limited in which blue decks really want to play this. As we cut our size down, they left our cube at around 600. And that was 600 back then. The last years a lot of good cards have been printed (not broken, but good enough to be playable in larger cubes 600-1000).
I would only play them in a really big cube (750-850+) or in a cube where you really push blue aggro/tempo hard. Combine them with cheap counters and bounce.
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Its pretty rare these guys see play even in Peasant. My peasant cube supports a little bit of Blue tempo, and it can do better than this for 3 drops. These guys thrive in pauper but I think that's about it.