Though I agree with most of the additions, I find a major fault in the new blue. Blue is now only 44% creatures, which is far too low. I think Blue needs to get back up to 50% creatures, meaning that 5 spells need to turn into creatures. I also noted that blue has exactly three creatures that one would realistically play for less than 3 mana (Willbender never gets played face up).
Spells to come out, IMO:
Remand
Tolarian Winds (it's card disadvantage, blue has better ways to discard unused land)
Perilous Research
two of: Deep Analysis, Careful Consideration, Sift, Foresee (too much redundancy)
Creatures to consider, with my preferences in BOLD:
Aquamaeba (not stellar, but only costs 2 and is a discard outlet for recursion decks)
Sejiri Merfolk
Aven Fisher
Aven Fogbringer
Phantom Monster
Belltower Sphinx
Briarberry Cohort
Cheatyface (I snuck it onto this list without you noticing, now it's in the cube)
Cloud Spirit
Crookclaw Transmuter
Djinn of Wishes
Errant Ephemeron
Fathom Seer
Infiltrator il-Kor
Linessa, Zephyr Mage
Magus of the Future
Parasitic Strix
Phantom Monster
Phantom Warrior
Plaxmanta
Possessed Aven
Riptide Survivor
Soratami Rainshaper
Tradewind Rider
Voyager Drake
Wall of Frost
Welkin Tern
Welkin Tern seems like a no brainer for what you guys want in this new Cube. I really like Crookclaw, too. Sejiri seems great if you don't care about off activations or triggers. Errant is not bad, but we cut him due to not being great, same with Fathom Seer. Also Djinn was waaaay disappointing(2UU; flip a coin).
ReplyDeleteLet's see, things to contemplate: Maelstrom Djinn always seems like a great solution to "aggro blue" if such a thing can exist. Rishadan Airship, or Cloud Spirit, also for "aggro blue".(Also the new Cloud Spirit in Worldwake, that is 3/1 for 3 with pro land). Serra Sphinx always seems great for the 5 drop control/beater.
I dunno, Chromeshell is okay, Katahri Screecher, Waterfront Bouncer(not too into him, but a Cube classic apparently), Fatestitcher, Wind Zendikon(it's a creature).
Anyway, I agree with the cards to cut, Max. Also, Deep Anal is really underwhelming in the cube, Madness and Dredge are not relevant and 4 mana at sorcery speed is terrible card draw for blue, as is 1U lose 3 life, draw 2.
Anyway, good luck and keep posting!
xoxo
Justin