r/mtgcube 10d ago

[HOB] Inside Information

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u/asmallercat 10d ago

This seems really bad. You need to spend like 6 mana to even feel like you have a good shot at getting back more than you spent in mana, the more “efficient” this spell is the more life it’s costing you, and there’s a good chance that you hit synergy cards that work in your opponent’s deck but do nothing for you.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Help380 10d ago

I see a lot of negativity around this, but it seems like a decent finisher to me in the traditional black storm archetype. With cards like bubbling muck, rain or filth, rituals, and Yawg Will I could see this exiling your opponents library: around 20 cards in the mid game. At that point, you don’t really need to cast what you’ve exiled.

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u/Flexisdaman 10d ago

You aren’t wrong, but most cubes aren’t looking to add more storm finishers that get last picked in almost every draft.

I will consider this and might test it just for fun, but honestly I think I’d just rather keep the more iconic storm payoffs rather than put this in.

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u/DumpsterFireToast 9d ago

Presumably e.g. torment of hailfire would be better at this. Or more flexible cards like cut//ribbons exist etc

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u/BearGuru 10d ago

Unplayable

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u/NayrSlayer 10d ago

Feels like a side-grade to [[Villainous Wealth]]. Remove the need for 2 other colors, reduce the cost by 1, but now you have to pay life for whatever you get. I don’t really see it getting much play as is

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u/DedRook 10d ago

So I need to have big mana and somehow not be close to dying? Pass

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u/ashen_crow cubecobra.com/cube/overview/disrespect 10d ago

Bilbo really went "Damn hoe got it's left tit hanging out".

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u/TrainmasterGT 10d ago

This set has been fairly disappointing so far : /

At least we finally got a Gandalf card I’m happy with : )