Cube Help: Card Replacement
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Posted on Sept. 14, 2015, 1:48 a.m. by buildingadeck
I have looked for a long time for a replacement for Blood Funnel in my cube, but the only reasonable swap is Nihilistic Glee. However, this puts a high concentration of black cards at the 4 drop slot while reducing the number of cards at the 2-drop place. Should I consider running a card that is not an enchantment despite the fact that I have pretty equal number of rare enchantments between colors?
Moreover, to help lower the increased cost of black spells with this replacement, would swapping Wit's End with Moonlight Bargain be appropriate? Or does that give black too much draw power in tandem with Underworld Connections?
Also, feel free to draft the cube if you have time and are interested. IceCreamEmperor, 1we2, JeffDudeMan1980: You've all drafted the cube before. Do you have any thoughts on this?
buildingadeck says... #3
Interesting thoughts. I do like that Nihilistic Glee has synergy both with Golgari and Rakdos (hellbent and graveyard synergies), but I cannot say it is better than Underworld Connections strictly because Connections is good in any deck that runs black.
Blood Funnel on the other hand simply does not fit into an archetype very well and almost requires you to build around it. I can imagine it working in tokens and reanimated decks, but it's a stretch.
Karns_Pyromancer says... #2
I actually run Nihilistic Glee in my Cube, though I've yet to have a chance to test it out as it was a recent addition.
I would say that Glee wouldn't be too much draw power (with MB and UC) if you're running no other Black draw spells or if your Cube were larger. As it is, I would cut Underworld Connections instead of Blood Funnel as Glee is better than Connections and can fuel Golgari decks nicely.
I hope you find this helpful.
September 14, 2015 5:50 a.m.