As I am wont to do I have mistakenly left off a card or two from my Conspiracy cube update. And here it is!
Blue
Rakdos
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Did you know this Starfish has three toughness? THREE!
Sea Gate Oracle has a one time effect of drawing you a card and although it also secretly has one power that is super never relevant. The Starfish repeatedly Scrys 1 and it doesn't take very long for that to exceed the value of drawing one card. Also...did you know that Starfish has three toughness? THREE!
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Dakra Mystic is a faster, more flexible Enclave Cryptologist. It gives you card advantage at a much faster rate as well as giving you information about your opponent's deck. Also, this fits in well with decks that want to get cards into their graveyards. It is tough to get versatile one drops in cube (especially blue) so this was a pretty unexpected find...hence the delay in its addition. I played with this at GP Washington DC and he was amazing. There was never a scenario where it felt like I was losing out on value as even when I revealed reactive cards it then allowed me to force my opponent's hand depending on what the card was. Lots of play with this guy and a huge skill tester.
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Grenzo is infinitely more interesting and fun than Rakdos Shred-Freak. While Shred-Freak is a boon to aggressive red and Rakdos decks, Grenzo can also be a factor in the same decks providing card advantage since it is likely to hit almost all of the cards played in those decks for a meager two mana. Making X=0 here is your friend. Add to that that this is pretty sweet in reanimator packages as it is another tool to get cards in your graveyard and this guy hits on all levels in what I want for cube. Good job Warden!
Conclusion
See you all at Magic 2015!
Enjoy!
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