A MH3 Update

Unlike the last two Modern Horizons sets which completely took over cubes, I feel like MH3 is slightly more tame (with some niche archetype exceptions).

  • Recruitment Officer was a solid 1 drop that mid game turned into a card advantage engine that cost too much mana to activate. Ocelot Pride is now the pride of token decks and honestly could go into most white shells as a free early game play that can snowball out of control. Easy include for the GW tokens piles.

  • Phelia, Exuberant Shepherd is a 2 mana value creature that can blink things for you every turn. It can also remove blockers for you every turn. It also has flash and is a 2/2 for some reason. Sorry, Guardian of Ghirapur. Being a 3/3 flier was nice, but all of the dog's various upsides make this no competition.

  • It's no secret that I'm a big fan of Citizen's Crowbar, but I want more things to support tokens decks and Oltec Matterweaver offers a lot there. White has enough answers to various problems in the cube as-is and I was the only one drafting crowbar anyway.

  • Move over Vindicate, Abstruse Appropriation is an instant-speed Hostage Taker that can hit nonland permanents. Lands aren't really a problem in this cube, with the sole exception of Rogue's Passage, and there are ways to deal with it outside of gold cards anyway. Abstruse Appropriation can swing a game really quickly and exile is a big deal even if you don't end up casting the card down the road. Very excited for this one.

There are a few other cards from MH3 in consideration (MDFCs, for one thing) for changes down the line, but for now, these are the ones I'm most excited to play with.