-Cubecon balance changes
-New Card additions
-Shift to players starting with 5 basics + 1 vista in their pool
-Trimming to 480ish to meet the 80% drafted metric with 3 packs of 16
Removed | Added | Reason |
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Haunted Dead | Kitchen Imp | Adding another cheap madness threat to bolster the aggressive madness deck |
Archway of Innovation | Minamo, School at Water's Edge | Reverting failed archway to Minamo |
Veronica, Dissident Scribe | Inti, Seneschal of the Sun | Reverting failed madness swap to Inti |
Avacyn's Judgment | Detective's Phoenix | Removing weakest burn spell and adding a new graveyard card. Flying is powerful, so phoenix may play very strongly in the aggressive lists |
Removed | Added | Reason |
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Animation Module | Heirloom Epic | Module was a spec add to see how it would be used. It was generally ignored and heirloom epic should have some interesting play patterns with tokens or other utility creatures |
Enclave Cryptologist | Stormchaser's Talent | A new aggressive blue creature that can double as a late game payoff for the spells decks |
Duelist of the Mind | Shoreline Looter | Duelist proved awkward to trigger and the power clause rarely mattered. Looter will slot well into decks looking to trigger madness or just draw cards after self-milling a bit |
Mercurial Spelldancer | Kitsa, Otterball Elite | Spelldancer rarely saw play. Kitsa will allow for controlled looting to help utilize some of the reactive madness spells and Kitsa's ability to copy a spell may lead to some interesting plays with cards like Hinata |
Jegantha, the Wellspring | Hugs, Grisly Guardian | With the addition of MDFC lands playing Jegantha has gotten more difficult. In the past few drafts she has rarely hit the table even when being companioned. Swapping to Hugs to give another payoff to big mana gruul decks |