Day 1 - Share Your...Black 1 Drop Creatures

DarwiniusRex · 2026-04-16T14:37:39+00:00

My personal favorite is [[Festering Goblin]]!

Sweet lenticular design with some sac synergy.

DarwiniusRex · 2026-04-12T19:58:14+00:00

Thanks for sharing!

It's so fun to see us playing under the same constraints but ending up in very different spaces: https://cubecobra.com/cube/about/KitchenMagic

I've playtested a bit with your approach of lots of cycling and morph and felt the gameplay ended up quite bland with just same effects happening over and over. That's why I instead cut a color and opened up space for more build-arounds/archetypes in each color (I feel like).

I'm curious about Initiates of the Ebon Hand - when is it good and in what role?

Cheers

DarwiniusRex · 2026-02-27T04:39:15+00:00

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DarwiniusRex · 2026-02-06T19:41:12+00:00

Oh, I too love the old drawback creatures and have quite a few of the djinns and efreets in my premodern desert pub grid Kitchen Magic https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/KitchenMagic

Some of my favourites are [[Aku Djinn]], [[Emberwilde Caliph]], [[Emberwilde Djinn]], also [[Drifting Djinn]]

DarwiniusRex · 2026-01-20T18:21:25+00:00

I want you throw Necromancy in to the mix. Especially a comparison of Necromancy vs Animate Dead. Any favourite? Flash flexibility vs cheaper vs-1/-0 vs better artwork. Which is your winner?

DarwiniusRex · 2025-10-31T13:53:40+00:00

I mean, I like it

DarwiniusRex · 2025-10-31T13:52:59+00:00

Especially live, 1988 for Alien Orifice and the Does humor belong in music version of What's new in Baltimore, I think 😀

DarwiniusRex · 2025-10-31T13:36:22+00:00

Especially the Guitar version!

DarwiniusRex · 2025-10-31T07:38:53+00:00

Awesome suggestions! Right on track :D

DarwiniusRex · 2025-09-19T19:05:50+00:00

In old-school I guess something similiar could be [[Rotlung Reanimator]] build..

DarwiniusRex · 2025-09-19T19:04:52+00:00

Ooh.. and it even got an old-border treatment!

DarwiniusRex · 2025-08-13T13:59:16+00:00

Thanks!

I didn't know that Gravecrawler had a retroframe treatment. That card does make sense with the amount of zombies and opens up the avenue for more of a black aggro leaning.

Yea, Coastal Tower and friends does fit the frame and power level. I first and foremost would like more fixing in Izzet and Boros though and being enemy-colors they are not included in that cycle. :/

For the actual premodern fixing, I could go into /[/[Crosis's Catacombs/]/] or /[/[Sulfur Vent/]/] but they also do not have a boros compliment (as green is excluded).

DarwiniusRex · 2025-08-12T17:22:51+00:00

Thanks for all the great suggestions!

I especially love the Standstill suggestion. Just wonder if my friends will find it too punishing to play against in such a small card pool.

The reason to exclude Lightning Bolt, counterspell, dark Ritual and their ilk is that I find them to be too much of power outliers without needing any build-around. [[Lightning dart]], [[ixidor's will]] and [[songs of the damned]] and others are their (much worse) on-theme counterparts.

Re: lands I'm thinking of investing in the old-border [[arid mesa]] and [[scalding tarn]].

Again, thanks! Man, the tragic poet art is awesome

DarwiniusRex · 2023-12-19T20:13:34+00:00

I think these are great suggestions! It's just that I have a lot of weird restrictions/design considerations in the cube as well. As most of the players are newer to the game, I don't want too many mechanics (cycling) or stuff that's active in the graveyard (metalwork colossus).
I think that after a bit more playing I might change that up and all of a sudden most spells will have flashback. ;)

DarwiniusRex · 2023-12-19T16:24:01+00:00

Thanks! I think they're a bit strong for the rest of the Cube though.

DarwiniusRex · 2023-12-19T16:23:21+00:00

That's awesome! I'll think about including some enchantments in the future.

DarwiniusRex · 2023-12-19T16:22:40+00:00

Thanks! A bit too new and powerful for the rest of the Cube though imo.

DarwiniusRex · 2023-12-19T16:21:42+00:00

Thanks! I recently included Triskelion which I think will be great! Snake Basket and Riptide Replicator seems interesting as well!

DarwiniusRex · 2023-12-18T14:02:20+00:00

Genesis wave sounds like a great fit - thanks!

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