What cards have people played with? Which new things have lived up to the hype and is worth picking up? What have people lost to and should be kill-on-sight? What cards have underperformed? Were there any hidden gems that slipped through the decks during spoiler season? How have all-MDFC manabases felt - is it now possible to go down to 20 actual lands?
Not specific to MH3 (or whatever is the most recent set) - feel free to share anecdotes for anything recent. The intent of this thread is to inform other peoples' decisions regarding cards that they may not have had the chance to play with yet or otherwise see in action.
To start the ball rolling...
- From MH3, Psychic Frog has impressed me (well, in Cube at least - I haven't put it in a deck yet). Cheap, evasive, fills the graveyard, generates card advantage - it fills a bunch of roles. It may be a bit less impressive in EDH than Cube, but I think it will usually be a two mana unblockable Ophidian, which seems nice for a variety of decks. I believe Oakhame Adversary sees some play in cEDH circles, so I wouldn't be surprised to see Psychic Frog in a similar role.
- From OTJ, Cactus Preserve has looked good so far. I'm playing it in Tasigur as a 3 mana 6/6, which is enough to ward off most attacks. I had one opponent walk straight into it, which made for a pretty entertaining mental image - I don't think they attacked me again for the rest of the game.
- Freestrider Lookout has felt nuts so far in Samut. I have a ton of random targeted effects, so it's not hard for it to ramp 2+ lands out per turn cycle.
- Hollow Marauder has had mixed results so far. I haven't considered Syphon Mind to be a playable card for a while, so I may have been suckered in by its potential upside of being a cheaper version with a 4/2 body. I still want to test it a bit more though. Maybe I just need more self-mill to discount it?
- From MKM, Case of the Locked Hothouse has felt okay so far, but I'd like additional feedback on it from others that have run it. I threw it in most of my green decks, but it hasn't done much yet - just an extra land drop or two. I feel like by the time it's online and actually generating card advantage, the game is usually already close to a conclusion. Hmmm...
- Aftermath Analyst, on the other hand, has felt pretty good in Tasigur. It has felt like a nice upgrade over World Shaper and Splendid Reclamation - it doesn't need a sac outlet (unlike the former) and it's easy to recur / reanimate (unlike the latter). I got to pop it at the end of my opponent's turn with Tatyova, Benthic Druid out and seven cards in the graveyard, which felt great.
- Not quite as new, but I finally got to pop off with Song of Creation in Animar (after somehow having it in the deck for almost two years without casting it) with the help of Gwenna, Eyes of Gaea (who isn't that new either, but is new to my deck). I was concerned about having enough big creatures for the latter... but it turns out Gwenna can tap to cast every 5+ power creature in my deck after the Animar discount, and I have enough free / cheap smaller creatures to chain the big ones into one another... which meant they were able to go nondeterministically infinite. Good stuff.
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