Any zero-cost artifact with a Chalice of the VoidChalice of the Void is a quick combo engine as well
That's why Sapphire & Steel is more accessible than Emerald and Ruby, but still requires greater finesse than Amber & Amethyst does
At five cost, she is a bit slow, and cannot intrinsically protect herself save with her passive
The arrival of a new set has already given rise to refreshed synergies with some forgotten cards seeing a boost , but naturally, the latest influx of cardboard has caused prices to climb and others to fall
I had the chance to ask Twitch streamer Caleb Durward, the winner of the inaugural CubeCon tournament back in 2022 and best known for his Vintage Cube content online, for his thoughts on this event ahead of the announcement, and he says its a special thing for sure. Its not only a high, prestigious Cube event that you have to win a qualifier for to go and play, which he says is a rare enough occurrence in the community, but just the feel of actually drafting with those old cards is not something that everybody gets the chance to do these days. Durward says even though hes been privileged enough to draft paper cubes with real Power Nine cards in them before, its still exciting to do, and even just seeing others draft with the real cards for the first time can be very cool
#2: Inexorable Tide Proliferate can enable some of MTGs deadliest strategies, most notably Poison Counters