November 22, 2021

Innistrad: Crimson Vow Cube Additions

1 hour 29 minutes

Our Innistrad: Crimson Vow survey is open! Please take a few minutes to let us know what you’re testing in your cube from the new set.

Andy and Anthony talk about Innistrad: Crimson Vow through the lens of their many specific cubes, including the themes, mechanics, and individual cards that fit into particular contexts. They dig into many of the most powerful cards of the set relevant for Andy’s main cube, a few interesting twists on lower power cards for Anthony’s, and look at the set from a range of other angles.

Discussed in this episode:

Daniel’s Gold Cube “Reading Rainbow”

VOW Mechanics and First Impressions Episode

Good Luck High Five

Bun Magic Cube

Regular Cube

Irregular Cube

Turbo Cube

Battle of Wits Cube

Timestamps:

4:23 — Introduction to episode format

5:36 — Context: Bun Magic Cube

7:34 — By Invitation Only

12:17 — Kessig Wolfrider

15:48 — Reckless Impulse

21:17 — Ulvenwald Oddity

23:38 — Graf Reaver

26:31 — Hopeful Initiate

32:06 — Cemetery Prowler

33:11 — Occult Epiphany

36:40 — Cemetery Gatekeeper

38:06 — Dread Fugue

42:53 — Context: Regular Cube

43:49 — By Invitation Only (again)

48:29 — Gryff Rider

50:17 — Twinblade Geist

52:29 — Whispering Wizard (except not)

57:23 — Parish Blade Trainee

58:43 — Context: Irregular Cube

1:00:24 — Irregular Cube “Commons”: Belligerent Guest, Blood Petal Celebrant, and Bloodcrazed Socialite

1:03:05 — Curse of Hospitality

1:06:13 — Eruth Tormented Prophet

1:09:12 — Ancient Lumberknot

1:12:34 — Patchwork Crawler

1:14:29 — Context: Turbo Cube

1:16:07 — Investigator’s Journal

1:16:51 — Pointed Discussion

1:17:36 — Demonic Bargain

1:19:11 — Cemetery Gatekeeper (Again)

1:22:05 — Faithbound Judge in the Alt Win Condition Cube

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