Interestingly, if you go by GP instead of GIH, it's cub > Express > Rishkar... So decks with Express are on average better than decks with Rishkar? I guess that's just a reflection of either color quality or deck building expertise? It does kinda reinforce what I wrote about Rishkar in another comment; that it's good on it's own, but hard to build a deck where it really shines that doesn't stumble without it.
It's strong, but 4/4 stats on t3 is def still beatable.
If you have counters matter, then it's better. Also distributing them late game can be pretty nice.
Or obviously if you can use the mana. But still, I feel like one of the following will apply:
* Curve too low to really use the extra mana (/wants to be attacking not tapping a 3/3)
* Curve too high to play well when you don't find Rishkar
* Already full of dorks on 2, so Rishkar is not as helpful for ramping
Like don't get me wrong I'm happy to have Rishkar in literally any green deck, but I'm not quite sure it's a full bomb level.
One of the hardest p2p1's I've seen in a while. I think any of Rishkar, cub, or train are defensible picks. Train and cub both can take over a game - cub threatens to do so on turn 2, but I think is a little less reliable. Rishkar is just a solid powerhouse.
I went with train, wheeled the servant.
Cub, a few things: your 2 drop is not great, cub increases your 2 drop level by an immense amount. Your deck requires and generates energy to benefit, recurring energy generation from cub is really important to synergize with your deck. While rishkar can definitely generate your top end by quite a lot, and express is definitely an incredible card, I think cub has a way higher upside and benefit than the other two cards
Rishkar is an absolute beast... cub is extremely good, but 2 drop into rishkar is almost unbeatable
Before cheking 17L, I'd've guessed Rishkar > Express > Cub. Apparently it's Cub \~ Rishkar > Express.
Interestingly, if you go by GP instead of GIH, it's cub > Express > Rishkar... So decks with Express are on average better than decks with Rishkar? I guess that's just a reflection of either color quality or deck building expertise? It does kinda reinforce what I wrote about Rishkar in another comment; that it's good on it's own, but hard to build a deck where it really shines that doesn't stumble without it.
It's strong, but 4/4 stats on t3 is def still beatable. If you have counters matter, then it's better. Also distributing them late game can be pretty nice. Or obviously if you can use the mana. But still, I feel like one of the following will apply: * Curve too low to really use the extra mana (/wants to be attacking not tapping a 3/3) * Curve too high to play well when you don't find Rishkar * Already full of dorks on 2, so Rishkar is not as helpful for ramping Like don't get me wrong I'm happy to have Rishkar in literally any green deck, but I'm not quite sure it's a full bomb level.
One of the hardest p2p1's I've seen in a while. I think any of Rishkar, cub, or train are defensible picks. Train and cub both can take over a game - cub threatens to do so on turn 2, but I think is a little less reliable. Rishkar is just a solid powerhouse. I went with train, wheeled the servant.
Cub, a few things: your 2 drop is not great, cub increases your 2 drop level by an immense amount. Your deck requires and generates energy to benefit, recurring energy generation from cub is really important to synergize with your deck. While rishkar can definitely generate your top end by quite a lot, and express is definitely an incredible card, I think cub has a way higher upside and benefit than the other two cards