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| Lorwyn |
Last Printing: Time Spiral Remastered (March 2021)
Here's a fun one and a favorite of cube builders everywhere. Mulldrifter is some kind of flying carp from the whimsical fairy-tale plane of Lorwyn. I love that artwork. Eric Fortune manages to depict a creature both elegant and silly. But what really makes Mulldrifter such a standout is the versatility the card presents.
For five mana you get a 2/2 flying elemental, a creature type with modest synergy potential in some formats, that draws you two cards when it enters the battlefield. An evasive body that replaces itself and draws you an additional card. That's a lot of utility for five mana, especially for a creature card printed at common. Sure, not necessarily a card that you play in most constructed formats, but a great card to pick when playing limited formats like cube draft. The fact that this card was printed at commons means it gets included in a wide-variety of cubes, including my personal favorites, pauper (all commons) and peasant (all commons and uncommons).
But this is all just a consideration of the card played for its full-cost. Lorwyn introduced the Evoke keyword mechanic, which is included on this card. Evoke functions as an alternate casting cost on permanents, with the stipulation that a card cast for its Evoke cost is "sacrificed when it comes into play." So for three mana you can "Evoke" Mulldrifter and draw two cards, but losing the creature in the process. Sure, drawing two cards for three mana is a bit overcosted, but the flexibility this can provide when you aren't hitting your land drops, particularly in limited formats where it's easy to stumble if you don't capitalize on the early turns, makes this is an excellent fail-case.
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