Like some cube enthusiasts, I like to keep up with the latest expansions and products of Magic: the Gathering and skim through various reviews, made by a broad range of individuals, and base my decision off their opinions of which cards are worth running. Often times I’m happy to agree with them. However, at random times, I find myself flipping through my cube and thinking to myself, “Why do I run this card?”.

Hello and welcome to the tenth post of “Why is [insert-card-here] in your cube?”. Today’s post is about the most stubborn of all goblins, Squee, Goblin Nabob. In theory, I like Squee quite a bit simply because I love cards that have built-in recursion much like Rancor. Unlike Rancor, Squee returns to your hand regardless of how he went to your graveyard which is the only reason why you should ever include Squee in your cube to begin with because, as we know, three mana for a 1/1 is horrible by itself.

Squee works best with Smokestack, Liliana of the Veil, Braids, the Cabal Minion, Lotleth Troll, Pack Rat, Survival of the Fittest, Fauna Shaman, Siege-Gang Commander, and Firestorm. In other words, Squee works best in Smokestack/Pox, Tribal Goblins, and Discard/Loot decks. If you don’t run any of the cards that I listed, I do not recommend you running Squee in your cube especially if your cube is powered. If you run several of the cards I listed then Squee deserves a glance from your eye. I currently am only running Liliana and Survival out of the cards I listed so Squee is not in my cube. Even if I ran more of the cards I mentioned, I don’t think I would include Squee because he was never a high pick by the players in my playgroup who actively sought out Smokestack/Pox and Discard themed cards.

What is your opinion of Squee, Goblin Nabob?

Hope you were able to get something out of this post and, as always, thanks for your time! –Hanzelgravey

Disclaimer: The purpose of this blog is to create individual thoughts and opinions of why you, fellow cubers, run the cards you run and to ask yourself why you run them. PLEASE keep an open mind to every opinion that is shared in this blog and PLEASE be kind to each other.

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