(2025-10-02) To determine the total cost of a spell, start with the mana cost or alternative cost you're paying, add any cost increases, then apply any cost reductions
The question is: What is the best creature to make into a tentacly horror
Because damage remains marked on a creature until the damage is removed as the turn ends, nonlethal damage dealt to creatures may become lethal if Kudo enters or leaves the battlefield during that turn
You can use creature tokens to help you cast convoke or improvise spells, populate abilities need tokens to function, and you must explicitly sacrifice a token to fulfill the requirement for a bargain spell
And if your Cube has a relatively tight power band and decks that can weather being hit by a discard spell or two, its just more fun to play with the good ones
Its far less effective against decks using Entomb or similar abilities to play precisely