Recent content by Dom Harvey

...am I reading right that they cast HTKAIMB as an instant?!

Yeah, Boros is massively oversubscribed for me. I most often hear complaints about Selesnya but I'm struggling for space there too. There are lots of individually strong Azorius cards but it's hard for me to weave them into a section that feels like it has an identity without it being all about...

Vibe check on Soulherder - it's a strong/pushed incentive for a natural UW archetype (if a repetitive one) but that seems to be why a lot of people dislike it. Is that context exclusive (I can see it being obnoxious in Peasant etc)? Does Soulherder have shooters here?

I won Untap T.O. (our local Toronto mini-CubeCon) on Sunday with a clean 9-0 run! These smaller Cube events are taking off and are a lot of fun so it's great to have one here; I had pondered trying to organize one myself (and apparently me asking this galvanized the TO to do it instead so I got...

Premodern's nostalgia is definitely more about cards than decks (or at least about broad archetypes - you wouldn't play the exact RDW list you had in Standard in 1998 or Extended in 2004 but it's 'close enough') as well as the overall vibe - just playing with iconic, old frame bangers is a treat...

Riptide classic Skaab Ruinator!

...but more importantly, EOE kinda slaps! EDGE OF ETERNITIES I'm not heavily invested in the space opera thing and had some concerns about how it would land but this version seems totally fine. IMO this is exactly the kind of setting (ditto Duskmourn) that would be perfect for a two-set block...

Cross-posting Spiderman thoughts from that set's thread:

Awaiting the online in-universe versions to proxy instead (so dumb that these aren't available in paper); I don't love the concept or execution overall but there are some individual bangers: Spectacular Spider-Man Hide on the Ceiling Peter Parker's Camera Iron Spider, Stark Upgrade Mob Lookout...

I couldn't tell you how much those things matter to me or why they do. But on a broad scale, they are a big part of why Magic has held my focus for 20 years while I can't get myself excited about the newest, sleekest paper or digital TCG with a cleaner rules engine etc. I have prints of Magic...

What are the vibes on Dack Fayden these days? Stealing a decent artifact feels so swingy and quite hateful if you support an Artifact Deck but as a continuous looter it's quite appealing

Aside from the usual Birds of Paradise/Sylvan Caryatid etc there's: Earthcraft Enduring Vitality Life/Death tickles me pink because it pairs the afterthought green mode of a BG split card with a WUR combo piece but it is a legitimately powerful combo too

STE + Cauldron is the kind of synergy that gets me going - an old card that I've loved for 20 years and will never leave my Cube + a recent banger that gets your wheels turning

Back in the day power-max Cubes built their own cage with a commitment to aggro: if you wanted white or red aggro you had to focus on quantity as well as quality and pack your Cube with Savannah Lions and Jackal Pups that nobody else wanted (and they had to be as narrow as possible because they...

Impromptu Draft Report - Aug 2025 Update here because the Cube is still in its informal state but it was ~drafted~!! == "How close are you to having this ready to go?" Tom asked of my unnamed box of cards that loosely corresponds to anything I write about Cube online (UBOCTLCTAIWACO for...