Recent content by MilesOfficial

To add to what Train said, they want nearly every set to have the feeling of "wow, I can't believe I opened a ______" that is provided by both Special Guests and other bonus list cards like the Strixhaven Archives. I love bonus card lists for retail draft...well, not the way they do it in Avatar...

I recently relented and put this in my list online...but then couldn't find it in my on-deck binder or bulk. I will absolutely play it once I remember to pick up another copy or brave the pits of my Aetherdrift RCQ bin or buy another copy. I tried this out for a while and it just didn't do it...

I ran Battle Cry Goblin when it first came out just because I was/am enamored with the design space for 3/1s for 2 and was trying out the great Hobgoblin Captain and they seemed like a great pair. They were. Battle Cry Goblin ended up being my favorite of the two, but I didn't keep enough...

I've really pulled back on this set, mostly for aesthetic reasons rather than for gameplay ones. I didn't like the Gearhulks much because of how much of a trap they felt like for my drafters either. My two ride-or-dies remain some of the most pivotal cards in my Cube: Marauding Mako...

Metalwork Colossus + Mana rocks Prototype cards + Ephemerate Metalwork Colossus Rust Goliath I still do think making big creatures is a big part of it. So yeah, the easiest option that gives off that same feel still ends up with a big creature/planeswalker is MELD: Urza, Lord Protector...

Aligned Heart is great, and from the same set, I love Rally the Monastery. Rally the Monastery It basically rewards you like these other cards do, and can give you two more prowess dudes as a prize.

I haven't been able to fire off an in-person Cube with it yet but it's been one of my happiest inclusions from the set doing my daily online bot drafts. The combo potential is real, even when, like you showed off, it's just a sick synergy that really pushes you ahead. I also just put Rust...

I played a ton of sealed and a fair amount of draft. It was fine. I liked the gameplay of the format reasonably well, but hated the draft part. I'd rather like the gameplay than the draft (see: Tarkir Dragonstorm, which was unbelievably fun to play even in mirror mode hell on Arena) but the...

On Limited Resources, LSV and Marshall talked about how Oracle of the Alpha is not very good but it's really "cool" and they were happy to have it in Cube even though they're not inclined to really ever draft it themselves. I feel that way about including it in most Cubes. I have nice proxies...

Azorius Guildmage Dimir Cutpurse Avatar of Discord Rumbling Slum Glare of the Subdual Orzhov Pontiff Izzet Guildmage Golgari Germination Firemane Angel Trygon Predator This was more fun and harder than I expected. this was my first block and I have so many fond memories of these cards, and...

Today's Reddit Cube card category was black sorceries, which inspired my issue. Trying to figure out a fourth mass sweeper for black after Toxic Deluge, Damnation, and Living Death. Extinction Event Path of Peril Consume the Meek Ritual of Soot Yahenni's Expertise Do or Die Deluge of Doom Drag...

I love trinket-y artifacts and there's a lot of fun directions you can go with them, and you've done a great job outlining them here. Goodness, I really need to pick up a copy of Tezzeret, Cruel Captain. I like a lot of these loops and synergies, but it feels like a lot to ask drafters to get...

only two bathrooms at the LGS :wagg: EDIT: I have a few more thoughts! I've been thinking about this card more too. Note that it's only your creatures, but I do really like a 3mv clone that can move its clone around as needed and that gets bigger every turn. I think I need to try it out...

Pre-release was fun. Both of these pizzas were surprisingly good, too! I think this set is much better designed than Spider-Man, but still has most of the issues that made that set a miss for limited. The biggest issues are still 1) how small the set feels with the same cards everywhere, 2)...

There are a lot of cards that are good and cool and powerful that encourage unfun gameplay, even now. I think there are better things to do than Pack Rat, but even in higher power environments, you're either only playing and activating it or you're skipping it entirely. So long as your opponent...