Recent content by MilesOfficial

Potentially the last rare spoiler! Siege Veteran has been sieged. I'm currently running Summon: Ixion and this seems like a general upgrade, as much as I like the temporary removal, additional card type, and incidental lifegain from the Final Fantasy Commander card. Of course it's good with...

Loved the set at pre-release. It's a rough set for sealed (you'll never get a critical mass of any creature type), which actually has me excited for RCQ season. I got a bunch of pretty good 2-drops and went Boros aggro. My deck's helpful winners were: Rhys, the Evermore Kinscaer Sentry...

I actually am really liking this set. We've now seen every mythic and I think are likely to have seen every rare (we've gotten 50 compared to Spider-Man's 53, but I wouldn't be surprised if this is it), so I feel I'm almost ready to make my includes and testing list at this rate!! I still don't...

More leaks, wow. Chrome Dome This suits my Cube very well, and helps push this theme in a way that I like for 2 mana. Leonardo's Technique seems like a great partner to a lot of the white reanimation we've had going on. Probably the 4th of the best 4, but that may be enough for a Cube as...

looks like there's a couple people getting stuck with TMT promos in their Lorwyn kits. Some interesting designs: Casey Jones, Vigilante seems very fun. Ideas Unbound is a pet card, and now I may be able to get it in my Cube in a form? This is a dumb name, but I like everything it does...

I had been strongly considering Cabal Initiate before Iron-Shield Elf came out. I didn't put it on my short-list, but really, it does exactly what I want. I just struggle with finding cuts in my black 2-drops! I guess I should return Mire Triton to my on-deck binder for the 10th time. Jeez...

For context, my Cube, the California Premiership Cube, is a mostly-fair 720-card that's a full step down from powered/Vintage Cubes with a lot of exclusions based on power level, but is still reasonably strong. My preliminary change log can be found here. Note: I was going to put in Formidable...

I actually like the stats/ability here, but the win-more nature of its attack trigger are what turn me off. It's certainly powerful enough for me -- maybe even too much so -- and I don't really like the feels bad this card provides to the person getting attacked. BUT! I really like having a...

Slumbering Walker is somewhat exciting to me. I like that you get the first power 2 dude on the turn you cast it. I really like Twilight Diviner. It's not a card for dedicated reanimator decks (though it is a perfectly acceptable 23rd card there): it's a value midrange card. Works great with...

I've not been as hot on these as everyone else, but this is my favorite of the cycle. I really love every different version of the spell, whereas with others, I've only liked half the modes. This one is totally fine as a mono blue or mono green card, whether you evoke it or not! I think the...

Oh for constructed I knew it'd be a beating, but it does require a lot of game actions was my point in a Cube context. The "work" you're doing is pretty minimal and not limited to one a turn, I was certainly being a little too pessimistic. It's a slam dunk. The leaker posted HD images too in...

Power level feels a bit of a step down from 2025's sets, but that's not a bad thing. I'm really impressed with many of the designs, and it feels lovely to see flavor text so much more often than we've been used to. I really like this guy. Dragon Sniper is in a lot of Cubes, and rightfully so...

I ran it for two or three years. It usually went super late, but when it was played, it copied a ton of Thragtusks. It was always a high-risk/high-reward card, but in the modern day, it's just hard to justify a card that can be so easily undermined, and that struggles to survive a turn cycle...

Just to add in, I do really like both Brotherhood Regalia and Silver Shroud Costume. I think it's a matter of taste, personally. On a separate note, I've been rotating a bunch of freshly-printed 1-drop creatures in white this year. It's been a good year for them! I feel like I've swapped in a...

As usual, @Seeker beat me to the punch on some of the cards I thought I was clever for playing with, like the delightful Gallia of the Endless Dance, who we played for 2 years and were reasonably happy with. Rydia is great, too. I really like Anzrag, the Quake-Mole and Kogla and Yidaro Anzrag...