Recent content by alvoi

Thank you very much again! Yeah, my only worry is to not have enough artifacts; I basically had only 5-6 in mind before your post, now I added some more to my rough list, but a lot of them feel a bit narrow and only there because of the eggs-like archetype. I wouldn't want it to be too much...

Patrol Hound is, indeed, very lame. I haven't thought about artifact recursion! That could be an idea. I have considered a cycling subtheme, with Astral Slide and the Ikoria cards, but I don't know if it can keep up with the other colours. Another idea was to have tokens (there are a lot of...

Am I back rambling about Cubes that suck and have no reason to exist? Maybe. Or maybe this time it is something more interesting. Some time ago I tried jotting down a list for a "graveyard" Cube. One of my main problems was that I was trying to do ten different two-coloured archetypes. But I...

Very positively surprised by these cards. I am not a big EDH fan, but some of them make me want to play that format. Also, I am a big fan of the super-cycle of Tarot legends they are making, from Flubs, the Fool to Massimo, the Magician and Homer, the Hermit. Not very much Cube cards, but I...

Fun fact: the Italian translation of Swords to Plowshares also has an exclamation point in its name. The name is something like "From Swords, to Grains!"

Anything that triggers off an artifact being cast Pinnacle Emissary, Patchwork Automaton, Riddlesmith, Ravenous Robots, Kappa Cannoneer, even Vedalken Archmage. Also, other Moxen (like Mox Opal) and fast mana. Mana Crypt, Sol Ring, etc. Clearly also something to generate card advantage like...

My main problem with lifegain decks is that they kinda kill every chance of a fast aggro deck, unless you do it in a way such that the fast aggro deck is mill or poison based But in more midrange-y cubes I think the lifegain archetype would be very interesting. Also cards like Martyr of Sands...

Maybe it should cost :0: then? Obscure Ritual BB instant add BBBBB

I like the new Ajani, it doesn’t seem too overpowered but it looks fun. With a couple Soul Sister effects (and they continue printing ones that are very interesting, like Guide of Souls, Haliya and this new white Liliana) it can produce a new Pridemate token every turn, even! But I agree that...

I am also liking this buddy here: Loving the idea of just spending one mana each turn to mill three cards. In a graveyard-centric cube it can do wonders. I still do not love the cards with prepare, I think that between Omens and Adventures and these it adds a bit too much fatigue. But I am...

Not bad! It is not Dark Confidant, but I think that this is worth it both for powermax cubes (that have Guide of Souls, Ocelot Pride etc) but also for a lifegain archetype in a more lower-power cube, since it doesn't look like it is extremely high powered. This is also not bad! One thing I...

The Griselbrand tool?! What is that? And why don't I know its existence? :oops:

I don't know you all, but I am MUCH more hyped for this expansion than for Marvel, Star Trek or the Hobbit. The card itself doesn't seem great (just a random Tinker target that dies to Swords to Plowshares) but I am very curious of the lore behind it: does it mean that Jace changed the world to...

I was looking for fun archetypes and I always loved Madness-style decks. I think that the last five years or so have given us many interesting new cards for this type of deck, so I wanted to revive the topic. Blazing Rootwalla Give me a {0} cost madnesser every day of the year! It is even...

Yeah indeed, you are right :) oh if only they removed the reserved list! Well, I don't want to go too much off-topic! A couple of old-school personal favourites: Paralyze "the black pacifism" Benalish Hero Mesa Pegasus banding is pretty good, at the end of the day I think it is over-hated but...