Recent content by Dom Harvey

A key role of the land system is to give players something to blame for losses. I've played games that have 'every card is basically a land/spell DFC' or similar resource systems and a lot of losses there involve decision paralysis with every card, fewer distinct types of low/high-resource...

I don't think he really presents himself this way - he's a central figure in a lot of the stories he tells about design because he's been there forever and he's the lead designer plus a lead on a lot of individual sets, plus the main public face of R&D. My comment is that the mix of being our...

Probe: I'm a bit leery of the free info and the fact it doesn't 'do anything' other than be a very strong free spell; good enough on power level but without specific tie-ins to spell payoffs/drawing extra cards etc it doesn't win me over Cruise: In a weird spot where the decks that could make...

Have been bot drafting/iterating a lot with a fork of your 1v1 Cube, maybe some food for thought!

Maestros' Totally Safe Hideout + Bloodghast is the infinite land(fall) combo I didn't know I wanted (EDIT: because it doesn't actually work, which is very on brand for a Mystery Booster combo)

The Cube seems to be in a fantastic place! I'm curious what you'd try if power cap wasn't a concern (or people didn't mind a higher power differential between the outliers and the 'average' card) and if you had to expand the Cube to 450/540

In a format where you can build around it with a high density of specific triple-pip cards, the exact opposite of most Cubes

We've been nagging them to print a green Blade Splicer for years and the madlads printed one that's yet another crossover piece with a counters theme, you absolutely love to see it Chariot is still the best in class IMO - leaves behind better stuff vs spot removal, easier to cast/splash...

From what I heard it was a decent improvement over Ixalan (an all-time flop as a draft set) but still forgettable compared to most sets

Got some free Invisitokens at the PT and those things are great, would strongly recommend (+ get them from the source, not an imitation from UltraPro etc)

I don't think one is much better/worse overall but I like the play patterns of Goose a lot more - you care more about those stats + those stats are better + you can get life and/or cards but you have to work harder to unlock those vs the immediate and guaranteed output of Krasis

I love lands and silly enchntments but I can't imagine Recon being playable or appealing outside a very specific format with a low power level

Sundering Growth is very cool if you have any reasonable number of token makers

Wildfire Awakener is awesome - not the most powerful Boros card of the year (remember when that was a struggling guild?!) but by far the sweetest IMO

One axis (Squandered Resources/Splendid Rec too!) Zuran OrbSylvan SafekeeperGreater GargadonMons's Goblin WaitersTitania, Protector of ArgothThe Gitrog MonsterKorvold, Fae-Cursed King Hopefully MH3 will bring the Gravestorm cards everybody wants! The untap lands idea has a long pedigree, not...