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Yeah there is definitely a lot of possibility with MDFCs for this design space. I got to play Andy Lucky Paper's Take Five cube (nearly no deck building, you only get five cuts) last week and that cube uses tons and tons of MDFCs with lands on the back to smooth the experience out. I think it...

Yeah it's a combination of things. I think technically the cube would be """better""" if I broke my own arbitrary rule and included some non-Mountain lands, and if I was doing another similar project I would probably try out a more complex landbase, but there is a lot of charm, humor, and...

I think one-of Force with no other free interaction just feels kind of bullshit. I want to either know that my opponent has shields down when they're tapped out or know that free interaction is part of the terms of engagement. Playing around a single Force just feels like nonsense gambling.

idk i haven't been thinking about this cube much lately because i'm too busy making goblins kiss each other. brawler's a bit wordy. probably plays fine. if i come back to updating this list the next step is gonna be just taking all of the stupid ass life gain+graveyard hate cards out. scooze...

Thoughts on Hurloon Minotaur hurloon minotaur One of my goals with this project was to include as many red creatures from Alpha as possible and have them be powerful, high pick cards. Obviously cards like Roc of Kher Ridges are easy to get over in an environment where your average creature has...

one might say that many of riptide lab's greatest minds have been women

You look me in the eye and you tell me that if you had an opportunity for Fire Juggler to be a reasonable card in an environment you were designing you wouldn't leap at the opportunity! Seriously though, I actually really love how much Fire Juggler "yes and"s the mechanics here. Like sure, red...

Cool design and technically fits the restrictions but I think it's just way too cracked in a way that's not very interesting here. Getting to six mana is just not that hard to do and this card simultaneously removes a threat, puts you way ahead on cards and puts the life total race out of reach...

Some thoughts on card advantage tamiyo, inquisitive studentragavan nimber pilfererocelot pridepsychic frog You guys seen this shit? Pretty crazy. Another one of my little frustrations with modern magic design is that card advantage just doesn't feel like it matters anymore. There are so many...

Some further thoughts on gameplay I'm very proud of the way that this cube plays in a way I'm not sure that I've felt about any other project. I made a lot of big bets during the design process that all of these like stacked gimmicks, the no deckbuilding, the tight curation of numbers on cards...

Some further thoughts on land count My initial draft of this cube had 140 Mountains in it, or 17.5 lands per player. My rationale at the time was that I didn't want it to be too difficult to hit your desired land count, so I wanted lands to be somewhat easy to come by. It only took one 8 player...

It's like this is some kind of hobby for you instead of like a constantly forgotten wretched beast you keep in the woodshed and feed raw meat twice a year. Odd.

Did you learn how to execute a minimalist artifact theme?

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Goblin Game 320 card mostly red no deckbuilding desert bar cube. 6x Goblin Piker. goblin piker The Draft Players draft 4 packs of 10 cards and play a 40 card deck. No basic land box. No sideboards. You draft 40 cards, shuffle them up, and play them. 5 packs of 8 with smaller groups. The...