Recent content by KeithCubes

Not to sound like a broken record, but I still hold this is more of a sidegrade to Aspirant than a healthy downgrade, as it's not hard to imagine a number of scenarios where this card is just better. I also find Bristly Bill to be just as bad (for gameplay) if not worse than Aspirant (in a...

Just to be clear, I was calling the regular art more dynamic, not the omelette making lol But I agree that the bar for this set is quite low, just saying what they gave him is at least better than both arts for Deanna Troi, Psychic Counselor which are only different poses of 'sitting in chair'...

I was referring to the broad risk / reward of including an underpowered creature in my deck with a conditional reward, as compared to say Blade Splicer which is more guaranteed upfront value. Strategem Emulator can get blown up in response to a buff trigger (netting you 2 1/1s, still an OK...

I'm also a fan of this guy, but I'm not sure the risk / reward is quite there? If it had vigilance or something I'd be a lot more excited to voltron him. I run a decent amount of -X/-X removal, so like you said the floor is more low. Planetary Bombardment This just got me thinking if this...

I'm surprised you're so low on Kira! She's definitely my favorite card of the set spoiled thus far, and a very grateful addition to Boros which can be hard to seed support for novel, synergistic lines of play. I love that she's a 4/3 Trample, which puts a lot of pressure on your opponent all on...

I’m exited for the design space and am hopeful it won’t be too confusing. I’m assuming they’re giving all of them the reminder text? I’m also very curious to see how they handle this when going borderless, as I think it will actually make the delineation a little clearer. On a regular frame...

I didn't even realize until rendering this card that you can actually target yourself if you have some big fatty in hand you need in the yard to reanimate. It's not an efficient way to do so, but is has a non-zero chance of being relevant! It does make my reminder text here kinda confusing, so I...

A-Symmetry Sage is dead, long live Asymmetry Sage! Asymmetry Sage For those unfamiliar with the re-balance, Asymmetry Sage is now the exact same card but with 1 less toughness. I like the art less, but might make the switch as I was starting to think 3 toughness was a little annoying to deal...

Gwen did an @everyone on their Discord announcements channel if you're terminally online enough to get those. Fortunately I knew it was coming so I just downloaded the Scryfall images of Alchemy rebalances I use and uploaded them to imgur. So now you can just add back the usual Symmetry Sage...

Bloomburrow tried making this a thing with cards like the aforementioned Essence Channeler, Zoraline, Cosmos Caller and Lunar Convocation. It's also what makes Gwenom, Remorseless a sweet card, despite having some of the issues with big lifelinking creatures I was talking about earlier...

I think of 'supporting aggro' as creating an environment where early play to the board early is advantageous. By contrast, I've played cubes where the optimal strategy is to just play haymakers, with all your 1-2 mana spells being removal / ramp. I don't need to play any creatures until turn 3...

In my opinion Soul Warden looking at creatures entering from both sides is annoying since it becomes almost like a stax piece for playing creatures, it's unsatisfying to remove, and makes a lot of triggers to keep track of. The Wardens that only look at your side like the new Liliana the...

Some cubes like Supplier more since it's a Zombie, but creature types aside, I'm a fan of what Manipulator brings to the table. While Supplier does a better job milling, its floor is much lower if drawn late, and I don't like my 1 drops to be dead draws unless played on curve. I don't think...

I had missed Marwyn too, but I'm pretty sold on Cultivator at this point. I think deathtouch is a good tool for green to have to deal with larger threats (esp. via fights / bites), but I dislike the play pattern of holding stupid 1/1s on defense, leading to board stalls. Since Cultivator gets...

Empower Jace, compared to Amass, definitely gets better the more you have of it. That may sound painfully obvious, but what I mean is while I'm perfectly happy with Bothersome Noisemaker being my only Amass enabler since there's actually advantages to the token staying small, Empower Jace has to...