Recent content by MilesOfficial

Oh, I kind of like this. Not sure how I missed it, but I like a mono-blue Sprite Dragon without the keywords. Deeproot Champion being green has always been its biggest detriment, and this also benefits from being a noncreature spell itself. Giving +1/+1 counters for your third card each turn...

Day: 010 Set: Rivals of Ixalan (RIX) Release Date: January 19, 2018 Cards: 196 Leads: Ben Hayes (Design & Development) All New Cards, Sorted by ELO: CubeCobra Link I'm so glad they stopped doing blocks. Rivals of Ixalan is a really poor set. Limited was awful. The designs were uninspired...

And then you can use the above Summoner's Sending and Lord Jyscal Guado to benefit majorly off of them! I think this set is what pushes me over the edge with +1/+1 counters, and Shelinda, Yevon Acolyte is a good one to help do that. Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness My favorite of the +1/+1 counters...

Neat!

Day: 010 Set: Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC) Release Date: April 19, 20242022 Cards: 40 (new) + 266 (reprint) Leads: Corey Bowen (Design & Development) All New Cards, Sorted by ELO: CubeCobra Link Our first Commander set, as decided by the Scryfall random gods! I usually like...

Chris Cox in one of his quarterly presentations, fiscal 2020 IIRC. Because of MtG's role in Hasbro at the time, the actual sales numbers did not get called out for the game for 2017 and 2018, but we do know 2016's number ($350M) and 2019's ($424M). An increase of 21% over three years -- 7%...

Aerith Gainsborough Tifa Lockhart Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER I've never played 7 / don't care about it but it's very funny how I am so attracted to these designs specifically. Aerith Gainsborough is a dream of a +1/+1 counters / legendary-matters / lifegain crossover. For how many different...

Day: 008 Set: Jumpstart 2022 (J22) Release Date: December 2, 2022 Cards: 51 (new) + 768 (reprint) Leads: Mark Gottlieb (Design) All New Cards, Sorted by ELO: CubeCobra Link Welcome to the most commander-y set printed without the commander name! Commander design sensibilities have infected the...

I've been running this little guy for almost a year now: Pollen-Shield Hare Pollen-Shield Hare is fine! I moved him in a Selesnya slot because it's my Cube and I can be inconsistent when I want to be, even though I really view him as a mono-white card but I found GW to be less competitive than...

Day: 007 Set: Mercadian Masques (MMQ) Release Date: October 4, 1999 Cards: 350 Leads: Mike Elliot (Design), Henry Stern (Development) All New Cards, Sorted by ELO: CubeCobra Link Ah, Masques. The "we're sorry" follow-up to Urza's Block / Combo Winter. Intentionally powered down and filled with...

Day: 006 Set: Foundations (FDN) Release Date: November 15, 2024 Cards: 292* Leads: Bryan Hawley (Design), Mark Rosewater (Vision) All New Cards, Sorted by ELO: CubeCobra Link Note: this is just about the new cards in Foundations -- Foundations Jumpstart is going to be treated as a separate set...

That design is so clean. It feels like the logical conclusion to where this style of card has been going for years. I have many a Cube project in mind that will benefit from her!!

Day: 005 Set: Onslaught (ONS) Release Date: October 7, 2002 Cards: 350 Leads: Mike Elliott (Design), Randy Buehler (Development) All New Cards, Sorted by ELO: CubeCobra Link Onslaught was the end Magic's early era. It was the extreme of the late-90s/early-00s conception of what "cool" was...

Fallen Askari

It's what I did for my last "daily" thing! I try not to be on my computer too much on the weekends Day: 004 Set: Zendikar Rising (ZNR) Release Date: September 25, 2020 Cards: 280 Leads: Mark Rosewater (Design), Erik Lauer & Andrew Brown (Development Co-Leads) All New Cards, Sorted by ELO...