Recent content by MilesOfficial

In short: it's a novelty. It's part of the "meta" of Cube, the built-in expectations of the format propagated by its biggest zealots. That's not inherently a good or bad thing, but it can be limiting. Restriction breeds creativity, but that doesn't mean it's the only source of creativity you...

I also read a lot of Redwall as a child, but if I'm at a bookstore asking for fantasy and they give me a book where every character is a talking animal, I'm going to feel like I'm getting punked. I dunno, it seems just as discordant for Magic as oops all detectives to me, but it's not that big...

Goodness this data have turned me off from considering Phelia again! Gut has the same GIH win-rate as Pyrogoyf once you segment it for just top players. But also, Boros is so dramatically good that you do get somewhat skewed data here. Nia, Skysail Storyteller is nearly at the same level as...

I appreciate the feedback -- I ended up leaving the country on a work trip and didn't get a chance to consider these changes, but I did swap out Pyrogoyf at your recommendation with my Avatar updates. I posted by Avatar inclusions in the includes & testing thread, but here are my specific...

Wowee, big set. My 720 card Cube normally tries out 15-20 new cards every set, so with 30 new includes, this expansion is mathematically 50% better suited for my environment than the typical release. Avatar's Wrath Aang's Iceberg Enter the Avatar State Abandoned Air Temple Suki, Courageous...

I'm honestly pretty convinced by this. I was struck by what you said, and on reflecting on this, I was more impressed with individual card designs from Avatar and Final Fantasy (and UB more generally) than with individual card designs from in-universe sets. I think they're more flavorful and...

Let's look through the premiere Magic sets of the last 4 years. Kaldheim Strixhaven: School of Mages Dungeons & Dragons: Adventures in the Forgotten Realms Innistrad: Midnight Hunt Innistrad: Crimson Vow Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty Streets of New Capenna Dominaria United The Brothers’ War Phyrexia...

Toph, Hardheaded Teacher Toph, Hardheaded Teacher is hella cool. A Gruul card that cares about spells and makes a bunch of creatures? I'm in!! The concern about the lessons is valid here, though. I'm only planning on including a handful of lessons at this point (Enter the Avatar State, Redirect...

Bumi's Feast Lecture Bumi's Feast Lecture is another card in the vein of the earlier-discussed 2-drop-with-a-food-token Michelangelo, the Heart / Spider-Ham, Peter Porker / Tough Cookie / Unlucky Cabbage Merchant, and it's pretty cool! It plays better if you're playing with more of the others...

As we're wrapping up spoiler season (today's TLE cards round out the mechanically new cards in the set and we're down to just ~20 cards from the main set, with 270/296 revealed), I'm currently at 26 swaps planned for this set. Not a record-breaker (nothing close to FIN/FIC), but there's a lot...

Kind of makes me question why I'm playing Dryad of the Ilysian Grove! I think I'd rather have my greed-enabler also be able to tap for mana, and costing a whole mana less is huge. Losing one point of toughness and the Exploration ability seems like a small cost. The issue is my stupid sexy...

I like this one a bit, but yeah, not doing anything on its own is rough. Final-Word Phantom is probably better for this kind of ability, even if you don't get the potential draw engine out of it. I much prefer this to Zack Fair, and I think it's a big improvement on the art. I like keeping...

The bird is one of my favorite cards of the set. Really like the alternative art, too! Iroh's Demonstration Iroh's Demonstration is a fantastic bread-and-butter card. Stoked to have this effect in the game, can't believe it's taken so long to have this kind of thing for 2 mana. It doesn't feel...

Completely agree. As impossible as it feels to say, Michaelangelo is an art downgrade to Spiderham, made worse by the fact that we likely won't get one in a normal frame. (To this point: please give me all the Final Fantasy/LotR scene cards and Tarkir Commanders with a normal Magic frame...

I just don't get it. I used to be Maro-level upset that cards like these were available in green: Hornet Queen Hornet Sting Beast Within Hail Storm Jugan, the Rising Star It felt wrong! Green's not supposed to get these kinds of things! But then Tarkir came out and I listened to Drive to Work...