Recent content by MilesOfficial

I've tried this a few times in the past and no one ever picks it. I think it might be better situated in my Cube now (i.e. better), which I would be jazzed for. The lack of control it offers is troubling, but not impossible to work around. I don't want to use an Izzet slot for it, but I'd be...

I am very hopeful (and expectant) that the non-showcase version will be more pallatable. Interesting to see so few additional leaks from this set considering how we got the rare sheet spoiled by WotC themselves a month ago. Prerelease is this weekend! It's going to be a short spoiler season.

I'm looking for another 1 or 2-drop creature in red that helps me discard more cards to support Marauding Mako, Ivora, Insatiable Heir, and Hobgoblin, Mantled Marauder. Volatile Wanderglyph Yuyan Archers Boundary Lands Ranger Plargg, Dean of Chaos Party Thrasher Irreverent Gremlin Reckless...

Seems incredibly novel and fun, and you can work around the card selection to keep the games the right speed such to not immediately kill your opponent. I don't know if I'd want to go to a Cube night and just draft a novelty like this, but I'd love to be wrong about that, since it really does...

A lot of my favorites have already been mentioned, but here are some I'm playing/have played that I like and haven't been yet: Minas Tirith Eiganjo Castle Trenzalore Clocktower Minas Morgul, Dark Fortress Tomb Fortress Lindblum, Industrial Regency Ba Sing Se Okina, Temple to the Grandfathers...

Yeah, I think you might get a drafter asking "wait does this tap for land?" during a draft, but that's fine. You've got the complexity budget to spend.

I like the Cube, and like the aesthetic vision you have here (great choice of basics too). Drafted it once and really liked my deck and I'll give it another go or two later since you gave so much to us by writing this all out. I'd recommend you also start blogging about notes, further thoughts...

I think it's fine at literally any power level. Requiring you to use a land drop is such a huge cost that it balances itself out. I ran Magus of the Bazaar for years and loved it and would love to run it again if I had any faith that it would get drafted by anyone besides myself. I think the...

Looks like the rest of the Arena cards are now available. There's two I love: Elvish Elegy is a pretty good Mulch equivalent that benefits greatly from being hybrid. Makes it really easy to fix your mana and fill your graveyard. I think this is fine without the perpetual text too, but it's no...

It's absurd to not allow clearly-marked-but-wholly-readable proxies at Cube events, but I guess I see such low-effort proxies at EDH tables around me that there's some logic to drawing the line at the easiest point. To be honest, trying to read low-res Magic cards is headache inducing during a...

Fundamentally, this is where I've landed. My on-deck binder is so deeply full that I'm considering switching to one double the size, which still will not be able to fit in everything I want in it. Nearly every card in my Cube represents two that could reasonably take its place. I don't want to...

I've never seen that version of Mentor's Guidance -- what a lovely card! I'd be jazzed to run it. ...but the problem I have with adding an Alchemy rebalance is that it's a slippery slope. There's no real reason why I shouldn't then edit a bunch of other cards only really intended for retail...

There's a lot of really cool cards and designs here. Emporium Thopterist is my favorite. I think "conjure" is way easier than seek in most cases, personally, since it just makes a token. Seek reveals a lot of information about decks and even the card you're seeking, which is not how the...

This is the reason why, of all products they could make, I wish they'd do more commander cards / decks. they can make a few key cards for every forgotten favorite that are hard to justify in "normal" products, and they don't even have to worry about balance this way. I really liked when they...

the kind of people who want to play a card called "mathemagics" (and also those who play things like KCI and Valakut) but also I'd be mad if the standard version of the card didn't spell it out but this is the one case where it'd be clean to have it on the bonus version!!