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I mean, the rule of thumb for companion is: can I play this without sacrificing deck strength? If the answer is yes, you run the companion, it's as simple as that. However, for cube, I would like my customs to spark joy, and a 3/2 prowess, haste does not spark fun for me. Even if it's literally...

I actually think these designs are relatively tame? Obviously Companions have been a notoriously underrated design that was far better than expected, but there are a bunch that don't see play. I think merely having stats might not be enough to make those companions pop in a memorable way.

I was about to say, grabbing a Forest is fine on a GW hybrid card, so it should be fine here! Also, while reach isn’t really a white ability, flying is, an reach literally is a subset of flying if you think about it. In addition to the monowhite cards, there are also 12 GW cards with reach. And...

You have free reign on the cards you include in your cube, so you can make the answer be yes. You have the power in your hands! Black, especially, loves some devotion action with Gary, but all colors have decent options with color intensive mana costs. So maybe the answer is, don't play Elves...

Same! Somehow it even looks to be a cycle that’s exactly in the color pairs of my cube’s alternate color wheel!

Armageddon is resource denial, which happens to go along very well with an aggro plan. I wouldn’t personally call it a combo piece per se, but on the other hand, something like Winter Orb is considered a combo card, so who knows?

Adding something entirely different to the conversation, spelling Nevinyrral becomes really easy (or at least moderately easy) once you realize the card is an homage to Larry Niven, writer of The Magic Goes Away. The story's central idea is that magic isn't infinite but runs on "mana," a...

Unless you build your deck around it, it’s not an immediate army in a can, cause you can only make one land drop a turn… if you draw a land every turn. I think it feels like a reward if you get to Do The Thing!

Uh… that depends on your cube’s angles, I think. If you can reliably put out the Hydra on turn 3 or 4 from the graveyard, that’s better than the Baloth, I think. But Baloth shines in slower cubes where getting to 9-10 mana isn’t an exception and board stalls are common.

It's aliiiiiiive! Blog post with some changes wrought in the 6th and 7th draft: https://cubecobra.com/cube/blog/blogpost/cc0fa86c-1e7e-425c-8e13-7a157cbf1df7 Also, updated the first post with new examples and updated rules!

Oh no, I skipped a year! Best wishes, happy holidays, and may 2026 be nothing short of amazing for all of you!

Hot Soup Infiltration Lens Prowler’s Helm Any of these an option?

I just looked, and I run nothing from this set :oops: I do enjoy the thought of Bitterthorn, but not to the tune of €20. I totally missed Chivalric Alliance, that is actually a really sweet card, though I have no clue why it doesn't just create the common 2/2 white Knight creature token with...

I see someone is triggered, let me tap two untapped creatures to copy that! XD

I actually have this exact same conundrum in my Heritage cube, because you edit existing cards. I use a black star in front of of the name, but I had to hack the font on a local copy of Card Conjurer to get that to work XD I also mirror the art, to create an uncanny valley effect for people...