Recent content by psly4mne

I use MSE when possible, with my cube expansion symbol. Sometimes the templates aren't good enough and I use mtg.design or original images. I print them on regular paper and sleeve them in front of a card. If I cut carefully, they look like proper cards.

The reveal synergy is neat, but a 1 turn clock in the air is probably not a lower power target. He deals 12 the turn he comes out, and 9 the following turn if not answered.

In my cube that would be >=5 lines (58% of nonlands) or >=6 lines (41%). The 4 line cards (at least, the ones that don't have reminder text) really feel succinct to me. Except for Cryptic Command. Still, changing the definition would be really confusing. Most of the cube is wordy and that's...

B.O.B is a total color pie break, but I'm pretty sure I'm still required to run it forever. Alexander Clamilton looks very fun. In my cube, about 72% of spells are wordy, and the average card that's not a basic has 5 lines. Those are some good stats. Plus it's Alexander Clamilton.

It would have to be in a very particular environment. Slow decks, no above-curve creatures, basically no planeswalkers, but very good fixing. Stuff like Chromatic Lantern, Regal Behemoth, full signets. In any other scenario, just no.

I think Searing Blaze is better - it kills most of Death Ray's targets, it deals more face damage, it can go face if the opponent only has big creatures, and having some less splashable burn is fine. I'd run Death Ray long before Searing Blood because it's simply better on average. Blood is...

You're right, but if I play this, I want to start with as close to a functionally equivalent as possible and then iterate on feedback. My cube does include a lot of ways to dump X and it can be raced, so hopefully the hard lock will come up with acceptable frequency.

I don't really want to use the original because the "card you own in opponent's hand" thing is cute, but too far outside the rules and will probably cause problems. I do like your version better, might tinker with it a bit more.

That is not correct. "You" refers to the player who activated the ability (see Xantcha, Sleeper Agent), and the added activated ability can only be activated by the player who activated the original ability (see Martyrdom). It is true though that the "this ability" at the end is ambiguous...

My attempt at a rules-cleaned-up X. Don't know if this is a good idea, but I might try it out at some point.

I think that if Rakdos is supposed to care about artifacts then it needs better reasons to go in. Similar to the reasons/rewards idea for multicolor cards, you need either (1) a large number of artifacts that a rakdos drafter will pick up without relying on artifact synergy, or (2) some more...

By keeping it tapped long enough to race, or until you're out of cards to discard. It's a control finisher, making the game end is the point.

Pack 1 took Blood Crypt first then Goblin Cratermaker. I wheeled Flesh Carver, so felt confident in at least black being open. Pack 2 I got handed a great aggro curve in black and red, and picked up more discard support. Wheeling Hazoret was nice. I saw some artifact and aristocrat support in my...

I like weird effects, and I think Bend or Break has a chance to be a real card. In aggro, it delays the big answers by 2-3 turns while still allowing the aggro deck to play cheap burn/reach. In ramp, if you don't have a huge bomb handy, it could extend the midgame where your mana advantage is...

The reason for cutting Ravages was that I'm adding Bend or Break and some land recursion that combos with Strip Mine, and I don't want mass LD to become too common. History of Benalia and Gideon Blackblade have been on my "maybe try this" list for a while, I might very well give them a shot in...