Recent content by ravnic

So, I found a way to do a rematch with the abzan graveyard deck and the white based lifegain aggro deck. The first game ran into exactly the same problem, no one could finish the game, boards had time to get bigger and bigger until both players didn't even bother to think anymore – it was like...

Toph, Earthbending Master I'll show you now a few 4-drops that have been (very) good but unproblematic in my cube and you tell me if that Toph seems more dangerous to you than these. Talrand, Sky Summoner Zimone, Mystery Unraveler Battle Screech Ojutai Exemplars Traxos, Scourge of Kroog

Should work decently well with a good base body as fallback plan. But I would avoid it for all it's trinket text, suggesting themes that aren't there.

This set has a lot of three mana 2/4s. I'm glad I won't play with the cards anyway.

Oh, and another thing commander players often don't do when you put them into a context of real 1-vs-1 Magic is to sideboard. Recently in my cube one player had a red aggro deck with Bloodrage Brawler but only very little things to actually discard (mostly just one Rootwalla). She lost game one...

Cube Open Wilhelmshaven was a success! It was cool to help organize a small cube event, even though I couldn't do as much as I wanted with a thesis to write and a baby to care for. However, my Casual Champions Cube got drafted once again, although this time it got played in a 6-pod. 1. {B}{G}...

It is really astonishing to me how many absolute basics of playing Magic are lost to people who only come from Commander. No hate. I love it when people come to this game and I don't care how good you are, but it's still fascinating how learning the game has changed over the years. In the most...

I had a copy of this card when I was 11 yo and I thought it was broken. Sweet that it turns out that it is actually a cool design. Thank you, I'll put one into my battlebox!

It's just that some drafters don't want to read reminder texts anyway and they might just assume it is adventures. This set, so far, looks really high fantasy, magic adjacent and I barely know a name or anything. I really hated the first two marvel sets with a passion, but I think I wont mind...

You can also still play plenty of constructed cards from the respective era. I mean, Lightning Helix and Remand won't hurt your limited environment, just maybe leave Jitte.

Hela, Mistress of Darkness I know there is Star Trek and a Magic set before this releases in like April, but I wanted to talk about the Vengeance mechanic. It's essentially adventures bit aftermath. And I am really intrigued by that. I dismissed Omens and prepare, reasoning that I don't want my...

It's cool, but I'm pretty sure it is still a heavy pie break

That might be your solution right there. Don't sweat over what was played in Standard/Modern/Extended whatever, just choose a era where you like all the cards and build a cube around them. You can freely decide how many years/blocks you're covering then too and still freely decide which power...

It also adds a dimension of buildaround. You either want to make sure to have creatures that stay relevant with -1/-1 or make sure that your things coming back just to die again is beneficial.

Neon Dynasty was cool and all but man I'm still sad we won't return to Kamigawa proper. I know, the power level was low and some visuals too weird for the wider audience, but I was soo fascinated by it when I came into the game. And I still love the weird Kami, the mysterious moon folk, the rat...