Recent content by ravnic

Yeah, also really looking forward to those cards. Especially lower rarity cards are often really cool and creatively designed, yet simple and elegant enough for cube. Also looking forward to more retro frames.

What intrigues me about these cards, is that they're actually worse when you are on the play. A nice little balancing of the inherent disadvantage you have.

Wow, Grists origin story is so touching

I just note down some basic guidelines, like some themes that I would like to support or so. Not too detailed. Then I check if there are any cards, that I want to be in there 100% and I'll just add them. Then what I often do is note down an estimated curve like this: Black ~30/28 (That's...

Spectral Sailor Harrier Strix Can't decide. Do I want a card that interacts better with blues instant speed interaction or won't blue control decks play it anyway? Do I rather want one with (even more ninja and) discard/graveyard synergies, or is the loot ability too expensice to matter anyway?

Would it be as good, better or still weaker as that card (Evolution Sage) if Tangela was a 0/0 that entered with two +1/+1 counters?

Tangela {2}{G} Whenever you cast your second spell each turn, proliferate. 2/2 ? How good is this card? In my Pokécube there are no pws, but lots of +1/+1 counters, mostly in temur, -1/-1 counters in jund and energy in grixis.

Alos, I feel like those frames combine the worst parts of old and new. They have that ugly black bottom but you still can't read white cards :p But on a more serious note, these creatures are busted. They would see print today, onviously, but still be kinda shocking, and they don't fit...

So, I am working on version 2.0 currently. The reason I don't say 1.3 or something and big difference is, that I will get rid of evolving as a mechanic. It was cool when it worked. Paying some mana in the mid-late game to transform your 2-drop into a better Pokémon you got from your deck played...

Can't do that sadly, because proliferate is big theme in the cube and it is really unfun to have endless shield counters on a creature. Nah, blue is just blue. The pokémon types are just there as a replacement for creature types. And while I don't have surf, I have a bunch of cards that have...

For my Pokémagic cube 2.0 I was brewing for a design for dewgong, and I came up with something like a morphling variant, but I have a hard time evaluating this card's power level. I wanted it to be a good control finisher, have it enable discard and be not too beefy, yet cost 6 mana. All of...

Likely to get tested: Harrier Strix Nurturing Pixie Strix is a nice 1-drop for ninjas and other aggressive blue decks, and the loot ability adds extra synergie potential. Pixie is also a cool flying men variant, you either play it if you want evasive 1-drops or if you're blinking. Ideally a...

Yeah, those quotes are awesome. I just read two complete draft reports and those were part of why I did it. Also, I would really like to talk with you about some card evaluations at some point. Our cubes do have quite a bit of overlap, I feel like we have a very similar power level when it...

Somewhere in between moving to our new home we managed to get a 5-person draft done with people who helped us. It was a bit chaotic, it took several days to play out all the games and two people couldn't even finish all their games themselves. But it was still fun and we somehow played out all...

But the Rattlewurm still draws you a Rampant Growth, so it is not really solved with a Terror. Also, more importantly, removal spells are situational cards, they have to be cheaper and bring some advantages. Dust Animus for example doesn't even die to shock and disfigure variants, which makes it...