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As long as a base version exists to explain the finer details, I'm in favor of the alternates making concessions for aesthetic purposes. For example, base set Sedgemoor Witch with Ward reminder text vs. a cleaner Extended Art:

I actually cut Young Pyromancer a while back which was hard due to nostalgia, but the limitations to instants and sorceries just became more of an issue over time. It's really difficult to hit that critical mass in a draft format unless you absolutely get the nuts like you could in Constructed...

If anyone is interested, Patrick Chapin is kickstarting his next Magic book diving into a bunch of stuff regarding Magic history and theory and design. It just reached a milestone that will lead to a chapter on Cube being included. He was away from Magic for a while but it looks like he's very...

I'm likely out on anything that references a Mutagen token since it's going to be a set specific token and not evergreen like Clues or Treasures, but there are a number of cool designs I'm interested in trying out from what we've seen: These could all just be Magic cards; there isn't...

I've been running Siege Veteran for years and while this is probably an upgrade, I think that card is just cleaner to play with. Not really feeling the flavor text of this one. Two +1/+1 counters is pretty pushed, did they really need to upgrade that ability so highly? Guess it really depends on...

This set will very much come down to art for me. If it isn't so egregious or cartoon-y that it feels overwhelming then I'm down to include whatever as long as it improves the gameplay and/or fills a need. This also extends to regular Magic cards; not a fan of any of the team-up cards they...

My friends and I did a prerelease at home with kits from the store and playing some round robin between us over the weekend. I ended up with a decent pool that was able to put together a solid Abzan Kithkin deck: Twos 1 Surly Farrier 1 Great Forest Druid 1 Feisty Spikeling 1 Thoughtweft...

It's a small list for inclusion, but I could see all of these sticking around for a long time to come: We already had the discussion about Moonshadow and the various ways you could consistently turn this into a threat, but this is probably my favorite card spoiled from the entire set. I loved...

The new Evoke cycle of elementals is pretty sweet, Vibrance and Wistfulness are both definitely getting runs in my environment. Love all the effects available to both of them. Great time to bring in the combo of: Nissa, Resurgent Animist Up The Beanstalk For Nissa, Resurgent Animist...

I'm reworking a slight self-discard archetype into my environment and Moon Shadow is a straight banger for it: I don't really like -1/-1 counters in general for an environment that has +1/+1 counters, but I think this synergizes with enough things that it might be worth inclusion. I'm...

I'm not sure if you can reach the critical mass with interactivity in green at a higher power level outside of certain Constructed formats so I think the best option is to focus on what should define a given G/x deck within your environment. For myself a mono-green deck should still be looking...

I'm late on the revisit because of a busy few weeks, but I'd like to keep this going with Duskmourn next. It looks like a little over a year ago my initial inclusions from the set were: Toby, Beastie Befriender Overlord of the Mistmoors Overlord of the Floodpits Overlord of the Balemurk...

Highly recommend taking a Saturday afternoon to sort through piles of stuff for buylisting. I do it like twice a year and can often trade into some big stuff at the local shop near me via store credit (which is a decent sized online retailer as well). So many random cards that buylist for $5-7...

Fair, I usually try to keep to a budget with early pick-ups as well. So much in the set drops, but there are definitely some good deals to be had on something like eBay if you can keep an eye out. I'm definitely going to be waiting on Badgermole Cub and Wan Shi Tong, Librarian with their...

Also picking up a copy of this guy: Wan Shi Tong, All-Knowing Didn't really notice it on first scan through the set, but the bigger version of the owl is in the supplemental TLE product. I like having some version of big 5 mana flyers in my cube (just brought back Glorybringer for the first...