Recent content by StrionicAdventurer

Tending the Garden Over the past few months, I've been gradually switching cards around, making little changes here and there to sculpt the environment and make it as vibrant and interesting as possible. The environment still feels very recognizable and the gameplay feels just right. Now my...

Now that they've finished the Bicycle lands at last, I have a new land cycle to wait for: Riftstone Portal So far we've checked off one color pair in 24 years, so... seems like it could be any minute.

Jokulmorder Is there a more stylish payoff for this strategy? Let your drafters know you mean business.

Hahaha, I hated this card when I first pulled it out of a booster. But after about 4 or 5 years of building graveyard-centric cubes, I get more excited by the word "discard" than I should. I forget it's supposed to be a downside!

Here's some blue cards I've been looking at for an environment with a lot of sacrifice stuff. Drowned Rusalka Emrakul's Messenger Skaab Ruinator

It has really been a blowout whenever I cast it. It's got a cool T-rex in the art, but I'm thinking about replacing it with Might of Alara or Become Immense, so the player has to work a little harder. Or Pounce, or Tail Swipe (in case I just really want to look at a picture of a dinosaur while...

Draft Report! I got a chance to run a 2-player draft with a new friend in my neighborhood. He's a VERY enfranchised player with a vast collection of cards and a lot of game knowledge, so I was very interested in his feedback and general experience. Plus, this was actually our first game...

Just fantasizing about Blue cards I wish existed for my cube...

I would love to add Nivea, Beloved Battlemage to Landfill. There is a real shortage of White legendary creatures that fit my theme, and I like to have a couple legends in each color, just for flavor. Unfortunately, I suspect these cards will be pretty hard to get at a price that fits my Bar Cube...

Feldon of the Third Path Is Feldon considered midrange? I'm never too sure what that means. Seems like you've got to make it a certain number of turns into the game before you get to do his thing, so I think he qualifies.

There's a lot to like in this set for the die-hard UB disliker. My own current favorite, Landfill, will be running a surprising number of new cards, and I got a last-minute hit with Troop of Ponies. His buddy Old Thrush might make the cut, too. I have never been more tempted to run some...

MAKE WAY FOR THE MVP Or should I say MVBee!?

This set is scoring very favorably on my scale for UB cards that don't need a re-skin. There's a lot here already that would work in my Landfill cube: Master's Councillors is a sweet card that plays really well with all the Blue draw/discard spells here. Elven Raft-Steerer provides some...

Paradox Shaper Dimir Strandcatcher Best buds! Honestly this horrible little squid guy is my favorite preview card so far. Also a big fan of white getting some more graveyard enablers! But I hope there's more design language for Stingerquill than "sanitized Rakdos character with scary burp...