Recent content by StrionicAdventurer

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...

Bummer. I was kind of hoping the reduced hand size would keep this thing in line, but I guess you're still functionally at 6 cards to start if you count the conspiracy itself. Thanks for the sanity check, y'all! No choice but to make a whole cube where everybody gets one in their pool, I guess.

Sovereign's Realm I know it's a truth universally acknowledged that Conspiracies are totally busted, but it this one OK? I think it would be really fun in my Landfill cube. Anyone have any experience with this thing?

Is there really nobody in Marvel comics who fits the Abzan color identity? We've had over 500,000 UB cards and so far Bilbo the Birthday Boy is the only Abzan card. Isn't that weird? There's not an issue of Black Panther where he's acting kind of Abzan about things?

Savage Land Dinosaur This one gave me a sensible chuckle.

Big Update! I'm trying to be very intentional about updating this cube. Part of the reason I got into Cube in the first place was because I found myself curating dozens of decks across six or seven formats that I never played. I don't want to end up in the same trap with a bunch of different...