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Took a crack at the updated list. I like it a lot better! You still have a ways to go, but you're moving in the right direction. Still. My first few picks were dictated by raw power (Sun Titan and Elspeth, Sun's Champion), and then I mostly drafted tools to ensure I could cast my bombs...

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Ember Swallower Shaman of the Great Hunt

That is a super interesting pool. You could take that deck in a bunch of different directions. You could even sideboard into a completely different archetype depending on the matchup. I do feel like there should be room in here somewhere for the Abyssal Persecutor. He fits the gameplan of this...

Drafted the Graveyard Combo Cube. P1p1 Mirari's Wake. I snagged a late Land Tax in pack 2 and started kicking myself for not going into Naya earlier after I'd passed a Borborygmos, Enraged and a Clan Defiance. This deck is sweet, but it could have been sweeter, and that's my fault that it...

Here's the thing, dude. You have just as much of a bad card problem as you do a good card problem. Let's say we put power level on a spectrum, and say that stuff like actual power is a 10, stuff like Wurmcoil Engine and swords are a 9, and something like Chimney Imp is a 1. Most powermaxers...

Rolling Thunder has ruined every Pauper cube draft I've ever done. It's probably not quite so egregious at Peasant power level, but I'd stay away from it all the same.

Drafted Trainmaster's. Holy cow, the power band in this cube is super wide. P1P1 Started with a Splinter Twin that didn't end up doing anything. P1P2 Doomwake Giant, because I thought it might be fun to put Twin on that. P1P3 Pack Rat. I'm not sure what this is doing in the same cube as Grim...

https://riptidelab.com/forum/threads/the-golgari-swarm-bg.1837/

Point the first: FUCK PACK RAT. Point the second: Putrid Imp

FoF is tempting, but I'm kind of looking for something that isn't *just* a card draw spell (if a super neat one) or just a counterspell. Leading candidates to replace Confluence: Cryptic Command Draining Whelk Evacuation Upheaval Desertion

Is Confluence really that bad? I had it in as a replacement for Cryptic Command that I thought might be more fair at 5 Mana (and 1UUU annoys me as a casting cost). I'm open to cutting it. What's a good expensive blue instant to slot in instead?

Oh shit. I was on the verge of putting Bounty of the Luxa in, but I like this about 1,000x more.

Hey, remember how we were talking about how BW lifegain wants to have outlets to spend life for value? Plus if you dump a bunch of counters on this from somewhere else it gets awesome. This feels less like a Commander card and more like an Ixalan card that got cut from the file at the last minute.

I hate everything spoiled so far except for Saheeli and Retrofitter Foundry. I'm getting more and more sour on Commander sets as the years go on. God help me, I'm turning into a curmudgeon.

Patient Rebuilding I had this card in a draft last night, and holy smokes it is bah-roken. It consistently drew 1-2 extra cards per turn and gave you inevitability. I actually sat there for a while last night and considered cutting Torrential Gearhulk for it, since I came to the conclusion...

I do like What's Infiltrator. It's probably my favorite Looter il-Kor variant (I think what I really want is to marry Looter il-Kor with Departed Deckhand). Meanwhile, I don't think Kheru Mind-Eater does enough, and I would rather play Nightveil Specter. As for Keeper of Eyes, I don't like...

That's not really something where you can give a percentage number and have it always be correct. You are getting into the part of design that's more art than science. You just gotta put the cards in, playtest, and see what works. However, there is a pretty decent tool that WotC R&D uses...

You know, all this time I somehow never realized that Valkyrie can steal any creature that dies, not just your own. I'll have to reevaluate her based on that.

I just wasn't sure if the card was good or not. Plus, I don't plan on having creatures in my graveyard super often. Most of my creatures are recursive or can be recurred by Alesha. Plus, I just don't have any experience with the card itself. It's one of those cards I'd have to see in action...