Search results

Magic combining effects into creatures isn't anything new, but literally combining creatures into each other just feels like peak laziness to me. These are incredibly uninspired designs.

I didn't really see any cards that interested me after reviewing the set, but I think I'd be more open because then they would just be weird charge counters at that point. But most of the noncreature oil counters cards look too durdly to be worth trying out in my cube.

My cube already has +1/+1 counters that can be put on creatures via stuff like Felidar Retreat, Siege Veteran or Luminarch Aspirant. I don't want to make my drafters have to keep track of potentially two different kinds of counters on a creature with dice. The wordiness is also annoying outside...

I think it comes down to the expectations you'd like to present to your drafters. Unnecessary fluff on cards creates distractions that you as the cube designer can just gloss over due to so much exposure with your own list, but the same cannot be expected of players that might draft your cube a...

Looks like I'm a week late for this one, but thankfully it's a short list for inclusions this time around. There's just a lot of text on many of these cards and once it mentions toxic or oil counters I'm out. Over the years I've been leaning towards avoiding additional text wherever possible...

I still enjoy playing Magic, the game itself and social parts of it are as fun as ever, but I'm not anywhere near as interested as I was in the past. Part of it is due to other hobbies and interests taking precedence over the years, but I'd say the core issue I have with the game is the current...

Just adding onto this, but I think it's more the accumulation of very aggressive banning strategy over the previous 2 years that was the precursor to them destroying that format as a whole. If you were active with an LGS you could see the degradation happen in real-time ever pre-pandemic. I...

I dunno if they could have printed something so against my cube design preferences outside an Un-set but they've pulled it off. So much unnecessary complexity, everything wrong with current MTG design with overly wordy cards. Not being able to block as well as zero evasion just makes this real...

Oko is bastard man

I run them both, view Giant Killer as more a removal spell than creature when it comes to evaluation. For aggressive decks you want a critical mass of creatures that can apply pressure before the opponent stabilizes with a 3 or 4 drop and Officer lets you get under while also providing flood...

For me it depends on whichever version of the card looks the best to me. Most of the time that does end up being the oldest printing usually with an old frame, but this recent run with retro treatments have definitely made me lean towards certain card printings. However not all retro printings...

Just living his best (undead) life.

Altar of Dementia is a better roleplayer in more decks while Phyrexian Altar is pretty much just a combo outlet from my experience, and you usually need 2 other pieces. I don't play either currently but I'd lean towards Dementia.

It's pretty easy to get going, you don't need a whole lot of support to make it a thing. In all honesty if you can get either Champ up to 2 power you're already golden and on rate with other aggro one drops, getting it to 3+ lets it reach a higher ceiling than almost every other one drop you...

I much prefer Fleecemane Lion because Monstrosity just reads much cleaner and I like the idea of a one time payment more than leaving mana up to make use of the Lion/Enchantment moving forward. A 4/4 Indestructible Hexproof isn't chump change, but it's not exactly unstoppable or game-ending with...

I don't think Mind Spring is quite accurate, though it isn't nearly as strong as it was previously. You'd pretty much need it to be in a TSR-lite environment to feel like a strong card. The more toned down your power level the better this will be. If a 5/5 for 5 that can get a little bigger can...

It's the cube curator's conundrum. Put in all the work to assemble a legit token box with copies of each random and specific token, but most of your players will most likely never go through the trouble of picking them out of the box. I think splitting the difference with those quick dry erase...

That was me the last 2-3ish months. I didn't play a single game of Magic until BRO prerelease, only loosely kept up with spoilers.

Traveled up to the Bay Area to visit some friends and see one of my favorite bands play a gig, stopped by for pre-release at the old CFB game shop. Went 2-0-1 at the FNM prerelease and split the final round for prize packs while playing for fun (won 2-1). I opened a very solid pool that was...

Most of these are maybes, but I'm definitely going to be trying out Recruitment Officer, Siege Veteran, and Saheeli, Filigree Master. These all slot in neatly into specific niches. Not much to be said about Officer as it's yet another 2/1 Human with some upside and that makes it just fine for...