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  1. MilesOfficial

    General Aesthetics Debate Club: Optimizing Art in Cube (Daily!)

    @inscho and @Zoss shared the same article I was just in the process of posting it. That Hipsters of the Coast piece is a pretty good overview for why she was dropped by WotC. Nielsen's rebuttal is also in the article, but I think it's worth posting here as well: I'm pretty confident by her...
  2. MilesOfficial

    General Aesthetics Debate Club: Optimizing Art in Cube (Daily!)

    Day 12: Sad Robot | Results Greg Staples | MRD - 8 votes (40%) Dan Scott | M12 - 6 votes (30%) Joseph Meehan | M21 - 5 votes (25%) Yoji Shinkawa | SLD - 1 vote Daarken | Kaladesh Inventions Donato Giancola | C19 I was all alone on this one! The classic Greg Staples version won out, but it was...
  3. MilesOfficial

    General (CMM) Commander Masters 2023 Previews

    cube is the best format prioritizing for the best format is just the logical choice "the health of the game"? "competitive magic"? "alienating people with OP cards and UB"?? ok sure those are cool but if everyone played cube more people would be happy
  4. MilesOfficial

    General (CMM) Commander Masters 2023 Previews

    I wholeheartedly believe that what's good for Cube is good for the game
  5. MilesOfficial

    General Aesthetics Debate Club: Optimizing Art in Cube (Daily!)

    Day 11: Terramorphic Expanse | Results Dan Scott | TSP - 8 votes (42%) Dan Scott | BRC (Old Border) - 5 votes (26%) Andreas Rocha | JMP - 4 votes (21%) Full-Text | SLD - 1 vote Dan Scott | CMB (Extended art) - 1 vote Dan Scott | Salvat 200 Kekai Kotaki | 40k Adam Burn | ONE Alexander Gering |...
  6. MilesOfficial

    General Aesthetics Debate Club: Optimizing Art in Cube (Daily!)

    I'm going to specify that it's about the art going froward, and will make polls with the art crops to encourage folks to vote accordingly -- but will ask folks to share their perspectives on frames/set symbols/etc like I've tried to do in my own commentary. Still open to make changes to that...
  7. MilesOfficial

    General Aesthetics Debate Club: Optimizing Art in Cube (Daily!)

    I was getting a high ratio of responses that were commenting beyond the art so I kind of leaned into it; open to feedback though
  8. MilesOfficial

    General Aesthetics Debate Club: Optimizing Art in Cube (Daily!)

    Day 10: Faithless Looting | Results Gabor Szikszai | DKA - 13 votes (62%) Shiro Yayoi | STA-JP - 3 votes (14%) Karl Kopinski | BRC - 3 votes (14%) Miklós Ligeti | LTC - 1 vote Douglas Shuler | CMM - 1 vote Karl Kopinski | PIDW - 0 votes Carly Mazur | STA-EN - 0 votes Wow, did not expect such...
  9. MilesOfficial

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    Chivalric Alliance has nothing in common with Pack Rat, IMO. I was on the Chivalric Alliance train from day 1 of seeing the card and I'm very happy with it, though I imagine it'll remain a somewhat late pick for some time. It's something of a trap for my more novice players, but there's a lot...
  10. MilesOfficial

    Sets (WOE) Wilds of Eldraine Spoilers

    I'll likely put 2/3 of them into the gold section and 1/3 of them into a mono-colored section, based on anticipated play patterns. It makes it hard to have folks help me sort my cube but is the only way I justify maintaining highly standardized color balance (with two exceptions in my 3-color...
  11. MilesOfficial

    General CBS

    If I were to make custom cube cards, I would definitely start with making "official-looking" versions of these. I wish they had silly drawings like the Mystery Booster ones; I might be willing to pay the extreme prices being asked for them on eBay if they did. I don't remember if I'd ever...
  12. MilesOfficial

    General Aesthetics Debate Club: Optimizing Art in Cube (Daily!)

    Day 9: Phyrexian Metamorph | Results Jana Schirmer & Johannes Voss | NPH - 5 votes (36%) Thomas M. Baxa | 2XM - 5 votes (36%) Yoji Shinkawa | SLD - 3 votes (21%) Jung Park | PNPH - 1 vote Our first tie! The original and the Double Masters full art version both take the cake today. I was...
  13. MilesOfficial

    General Aesthetics Debate Club: Optimizing Art in Cube (Daily!)

    Many of them! The previous two are great examples. I thought my impassioned argument for the LotR version of Battlefield Forge would be strong enough to sway at least one or two of my fellow classic-border-preferrers, but it only got one vote besides myself. Yesterday's as well was a more...
  14. MilesOfficial

    General Aesthetics Debate Club: Optimizing Art in Cube (Daily!)

    Day 8: Recruitment Officer | Results Johan Grenier | BRO - 10 votes (67%) Zoltan Boros | GDY - 5 votes (33%) The booster pack edition wins by a 2:1 ratio! Day 9: Phyrexian Metamorph | Survey Jana Schirmer & Johannes Voss | NPH Jung Park | PNPH Thomas M. Baxa | 2XM Yoji Shinkawa | SLD...
  15. MilesOfficial

    General (LTR / LTC) Lord of the Rings Testing/Includes Mega Thread!

    Just from playing a good amount of retail limited, I already added Troll of Khazad-dûm a few weeks ago and have been trying to squeeze in Oliphaunt for just as long. These cards are all so cool and play so well, I can't recommend them enough at literally any power level. I feel like I already...
  16. MilesOfficial

    General Aesthetics Debate Club: Optimizing Art in Cube (Daily!)

    Day 7: Battlefield Forge | Results Darrell Riche | APC - 9 votes (60%) Rob Alexander | BRO - 2 votes (13%) Victor Harmatiuk | LTC - 2 votes (13%) MSCHF | SLD - 1 vote Thomas Stoop | BRO - 1 vote A decisive victory for the classic! Day 8: Recruitment Officer | Survey Johan Grenier | BRO...
  17. MilesOfficial

    General Aesthetics Debate Club: Optimizing Art in Cube (Daily!)

    Day 6: Elvish Mystic | Results Wesley Burt | M14 - 6 votes (50%) Magali Villeneuve | SLD - 3 votes (25%) Greg Staples | CMM - 2 votes (17%) Winona Nelson | F14 - 1 vote Iga Oliwiak | LTC - 0 votes The original art is clearly the most iconic. I do agree with the comments here that Villeneuve's...
  18. MilesOfficial

    General Iconic big creatures

    Guardian ScalelordKappa CannoneerGorex, the TombshellThemberchaud Ghalta, Primal Hunger What do you mean these are just my favorite top-end creatures in my cube
  19. MilesOfficial

    General CBS

    I love to update my cube. I haven't played with my main cube since I moved to Europe last autumn but swapping in and out cards is like maintaining a zen garden to me. It's my meditation. It's my peace. It's my love (beyond the wife and kids, of course).
  20. MilesOfficial

    General (WHO) Dr. Who Spoilers

    Yes, made worse by the promise that Jodie would finally get a chance to have at least one good story arc after the absolute worst season in Modern Who. Jodie is such a delight. The failure in the writing across all three series with her at the center remains one of my greatest frustrations in...
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