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Oh, there's another one that's neat! I like it! Still not sure if I'm down for battles just yet, especially one like this that has such a wordy backside, but at least it feels somewhat connected to the front. I was sorely tempted by BRO's Bitter Reunion, but this seems like a potential...

Whoa. That's a lot of mana. Blue's one-drops have been an interesting place in cube, as the typical cube in the vein of the MODO lists frequently skips blue's creatures at that point on the curve entirely. I don't think they're strictly necessary - and further, believe that such strict...

Anybody here fancy a Watchwolf for 1G? Speaking of build-arounds! I wish this included instants; it feels like it should. That'd probably be enough to put it over the edge for me as a fun archetype-enabler.

Yeah, but there are plenty of cards that aren't too far off with upsides to more than account for their downsides. This isn't to say that a second white pip isn't meaningful, I also would argue the likes of Resplendent Angel are significantly stronger. It's the first, for sure, but I don't...

Favorite spoiler of the day so far. This would be everything I wanted Poppet Stitcher to be as the blue member of the rough cycle of Young Pyromancers as is, but it's a Phyrexian Sharknado. Couldn't be happier.

I was thinking of locking the second ability behind 3-power but it makes it strictly better than a Mountain that way in a way I don't quite like. I like cards that care about creatures, seems like an obvious and thoughtful way to lock lands.

New mechanics spoiled by Forbes! Honestly, very down for this. Double-sided tokens are theoretically complicated but they feel so thematically tight I think it'll go down easily, and you don't have to fuddle with desleeving and resleeving since they're just tokens. I think this is neat, and a...

Damn... I was seriously stoked about the idea of a Battle that both players can attack in a 1v1 match, that seems like a fun mini-game that adds a new dynamic to the game, even if you get the first chance to attack it without them being able to prep a defense theoretically. Maybe one day...

First battle is leaked two hours early thanks to Australia getting time zones wrong or something. This seems pretty convoluted? Functionally as a card it's fine and does interesting things, but in terms of additional complexity and the semi-hidden information of the backside, this seems more...

I like to keep exact parity in my sections, but I feel absolute freedom to classify cards as I see fit, and my internal consistency is secondary to making the most interesting cube. Restrictions breed creativity and whatnot, so I don't mind having to make compromises of some sort, and from a...

They dripped out one story-related card yesterday and today, and I imagine one more on Monday with the last of the story pieces before we move into the official spoiler season on Tuesday.

Honestly? Super cool card. I do love enabling weird 5C decks, especially with the safety net of its 1GG cost to shut out decks without already-good mana or a solid G base. Self-mill always deserves more love, and the art is great too, at least on the standard edition. I always want to be...

Tie-in cards for the D&D movie have been leaked, and now we can have Chris Pine's likeness in our cubes, without even having to alter them anymore! I ran Dream Devourer for about a year. It was a relatively quiet year for cubing, so it didn't get drafted much, but it's essentially the same...

this frame makes it look like a legendary creature, glad they didn't use it.

As someone who does market research in the nerd space professionally (and around Magic for fun), I can attest that it is shocking how little people know about so much of the content they consume/engage with/build their identity around....and yet I am very much doubtful of that statistic all the...

From Hasbro's Fireside Chat in December. The only place I see that's using the stat specifically is Wargamer...not really my favorite source, but that's what I've got for ya. It's also in my notes from the call, and I'm sure the call is saved somewhere (though they expired it on the Hasbro site...

Oh, very much, and they also reach very different audiences as well. I used to like looking at the delta between the two and trying to suss out what elements account for what portion of any differences on a card-by-card basis, and am happy to be able to do so again !

Excuse the small image size (you can see the full thing here) but I wanted to share the good news that y'all probably were aware of before I was: after 9 months, CubeCobra's tools beyond individual cube management are back up! I've loved loved loved the ability to dig into the most played cards...

And they did reveal a card from that deck already that would be somewhat interesting to me if it didn't have "Partners With": Getting a food every turn (that sacrifices for half the normal cost!) is a forceful way to tell your drafters that it's a supported archetype and/or there's some...

I'm for sure going to include Mt. Doom as one of my Rakdos duals. I'm currently playing Sulfurous Springs. Mt. Doom is about the same 80% of the time with SWEET blow-out potential 10% of the time, more than making up for the 10% of the time you really need mana without spending life. Will you...