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Wow, I don't remember this at all. Granted, I think I was mostly just paying attention to this area of the Cube community at the time, and I don't think we thought the set was weak! I agree. Like I said, I think a lot of the problems from this time period were a function of a new play design...

I think you're 100% on the money here! Stuff like Grim Flayer can act as an extra "Tarmogoyf" while giving more incentives for people to play artifacts outside of the dedicated artifact pile decks. Other Delirium cards can also help to get people going in an artifact-y direction. I'm a little...

I think Network is a bit boring. It can definitely win a game of limited, but it's more fun when it's a niche card instead of something you're building a deck around. Emry, by contrast, leads to some really fun divergent play patterns depending on what's in the Cube with her. I like Emry more...

For what it’s worth, WOTC basically got the adventure cards right on the first try. They were a little problematic in standard (thanks overtuned limited support cards!), but as a whole they aren’t broken. It just takes a long time to get the balance on Adventures correct because there are so...

Abzan Antiquities Abzan isn't going to be going particularly deep into the artifact theme. Black has basically no room for artifacts matter cards, and Green doesn't really doesn't need the extra archetype. White, by contrast, is going to be getting a little bit of artifact support, hopefully...

Laughs in Gyruda Combo, Yorion Piles, and literally every deck with Lurrus.

Yeah turns out making Mutate work took a lot of time away from playtesting the Companions. I believe Mark Rosewater's #1 takeaway from designing Ikoria is that the design team shouldn't put two mechanics that are incredibly difficult to balance in the same set.

Like @LadyMapi said, each word in "a bunch of novel things all at once" was hyperlinked to a different card. Specifically: Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis Brazen Borrower Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath Pouncing Shoreshark Lurrus of the Dream-Den Basically I was saying that the last time they really...

Counterintuitively, I think these are all reasons why this slate of cards is underwhelming. My guess is that they wanted to show how the multiverse is changing in response to the Phyrexian invasion of every world, however, they couldn't fit it all into the main set. Unlike the war with Bolas...

Red Artifacts: Taylor's Version An Artifact Section by Taylor Swift Designing the Red portion of the artifact deck is going to be a little different than the Blue section for a couple of reasons. First, the Red cards are not as important to the overall artfiact deck I want to build as the Blue...

How is that any different from the average card from a Commander product? :marofl:

As much as this is a Shitpost I think this is honestly a really cool idea.

Ok that's pretty cool. The basic play pattern you outline here would also work well with Modular Creatures and Counter Scalers. I think you and Nanonox are onto something with Counters+Animaiton! You know, I really do not think that is the direction I want to take Blue in the Cube. Frantic...

I would guess normal versions will be available for the $2 packs. These all seem like collector booster cards.

Look, no one said I was good at following simple instructions ;)

Simply put, I don't know! This card does make artifact tokens like no tomorrow, but I think it will usually be making very small incubators. Mostly 1/1 and 2/2s. There just aren't a ton of high-cost noncreature spells like Treasure Cruise and Dig Through Time in the Cube, so while you might be...

Not loving most of these cards so far, I wonder what they're supposed to be showcasing? Most are a lot less spoiler-y than The Kenrith's Royal Funeral! I also dislike how they desparked both Sarkhan and Narset. The Khans story made it seem like they had a direction for these characters, but so...

Fwiw I think that is many of the good ones (and some of the incredibly mid ones!). There are some that I think you missed: Giver of Runes Herald of Anafenza Hypnotic Grifter Rishidan Dockhand Hateful Eidolon Rat in the Hat Flameblade Adept Goblin Blast-Runner Kessig Wolfrider Goblin Guide...

Feeling Blue Ok, so I'm trying to figure out what exact support I need for the artifact deck so I can work this in. I still need to do a full write-up about all of the Archetypes I want to support, as I never did that yet because I was trying to keep that under wraps when I was first starting...

I think this card is actually busted: Invasion of Mercadia I won every game where this flipped in Draft, even ones where I was behind or not in a position where I could quickly close the game otherwise. Turns out, a tormenting voice that also draws you a free 3/3 that lets you cast a discounted...