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Black has probably the worst combat tricks, I think I like these: Kor Dirge Subtle Strike Skulduggery Fungal Infection though they are half removal spell. The best ones I can think of that aren't removal spells are: Grotesque Mutation Butcher's Glee Rush of Vitality Tainted Strike...

You could use Google itself: "buries" site:gatherer.wizards.com damage "target creature or player" site:gatherer.wizards.com

Onslaught has some nostalgia, but choosing Psychatog, one of the least Shock'able x/2s of all time to depict was weird. The art also looks weird. I don't like any of them much, but I'd probably run the Kaladesh one because it has a low-key vibe, which embraces the "worse bolt" stigma...

Played a lot with Steadfast Armasaur in Ixalan, where it was amazing. The threat of activation means that blocking it is really hard, but because it's a 2-power 4-drop, it doesn't work very well as aggression in most cubes. On defense, leaving up 2 mana is a lot for a white deck (that often...

That sounds a structure pretty similar to my cube. I've tried to rearrange my triangles into some sort of symmetrical combination, but it's very, very hard. In your setup, white, blue and red have a ton of archetypes, but green and black don't. You run the risk of having them become insular...

Mini cantripping Citadel Siege sounds decent. 1.5 drafts so far, learn is really strong - feels about as good as "draw a card" in limited. In cube, the rates of the lessons might not give you that feeling, and I'm skeptical about high power levels, but it is a theme you can definitely add to a...

I agree that it's reductive to state that "you need X mana dorks in green before thinking of other 1-drops, at high power levels" fore multiple reasons: 1. Power levels aren't static, they aren't single numbers. To model them properly, it would probably have to be multidimensional objects. 2...

I like this as an aggro 1-drop: Kessig Prowler Sinuous Predator

Well, on offense that is mostly correct, the stats matter more on the following turn, after the flip. You're still leaving yourself open to removal, and most removal under 3 mana kills morphs, so it's often a good window for the opponent to get ahead. On defense, you don't have time to flip...

I don't like the play pattern of Gitaxian Probe because it removes tension from the game. Knowing your opponent's hand makes a lot of decisions easier for both players - whoever saw the opponent's hand can predict what will happen pretty well, and whoever had their hand revealed loses the...

I think these are two really different cards, actually. Mask of Memory is a card advantage engine for aggressive decks. It likes fliers, and evasion in general. It's pretty strong in my cube, and best in blue due to evasion, tapping and bounce. It is useless in defense. Zephyr Boots is a...

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I was going to say "Strixhaven doesn't seem to have much for me, but I thought the same about Kaldheim, and I ended up including 15 cards in my cube's core." So I came back to this thread because now I have a way better idea of what Kaldheim has to offer to my cube. Likely mainstays Usher of...