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Liliana, Death's Majesty Incarnation Technique I have a multiplayer cube, pretty high powered, but lacking a lot of the battlecruiser cards (that you would want to reanimate). I am looking for a value reanimation spell for this slot and have these two in mind (I already have Dread Return and...

If you can stomach a 5 color Omnath, Locus of Creation pile, here is one with self-mill, discard, fetches and recursion to take full advantage of the Frog. Ones 1 Fastbond Twos 1 Tarmogoyf 1 Satyr Wayfinder 1 Scavenging Ooze 1 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy 1 Sylvan Library 1 Farseek 1 Grapple with the...

I'd like to see @dbs Mox Cube, @inscho Graveyard Combo Cube, @Erik Twice The Cool Side of Things Cube dbs's cube will be tough because of the moxen, but it's a fun and wild one. Love all the synergies in the Graveyard Combo Cube and the power level is pretty high too which I enjoy. Same thing...

Do you think the addition of the Magecraft card can impact Darkblast's playability? Seems perfect as a reliable way to trigger the ability repeatedly.

Now that we are playing with 5 players on a more regular basis, I decided to increase my cube size to make it easy to draft. 6 packs of 15 cards, pick one, burn one. The whole cube gets drafted and you end up with 48 cards. Good enough! I cut the 5 Prismatic Vistas in favor of a second set of...

Some cards that stand out as cuts to me: Order of the Stars: Low impact and annoying. Restoration Specialist: Not that many worthwhile enchantments and artifacts to return that actually bin themselves. General Kudro of Drannith: The only piece of the humans package. I like the GY hate, but...

A minimalist theme, I can get behind that. In cubes that are limiting their power level, I'd rather see synergy pieces be at the top of the power band than other cards. So yes, some of these are pushed, but they still seem reasonable to me for your cube. I'm no expert though! Sedgemoor Witch...

I'm in the middle of drafting a +1/+1 counter deck and here are more random thoughts There is some overlap to be had between artifacts, counters and sacrifice in BG. In addition to the +1+/1 counters payoffs (like Hardened Scales), you have Marionette Master, Verdurous Gearhulk, Weaponcraft...

I take back the life gain comment I made, I missed some of the key cards. The first deck looks really solid. I would like to see this open up to Abzan though but that is because I like broader themes and that might not line up with your design goals. Some random thoughts: Are you doing a...

Victim of Night Seems a little random in what it hits and what it doesn't. Are you actively trying to buff the Vampire/Zombie decks? I drafted a deck with Magus of the Coffers and Nirkana Revenant, but no real payoff for going really big. So I left them in the board. I had amazing removal and...

Funny that Inscho and dbs would like the Fastbond post because I recall drafting both cubes with it and being impressed with how well it was supported. I am also finding myself drawn more to the combo side of both cubes. What I like in dbs's is that there is a huge infrastructure of fast mana...

I like an Izzet tokens package that uses generically good cards. Whirler Rogue Urza, Lord High Artificer Tezzeret, Artifice Master Pia Nalaar Pia and Kiran Nalaar Retrofitter Foundry Karn, Scion of Urza Hangarback Walker This is probably not high powered enough, but most cards are fine on...

That's a great point with the +1/+1 counters, but I've found that it comes up a bit short as a theme at my power level (could work as a subtheme though if I wanted to push that). With Jolrael in green, I'm thinking about supporting her at least a little. Right now I have three 2CMC sorceries...

Not sure why it took me so long to realize this, but there are two cards that would tie the spells matter cards into green very nicely for my format Managorger Hydra Forgotten Ancient These would complement both Quandrix Apprentice and Jolrael, Mwonvuli Recluse. I'm not a huge fan of the...

I'm in the same position as japahn, but I'll comment anyways :p - Is there a reason for the low number of 1CMC mana dorks? I counted 3 (with Wild Growth). I would imagine either you need more or you can maybe skip them altogether. Elvish Reclaimer seems like it could fit with all the fetches...

Lurrus is definitely strong. Recurring a small permanent every turn adds up. What I like about it though is that you can chose the flavor of the engine you are building. It can be aggressive (Luminarch Aspirant) or defensive (Baleful Strix) creatures, cantrip artifacts (chromatic star), a...

I am not a huge fan of either Massacre Wurm or Dragonlord Atarka as reanimation targets because they blank aggro too easily. Casting an effective turn 3-5 wrath with a huge body attached is just such a beating. Sure there is a set up cost associated, but it swings the game to such a degree that...

Pyrite Spellbomb Dockside Extortionist Ruby Medallion are the three I can think of. Spellbomb is decent removal and draw smoother, which I like. Extortionist has a low floor, insane ceiling so maybe not what you are looking for. Ruby is interesting as a conditional 2 CMC mana rock that ties...

I agree with your point of needing a certain density for the reanimator deck, it's just that looking at Erik's cube, I feel as if there is no dedicated reanimator deck. It seems to be more of a value reanimation since he only has 5? of the effect in black (3 of them being 4+ mana). I think...

I honestly don't even think you particularly need those high drops. The decks that want some fatties will already be happy with Primeval Titan or Angel of Serenity. You nailed the issue in my mind, 8 drops tend to not be played very often. I particularly think the gold card is a "wasted" slot...