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Earthshaker Khenra looks excellent to me. The biggest problems for aggro are pushing through damage once the board has fatties ready to block, and being able to trade it or suicide it into a blocker to bring it back in the later game as a 4/4 threat with haste that does a Goblin Heelcutter...

That Crucible on legs is so spicy. I can't wait to see what shenanigans my drafters come up with. Some nasty synergies to be exploited with Wastelands, Titania and my boy Gitrog.

I went to the last GP Vegas, but since I'm now employed I can't really take that much time off. I try to hit up most of the GPs that happen down here in California, nice mini-convention to attend. I hardly ever actually play main event either, mostly just side events and talking to artists +...

Had a 3v3 Team Draft on Friday, we went with 4 packs of 13 and a ULD. We ended up with these sweet decks: "] Ones 1 Brainstorm 1 Brainstorm 1 Mother of Runes 1 Spell Pierce Twos 1 Censor 1 Daze 1 Declaration in Stone 1 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy 1 Phantasmal Image 1 Remove Soul 1 Seeker of the Way...

If it only grew itself by a single counter per sac or dropped off some generic 3/3 body instead of an X/X I'd probably be more on board, but it's a bit too efficient for my liking. Makes sense though, it was designed for use in a multiplayer environment where such a threat isn't as much of a...

Had some 3v3 team drafting last night (writeup coming soon!) and got to see this guy shine in an RG Monsters Build: Centaur Vinecrasher "] Ones 1 Birds of Paradise 1 Burst Lightning 1 Deathrite Shaman 1 Fyndhorn Elves Twos 1 Burning-Tree Emissary 1 Edge of Autumn 1 Fauna Shaman 1...

Going back to Onslaught Cycling lands, I've had them as options in my ULD ever since I first put it together and they've always been pretty middling picks. They're great for smoothing draws, but the only decks that end up really wanting them enough to prioritize them in ULD are whenever someone...

Yeah, I'm not really much of a fan of the new one. The utility in Dromoka's Command comes from being so cheap and offering so many options. I've used it as a pump + fight card, a way to grow a guy then free a guy from an O-Ring, and as a counterspell against burn. Being able to represent so many...

Cards that I'm going to test out: Cast Out Pull From Tomorrow Curator of Mysteries Censor Liliana, Death's Majesty Dread Wanderer Plague Belcher Harsh Mentor Bloodrage Brawler Rhonas the Indomitable Nissa, Steward of Elements

For squadron picks, I'm only doing it with those 9 pairings that I posted above. The only real reason I'm doing it is for easier casting of associated cards that I want to include or, in the case of Hanweir Garrison, to enable fringe interactions. This was mostly borne from seeing tri-color...

Let the hatred flow through you.

I prefer not to squadron multiples of a card together, but I've become a fan of squadroning lands with cards that benefit from them. It has definitely made the tri-color cards more castable and drafters are more comfortable branching out later in drafts. Still haven't had the chance to see any...

Was able to fire off a 6 man draft yesterday, decided to go with a quilt draft. We created two 9x9 grids and split ourselves into 2 separate pods of three. Only the outer ring of cards was face-up, the inner portion was all flipped upside down. Until a card had an edge facing out into an...

Yeah, I'm not sure about that statement either. When I hear broken, I think more along the lines of Grave Titan or Wurmcoil Engine. I don't think Dragonlord Silumgar is close and has actually been a very fun card (damn near a staple for me) ever since it was first released. It's not a stone-cold...

Huh, surprised to see little discussion on some of the earlier spoilers aside from that Sphinx. I thought these two were also pretty neat: That cleric has some cool design though it doesn't really fit into the GB themes I've got (could work in other cubes that have counter themes and...

Sweet 4 drop, kind of like Blue's version of Thunderbreak Regent I suppose.

Uh, I guess if you really want to push that theme, but after a point it kind of becomes an obnoxious DRAFT THIS ARCHETYPE sign with so many copies available. Instead of being a cool synergistic deck with payoffs, it becomes a deck that you're trying to ingrain into your draft environment...

That Gideon looks about as fun to play against as Worship. What a pushed piece of crap.

I still love it, it's been a fun card that people like playing with. Being able to "combo off" is something my drafters like to draft with creatures that make multiple bodies and having to navigate around it as the opponent is a nice little subgame. There are many more creatures that make bodies...