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I just want to see more discussion in general, which is not something that the Reddit format is conducive to for the most part. I don't use MTGS as much of a reference when it comes to my own design or card evaluation, but I do reference their Testing/Includes thread when a new set comes around...

Velrun, are you not a fan of foils? There is technically the Judge promo which also exists which is about as close as you can get to splitting the difference:

Old version is better on so many different fronts. Better card frame/border, better art, and the flavor text is way sweeter.

I don't mind the stamp, but the bottom border bothers me so much whenever it catches my eye. It's just completely asymmetrical with the top black border. On that note, I don't understand the appeal of miscuts either. Some of the ugliest things I've ever seen cardwise.

You know, I actually had a cube draft fire some months back with 8 drafters and I think I have pictures of the decks assembled that night, but I can't for the life of me remember how that night went or who won. I'll post up decklists at some point once I find them and if my memory somehow...

My favorite Gifts deck I've ever had was an Emrakul deck where I'd use it as a form of super ramp for Emrakul, the Promised End or as a means of setting up reanimation: "] Ones 1 Fyndhorn Elves 1 Oath of Nissa 1 Traverse the Ulvenwald Twos 1 Exhume 1 Go for the Throat 1 Grasp of Darkness 1...

Hmm I can't think of a strong card that I haven't run because of the art, but for each card I try to run the version I find most aesthetically pleasing from a art and border/frame perspective. I'm a huge fan of the old frames and the shooting star, I'll often look for versions of cards in that...

Holy shit Yawgmoth is so freaking cool. The payoff that Aristocrat decks needed for a long time. I'm so excited to run this in W/B Humans or as a curve topper for recursive aggressive decks. You can have a really really disgusting turn with Gravecrawlers and enough black mana. I currently have...

Gideon of the Trials vs. Gideon Blackblade Trials is more generically useful in a handful of different archetypes, but Blackblade is a sweet card for W/x aggressive strategies that can be cashed it to remove a roadblock later in the game.

Ranger Captain is pretty awesome too. Being able to sac on your opponent's upkeep/draw step to prevent them from playing a T4 wrath to stabilize the board is exactly the kind of reach you need in W/x aggressive decks to get across the finish line. White 3s are incredibly crowded nowadays but...

Holy shit, this is the exact card I needed for Welder/Daretti strategies to take off. A second pseudo-Welder effect AND weird Red artifact Entomb variant stapled to a body is all I've ever wanted. I'm definitely going to revisit a U/R centric Artifact archetype after this set is released. This...

I was actually going off the artifact archetype because I didn't really have anything big drawing me towards it in my environment, but Urza makes me want to revisit it altogether. Two bodies, a weird callback to Tolarian Academy, and a mana sink all in one? This card is incredible. I like...

Yes, that card is Flusterstorm. It's going to be the buy-a-box promo for Horizons.

I think FTK is probably the best red 4 for Cube. Powerful effect, will usually trade off with two things off the ETB + body, and it's super splashable. I'd play it in any R/x I'd draft, from aggro to midrange to even control as a kill spell + body. It's just so versatile. There are cards with...

I don't know if you want to just be making a 1/1 each turn at 5 mana. Maybe in a very low powered environment she can be average, but I'd probably just ignore her 9/10 times honestly. She's just not very threatening at all. Unless you've already got Batterskull or some sword out on the field to...

I think all of the 3 CMC options are fine to run, I'm a little more wary about Liliana though. That static ability changes it from a decent card into something that can completely warp the game around her. I do think she has interesting play to her, but I'm not exactly sure where her power level...

It really depends on your removal suite and how fast your environment is. Transmuter will not be active until T5 in most scenarios, which is kind of late in many games unless you're able to drop something big ahead of the curve off of it. If you can get it out on T3 to speed it up by one, that...

It's a shame because he's one of my favorite planeswalker cards ever, but he doesn't quite slot into the decks that I envision him being put into. I love using him as a control finisher that you plop onto the field after dealing with your opponent's side of the board, but the typical drafter...

Onder hit the nail on the head, signets are just highly underrated piecing of fixing with how they can accelerate you and help you fix colors in strategies that usually don't have access to it. Splashes are made easier, you push your gameplan forward by one whole turn, and there's very little...

If Arc Lightning is that high a pick in your environment, then this with consistent looting effects might be too strong. It also depends on how often Lightning is a 2/1 split and how big of a hit that ends up being tempo wise. If 1/1 splits as the base case are fine, then this will be okay...