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On a design note, I decided to remove most of the ramp cards. I want to encourage people to curve out and want aggro decks to stand a chance. They already have a tougher time in multiplayer, no need to further accentuate the phenomenon. Green has Birds of ParadiseNoble HierarchNoble...

So I haven't posted in a while, but I need help laying out my thoughts, so here goes. My group just doesn't want to play with lower powered cards. I've been slow to recognize the fact, but now I've accepted it. What that means is that my cube goals have shifted from building a primarily...

Have you considered the "fake" tricolor cards? Alesha, Who Smiles at DeathBrutal HordechiefTasigur, the Golden FangWarden of the First TreeSoulfire Grand MasterShaman of the Great HuntYasova Dragonclaw Now not all of these will fit your themes, but they are really good and flexible. My...

Chandra, Flamecaller I've been on the fence about this card for a while and I can't seem to find any recent feedback on her. The ones from here date back to 2016-2017 where most people didn't really know how to rate her power-level wise. For me, she seems very strong but still reasonable and...

I gave up on getting a main theme for white in the GY. There just isn't enough density of discard/mill effects. White does have a few token makers that care about the GY though: Battle Screech, Increasing Devotion (speaking of, could GW humans be a theme for you?), Lingering Souls, Sunscourge...

Reveillark+Karmic Guide+Sac outlet Saffi Eriksdotter + Sun Titan/Renegade Rallier + Sac outlet Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit + Kitchen Finks/Murderous Redcap + Sac outlet

I'm debating the "overrun" slot myself and know that I don't want Craterhoof or the Forerunners. What I'm debating is Garruk Wildspeaker vs Overwhelming Stampede vs Decimator of the Provinces I think I don't want the Garruk since I already run Nissa, Voice of Zendikar and Garruk Relentless...

I'm noticing you have a lot of GY payoffs in black (reanimator, recursive creatures, Yawgmoth's Will, Tombstalker, ...), but not many enablers. I would try adding a few that are generally good such as Ransack the LabStinkweed Imp And maybe some more spicy ones like Mindwrack Demon With...

Throes of Chaos It could be anything! But seriously I think it's a nice card that can be discarded early at almost no cost and can trigger your cards multiple times like you wanted.

Oh for sure. It's just that my blue section is already graveyard oriented and this is me trying to bleed into another archetype with little investment. If I have Body Double, Vizier of Many Faces and Hour of Eternity, it opens up UB reanimator and UR artifact reanimator at little cost since all...

I would like my blue section to be more than just an enabler for reanimator decks, but so far I only have Body Double. I was eyeing Hour of Eternity as a reanimator card of sorts. I'm not thrilled with the UUU casting cost, but my mana fixing is pretty good. I like that it scales and that...

That is a good angle that I didn't think of. I'm also thinking about GY tokens as a possible theme for Abzan. But all that is secondary to my question. Do you think that in a broad archetype, separating the colors into shards/wedges is deep enough or do you go by guild or more generally by...

I'm necroing this thread since I have a relevant question (I think)! When designing your broad archetypes how deep do you go? For example I'm making a broad token theme in {W}{R}{G}{B}. What I've done is lay out more or less what cards I want to include and from there a few sub-themes emerged...

Deed is super high power level. You can always adjust the numbers so you get out ahead with very little effort. A great wrath in Golgari is Find // Finality It is so flexible as a hybrid and is decent enough even without the finality part. It also lines up with you other wraths (similar to a...

Edit: oops Mondschwein beat me to it. Approach of the Second Sun Does this fit the bill? I find it unique and it's fun to try and maximize it via mill, scry, draw, tutors or what have you. It pushes you into a controlling deck which is pretty much the opposite of weenies. Auriok Salvagers...

I think the card can be good, but what bothers me is the fact that the text on the card inspires me not to go blink! I know the oracle text says "enters the battlefield" as opposed to "from your hand" but unless your drafters know this, it won't necessarily go into the decks you intend it for...

Man you guys are so annoying! japahn posts an awesome text and dbs follows with a great one as well, but going in a different direction. Now I actually have to think! I am curious though, how many of those broad 4-5 color archetypes does your cube support dbs? And how broad? By that I mean is a...

One interesting direction for white that is similar to blink is ETB cast triggers. It requires a bit more work, but I find it to also be more rewarding. Payoffs Oketra's MonumentTeshar, Ancestor's ApostleShrine of Loyal LegionsSyndic of TithesAnafenza, Kin-Tree SpiritBygone Bishop Enablers...

Not really, but a few cards care about actually casting artifacts such as Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle, Sai, Master Thopterist, Traxos, Scourge of Kroog and potentially Welder + Daretti to weld it back in. What I'm actually thinking about is Tezzeret, Artifice Master It makes thopters and...

Interesting, as I saw Bident as a less narrow card than just evasion decks: Payoff for tokens as it draws a card for each creature dealing damage (where Network is capped at 1 no matter how many attackers) Value from my random assortment of utility creatures/mana dorks (functions like a second...