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INNISTRAD: MIDNIGHT HUNT I have more reservations about yet another visit (two of them!) to Innistrad than most. The first Innistrad saw the most overrated Limited format of all time and a bunch of cards that made Constructed miserable. The second visit had some real bangers and Eldritch Moon...

Really hurts its Urza's Hot Tub equity

Unfair certainly doesn't always mean unfun - to me some of the most memorable games are ones where Player A does something wildly unfair but Player B is able to overcome it or take as big a swing in the other direction. Tinker for Wurmcoil can invite that kind of counterplay - Tinker for...

I think Heliod is a sweet card and the Ballista combo is much more palatable to me than Twin since both halves are sorcery speed and the cards are both interesting outside the combo. For non-deterministic combos there's something fun about going off with Heliod + Zuran Orb or Heliod + Scavenging...

To me there's: - The folk use that roughly rounds to 'this card is so/too good': 'Wurmcoil Engine is unfair!' - The contextual use where something breaks the parameters of a format: Wurmcoil Engine is unfair in retail Limited but not Vintage Cube - A statement about the type of Magic being...

I put this one off for too long and now there's an entire new set out already wtf ADVENTURES IN THE FORGOTTEN REALMS / D&D SET I'm not the audience for this one - I need to be wowed by the cards, not the flavour. On that front this set was very disappointing for Constructed and seemed to miss...

Bloodthirsty Adversary Chandra, Acolyte of Flame Finale of Promise Looking for some exciting, high-impact, ideally red instants/sorceries to recur with these. Bonus points if they work with Dreadhorde Arcanist too

A better Looter il-Kor after fifteen years!!

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What are your favourite mass pump/Anthem effects in white? Bonus points if they add counters I know I like Mikaeus, the Lunarch and Felidar Retreat. Benalish Marshal is appealing and enough of an upgrade over stuff like Soltari Champion for a (mostly/) mono-W deck. Angel of Invention is cool...

Remembered a perfect example: Cabal Therapy I love Therapy and wish there was an analogous card that worked in a mostly singleton environment - maybe an Aftermath card where the 'main' card is a Blackmail variant and the Aftermath card is Therapy? Black really needs more good discard spells...

The one that sees most play in Constructed currently is: The Akroan War Which is also the most interesting in general IMO. It creates a really tense subgame over the next few turns and you can get extra mileage out of certain Blink effects like Restoration Angel or Thassa, Deep-Dwelling to...

Other problems with enchantments: - The ease of removing them varies greatly, to the extent that red basically can't do it and the printing of Feed the Swarm was a much more important moment for black than it should have been. If an enchantment is too good, the Grixis colours will have a very...

I like Treacherous Blessing a lot more if you want something in that vein

Duskwatch Recruiter Mikaeus, the Lunarch Mizzium Mortars Winds of Abandon Cyclonic Rift Cut // Ribbons Nissa, Steward of Elements

Pyromancer Ascension One of my favourite cards of all time but almost the exact definition of a card that doesn't work with Cube unless you're on a real trip For cards that I could conceivably Cube but have to be honest with myself about: Trading Post

How often does your opponent have a big flier in most games of Cube and does that make up for all the other games when Rankle is great? Plus they will usually attack with that flier and give you a chance to get a hit in with Rankle Agree with the consensus here - if you have a lot of sac...

MODERN HORIZONS 2 The Modern Horizons sets threaten to blow the roof off any format they are legal in - Pauper is caught in a storm once again and Legacy is even more warped than it used to be. After hemming and hawing over how to rebuild my Cube, I decided to just wait until after MH2 because...

Look at Me, I'm R&D has the desired effect with Charms and does a whole lot of crazy shit