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That's always been an issue with the artifact theme - there are more good artifact enablers or cards that care about artifacts than good artifacts themselves, and many of the best artifacts are over the line in some way (Winter Orb, Jitte/Clamp, fast mana etc). I was also disappointed by Sai...

Jeff Hoogland speaks a lot, that's for sure

Cards like this (and Baneslayer Angel) are essentially unplayable in Standard and have been for a while. That's part of the problem!

If you're hardcasting them I think it's roughly: Ulamog, the Ceaseless Hunger Emrakul, the Promised End gap Kozilek, the Great Distortion gap the others Emrakul TPE is by far the most interesting though IMO and actually gives you interesting drafting, deckbuilding etc decisions beyond making...

Ones 1 Giver of Runes 1 Kytheon, Hero of Akros 1 Legion's Landing 1 Ephemerate Twos 1 Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit 1 Raise the Alarm Threes 1 Soulherder 1 Eldrazi Skyspawner 1 Blade Splicer 1 Flickerwisp 1 Brazen Borrower 1 Omen of the Sun 1 Oblivion Ring 1 Generous Gift Fours 1 Brago, King...

I've sung DD's praises for years and won't stop now! It's subtly versatile - a beefier aggro deck or midrange deck that might not support Wildfire can run DD and it's a unique effect that can swing games out of nowhere and forces opponents to respect it from the first few turns of the game

You see a LOT of cards that can incidentally create Mayhem Devil triggers once you're keeping an eye out for them. Ideally I'd run both as they play out quite differently even in the decks that happily run both and many decks would only want one - Judith is an all-star in a no-frills BR Aggro...

That guy (who offers an interesting perspective) has a Cube for drafting and then builds a lot of singleton 40-card decks to test the limits of what an archetype could look like if it could play cards that are too narrow etc for Cube normally, which I think is what he's referring to there

Cloudthresher is a cool card but relies on the Evoke mode being useful. If the aggro decks in your Cube are fast the self-damage on the ETB is likely a deal-breaker

I wish that Teferi were real but it's a great custom card! I really like Demonic Embrace - it's a nice crossover between graveyard themes and aggro in black and it's scary with recursive creatures without being as low-cost as Grafted Wargear. It's especially good in BG which already has the...

Primordial Mist might be up your alley? Doesn't tie into your themes other than Blink but it's a unique effect in blue

The Metamorph point is funny because I agree with everything in the post but proposed doubling up on Metamorph a long time ago precisely because it goes in everything, supports whatever synergy is in your deck, plays out differently every time, and adds new dimensions to games

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I recognize the premise here but for my Cubes that generally aim at a higher power level cards like this are exactly what I'm looking for - tools with a high floor that can be played in and promote good gameplay for the 'normal' decks that make up the majority of any draft but have further...

I quite like Invigorated Rampage

Love them both and love the writeup!

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Update: Shapesplicer Drone 1 Artifact Creature - Shapeshifter Changeling Shapesplicer Drone enters the battlefield with 2 +1/+(3/4) counters 0/0

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Icehide Golem gives some precedent and the snow restriction always seemed clunky there