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I think the best thing would be to look over a few core sets and analyze the mechanics and cards present within them. What do they share? What is the baseline power level? How much complexity can you actually introduce to a new player before it's overwhelming? You want enough cards that are...

Zotan's land-stealing ability is kind of strange to see on a Jund card, kinda sticks out. I can't really rack my brain for anything really interesting though, I think Jund, then +1/+1 counters, then Kresh. What if you return sacrificed creatures instead of lands? Also, does Whirpool really...

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Here's another one straight from the depths of my iPod

Sweet track, every sound created off a loop machine!

Pretty much any circumstance in a cube with decent power levels. He's good, but not game warping as long as your aggro decks are solid enough. I've had him in my cube from the very start and he's never been oppressive unless the control guy was ahead already. He's very good in a board stall or...

4 mana is expensive for a conditional removal spell. I don't see why not in a lower powered environment that can evoke dudes like Shriekmaw, but probably not worth it in your typical cube. EDIT: Thought it was -X/-X equal to cmc. Toughness makes this way shittier.

2/3 is a relevant enough body such that you won't lose your 4 mana investment so easily. Depends on your density of "deal 3" red spells though.

I think the problem with the Speaker is the wedge color commitment. For that cost, I want something that really wows me since I can't bank on playing it on curve every time. Personally I think wedge cards should be more archetype defining or have some really high payoff for casting. A clone that...

The fuse spell should be named Crime//Punishment. Make it work somehow flavorwise w/the art, maybe just some raise dead type picture (necromancy is wrong yo). Tomb Raiding is a sweet idea for a card and I also like the split card, but not really feeling the Speaker of the Dead. It just doesn't...

I think Doomed Traveler is just fine on its own as is. It's a card that plays better than it looks most of the time, even gets through for like 2-3 points of damage on occasion just because your opponent doesn't want to give you a flyer. I've always been pretty happy to draft Doomed Traveler in...

Yeah, I feel you. The idea of Gather the Townsfolk is often better than what the card actually does most of the time. You think of the awesome plays where you grow a Champion by 2, but what usually happens is that you're left with a Dragon Fodder while facing real cards that actually do things...

Triple Gather the Townsfolk? I don't know about that. I'm at the point where I'm even considering cutting the singleton I have because it's so lackluster. I've found that the best way to maximize Champion of the Parish is to just bleed the human typing across colors, specifically in the lower...

So I think I'm going to be able to host a cube draft most Tuesdays on campus for the rest of this quarter so that's pretty sweet. I'll be sure to report back with card performances and whatnot. For now, cards I'm looking forward to trying out next week (assuming I acquire all of them)...

Dash is really really good. They knocked it out of the park in Khans block with giving us so many interesting keywords and cards that are super effective in making use of them. I love that they allow you to attack the game differently with your aggro decks. It's always been difficult to apply...

I could definitely see the Resto cut as well, it's just a really really good card requiring only a light splash of W in any deck. I just haven't had anything interesting happen with a Hero in all the times I've cubed with my list. Resto/Tusk could definitely be obnoxious, but there are enough...

Drafted DTK/DTK/FRF tonight at LGS, went 2-0-1 splitting with my friend, and I have to say that the format is pretty cool so far. I still hate how opening an on color rare in FRF basically gives you an almost unstoppable bomb (I opened a Hordechief, was passed a Silumgar). I think the sweetest...

I just added Silumgar Sorcerer literally like 2 minutes ago, hope to see it in action sometime soon. Seems like a sweet card. And it's a wizard so Riptide Lab synergy. Wonder if I'll see a janky Lab/Sorcerer/Gravecrawler lock someday.