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On the topic of Boros control options (in a wide mix of power levels): Boros Fury-ShieldOrim's ThunderAurelia's FuryCaptain's ManeuverDeflecting PalmFlamewrightStun SniperThundersong TrumpeterDuergar Hedge-MageMoonholdSearing MeditationBrightflameHeartwarming RedemptionSolar BlazeTiana, Ship's...

If you want a cheaper/smaller version of that effect, why not try Circle of Flame? It's half the damage for half the mana and half the colors. It's less of a board wipe (though it does stop armies of 1/1 tokens cold), and more of a way for a control deck to trade more efficiently. I'm also...

Clearly the 5.

Clearly it's going to be Trash Mage.

It's a low-ish power option, but: Disciple of Deceit

I actually wonder if the errata might be enough to make Green into a potential spell color? Like having RG spells, supported by... Hana KamiLoam DwellerSoilshaperBudoka PupilElder Pine of JukaiKodama of the South Tree (It's 1 in the morning here, so forgive me if any of these aren't that...

Ooh, yeah, that's what I'm looking for. Are any of the Spiritcraft cards any good? I've always been fond of this guy: Elder Pine of Jukai But I'm not sure that it'd be good even if it triggered off of any instant or sorcery.

I found them when I was searching "c:1 ci:2", which also finds stuff with off-color Flashbacks and Kickers.

In all seriousness, what would you have to change about Pack Rat to make it not GRBS?

I did say that I was leaving out cards that everyone talks about. :p

Fair... but the thing about Silverfur Partisan is that it affects any instant/sorcery spell that might target a Werewolf/Wolf, so it gives you some insurance against targeted removal.

That's very true - I guess part of what I was looking for were cards that don't really need you to have a bunch of incidental cards in that tribe. Stuff with a solid WCS. Take this little Wolf Tribal package: Silverfur PartisanMaster of the Wild HuntNightpack Ambusher If you manage to...

It's interesting that the wordiest cards in each color are the Sparkers... except for in Black.

It's pretty much a given that tribal strategies are pretty parasitic, and kinda suck in Cubes unless you really warp your environment around them. But that got me thinking about cards that let you do nifty tribal stuff without demanding that you go all-in. To that effect, I searched Scryfall...

That's pretty much what I expected, to be honest. Quick 180 - if I errata'd my cube so that all Instants and Sorceries are Arcane, are there any Kamigawa cards that go from "not worth it" to "interesting"? I'm looking at this cycle in particular: Faithful SquireCallow JushiHired...

Is any part of this double cycle worth cubing? I once built a casual GW aggro/midrange deck focused around the White and Green guys (plus Loam Lion and Hedge Troll) that I remember with some fondness, but I'm worried that there isn't enough critical mass once you take away the ability to play...

I think that depends. If you have other clear payoffs in Blue, then Thassa's Oracle is primarily just one of those "archetype in a can" cards (where the deck goes from a "self-mill" deck to a "Thassa's Oracle" deck). If you mostly have incidental self-mill or the payoffs are kinda meh, then I...

OK, this is a pretty standard hypergeometric calculation. Let's say you're looking for a 99% chance that, given a mono-color commander, you can find 22 cards of the appropriate color (or colorless). You can achieve that by giving everyone 123 cards. If you're willing to settle for 90%, you only...

Do you want a guarantee, or just a pretty good chance? Because if you want a guarantee... each player needs to get 693 cards. Because otherwise you have the rare possibility of someone getting 3 White commanders (or whatever color) and not getting 23 playables within that color identity.

Yeah, I'm starting to think that actually going for Skaven Rat tribal directly involves dredging the bottom of the barrel. It might be better to use it as a way of giving a Mono-Black Control archetype some extra quirkiness, since a lot of rats make people discard. Maybe Piper + Slumlord, in...