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Green/black is the enginiest color combo in my cube, but I've never really liked any of the enginey green/black cards. Until now. This set is pretty great. Its not as inspiring as Theros was, but its got a metric ton of useful cards that flesh out underdeveloped themes. Really useful...

I know that scourge wolf isn't a zombie because of "Innistrad Racial Color Identity" reasons, but that would have basically made the card perfect.

I like planeswalkers better in some card roles then other card types in a lot circumstances, because they sometimes get attacked and don't give full value. They are also punishing to decks that don't attack, which raises the value of early dudes which is important because my cube is filled with...

There was a point in time when Lava Hounds was my favorite magic card. This angel is Lava Hounds updated to modern creature standards and it is brilliant. Pretty much probably never going to leave my cube. Also the madness rolling thunder is a nice final piece for a cube madness theme. The...

That's a hilarious card for white/blue heroic, which has iconic status in my cube. I'm not sure it I need that card (it doesn't mesh with doublestrike, which is disappointing), but I kind like it anyway.

I think Sin Prodder's goodness is being slightly overstated. But only slightly. The card is fabulous. Unless your deck really doesn't care about the opponents life total, this thing is going to provide value. The trigger gets weaker the lower your curve is, though, which is ironic of...

The thing I like about Asylum Visitor is that while its a power-maxxxed card, it maxed in a way that has interesting play and real strength and weakness so you can play it with weaker cards and not feel bad. I like how in general we're seeing less Brimaz, King of Oreskos 0 point decision tree...

Being a better topdeck is cool, but not being a one drop really sucks. It also doesn't address the #1 problem of horizontal strategies (crap! all my dudes are dead). I don't think this card has much of a niche. Its two bad cards in one and I don't think the flexibility justifies it.

Reckless Wait #2 Did anyone like Reckless Waif #1? I found the card pretty awkward. It seemed I was trying to win the "does the opponent miss there turn 1/2 play lottery" when I had it in my deck. Flipping it on two while holding an instant rarely seemed like a great line.

Shit, that is one pushed card. If that mechanic (hellbent: draw a card and pay a life) is ever going to be viable, I don't even know how you it could be on a better creature without just being an asshole about it.

That's because it might be the most swingy card ever. I thought about trying it in legacy zombies. You completely dismantle their plan while throwing bloodghast/gravecrawler/bridge from below/extra last rites/flashback cards into your graveyard. I didn't follow through, because at that point...

I haven't curated my cube in a while and I probably won't at least until the next set comes out. Apologizes to anyone who follows it.

Seems fair. Less of a roadblock then Huntmaster. Plays nice with vertical and horizontal themes. The wolf-bolt-wolf-bolt pattern seems a little on the strong side for grinding advantages. Kinda interesting that you often will have a one turn delay to get the ability you need. Looks like a...

Thinking more about it, I like Nahiri in some decks in my cube, but Daretti sort of fills the exact same niche, so idk if she does anything for me.

Being able to kill untapped creatures is a big deal. Ajani represents a lot of damage to the face, either by killing blockers or just burning directly. He can still lock down big stuff or play Rishadan Port when that's appropriate. He's an aggro powerhouse and the lifegain makes him almost as...

Nahiri seems ok . Ajani V. is probably the better card, but that's not necessarily a selling point. Her design is a little dull and mechanics seem pretty random. Reminds me of Demon-form Ob-Nix. Very playable, I'm just not sure why I want to run it. For a second I thought sinister...

Back in the day when we ran drafts, all the drafted cards were the prize pool. That just seemed like the simplest way to run a draft, no organizer was required, the players could just run the event whenever they had table space. The store sold packs, the event is competitive, and 100% of the...

The power level is just so high that the situational interesting plays feel bad, because why should a card whose baseline is so good also just sometimes randomly completely blow you out?

That is a lot of stuff on that card. I'm afraid its going to play out like Restoration Angel did for me and for the exact same reasons.

I met a guy who made similar comments about Caucasians and Asians. Genocidal subtext aside, I was most upset by the fact that he didn't see the gigantic hole called "genetics" in the long term plans of his Utopian society.