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I now feel old, having first played AD&D in 1988. I had a starter set of Spellfire but had already played Magic at that point, and was fairly clear on which was the better game.

The Strixhaven colleges focus on real-world subjects studied from a magical perspective, with academic tensions that reflect the colour pair. I suggest: {w/u} Law school (maybe too close to Azorius). Spirit of the law (white) vs letter of the law (blue). {u/b} Philosophy. Knowledge for its own...

Lukka, Coppercoat Outcast Transmogrify You could have a red sub-theme of tokens into big stuff.

You’d be better off going to Hull.

Only four of those are great universities. (Oxford’s a complete dump.)

Split cards have mana value equal to the sum of both sides.

No, thank you.

:b::b: fork, as an additional cost to play this spell, pay some life/sacrifice a creature. There you go. None more black.

Also the art quite definitely shows both cyan and indigo. WotC have at last realised that blue is overpowered and will split it into two to reflect this. We’ll be going up to 7 colours and another 11 guilds will be founded on Ravnica. and yes, I would cheerfully paint over that art. It looks...

That Chromatic Star makes me want a Dark Side of the Moon alter.

Standard playing cards will usually have the indices top left (and bottom right) making Onderzeeboot’s fan more natural to anyone coming to magic from poker, bridge or rummy. Am I the only one slightly bothered by Phyrexian and hybrid mana on the 7th Edition card frames? Probably no more than...

Nissa, Voice of Zendikar is not excessively powerful but supports three of my four green-based archetypes: WG tokens; UG counters; and RG lands matter.

Not in cube, but my memory from casual magic back in the day was that it was a magnet for removal, and more often than not you would rather play Concentrate, which isn’t saying much.

Probably not relevant, but Somnophore doesn’t require combat damage. Enchant it with a Quicksilver Dagger and go to town.

Thorn Elemental! I returned to Magic during 7th and still have my copy somewhere. I had it in a terrible reanimator deck and thought it was brilliant. Tornado Elemental is another supertrample option that also hoses fliers.

So much flavour. Until now I have chosen not to break the singleton rule in my cubes, but I want to give Cosima the chance to go voyaging on her ship. I love how the abilities interact, allowing Cosima to return from her travels stronger and wiser from the lands visited.

Such an article would certainly be of theoretical interest, but few people will go on to build a cube as you describe. Where it could really be of practical use is to take lessons learned from a set design. For example, if I want to include massive creatures in my cube, what does Ikoria teach...

The cube shells look good. I was thinking of getting some for my Jumpstart cube. Would they hold 20 single sleeved cards ok?

Do you mean that they help because they are enchantments that send themselves to the graveyard, because they don’t count as a separate type. I also love sagas, because they tell little stories.

I liked the recent overlap between Wizards tribal and instants/sorceries, e.g. [[Relic Amulet]]. Something similar could be done with Artificers/Artifacts, Shamans(?)/Enchantments, Druids/Lands, Nobles/Conspiracies...