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I was talking "Classic Restricted" from the Magic dark ages. I'd be surprised if you could find much in the ways of decklists for it, was popular locally where I played, but since it was never played in any sanctioned events (as far as I know) and was much less popular then Type 1, Type 2 or...

I did it by making the artifact theme completely incidental. I'm not running lots of loose artifacts to "make it work", the closest thing being Chromatic Sphere. These cards are all shit you play, but if you grab welder/Daretti you can try and grab a few more + great furnace and make it work...

This card was a monster in early type 1.5. I don't think it has aged particularly well. Didn't they print a red version of it at one point that no one cared about?

If you want a high utility value instant in red/black, run the card, I really doubt you could possibly be disappointed. Fire Covenant is a million times more powerful at the one thing it does, but this card does six things. Frankly, if it was more powerful with this level of flexibility I'd be...

BOTH!!!! The awesome thing about each of these cards is that they both work in the two situations you are likely to see yourself in: 1) I have dudes and need to use them to kill you 2) I don't have dudes so I need to draw some. Really brilliantly designed cards. If I HAVE to choose one...

I think something that would be cool, particularly in a smaller (probably sub 360, but maybe 360) list would be to just go completely all in on the +1/+1 counters and see what that looks like. Like, in this cube, +1/+1 counters are a resource that every deck utilizes and needs to consider...

Things that are probably going to happen: Vampire theme gets axed, zombies get pushed a little harder. Cut Persist. Cut Sygg, Jinxed idol and a couple of other cards that aren't getting anything done. Think of a way to implement select 3 color cards without using up real draft slots. Thing...

Well, two of the three modes on Rakdos Charm are hosers, so that's not surprising. I gotta admit this card is pretty versatile. Anyone who is looking for artifact removal that doesn't rot, this is pretty much as good as it gets, you have 3!!! choices if you don't have a rock to nuke.

Summoning Sickness is a pretty big deal and dudes like War-Name Aspirant and Hero of Oxid Ridge are in my list making it look stupid. Its not awful, but 4 damage misses some key targets that you'd expect a 3 mana removal spell (that isn't likely to turn into a wincon, am I underrating that part...

I think lightning grieves is the best of these types of cards, it comes down on two and doesn't die to Icatcian Javelineers. I guess it doesn't work for tokens, though, but that doesn't really need to be the same deck. That said Ogre Battledriver and Temur Ascendancy are absolute monsters in...

The best thing to do would be use poker chips for the money and just make the entire board a 5 big tracks for each of the goods. Also, they really should have the payouts on the board somewhere so you don't need to check the book. I remember how much you get paid in 6 player because its a...

This card was exactly the kind of design I was looking for a while ago. I'm not sure it is still what I'm looking for, but I'm definitely picking it up. Its kinda weak and formidable kinda sucks, though.

Also Medici, at least the version I have, has one of the worst boards around. The tokens are too big for the spaces and so even the slightest nudge can make it difficult to figure out how much money/how many of a good someone has. It can't hurt for each player to keep track of their...

I'm not sure what this has to do with what I said.

If Sphinx of the Steel Wind is going to be a three drop in your cube, then commit to that and design around that, don't shove Mardu Strike Leader or some shit in there like it belongs in the same conversation.

Cutting Finks might be one of those "feels wrong, but is actually right" decisions for me. Or maybe not, its a rock. Collected Company is going to do work for me in the same decks that run Return to the Ranks, but seriously after those two cards you can fit like 2 removal cards, 1 utility...

I love the new Anafenza, I'm just not sure why KITCHEN FINKS, one of the most color/theme/archetype agnostic cards imaginable needs to be better. Its not like we're trying to milk a little value out of Mark of Fury or some other marginal value enabler, this is a card that is P1P1 in plenty of...

Certainly, but the implication of the statement has some merit. Further, I'm not sure why "automatically win all long game mirrors with an uncounterable zero mana investment" is desirable even if the hyperbole that it does nothing in other matchups is true.

Its like Jitte in a Pridemate deck, on the surface Jitte is "supporting" Pridemates, but we all know what's really happening.

Its like when a new ETB creature gets spoiled, someone will invariably say "This goes great with recurring nightmare" and I just think to myself in what fucking universe is that even relevant, you have recurring nightmare who the fuck cares if the new creature is 3% better with it then the old...