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I think it does count against dtt and tc in this context, because blue card draw is so excellent. There are tons of very strong blue card draw spells that get overshadowed. The easiest way to bring blue down to earth without gutting the color is to tap into that depth of draw and cantrips.

It was also broken in pauper too. I don't think the existence of one format, where neither card was format wreaking, is convincing evidence that the these cards weren't design mistakes, however If someone wants to tell me that TC or DTT is fair in their format, I'll listen, but I think at...

TC is insane, and requires no specialized building (same with dtt). There is no meaningful cost, and they were design mistakes. You just play magic naturally, and than at a certain point get to draw 3 while still having the mana up to cast the spells you draw. It grants both a massive CA...

Another way to think of it is using good stuff picks to naturally create critical mass of an effect, and critical mass is where any synergy strategy wants to arrive at anyways.

Yes and no: the poison principle is describing a specific type of narrowness, and its probably best to leave it where it is. Immerwolf is in the ballpark, but in a slightly different part of the stadium, due to its heightened narrowness. It might be easier to think of it in terms of two of...

Yes, and that probably is exactly why they designed pack guardian the way they did. Also note that the land discard provides an incentive to min/max with reasonable delirium cards. You can good stuff draft pack guardian for months if you want, and thats fine, but your good stuff cards start to...

No, no, no. It has no impact how good or bad the drafters are because you aren't running bad cards, at all. There is no bifurcation, there are no truly narrow cards. Everything is an independently reasonable card. Drafters shouldn't have to ever distinguish between good cards and cards intended...

I think there is a little confusion: paragraphs 2 and 2.5 just aren't issues. Scaling power bands, wide power bands, or drafting skill aren't topics. I seem to have completely failed to explain the concept. ugh. Read Paulo's initial analysis of madness here. This inversion is what I find...

Jeff hoogland streams it on twitch and raves about it. You can check out some of his streams. It looks reasonable enough.

Draft List Link. ------------ So, with the release of SOI, I've been getting some requests to redesign the innistrad theme cube, which I have not been doing out of laziness. That cube was built on riptide ideas from two years ago, and those dealt more with spreading themes throughout your...

Bequeathal is a card people have been trying to brew with for ages in pauper, and it never quite gets there. Turn crafting just to get card advantage off of your 1 mana aura is rather awkward. Heres a spicy one if you don't mind including mono colored interactions llanowar druid Green high...

The problem I have with these decks is that they tend not to be very good at exerting early pressure, due to a lack of aggressive one drops. So they kind of become a slightly bigger aggro decks, that feels like it would actually be much better as a midrange deck recurring threats with ETBs.

Blue card draw is like layered stratum of excellence: all you have to do is dig lightly to find some now long forgotten gem that defined some format in the past. We don't have to run bad cards, just less ridiculous cards. Think twice and impulse are perfect examples of this, as are braingeyser...

Note that the cool ramp decks have a plan less one dimensional than "hit X mana, play OP creature/planeswalker, hope its enough." They actually have spell based ramp targets (destructive force, fall of the titans, destructive force) which can act like control "many for ones." RUG tron decks...

Did a few test drafts, it felt like a healthy exercise. Actual control wasn't happening, and I ended up going into grindy value decks. First, the obligatory criticisms: 1. Caustic Caterpillar? 2. The Eldrazi cards seemed very difficult to get the colorless sources to justify. 3. Fixing...

I wouldn't get too negative. Lets just run the package and do some cube tutor drafts and see what we get. I feel that the data from the drafting process and the final deck lists will be valuable. Honestly, I kind of still suspect harmonize will play much better than it looks. I found the article...

I think we're not trying to cut ramp so much as we're trying to thread the ramp and control elements together, as they are both operating on a mana superiority axis. The difference is one is overly focused on threat presentment (ramp) while the other is more focused on interactivity (control)...

There really is nothing like it in green. Also, useful commentary: Bolded part of it because its important to cube design in general

Thats all true. There is also the reality that paying {G}{G}{2} at sorcery speed is really bad in a pressure format. Contemporary versions would need to have some sort of rider attached to make up for the tempo loss, at a minimum. There was a period of time where harmonize was a staple cube...

Sure, and what I am trying to explain is that any marketing effort has to focus on the cards, and result in an uptick in sales to both pay for and justify an event. It dosen't matter how you brand it, at the end of the day, the success or failure of an event will be judged in packs sold. By...