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I think I'm at the point where good ol' Giant Growth is better than a fight card in cube, to me. At least Giant Growth can go to the dome when you need it to, as well as winning creature battles for you.

Right - I would put the dreaded tempo on the third axis when it comes to basic cube definition. On one end, you have cubes where comebacks are nearly impossible, and as soon as someone ekes out a small advantage, that tends to snowball through the rest of the game into an unsurmountable lead...

You have to be careful about simply measuring the speed of a format, versus the power of a format. As an example, triple Zendikar is probably the fastest format in the last decade, and perhaps of all time; you don't have a lot of time to react if your opponent goes Surrakar Marauder, Mindless...

Yeah, without exception, every single fight card I've tried in cube has been a disappointment. It's not even the aura problem of being blown out in response, so much as requiring a very specific board presence to set up a situation where you can even cast the fight spell. In a way, they're...

There was a thread on the cube subreddit a while back that tried to address this issue with something they called the 'Serra Number' - the pick number in which you would take Serra Angel in a pack. https://www.reddit.com/r/mtgcube/comments/2qrd09/what_is_your_cubes_serra_number/ I think this...

Speaking of delver...

Hooooooly crap, your Google sheet of your cube list makes mine look like baby crayon drawings on a wall. You're like the Nate Silver of cube analysis!

Yeah, that article was great, and a surprisingly transparent one for a guy who's usually all "rah rah Magic is great look at all the awesome stuff we did!". I'd love to see him review past sets and blocks with a similar critical eye.

For double-sided cards, I put the real card into the cube, and print a proxy of the back-side and sleeve that up along with all of my tokens (which are in differently coloured sleeves). So when a Delver of Secrets or Garruk Relentless flips, people can just grab the 'token' and overlay that on...

I suspect it'll be a triggered ability, not unlike Garruk Relentless, except with triggers on both sides. If that's the case, we're probably looking at two activated abilities per side for four total, rather than the five on Garruk. Yeah, the Innistrad setting always gives us the best artwork...

Agree, really looking forward to this new character, and pleasantly surprised that our first werewolf planeswalker isn't some generic, buff, muscle-bound dude. Love the artwork - she just screams boss!

The Lone Missionary example made me think: is Viridian Emissary a realistic consideration as a defensive creature? I never liked him because he was always kind of awkward, but maybe a 2-power blocker with a sweet death trigger is just what the doctor ordered.

Yeah, I think Lucas is right - these 3 cmc mana rocks are just too durdly, and Pristine Talisman had the annoying side effect of prolonging games when I used to run it. I already have four 2 cmc mana rocks (Prismatic Lens, Mind Stone, Sphere of the Suns, Coldsteel Heart), and was looking to add...

Looking for a 3 cmc mana rock with upside - write-in answers again welcome! Pristine Talisman Unstable Obelisk

The thing I love the most about Onderzeeboot's custom is the nonplussed expression on that bear's face. He may be pumping his whole team to charge in for the alpha strike, but he doesn't give two shits about it.

Nyx-Fleece Ram probably averaged a 14th pick around here for the short time it was in... it's not really worthy of an 8th or 9th pick. And my list has had an enchantment theme! I think Grillo is onto something, in that Sea Gate Oracle and Mnemonic Wall are perhaps the platonic ideals of...

I don't like the 0 power lifegain guys very much - Perimeter Captain also falls into this category - because in practise, they were purely sideboard fodder against rush decks when I ran them. Even the most controlling of UW builds had trouble justifying a slot for a do-nothing, as it would be...

In constructed, it definitely did, when the normal line was Spectral Procession -> Ajani Goldmane; that was always nothing short of brutal. I find that in cube, efficient token makers are harder to come by, and there are plenty of instances where you have zero, one, or two bodies out when you...

Yeah, Tanner makes an interesting point about planeswalkers-as-anthems actually being easier to interact with, than actual Glorious Anthem. It's mainly for this reason that I'm still running oldie-but-goodie Ajani Goldmane; his upside is higher than your typical Crusade, but sometimes your...

+1 for Curse of Predation being a smidgen too good. I think this opinion is shared by a couple of folks on here, all of whom are anywhere from slightly to outrageously aggro-leaning. It takes very little work before it's a Dictate of Heliod, or even a Collective Blessing. At four mana, it'd...