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The Big 720 Jump! I recently expanded the cube to 720 cards (actually 776 if you count the Commander Module), thanks to Ixalan 2 and Hat Ravnica providing me with some tasty new 1-drops. I'm typing up a quick blog post about my thought process for this expansion and what it means for my cube...

I'll be making several updates to Welder's Workshop with this set. The cube has hit max capacity, so every new card has to be associated with a cut. First up: my favorite cards from the main set: Three Steps Ahead <-> Sinister Sabotage This spell is just perfect. I've trawled through a lot of...

Jesus, the Big Score cards are literally just a pile of dream rectangles for my cube. And it's already at 720 so I'll have to actually make cuts! Horrifying.

At least you won't have to eat a Siege Rhino

Cryptic Gateway could be a fun payoff for collecting some Eldrazi Spawns and Scions. Or, if you really want to play with fire: Triassic Egg

I've been thinking about tweaks and adjustments for Thrive all year. My big limitation as a designer is my lack of practical experience with Limited (and indeed with competitive constructed formats). This makes it hard for me to get a grip on power level, because when I analyze a card I'm only...

Ilharg, the Raze-Boar and especially the new printing of: Through the Breach

This "mind-map" is definitely the process I used for my Welder's Workshop cube. Everything in the cube branches off from my favorite Commander: Feldon of the Third Path. Certain key concepts immediately jump out: Graveyard stuff, artifact stuff, token stuff, and ways to double-dip on activated...

Ghostbusters. Battlebots. Pop-tarts. James Bond. GI Joe. Madame Web. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Hardees. Naruto. The Chronicles of Narnia Family Guy. The Real Housewives of Miami. Myst. Legends of the Hidden Temple. The Witcher. Boglins. Jaws. The Voyage of Dr. Doolittle. Skechers. Imagine...

Digging the frontier vibe. Some of the outfits remind me of Monster Hunter (but that's probably because I spent most of Low Rank in full Wroggi gear). I guess my question is: will there be a sherriff in this town? Surely there can't be two "crime-themed" planes with no law enforcement, right...

With 10 different creature types competing, I think their best bet would be to include a lot of cards with a "choose a creature type" clause, rather than a lot of "Frogs you control get +1/+1" stuff. Who knows, we might get a version of the Collection mechanic from Ravnica: Riptide Edition...

I love this setting and I love all the art so far. I was already pretty hyped about "Mouse Plane" but knowing there'll be frogs, lizards, and bats to play with is even better. Playing these alongside Eldraine cards will be VERY cozy. Like, I want to play this in a blanket fort.

I was really hoping they were going to use colorless mana to express other in-lore themes besides "Eldrazi." There are so many places in the Multiverse where colorless mana could be created and required. Imagine colorless Puresteel golems and equipment on Mirrodin, used to fight off the...

Jesus, M14 was ten years ago. That would have to mean that Angelfire Crusader is even older. Like... REALLY old... HELP! Get me off this crazy thing!

Looking forward to fixing some of these cards, particularly from the Jeskai energy artifact deck.

The new Ravnica releases have some fun new cards for my Library Things project. I've collected about half the cards I need for this minigame, and I remain delighted by it, although I've never played it. Most importantly: this guy Living Conundrum He'll be replacing Laboratory Maniac for now...

I added Sundering Growth to my cube recently but haven't played with it yet. There are a lot of great targets for both effects, so I'm hoping it'll be strong.

I forgot to mention: I'll definitely be trying the Surveil typed duals in Welder's Workshop. Probably cutting the Triomes for these, because I really think fueling the graveyard is more relevant and interesting than a third color. Plus, I've never liked the flavor break between the Ikoria...

This set of sets has a lot to offer my cubes. I'll start with my peasant environment, which gets this very exciting cycle: Fuss//Bother Flotsam//Jetsam Push//Pull Hustle//Bustle Cease//Desist Although Bustle has some irritating trinket text about flipping a facedown card, I just love this...

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