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I decided to go with Monument and Rydia and they have proven rather easy to slot into decks and they look really good in them too! First a couple of Monument decks that look quite different Ones 1 Mox Diamond 1 Mox Opal 1 Currency Converter 1 Spell Pierce 1 Gitaxian Probe Twos 1 Hangarback...

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Speaking of landfall, I missed this one which has huge potential Rydia, Summoner of Mist Ignore the saga part for now. This is a 2 mana rummager that isn’t capped! You get to see so much of your deck by just playing the game normally. Fetches are (as always) busted and don’t get me started on...

I like the tutors from this set Eladamri’s call Diabolic intent Rates are solid and it’s tough to jam them into any old deck like DT. You need a reason to want these and if you do, they are pretty great. Shout out to Rushing River that I enjoy because it’s often a tough call when to use the...

Wanted to run a few swaps by you folks as I am considering some changes in Red. Talking with Inscho confirmed some of my thoughts about Red cards I am running that should probably go. Gamble Firestorm Devastating Dreams These are situationally very powerful cards but they are also narrow and...

For me it’s a vibe thing. When drafting an old-border cube having every card with a retro border sparks joy. Even though some modern cards fit with their mechanics, the aesthetics is jarring and not what I want.

Wanted to explore the ETB archetype. Not from a value perspective, because I feel that it would invalidate a lot of what this style of cube is about, but from a combo perspective. Pandemonium This first one ties in nicely with Seeker's Rotting Regisaur post! The idea is to put big idiots into...

In a 360, I would be ok running these 4 payoffs for a minimalist theme and a good amount of bread and butter enchantments to make them worthwhile Enchantress's Presence Argothian Enchantress Replenish Serra's Sanctum I've found that card advantage isn't always easy to come by in these colors...

I listed Wirewood Elf instead of Symbiote oops!

Have you ever tried recursive Black beaters? Ashen Ghoul Ichorid Nether Spirit Nether Shadow Coffin Puppets After zombies and goblins, the last kindred deck I want to explore is elves. They are a classic and are different enough from the other two that it gets interesting. Elves have...

Counter package Contagion Clasp Throne of Geth Steel Overseer Marketback Walker Works with Skelions 1 and 3, plus Serrated Arrows giving decent colorless removal. This becomes really fun with more proliferate and mana rocks with counters such as Noble’s Purse. Grindy sacrifice package Myr...

Great list. There are a ton of discard outlets in old-border! Plus a lot of dredgers. I feel like dredge is a mechanic that works well in old border and there are a lot of classics. A few others that can be good to discard Call of the Herd Beast Attack Grizzly Fate Other than the madness...

Yeah part of the charm of these cubes for me is how scrappy you have to be sometimes. The contrast between spells and creatures is pretty funny too! Speaking of Red creatures, let's look at Goblins! Based on how shitty most of the creatures are, I am drawn towards kindred decks to get a little...

This I never realized that Drain Life was so confusing. It's been part of Magic since I started playing so definitely a blind spot for me. I think that Corrupt and Hunger are a necessary evil if you want to go down this life payment route. This is a good point and I think you are right. There...

You know how players hate mill? What if you milled them out by exiling their deck. That seems even more rage inducing Jester's Cap Jester's Scepter Rootwater Thief Denying Winds Bitter Ordeal Nightmare Incursion

lol at the Whammy Counter on the Jack-in-the-Mox. Next I'd like to take a look at Suicide Black. An aggressive and disruptive deck that uses its life total as a resource to play overstated dorks (for the time and in Black!) . This one is close to my heart as it is the first deck I was playing...

Not reinventing the wheel here, but cards like these work in both mill and selfmill and can get better the harder you lean on them Hedron Crab Grinding Station Mesmeric Orb In a non combo cube you likely won’t be able to abuse these too much, but they do have inevitably. They are also on board...

100%! They can be pretty wild too, so you are in for some spicy decks. Your aura package is tight. Shadow creatures are the perfect fit for them and are among White's best options for going aggro anyways. You had me look up other cool auras Exoskeletal Armor Huge in the right deck Instill...

I’ve been having fun experimenting with the old border restriction and am intrigued by the possibilities of the various archetypes. I know some of you have experience or even curate some of these cubes and thought it would be fun to steal share ideas. When talking about old-border, I am...

For sure, but it’s not as clean as other effects is what I mean. My Oath decks could usually support polymorph thanks to the various noncreature token makers (occult epiphany, formless genesis, esika’s chariot, …)