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Deadbridge Goliath Polukranos, World Eater This is what I expect to get these days out of a 4 mana 5/5. I don't think being black is enough of an "advantage" to take a Juzam Variant.

BNG ain't great, but Eidolon of Countless Battles has kicked countless in my cube. Also Ephara.

It seems like sort of awkward. Best case scenario is probably 1 drop => 2 drop=> MI with a mana open for spell pierce or force spike, but what if they remove or block a dude? Even if they don't, you have to attack twice to create value. Even though curiosity is super risky, its probably the...

Ray of Command is a reasonable idea. Red gives you millions of reasons for zombies to splash into, Blue needs help in this regard. Giving Entomb flashback seems unnecessary. I realize its not the best card in a lot of our cubes, but its still pretty damn good. If you want a bluish entomb, how...

Ion Storm is everything I wanted furnace celebration to be. I think we need a little more information to give meaningful advice, right now everyone is just kind of throwing out cards we think are cool. Speaking of which: Marchesa, the Black RoseMana VortexMortician Beetle

My exact words were: "Soul of Innistrad and Soul of Theros both seem pretty legit, but those slots have a lot of other options that might be more interesting." The card doesn't look particularly fun and while I am interested in finding graveyard effects in white, that isn't what I'm looking...

My name is going to get dropped whenever the topic of Heroic and 1/3 creatures comes up whether I want it to or not isn't it?

Ajani, Caller of the Pride You'd think they'd be happy, you know, giving their Vorpede Flying and Doublestrike.

I actually didn't know about the phasing/token/equipment interaction, so even us old people can learn new stuff!

Expect it in October. Hopefully I'll get a few more drafts in before then. I'd like to see M15 in effect. General outline: 1) Going all in on Theros Block themes: Enchantments and Heroic 2) The Land Draft 3) Mana Rock Purge 4) Color Pie Transformation 4a) Or how I took out all the...

While only tangentially related to the fetchland density issue, I've found that adding the land draft widens the advantage between the players with a strong knowledge of the MtG cardpoll/constructed Magic and those who are "tragically casual". Increasing the fetchland density does the same thing...

I empathize with both side of the issue, which is why I currently draft lands completely separately from the other cards in my cube. This creates a completely different set of issues, but I find this preferable to either alternative.

Slavering Nulls can be brutal, but its one of those cards that is like 10x better on the play then the draw. In red/black you're well positioned to kill/falter there blockers and start going to town. On the play, they only get two chances to remove it or get down a blocker you can't/won't...

I completely agree on allies. What was the point of that? You grab as many as you can and they become gamebreakingly powerful or you ignore them completely. Recover was also really terrible. Trying to remember the trigger felt like homework. I'm going to defend phasing a little bit. A lot of...

Forbidden Orchard in the utility draft seems necessary.

Blood Artist + Lingering Souls Or whatever

Life's Legacy. Is that card awful? The power level seems pushed, but its a sorcery which prevents it from being used in reaction. Faith's Fetters and friends aside, its purely a proactive drawing tool. Is drawing cards worth setting back your board position? How often do you actually want to...

That seems reasonable. I think the changes I enact may have to go deeper then the above listed ones, but I won't be sure until I have everything in front of me. Reminder to self: write an end of the year report on how this cube has played.

Reverent Hunter is interesting, at least if your environment doesn't run tons of wraths. I don't think I'd cube a vanilla green 4/4, mostly because I don't think it would add anything to the environment. Wholly Thoctar and Leatherback Baloth at least encourage something.

At 2 mana people are willing to play 3/2s with downsides (Borderland Maurader, Gore House Chainwalker), so I'm thinking CC for a 4/4 with no drawback is more then you need to be playable.