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My article is both unrefined and dated, but the core idea is there. The past two sets have come around and given black some amazing bestow creatures that has really helped to integrate them into the theme. I'm about 50% through my update and I'll be playing heavily this month (multiple...

I play pyreheart wolf and think its very solid. Boros Elite has most of the vulnerabilities of the 2/1s (pingers and dividable burn) with none of the consistency. I looked long and hard at the card, but it really didn't make sense. 3 power is awesome, but 1 power is practically useless and...

Archetype of Aggression I'm working on building enough density of enchantments and stuff and red is currently the least connected color. Is Archetype of Aggression a reasonable card? I'm pretty low on it because "give all your dudes trample" is already covered as an effect (Nylea, God of the...

I'm in the middle of updating. Here are some random thoughts I had at work so I don't forget them: 1) Riptide Chimera cutesy support cards 2) Dead Weight and Rampager and Looter 3) Grave Pact too blah? 4) Renowned Weaver needs more scry 5) Proper cost on Cavern Lampad? 6) Dubs on narrow...

My Journey cards arrived and I'm fiddling with the design, which currently is trying to incorporate "enchantress" as well. Currently I'm in the "O.M.G. THERE ARE SO MANY CARDS I WANT TO PLAY" phase, so I''l probably bust out a 450 list first then see what I do from there.

If this cube has 3 brainstorms and a volcanic hammer, I'd be ready to call it "a loving homage to riptide lab".

Its disturbingly familiar. At the risk of sounding conceited, its hard to believe its coincidental. I see influences from a variety of the riptide cubes here, but put together into a really interesting and unique piece of work. I love the feeling of dread tech in there, it may get stolen.

Probably not too helpful, but compare: Whispers of the Muse vs. Mystic Speculation

Remember when they reprinted Tarmagoyf last year in a non-standard legal set and now they cost 50% more then they did at the time?

My baby is all grown up!

I haven't removed them, but I've channeled that into red/black. The red ones are damage based and as such semi-conditional. The black ones are the usual brutal suspects (Damnation, Toxic Deluge, Living Death). Whether that stays in place remains to be seen, but I like this color pie direction...

Pack Rat has nice niche and fits lots of decks, but I find him dull to play with. The skeleton has a very different niche that's more restrictive, but the decks are more interesting. Personally, I have played both and may play either in the future, but currently only play the skeleton.

I'm not sure why other people have said they like having the flying man body option, but in my cube an evasive one drop body and being an enchantment are both big advantages. I'm not sure if Hypnotic Siren is worth running over Triton Shorestalker, but she's a consideration for sure. If you...

I think the main thing with powered vs unpowered is that when you randomly include a smattering of completely "next level" cards and mix them in with Ember Hauler or whoever fills that slot these days, it creates a lot of really feel bad moments (I first picked Preordain, you first picked...

Pointlessly creating arbitrary limitations vs. actually picking cards that improve gameplay

I have a topic, but I can't think a way to word it without showing my incredible bias as to the "correct answer" to the debate. Though maybe that's not an issue.

From first glance white aggro seems to be a trap option in your cube. You have a reasonable amount of white dudes to beat face with, but very little removal that the deck can use. On the other hand, you have a ton of cards that just delete multiple creatures at once, plus many of the midsized...

I mean, if you want to keep the power level down, you could always go to guildgates, but they really suck. I have a friend whose land draft includes x2 guildgates as a pick and it sometimes gets used, but be advised his cube his sort of retail limited with awesomer cards paced and curve out...

As a "multiplayer focused" set I'm not too hopeful, but Dack is clearly in no way "multiplayer focused" so you never know.

I mean, it has a lot of modes (dude, pump spell, thing you can discard and get value out of later) but they are all pretty terrible. I didn't find the flexibility to be worth much and the potential recursion really couldn't do what I wanted it to do. Bloodrush not triggering heroic was the nail...