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A 1/1 with deathtouch is surprisingly good, even in power-motivated Cubes. I've actually had a lot of success with Ashnod, Flesh Mechanist even though the Powerstone is not that valuable in my list, and I think Tinybones 2.0 is much better. I love the Ragavan-like ability here. It feels less...

I forgot to post Mister Gutsy earlier! There are two things I'm always keeping an eye out for: 1) low MV colorless creatures, and 2) single-card archetype enablers. While there are endless cards that tell you to cast Auras or Enchantments, the fact that this one is a colorless card that's only...

I adore it. There have been a few of this style of army-in-a-can cards at a similar rate over the last few years, but none of them have the explosive potential after casting that this one does. I like that it's an artifact creature, I like that it's worst-case as a 2/2 is still pumping all...

When I do it it's generally with a bit of sarcasm, as was absolutely the case here. No shade to wtwlf but I find it's a useful format for being silly, though I may have used the format unironically before as well. Apologies if my tone wasn't obvious! To be clear...that card is not like...

The Mysterious Stranger has shown up!!! What I like: If both you and your opponent have an instant or sorcery in your graveyards, it's basically red Snapcaster Mage :pogchimp: What I don't like: My playgroup hasn't been half as excited as me about Wildfire Devils and it was never been played...

Man, I need to put that in my reject Cube. Such a sweet card that I miss from my main list.

Yeah, these should all be fine together

It's not an issue because you get (usually) a full turn to deal with it before it starts being silly. It takes two turns to be better at token generation than a Siege-Gang Commander. By the time it snowballs, it's on you for not doing something/killing your opponent first, and you can still just...

My favorite used to be my personal super-secret tech but is now mainstream in the Cubing world: Fire Covenant (It is busted though.) I want to second Exile, I love the original Rob Alexander art and ran it for the first 5 years of my Cube's life. My players enjoyed getting both sides of the...

that is such a funny interaction, goodness!

I was writing another follow-up to my early thoughts here based on playing a few MKM drafts yesterday on Arena, but I ended up going too deep into it and made it a full article. Check it out here!

Had a great time during prerelease weekend so far. I half expected it because I adore the Disguise mechanic for retail limited, but I also wasn't very impressed with the design on display overall for the set. I was right to feel both parts of that: Disguise was fun, if underpowered. Paying 3 is...

On that note, been playing the Arena Cube lately and wish these cards were Real: Forgefire Automaton Warzone Duplicator Menagerie Curator Swarm Saboteur Sigardian Evangel Captain Eberhart Benalish Knight-Counselor Crucias, Titan of the Waves Yes, I've talked about many of these cards here...

I think the folks above have covered the larger topics in response to your Cube here, but I wanted to give just a few examples I saw during my sample draft of cards that don't make sense in the list to me for various reasons. Power outliers - too strong: Archon of Cruelty Isochron Scepter...

Interesting thing I noticed today: no one in the testing thread but me is going to run or test Reasonable Doubt! Reasonable Doubt I know we're no longer in the era where people run singleton Rune Snags anymore for lack of good options of counters, but besides having an excellent name (which...

Includes: Forensic Gadgeteer Reasonable Doubt Proft's Eidetic Memory Massacre Girl, Known Killer Demand Answers Headliner Scarlett Pick Your Poison Aftermath Analyst Anzrag, the Quake-Mole Tomik, Wielder of Law Carnage Interpreter Stampede Surfer Unruly Krasis Escape Tunnel Trostani, Three...

We still have a half dozen cards left, but I made an early Cube set review for MKM. Lemme know what you think!

Such a silly card. As someone who studied economics and continues to keep up with the literature, this is a delight to me. A neat little bauble from the Commander set. I like being able to cloak my top card at instant speed, especially when I know what it is from the surveil and can follow...

Double-posting for my own rant: Tenth District Hero does something I really like for my Cube. It's a white 2-drop that grows in a powerful but fair way and eventually protects your entire team. I like the story it tells within the card (besides the fact that lol she's now a detective and not...

I agree with your fundamental point. The "color identity" rules are my least favorite part of the impact that Commander has had on design -- I've even been multiple retail drafts where people didn't think they could run cards with off-color activations unless they included mana of that color in...