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  1. LadyMapi

    General [DFT] Aetherdrift

    I am amused by Loot for two reasons: I grew up with Loot, Scoot, and Boogie, and watching people get bamboozled by his complex, high quality character design warms my cold black heart. I'm a sucker for the specific set of narrative tropes they went for with Loot, and I confess that I'm kinda...
  2. LadyMapi

    General [DFT] Aetherdrift

    They've got you covered: Bestow Greatness
  3. LadyMapi

    General [DFT] Aetherdrift

    I feel like the Speed mechanic might play better than it looks? Once you've played your first card with Start Your Engines!, you'll reach Speed 4 in what, 2 to 3 turns? And then, after that point, any further Speed-based cards will give you their full benefits. Sure, that probably isn't good...
  4. LadyMapi

    General [DFT] Aetherdrift

    Do I want to know? ... The design is very... "hey, how do we make another Green commander that cheats out permanents?", but on the other hand it's also gay. I'm torn.
  5. LadyMapi

    General [DFT] Aetherdrift

    I was going to post The Shark - it definitely feels like something you could slip into a cube without too much of an aesthetic clash. Also, I'm kinda curious why Amonkhet's team is headlined by a zombie cat person, given that I'm pretty sure Amonkhet didn't have cat people the last time we saw...
  6. LadyMapi

    General [DFT] Aetherdrift

    As someone who Exhaust should be perfect for (2 and 3 drops with abilities that fill in the mana curve? Those are my jam!)... I dunno. It feels like it's yet another mechanic that adds a memory burden for minimal real advantage - contrast it with kicker, which is generally one-and-done. Also...
  7. LadyMapi

    General [DFT] Aetherdrift

    I think part of it was also that Clues were the first token they defined in the comprehensive rules instead of on cards. A shame. We could've gotten Cook and Bleed as keywords.
  8. LadyMapi

    General [DFT] Aetherdrift

    Collect Evidence should have just been called Collect or Research or something, because the mechanic itself is honestly pretty flexible. It also has the big advantage that you don't need extra gameplay trackers, unique tokens, or special frame treatments to reuse it. Mechanics like that feel...
  9. LadyMapi

    General [DFT] Aetherdrift

    I swear I looked at the smilies menu...
  10. LadyMapi

    General [DFT] Aetherdrift

    Mounts should also be allowed! Terrible game mode. ;)
  11. LadyMapi

    General [DFT] Aetherdrift

    I was reminded of this recently because this thread popped up recently, and I feel like the reason why it kinda-sorta works thematically is that the sweet wizard duel that's "portrayed" by Magic is usually really zoomed out. We're talking "Urza vs. Yawgmoth was a single Bo3 match of Magic"...
  12. LadyMapi

    General CBS

    Another possibility (which honestly might be on the "fairer" side of things): Mawloc On the one hand, you do need to actually spend 5 mana to trigger the card draw. On the other hand, X spells just fit wherever on the curve.
  13. LadyMapi

    General [Contest] 72-card Nanocube

    Yeah, I feel like an important thing to keep in mind about a 15-card format is that after you draw your starting hand your remaining deck is roughly a fourth of the size of a 40-card deck (8 remaining cards vs. 33 remaining cards). That said, I think a cube trying to emulate constructed might...
  14. LadyMapi

    General CBS

    Triumph of Saint Katherine and Alchemist's Greeting are a pair of keywords you've missed. And there's always Dream Halls if you want to get really crazy with it.
  15. LadyMapi

    General [Contest] 72-card Nanocube

    Ugh, I just had an idea that's so much cooler than my current entry. Back to the drawing board. On an unrelated note, I dare someone to make this an archetype in your entry: Advantageous Proclamation
  16. LadyMapi

    I'm flattered to hear that. :)

    I'm flattered to hear that. :)
  17. LadyMapi

    General [Contest] 72-card Nanocube

    I see your Sound the Call micro-archetype and I salute you. (Needs more Wolf Tribal.)
  18. LadyMapi

    I wasn't familiar with it until you brought it up... but it's a neat one. I don't think there's...

    I wasn't familiar with it until you brought it up... but it's a neat one. I don't think there's actually that much overlap (other than using treasures and having an Emblem) - Avernus is all about treasures as mana, while the Capitalism Cube is more about using treasures as an alternate win...
  19. LadyMapi

    General [Contest] 72-card Nanocube

    So, everyone, I have a dilemma: Surging Flame Surging Flame Surging Flame vs. Stomping Slabs Stomping Slabs
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