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I love it. I ran Dueling Rapier for a while, and it was pretty good! I considered Hidden Footblade seriously, because in addition to doing the same thing on enter as Coral Sword, as a haste enabler, it promises for splashier later turns. But I think I'd prefer Coral Sword to the Footblade all...

Day: 014 Set: Fallout (PIP) Release Date: March 8, 2024 Cards: 154 New Leads: Annie Sardelis (Design) All New Cards, Sorted by ELO: CubeCobra Link Another Commander set! RNG seems to love Commander as much as the median Magic player. I love this set. Literally so many designs that I think make...

I like the art (and the alt art for this one is incredible too) butI still like Sokenzan, Crucible of Defiance more, and that's currently waiting to come back into my Cube. Three mana for a single token feels way too safe, even if I get the land afterwards.

Quina, Qu Gourmet Redundancy for recent staple, Chatterfang, Squirrel General, a supremely underrated card. There are so many incidental and repeatable token generators these days that hit the board in time to get value off Quina its first turn, whether for the trinkets like Ivora, Insatiable...

Day: 013 Set: Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate (CLB) Release Date: June 10, 2022 Cards: 344 New Leads: Glenn Jones (Design) & Corey Bowen (Development) All New Cards, Sorted by ELO: CubeCobra Link Man. Initiative is really not an ideal mechanic. This set would've been really cool if...

absolutely my runner-up for the set, I'm so grateful for Stridehangar Automaton for making me really feel good about running him again, he's been in and out too often

Triple Triad Definitely for multiplayer considerations only, but this seems like a lot of fun. Quistis Trepe SlowCaster Mage much? Is it worth paying an additional {1} and losing flash to double the graveyards you have access to? No. But I did like Slickshot Lockpicker and was considering it...

Day: 012 Set: Magic 2011 (M11) Release Date: July 16, 2010 Cards: 249 (105 new) Leads: Aaron Forsythe (Design) & Erik Lauer (Development) All New Cards, Sorted by ELO: CubeCobra Link The Titan Set. The first set I did well in a competitive event (just shy of 16th place in a 250-person PPTQ if...

This thread made me look back on my MTGS days, and wow, I really went out of my way to frame my Cube as "not as hardcore as everyone else's" because I remember getting called stupid for talking about anything that wasn't powermax. I still have plenty in common with the design sensibilities of...

\ We're up to 22 different art choices for Lightning Bolt now. There are a lot of good ones, but I think I have a new second favorite. I've really like the Peach Momoko one, but it's $800, and the Strixhaven Mystical Archive by Ezoi is great as well, but there's no English-language version...

I really like this card, and back then, I was trying to see if I could support centaurs in any way haha The GG cost for getting it back, timed to when the land going into the graveyard, was too big of an ask. Nowdays though? Honestly, it's worth a second look.

I feel like this will go over well here. Think Twice for the careful thinker!! Will you Consider this card even if it costs an extra mana? Curate lets you scry one more but is missing the flashback, and that has seen some interest from curators of Cubes. I have Dreams that this card will be...

Day: 011 Set: Commander 2015 (C15) Release Date: November 13, 2015 Cards: 196 Leads: Dan Emmons (Design) & Ben Hayes (Development) All New Cards, Sorted by ELO: CubeCobra Link Back before Eldraine, it felt like half of the foundations for new Magic sets and releases were the results of a...

In fairness, I do realize this and originally had a "~" in front of the 7, but it looked weird next to the fake emdash so I just skipped it because it was "close enough"!

Oh, I kind of like this. Not sure how I missed it, but I like a mono-blue Sprite Dragon without the keywords. Deeproot Champion being green has always been its biggest detriment, and this also benefits from being a noncreature spell itself. Giving +1/+1 counters for your third card each turn...

Day: 010 Set: Rivals of Ixalan (RIX) Release Date: January 19, 2018 Cards: 196 Leads: Ben Hayes (Design & Development) All New Cards, Sorted by ELO: CubeCobra Link I'm so glad they stopped doing blocks. Rivals of Ixalan is a really poor set. Limited was awful. The designs were uninspired...

And then you can use the above Summoner's Sending and Lord Jyscal Guado to benefit majorly off of them! I think this set is what pushes me over the edge with +1/+1 counters, and Shelinda, Yevon Acolyte is a good one to help do that. Ardbert, Warrior of Darkness My favorite of the +1/+1 counters...

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Day: 010 Set: Outlaws of Thunder Junction Commander (OTC) Release Date: April 19, 20242022 Cards: 40 (new) + 266 (reprint) Leads: Corey Bowen (Design & Development) All New Cards, Sorted by ELO: CubeCobra Link Our first Commander set, as decided by the Scryfall random gods! I usually like...

Chris Cox in one of his quarterly presentations, fiscal 2020 IIRC. Because of MtG's role in Hasbro at the time, the actual sales numbers did not get called out for the game for 2017 and 2018, but we do know 2016's number ($350M) and 2019's ($424M). An increase of 21% over three years -- 7%...