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Aerith Gainsborough Tifa Lockhart Sephiroth, Fabled SOLDIER I've never played 7 / don't care about it but it's very funny how I am so attracted to these designs specifically. Aerith Gainsborough is a dream of a +1/+1 counters / legendary-matters / lifegain crossover. For how many different...

Day: 008 Set: Jumpstart 2022 (J22) Release Date: December 2, 2022 Cards: 51 (new) + 768 (reprint) Leads: Mark Gottlieb (Design) All New Cards, Sorted by ELO: CubeCobra Link Welcome to the most commander-y set printed without the commander name! Commander design sensibilities have infected the...

I've been running this little guy for almost a year now: Pollen-Shield Hare Pollen-Shield Hare is fine! I moved him in a Selesnya slot because it's my Cube and I can be inconsistent when I want to be, even though I really view him as a mono-white card but I found GW to be less competitive than...

Day: 007 Set: Mercadian Masques (MMQ) Release Date: October 4, 1999 Cards: 350 Leads: Mike Elliot (Design), Henry Stern (Development) All New Cards, Sorted by ELO: CubeCobra Link Ah, Masques. The "we're sorry" follow-up to Urza's Block / Combo Winter. Intentionally powered down and filled with...

Day: 006 Set: Foundations (FDN) Release Date: November 15, 2024 Cards: 292* Leads: Bryan Hawley (Design), Mark Rosewater (Vision) All New Cards, Sorted by ELO: CubeCobra Link Note: this is just about the new cards in Foundations -- Foundations Jumpstart is going to be treated as a separate set...

That design is so clean. It feels like the logical conclusion to where this style of card has been going for years. I have many a Cube project in mind that will benefit from her!!

Day: 005 Set: Onslaught (ONS) Release Date: October 7, 2002 Cards: 350 Leads: Mike Elliott (Design), Randy Buehler (Development) All New Cards, Sorted by ELO: CubeCobra Link Onslaught was the end Magic's early era. It was the extreme of the late-90s/early-00s conception of what "cool" was...

Fallen Askari

It's what I did for my last "daily" thing! I try not to be on my computer too much on the weekends Day: 004 Set: Zendikar Rising (ZNR) Release Date: September 25, 2020 Cards: 280 Leads: Mark Rosewater (Design), Erik Lauer & Andrew Brown (Development Co-Leads) All New Cards, Sorted by ELO...

Day: 003 Set: Kaladesh Release Date: September 30, 2016 Cards: 264 Leads: Mark Rosewater & Shawn Main (Design Co-Leads), Eric Lauer and Ian Duke (Development Co-Leads) All New Cards, Sorted by ELO: CubeCobra Link I am on record in considering the two-set blocks the least compelling era of Magic...

Woolly Spider

Day: 002 Set: Dragon's Maze Release Date: May 3, 2013 Cards: 156 Leads: Alexis Janson (Design), Zac Hill (Development) All New Cards, Sorted by ELO: CubeCobra Link Dragon's Maze! It's a famously poorly-received set, and one of the many sets that demonstrated that the 3-set block structure was...

I play with a lot of very casual players who don't keep up with new sets, so it's something I'm particularly cautious about. But I think you're right -- I should just go for it. If it proves to be an issue, I can deal with it then, but I do really enjoy the gameplay they provide, as well as the...

Have not been able to fire since the set came out, but I think it's extremely interesting and makes for good gameplay. It plays strong without feeling unbeatable, even in retail limited where the average card quality is lower than most of our Cubes. It really incentivizes unique decisions in...

Hey folks, I always am looking for fun ways to bring folks back on the regular here, since you all are my favorite people to talk about Magic with. While I did like the aesthetics thread from a few years back, it ended up being too much to actually maintain on a daily basis, so let's try this...

Pristine Angel

I think it's just another helpful datapoint. I'm really pleased to be able to see my Cube organized in this way, and looking at the top few cards in each color side-by-side made my eyes gloss over in a way that I'm sure happens even more for my comparatively much less engaged playgroup. I'm not...

Was going to respond to the Myr with this and am sharing it all the same because the vibes are incredible: Dwarven Thaumaturgist Juvenile Gloomwidow only needs to block the storm crow twice!!

Kjeldoran Escort

I feel like I saw a version where it included a note about Bracket 4 Cubes including Fable of the Mirror-Breaker "to support artifact, discard, and token strategies" and I almost cut it from my list in shame and embarrassment at that moment.