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Taking Stonecloaker out after being an (admittedly underdrafted) hero of my cube for its first 8 years of life was one of the most painful moments of my cardboard life. Even my newest players saw it coming, three mana is just a lot for the potential upside here. He's a lot of work. But I mean...

Skaab Ruinator I recently added Skaab Ruinator at the recommendation of folks here. Sweet card for sure, but it wasn't cast in the one draft played with it (it was in my sideboard oops). What are some good enablers for it I might not already be playing / how do I make it more enticing to draft?

The most devastating news I've heard all week: no theme lands in Jumpstart 2 :(((((

Honestly, if you want to make sexy Magic cards, the only way that it should be done is in a 90s dime book style: Again, I'm about as big of an anime fan as you get, but give me more of THIS: and if you REALLY want to give me waifus give me...these:

You're going to have to work incredibly hard to get me to prefer any low/mid-powered value Golgari card more than Nyx Weaver.

Jumpstart 1 was an absolute delight with novel designs. Can its first true successor keep the pace? Let's see with our first four cards to start us off! First, the two commander plants: Haste-matters commander gobbo is compelling, especially with all the hasty tokens produced by red's many...

I've had two kids over the course of the pandemic and recently moved 8,000 miles away from my playgroup of 10+ years, but I still love Magic as much as ever. I certainly relate to many of the feelings you all describe, particularly the disappointment at the gradual decline in design principles...

No longer oppressive, but still very good. Great turn of events that allows my Cube to happily run a historically relevant and super sweet card.

I run both of these cards, I think they're great at supporting Ux tempo and aggro, which many players wouldn't consider without these kinds of exciting pulls. They're not oppressive either to the degree of an Armageddon, which does more or less the same thing in the deck, but at a much, much...

I'm actually taking Uro out of my cube next time I find a reasonable Simic card because...it's too good. Honestly, you're not going to have enough cards to escape it twice unless the game is super grindy, and certainly not more than that without you having essentially won from repeated triggers...

I really do wish they'd use the Secret Lair "technology" to solve some of these common (and reasonable!) gripes from the most enfranchised players. Getting updated wording on cards makes games play better with newer players, too.

Something interesting from Mark's latest (and last!) article on Unfinity: These are two of my favorite designs in the set and....it really represents my issue with the set (as outlined above) quite well. The spirit of Un-sets lives in these cards. Individual cards with great humor...

Oh...he's the face commander, isn't he? Awful stuff, printing foil-only cards. I stand by my strong opinion that every Magic card should have a black-bordered non-foil version.

I adore the heck out of the design. It was one of the first cards spoiled from the Necron deck and indicated a thrilling direction for the deck that I was eager to see more of. All of your points are relevant and things that crossed my mind at first blush, and I spent a fair bit of time trying...

Unironically it took me nearly 5 years to stop believing that my first expansion post joining the game, Coldsnap, was not the greatest Magic: the Gathering set of all time (it still kicks ass though).

Interesting consideration here. I was devastated to take out Huntmaster from my own list, as it was an original member of my Cube back when it was 450 cards and rode me to victory many times in its glory days. I took it out not for power level -- nostalgia would have fought me too hard -- but...

As a counterpoint, Pioneer and Modern are both interesting and healthy. Pioneer's getting plenty of play around me (though I am moving in 3 days, so who knows what being halfway around the world will do to my POV there) and is the best it's ever been. Modern is annoyingly the MH2 Block format...

I think there's some really neat designs here. I especially like the art on the basics -- just excellent representations of the five land types. You really could use them as a template for all future sets. Might have to pass on this though, I'm pretty sure I'd spend $999 and get these as my...

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Interesting. Mishra, Claimed By Gix is a fine card that doesn't need to attack to get the trigger, but it feels like a bad Hellrider on its front side. I wouldn't be brining it up if it didn't have a backside, but I'm a little worried that the Meld because I DO adore Phyrexian Dragon Engine, on...