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When I heard about it first, I got so hyped for 2021. Set in Northern Mythology, somewhat reminiscent of Ice Age? Yes! Being able to draft a Time Spiral Remastered with new cards in the beautiful old frame? Yes, please! Strixhaven, a school reminiscent of the mage schools in Urza block, and a...

..and that's exactly where I want my cube cards to be.

I loved Biomancer when it came out, but I dislike it as a signpost. I also dislike Renata and would rather have that kind of effect in a multivolour card like Good-Fortune Unicorn that is also a signpost. But that's just me and I can see your argument.

They're somewhat similar, but bring different qualities: Grapple is instant, which could matter for Gx flash for example. It's actually a grave tutor for mill decks, where it really shines. Winding Way can be especially good early in the game, if you're in need for either lands or more...

I think this card really is for lower powered environments following the riptidian philosophy of turn-2-aggro where this card really shines. Unearth Dash other synergies that fit in low power creating tokens with haste or entering attacking higher power Archwing Dragon lol

Same here. Powerlevel obv matters here. aren't you founder of #TeamVolcanicHammer?

Ardenvale Tactician, Order of Midnight and Hypnotic Sprite are sweet with ninjas. If there are plenty of token producers in your environment, a 1/1 deathtouch really is lackluster.

That's interesting, since some people here said that they needed to power down their counters deck, some even multiple times (I think James and Onder were the ones).

Primal Forcemage too narrow to combo with haste and etb fight? what else does this combo with?

Yeah, but I find it interesting to design an environment with some of the 'typical' archetypes (go wide, +1/+1 counters, blink, control, for example) that even newer players know or recognize easily, but also with some more 'hidden' strategies my players need to get aware of (which is...

Forgot to mention Order of Midnight, definitely the coolest Gravedigger variant out there, and Shepherd. Shieldbreaker doesn't make sense in my environment, Beanstalk Giant is cool but I don't play any permanent ramp and no fixing exclusive to one colour (rather colourless so everyone gets...

Yes, that's absolutely true, those two and Ardenvale Tactician are the ones that get tested in my list.

Sadly, Brazen Borrower is definitely too good for my environment, just as Bonecrusher Giant. Love to play with them in MTGA.

Yeah, you're right. I really need to play actual Magic again lol Still having a blocker might be relevant, too, as well as mass pump spells. Don't have that many bounce and blink spells, though.

Mystic SubdualKenrith's TransformationHeliod's Punishment in an environment without enchantment removal? I think Frogify, Reprobation and Arrest would be too good in such an environment if it's very low powered Subdual/Transformation/Punishment look more conditional.

did anyone already test this: Basalt Ravager I don't support tribal explicitly but there are a lot of creatures of some tribes in my cube. what I like about it: it's etb also can go to the face, and it has the same offensive statline as FTK. not sure if I like Igneous Elemental and/or...

My cube is very board-centric and combat-heavy, so combat tricks are actually a thing, especially since a lot of removal is damage-based or destroys creatures with a certain toughness/power, where pumping them up acts as a counterplay. That's what I meant when I talked about a lower powerlevel...

In my case, it's pure theorycraft: UW got the tap spells, which help ninjas and other saboteurs connect. it's also kind of a lifegain spell for control decks (UWBR) that want to get to the turn where they can play the big sweeper. Since I lowered the powerlevel, there's also less bounce since a...

Lowering the powerlevel really opens up some more possibilities for this archetype. Heroic becomes viable, and I also like some tappers that function as heroic enablers as well as tapping down blockers for aggressive decks. The already mentioned Nightbird's Clutches, Niveous Wisps and Ardenvale...

I like both of them, lifegain is really good in aggressive matchups, while Clarion Spirit isn't a token spammer as much as Young Pyro, but the tokens come with flying and spawn even if you're playing creature spells. Personally, I'd say Spirit > Seeker