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Ashnod is interesting…I got really excited at first glance, but that quickly cooled. It sits in a slightly awkward design space imo. I don’t think it’s suited for my environment. It’s incremental and relying to attack is tough for the creature sacrifice strategy. Converting bodies in powerstone...

Weird that an artificer has nothing to do with artifacts

I think I’ll give Lab Man a go, but keep your comments in mind. I like a good hidden archetype, there are several in the cube….Nexus is its own hidden archetype in a way. Bringing Lab Man makes space for a more casual self mill deck…Nexus is still around to “discover” Making a couple other subs...

Ruinator was pretty strong in my cube when removal was worse. It wasn’t all that difficult to cast on curve either. Of course, if Ruinator would be good in any environment it would be in my cube. I cut it pretty recently. There’s been a ton of recursive creatures printed since innistrad and...

It's a good question. I do count it....it's on par with Oracle in my experience, and allows for some truly wacky builds. I'm not sure whether a third piece is really necessary, and I'm interested to hear your thoughts. One typically wants two pieces for the combo deck to manifest in my...

GCC Fight Club: jace, wielder of mysteries VS laboratory maniac I've been running Jace over Maniac since it was printed, but I'm beginning to rethink that. Pro Lab Man: - Is a creature and infinitely easier to recur or search for: Grapple with Past, Necromancy, Oath of Druids, Tracker's...

Countless Gear Renegade of the two. Another fun option: shrine of loyal legions

Retriever is much more powerful than Mender. I thought it was just a fringey include at the time I first added it to my list, but it’s really good in environments like ours with a high density of artifact support….so much that I sometimes consider adding junk diver as retriever #2

I briefly ran the Kraken in a lower powered iteration of my cube. I found it clunky in practice. But I could see this thriving in a multiplayer setting. Drana seems good. I’ve never tested it, because it has never seemed sympathetic to the goals of my black section. It always seemed like a...

My overall interest in Magic has definitely waned independent of release schedule, but the constant bombardment of new cards isn't helping. I recently moved away from a playgroup that was very unique and special to me, and I'm prioritizing some other interests over attempting to recreate that...

Yuck

The only tricks I run are Become Immense and Embercleave for the reasons you mentioned. Become Immense has been great for me at a variety of power levels.

Some tweaks... Out: Kytheon, Hero of Akros Kor Skyfisher Battle Screech Hard Evidence Skaab Ruinator Whirler Rogue Meloku, the Clouded Mirror Dark Ritual Cling to Dust Ransack the Lab Damnation Incinerate Phoenix Chick Cursed Mirror Hormagaunt Horde Harrow Esika's Chariot The Gitrog Monster...

Feels firmly better than Conscript and Wanderer, better than Bloodsoaked Champion, and worse than Gravecrawler due it being less abusable imo.

I despise foils

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Fun combo with: Tortured Existence I feel like I'm at the proper density of artifacts for Imotekh (21.7%), but I'm not convinced. The upside is tantalizing, but 4 mana has become an increasingly demanding slot in my cube as my average cmc has lowered and the speed of my environment has...

Without hesitation

Converter is so good!

It's exiled if you flashback. https://gatherer.wizards.com/pages/card/Details.aspx?multiverseid=74227 2/29/2020 Flashback and buyback don't mix. If you cast Blast from the Past using flashback, it will be exiled rather than go back to your hand