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The mayhem land is really cool and shows what mayhem can but madness couldn't do. However, it would've to be {G}{U}{R} to make sense in my cube.

This is why I love riptide lab. You ask for opinions on a card and you get a thorough analysis of it in the context of your cube, highlighting cool interactions and such. Wow, thanks! I'd say you get to 6-7 lands in about half of the games - it really depends on the deck though. The reason I...

Languish Two questions: 1. How much worse is this compared to Damnation or Day of Judgment? 2. How much better is it than Earthquake or Black Sun's Zenith? I am considering Languish as my one black boardwipe (in the core cube) but I'm scared it might be too efficient. Straight up four mana...

A goblin with (neo-)madness is a pretty great fit for my cube. This has decent name and art as well, but they had to ruin it with a super uninspiring Spider-Man quote.

It might surprise people that I say this, but I'd go with the more powerful card first. It is more likely to see play and if it turns out to be too much then, you can still replace it with the weaker card. If you add a card that's too strong, you will notice much faster than with a card that's...

Aaand another draft report. I'll keep this one very short. For time reasons. 1. {W}{B} Sacrifice/Blink Midrange 2-0-1 (5-2) Ones 1 soulwarden 1 Faerie Guidemother 1 Ruthless Ripper 1 Giant Killer Twos 1 Cathar Commando 1 Daxos, Blessed by the Sun 1 Reassembling Skeleton 1 Zulaport Cutthroat...

Even with lots of incentives to cast the AKs? Spellslinger payoffs, threshold etc. Even when AKs land in graveyards naturally because there is a lot of self mill and looting and such? Even when you can cheaply exile cards from graveyards (e.g. Delve) to weaken opposing AKs after you've cast...

People, what about a cube that is 10% Accumulated Knowledge? It would be base blue, so everyone is U/x, blue is colorless. Few other ways to generate card advantage. Tempo, control, storm combo, spell slinging, dredge and madness, and a bunch of "exile target card from a gy" effects. And delve...

There is a surprisingly high number of nation leaders that behave like little boys.

I don't expect for the UW-SPM cards to be a cohesive set. I am happy when they find solutions that aren't too silly for each card individually. Considering these typelines, that could be tough, though. Spiders in all colors that mostly don't do spidery things, spider heroes even and worse.

Dude, why are you so allergic to lower power levels?

Do we know when they'll show the arena universes within versions?

Yeah, but be aware that the Guardian will probably get played by any blue deck (can be upside or downside) whereas the kraken will most likely only make certain deck lists (again, up- or downside, depending on what you want).

I like everything you say. All those cards you consider seem appropriate and fun, except ... Massacre Wurm. I don't think that card is very fun if you're mid/lower power level. It can wreck a whole board, is completely one-sided and it can't be overstated how annoying that static ability is even...

M15 border is a crime, though.

I could see that. But it would be tricky if you have spells payoffs, like prowess creatures or such that want to be on the board before you cast all your spells, because that's the opposite of what you want with ramp spells. I guess these spells ramp twice for stuff like Tolarian Terror.

I like it, but I also think it would ba a bit too strict to have green as anti-artifact-color only

I think you can support both, big ramp and small ramp (I'm not using that term that sounds like twelve-year-olds talking about sex). Have enough ramp that if someone really prioritizes it (mostly drafting mono green) they can be the all-in big version, but not so much that every green deck needs...

I think excluding ramp completely is just a matter of taste. If you don't like the play pattern of ramping, you can leave it out I guess. Stuff like “no one mana ramp cards” on the other hadn, sounds like a reasonable balancing tool. However, there would also be the option to limit the power...

I was ready to skip this set entirely anyway, but then they announced UW versions (digital, but easy to proxy) and brought back madness almost.