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This is exactly it. Riptidelab was for people dissatisfied with the best in slot doctrine that was common on the MTG Salvation forum. I think Riptidelab was one of the first public places where cube became synonymous with "custom draft format", and all that that entails, rather than "a 360 card...

Totally fair! The main reason I did an "um, actually" is because Train might use it in their podcast, and you just know people are going to yell over the internet if the math is off :p

Going to be a math nerd here and say 21% over three years is not the same as 7% annually. 7% annually would amount to a growth of 100 * 1.07 * 1.07 * 1.07 =~ 122.5% over three years. Close, but not the same! :)

Typically the Wx control decks like to run artifact mana to power out Wrath effects ahead of the curve. I totally missed the interaction with dies triggers though, that’s really neat!

YOU PUNY MORTAL! ARE YOU DISSING THE POWER OF DINOSAURS?! I DARE YOU TO REPEAT YOUR INSIGNIFICANT OPINION TO MY FACE! Zacama, Primal Calamity Besides the Lord of Lizards himself, I also still run Raging Regisaur, which is just useful and interesting enough, while being a simple design, that I...

I love how everyone ignored J25 and just kept posting cool Masques cards. It should come as no surprise that I kinda hate the set for its art direction. There are numerous cool designs there that I don’t run because I don’t want to be forced to run anime art. I also don’t run any OTC cards...

I do wonder who this card is for (other than my Aminatou, the Fateshifter deck). In Commander your opponents are just going to piggyback off each other, denying you anything but the first trigger :rolleyes:

That’s why I voiced my personal disappointment but also said I’m glad it does resonate with others. To each their own. I do sincerely hope the success of this IP won’t sway WotC to adopt anime as the main art style for their main sets, because it’s really, really not my jam.

Whelp. It’s still hard to get excited for an IP I have no affinity with and whose art style I don’t love. I don’t need more anime in my life… I’m glad it resonates with some of us though!

Waterfront Bouncer The only Masques card in my cube, after I replaced Squee, Goblin Nabob with a custom {1}{b} version. I love the bouncer, because it ties neatly into both the self-discard theme and the ninja gameplan.

Plague Spitter

See, normally a 1/3 would be too mighty for a 2/1… Goblin Locksmith

Engineered Plague Naming Ooze...

I think Kaladesh is one of my big loves, and it was the core of my rebuilt cube until Eldraine hit, so for a good three years. I even ran an energy archetype in Temur colors for a while! I believe Kaladesh is still in my top 10 of sets with the most inclusions. (A little hard to check atm, since...

Courier Griffin What do you mean “lose 2 life”?

Dear lord what a train wreck of a set! I run 16 (!) two-color cards in my main cube, and none of the DMG gold cards stuck (let’s not even talk about the monocolored cards from the set…) In the past I have run the cards below. They’re quite alright in a lower power environment, though there are...

I can’t believe no one has mentioned one of my favorite glue/engine/tutor cards yet! Zur the Enchanter Esper has a number of fun archetypes that lean heavily on enchantments, like discard matters, and there is a bunch of excellent enchantment-based removal in all three colors as well. As a...

Shrieking Specter

Dammit, are you going to make me swap my color wheel again? I think the most fun people have had was back when I had Grixis in my cube and three people next to each other were in the color living their best life, first picking Cruel Ultimatum, Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker, and Kess, Dissident Mage :D

The title of this article implies you host 13-player drafts and now I’m intrigued. Edit: Aaaah, I see.