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Throne is a five mana do noting it comes into play card since likely you already played your cheaper cards. Therefore, you have to have a cube where you can durdle on the 5 mana spot which implies a quite low powered cube to make it work. I like it when one can durdle, but ask yourself. Can...

Since when is a combat trick a sorcery?

It definitely is on par with the scarab god due to costing 2 mana less, do something at the end of your turn as opposed to your upkeep, and having a higher floor. The main goal is to get the opponent to 0 life (yes, fringe strategies win in another way). You use cards to do damage. You scry 2...

The problem with death’s duet variants is that, yes it nets you a card, but often it is lacklustre (coming from a low power cube owner). Reanimate for 4 is fair. It requires quite the setup. The problem arises when one plays the, quite nice, namesake with the first turn looting. Maybe it is not...

diabolic servitude is a really strong card that is also quite fun to play with.

No, by making multicoloured spells abundant in the cube and add counterplay like this artifact. I abhor 3/1 for 2 with upside, but that is my flaw. Still, counterplay is the basis of magic.

Thank you for the recommendation! I will look at it

Well, it is more complicated. Wizards could use rotation to have a few sets a tad more powered and a few sets focused on synergy (but less power on average). If chosen this path, then power creep would be almost non-existant. Alas, the higher powers chose differently (I.e. fun/quick-bucks) and...

Hmm. I think the mirror is quite interesting for once in a while. Do not squadron sweepers!

Maybe that is why there is no iconic one. They are never alone and it is the sheer amount/size that does you in. That’s why rhox, although an inevitable beater probably does not need the supertrample. The other colours often have one creature that finishes you.

The iconic cards do not need to be balanced compared to each other, but balanced in your cube.

It may be wordy but is much easier to remember not fuck up than haste, first-strike, vigilance, lifeline, trample keyword soup.

Why not both? change the minus 2 to: discard a card. Then search your library and graveyard for an artifact or creature card with mana value 2 or less. Put that card into the battlefield. Maybe it becomes too strong this way?

Tutors are violating the spirit of single card philosophy. At the same time tutors make certain deck styles possible.

You can even do this when your deck is non-singleton. E.g. you have 2 in your deck then when you draw one of those you throw a dice. If, e.g, it is even then you have drawn the tutored card and remove it and draw another one. Problem remains that you have to promise not to have the card already...

Oepsie, confused with another member. My fault. Still, why is the brc decks a problem, it is just an example (but weaker powered) of the design nowadays of bomb->bigger bomb->done

No, in the early days the removal was pushed but the creatures were weak. Still, draft and so on was won with the bad creatures.

How are most of the cards different from the list of creatures you mentioned? Well, the decks are a bit lower powered than your list, but your list are all cards that needs to be answered immediately (and if you answer then you are often already behind) or overbombed. No thanks

I like my games which do not deteriorate in: Bomb -> bigger bomb/answer/ -> bigger bomb/answer etc until game over for the one who is out of luck. The brothers war commander decks were like this and although it is fun for a few times (spectacular comebacks) it is also rather boring.

So, all except one can do something immediately when they hit play. Hmm, how far the game has gone that not having an immediate impact nullifies a card.