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We need to either promote better or just plan these skype drafts better. I need a new laptop first, though. If anyone's been wondering where I went, I still lurk but post less since the laptop is in the shop.

How have I not seen this beautiful assortment of rainbow cards in a cube? How well does it play out? Do you think it'll see vast improvements with the release of 'Khans'?

So is there any chance this set gives us enough tools to possibly engineer a 'multi-color matters' cube where we can run an above-average number of gold cards? Cuz the idea has definitely crossed my mind and with this set being built from a 'bottom-up' standpoint with draft as its core focus, I...

The Sultai clan leader seems alright. I hate that (s)he's a 3 color hill giant, but at least the ETB should give you a 2/2 zombie if you're building your decks right. I also like how the effect supports a self mill theme. New wrath effect is sweet. That new raid spell seems...meh.

My biggest problem with mtg: Out of all the iconics, dragons get the short end of the stick the most often. I get they're tough to design so that they feel red without being too powerful, but c'mon. There should be more options than thundermaw or stormbreath.

The names aren't awful, just not too elegant. Should we start a thread about better made up names for the wedge colors?

FYI FOR EVERYONE: lightning bolt is my favorite magic card. I do think it is too powerful for consideration, though. Thus, I submit to you all: burst lightning

I care not for anyone's sour words on this fellow. He's good and looking at him makes me feel good. I already had Temur slotted as my clan of choice. This helps me feel a lot more comfortable with my decision.

I'm going with this lady. I can't imagine a cube that doesn't want her & she's fine in any format where you can regularly live long enough to put her into play. So basically anywhere but like...legacy? She just never seems bad & I never regret having her in a deck. acidic slime

I imagine if "best design" goes to any form of durdle card, they're wrong. Molten Tail Masticore seems like a possibility. I love that guy's design.

Now I know you'd expect me to say this guy, but I promise I'm not that silly. Now before I make my choice, let me state what 'best design' means to me. First and foremost, I expect it to be good. Really good. Like good in every game, any situation, any time you play its color. I expect it to...

This looks awfully familiar to a Planeswalker I designed in the skype discussion group...In fact, mine looked like: Dalina, Battlemaster {1}{R}{W} Planeswalker - Dalina +1: Target creature gains +1/0, vigilance and haste until end of turn. 0: Deal 2 damage to target player. -x: Put X 1/1...

Jace is bad and won't ever not be bad. Genesis Hydra seems to be better in a more powerful environment. All the red cards you mentioned have been great for me, including Stoke the Flames. I don't play Borderland Marauder though...Reclamation Sage seems worth playing but I've been hesitant since...

In a normal cube, I say cram as many fucking mechanics as you want. In a CUSTOM cube, where most of the cube is already gonna have custom cards with custom mechanics...we DO have to be careful not to put too many new things on the table. Go too deep with your ideas and they'll cave in around you...

Wasn't there an anthem effect enchantment in M14 that could make lifegain better? It goes in like any aggro deck, but it pushes the incentive to have more ways to keep your life total high. Lends itself right into B/W aggro weenies, and doesn't seem awful in other decks. Even if it isn't "turned...

It reads really well. I want it for an artifact cube if I am running one. I also want a list of good artifacts with great activated abilities so I can make that m15 red dude better. Preferably some good stuff at every point in the curve. Cheap artifact creatures are a big plus.

While I like the idea of translating SOME ideas from hearthstone to MtG, I'm not sure how well some of them work. Windfury is WAY complicated and is basically just double strike. Combo seems interesting in MtG. Make an instant or sorcery thing and we could have the next Izzet mechanic. Overload...

I'm beginning to wonder how many ideas from hearthstone can be translated into MtG custom cube stuff...

The issue is that it becomes a token. This leads to dumb interactions like using some bounce effect to make what was supposed to just be a silence become creature removal. If we stick with the token, a spirit seems ideal over a human. But preferably, we replace the token with a counter or something.

Spikeshot Elder should be fine with a bit more support behind him. Have you considered running some dudes with Battlecry to go along with the 1R Oriflamme? Perhaps with enough incidental good goblin cards, you could run a lord for goblins? Is Goblin Chieftain any good? Are there even any Goblin...