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So it looks like my Simic section is going to become a Quandrix section. They've printed a ton of great Simic Quandrix cards in this set that are of effectively the exact power level at which I wish to build.

Grillo's article on the matter. It's the precursor to all modern design.

If you want to see something that's actually from Harry Potter... It's not quite the same, but an Owl-Shaped Letter is only like one degree away from a Letter delivered by an Owl, right?

I think you still have to be a couple of tiers below powermax to build a traditional Riptide style cube, but it is entirely possible to build decks-not-cards formats higher these days. I actually think a true powermax cube (a powered cube that's not running Bad Cards or 90's Nostalgia in favor...

"Baneslayer" in this sense just refers to a large creature that is only played for it's body and not any passive/activated abilities.

We found Timmy.

That's a massive bloody baneslayer o_O

I think you may have misunderstood what I was trying to communicate here. I was not trying to insinuate that high power formats lacked flexibility completely several years ago. Rather, I was just trying to make the point that new cards being printed has allowed for more strategies to become...

Yeah, it started around that time period. The evolution into low-power with things such as the Penny-Pincher cube didn't truly take over the site until 2016-17, when WOTC had finally gained a grasp on modern limited set design during a streak of several powered-down standard sets. For example...

"Quidditch" is an odd way to spell "Football."

In Ikoria, they made colorless creatures as a means to flavor cards which would otherwise be artifact creatures as monsters and their spawn. In this set, they are using colorless spells for two reasons. First, they needed a way to increase the number of instant and sorcery spells available to...

This is another good lesson to learn. While it isn't good in every game, the fact that it doesn't take a deck slot means that it can be tutored for times when it draws two or even three times while not risking being drawn in games where it would otherwise do nothing. For those keeping track...

God I love Wayne Reynolds' art. Explore the Vastlands is such a cool looking painting.

The other 4cmc "Exile a creature or walker with upside" spells are playable in environments with a few walkers. Being able to kill a walker at a Doom Blade's mana cost seems really good, especially if it's something that needs to leave the board ASAP. I think this card is like Force of...

These definitely seem good enough for unpowered cubes. The bat is only playable if there is a black aggro deck in the format. Good White aggro 1-drops. I love the dog, and it actually works with Blink decks.

This card actually seems pretty good! This is the sort of card we need for learn to work in cube. This card is like a Luminarch Aspirant that can tutor out a utility card when it comes into play.

Here's the White Draw Three effect.

Another couple of lesson cards. I could easily see playing these if there are enough good Learn cards in the set. Neat blink-based wrath protection spell. This is probably playable somewhere.

Why not just call these Campuses?

I used to. The primary focus was on untapping enchanted lands as a means to generate huge amounts of mana. The deck worked relatively well and my ramp section still contains lots of cards from when I supported this archetype.