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Miracle I've been both for and against. I disliked Bonfire because it was in a color with zero TOL manipulation, so it was just pure RNG (and super unfun when it happened). That card sucks. But Temporal Mastery was sort of cool in that you had a lot of ways in Ux decks to make it Time...

Looks like a really bizarre list. One thing good about lists like this is everyone will be on a level playing field and probably wind up with competitive matches (from clunky lists). I drafted a UW skies deck with enchantment subtheme. I don't know. Seems fun. No idea if it's good...

This probably works in a "protect the queen" type of deck. I don't think you can run that as a combat trick value play and have it be more than filler though. If you instead setup something that has to be answered by your opponent or they lose, then this is essentially a counter spell...

Saber Ants seems like it might also fit here?

Looks like a cool card. If you have a ton of instant speed removal, the friendly aura 2 for 1 problem will make this very risky (maybe even unplayable - 4 is a lot to spend). Reminds me a bit of Angelic Destiny. You trade some power, first strike and the return to your hand bit for shroud...

I like Frost Titan's ability too. That's a tamer version. He was too good with 6 toughness though (and the 5 mana dragon version was too weak with 3 toughness), but something in between could be good? I prefer Shroud to Hexproof because it's always a set value. You can do really unfair...

I'll stop with the Kodama sell. It's less about that card and more about shroud. I know that is a powerful (dumb?) effect, but one of the huge weaknesses midrange (green midrange in particular I feel) has is to things like bounce or Pacify effects, or super cheap kill spells. You build a deck...

Elesh Norn is very clearly a control card though. -2/-2 on your opponents dudes is so much better than -1/-1 for starters. Also, she doesn't have the conditionally super janky "white/non-white" clause, making her effect always in your favor. She also has vigilance and a giant ass, so you can...

What about a 3 mana version of that card? 3 mana lighting rods are fine. And when they don't have it, it's pretty punishing. The mechanic is neat.

I believe that was in some power max lists many years ago, so not super lower power honestly (though maybe by today's standards). My concern with it is that the deck that really wants it (WW) can't generally play it since they usually don't get to 6 mana. As a control card, -1/-1 is pretty...

Intuit is sweet. Really nice card. Wizards, print that! Sometimes I think I'm biased against certain decks. And I can easily get into a mode where I rationalize them away and stop supporting or under support or whatever. I love graveyard anything, so I tend to over support that. Not...

You used to do this on autopilot the same way we all did... a combination of not knowing any better and having a much lower expectation of what a cube game should feel like. Before it was just a shock and awe of seeing a super stupid powerful limited environment and all these design...

Monolith can work because it allows you to one-time ramp into an 8-9 drop (sort of like a colorless seal of dark ritual) which you can reload at a cost. Something like Bogardan HellKite can completely wreck board states (much like a titan but it costs 2 more for the effect). That's where I...

Silverheart I think will be swingier because it's 12 power instead of 8. But Gearhulk is probably better more often because of the points Ondereeboot made. I love Wolfir but he was a bit broken in my midrange list. The additional +1/+1 counter support (and slightly lower ceiling) would...

Nice read. I'll answer the "What do find fun about Magic and other games?" question as well. I'll be specific here with Magic - I like cube and it brought me back to the game because Magic is ultimately flawed IMO. It's a cool game but it has a host of balance issues, mainly from having an...

FWIW, Ballista is getting rave reviews at MTGS and by our (my) favorite cube blog post guy. http://mtgcube.blogspot.com/2017/01/winners-and-losers-from-aether-revolt.html If I get back to my midrange list, I'm definitely going to try it. I was very skeptical at first, but it's hard to...

I guess my main point was if your cube isn't down with Trike, Ballista isn't the reason you should be cutting it. That should have happened already. A list with either, both or neither is fine. Even making the swap is OK as long as you understand you aren't swapping like pieces. It's...

I'm pretty strongly opposed to this because IMO they are totally different cards. Trike is only good with things like Welder/blink. It's all about the ETB trigger. Walking Ballista is an expensive mana sink that decks which struggle to find removal might want or decks that will generate...

I think I'm with Grillo on this. I think what makes artifact ramp most problematic is what you can ramp into. I'm a broken record on this point, but running Inferno Titan goes a much longer way towards defining your meta than signets do. Original Ravnica block ran signets at common. Many...

The main reason why I never went the route of squadroning is I didn't want to make drafting like an easy bake oven. Make one draft pick and all your key cards for a deck come along with it. That said, I see the appeal especially if you want to support niche strategies and/or have less than...