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IMO, totally fine at the higher end of the low powered rare cube spectrum. I think Mox Diamond is much better than Chrome Mox in cube because it's very easy to run 1 extra land versus have a good selection of gold cards to get good fixing off of the chrome version. Plus discard >>> exile...

Haunt is awkward as fuck.

I'd be leary of squadroning young pyromancers. Card is super good and that deck doesn't need the help IMO.

Level up dudes I think are some of the best because they offer interesting lines of play early. Truthfully though, best thing I feel you can do is run a lower curve in your cube. I have found most decks not using all their mana generally don't have enough 1 and 2 CC cards. I know they are...

I was tempted to do an Urza land option (2 of each?). But never tried it. I think Jason and others were doing multiple locus lands, but it costed you 2 ULD picks (or maybe all your ULD picks). Something like that.

Mirari's Wake is the card I've recently come back around too. It's very slow, but it's a combo enabler which works well in my combo cube (duh). Not sure it will catch on, but having 12 mana on T6 with things like various X spells and silly stuff like Crush of Wurms I feel will have appeal to...

What did you do? Curious because I'd like to revisit it honestly. Nothing I've tried seems to stick. When I sat down to think about the archetypes I wanted to push in my combo cube, I left off GW completely. It's rolled into other things (Abzan rock), or split apart. I just conceded...

My group has traditionally underdrafted GW. People just hate the color combination. So this is a case where Gavony in the ULD would probably be net positive in my meta. My group did not like ULD though, so it's moot but I think this is something that should be considered. If you have a color...

Seal of fire is great - theme or no it's just a good card. And in a lower artifact/enchantment environment, seal of cleansing is nice because you don't have to hold it up and lose tempo when you have no target. I very much like the way seals change how your opponent plays.

So what's the deal on the wording of Shallow Grave. I thought graveyard order was not a thing anymore? I really like the syntax on that versus Animate Dead (which makes me want to unlearn the English language).

That's fair. I like that you are exploring a different meta that avoids cards like this. Because I think the argument against them (and how it punishes newer players) is extremely valid. For the record, I think this is a much less significant problem in a combo list. Because these card...

Reflector Mage I was pretty sure would be insane due to the delay on recast. That is just massive tempo. Man-O-War I never though of as all that bad primarily because it's such a lackluster body. Gets better with blink synergy, but paying 3 for a sorcery speed unsummon and a useless 2/2 doesn't...

I think where I'm coming from specifically is in breaking the game versus pushing general strategies. What you are describing is definitely true - those cards will push control and that will impact your meta. I was really referring to things like 4 copies of Gitaxian Probe fueling delve (taken...

I really think it's about the single copy more than any other factor. Show me a deck you can reliably draft that runs the table each draft and does so because of a single card in said deck. I'm not talking about one night where the nut reanimator deck comes together and your are ripping...

Just watching that video reminds me why I hate constructed Magic. It's just too easy to break this game when you can run multiples. That's the root of the problem. A lot of what you see degenerating in standard - say Treasure Cruise - when you only have one copy, you simply can't abuse it...

I was thinking more the 8 life per swing on a shroud creature. Good luck racing that.

It's becoming really clear how important context is. Spending time working on a combo oriented list, it's forcing me to reevaluate a lot of cards (in some cases wildly reevaluate). So I would agree with you there. If you have a list with a ton of bounce, auras in general are bad (so a card...

Zur is a strong value card. I built a casual deck around it and if they can't remove him and you have a deck with a bunch of useful enchantments, you will snowball them with value. His ability in a deck built around him is way way way better than draw a card. 40% of cards drawn are lands. Some...

borborygmos enraged So, this is an interesting card. Like many cards, it completely missed cube when spoiled mostly because there are more powerful options (for power max lists), but also because it costs 8 and fails the terminate test pretty hard. Still, something like this could be a...

Too bad Zur can't get that.