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I guess I like Wolfir more than most. In that deck, I would not have passed it for what he took. Deck didn't really need it though. I think the only choice I vehemently disagreed with was passing Jitte. Not because he necessarily wanted to play it in that deck (I still would have most...

Speaking only for myself here, this is probably the number one factor for me that determines how fun a game of Magic is. Games that end and it's clear there was no other way for them to go are very unsatisfying. It's slightly more digestible if the manner of the win is based on a great...

What about land destruction in general? Wasteland you can't really do anything about. But spells you can interact with and they generally can't be cast right away. Stone Rain? Avalanche Riders? Mwonvuli Acid-Moss (you know I had to mention this one)? More negative than positive?

I like fear mostly because of nostalgia. I don't get the uninteractive argument though. Just because it might be Unblockable? So is flying a lot of times and it's what we like about many creatures. The real problem with fear versus stuff like flying is it's a lot less reliable.

So both Sword of Fire and Ice and Sword of Light and Shadow have judge foils with the old bordered card format. This is very clearly stretching the definition of this cube, but adding one or both of these cards would help your aggressive creature decks immensely. And they honestly don't feel...

On a mostly related note, wanted to bounce some thoughts off you on the topic of lands. So, clearly this is an old bordered cube. I know. That said, mana fixing is so vital and fetches are so good for the game mechanically, it seems a shame not to be running the whole cycle just because...

Looks really good. White section still not sold on though. But maybe I'm underestimating the anthem deck? I just don't see how white weanie pushes damage through with stuff like Fresh Volunteers (splashably doesn't do damage) and Steadfast Guard (vigilantly runs into walls). Break down...

This resonates with me. And it might explain why my initial cube experience has not been equaled. Because it was the perfect storm. I built a cube of mostly older cards and played with a bunch of veteran Magic players. And while we all knew how to play Magic, we had never played this collection...

Totally love this. Will be following your progress closely. I was going to start my own blog, but no sense in duplicating. I'll live vicariously through yours. I looked at your list and I spent some time searching on cube tutor. There was a guy on MTGS who had a cube like this, with a ton of...

Balance is broken. No if's and's or but's about it. It takes very little energy to break symmetry on it even without walkers for an absurdly low cost. But it goes back to the emotional spike discussion. This card could be just what your group needs so by all means give it a try. My group hates...

I'm really inspired by this. I've always wanted to make an old bordered cube. Do you have a blog detailing the process you followed? I might start a new blog just to get some ideas. If you wanted to contribute that would be sweet.

Amen to this. Part of me misses the early days of cube design when you really didn't have a lot of choices because the pool of powerful cards was much smaller than it is today.

It is definitely nonsense, but IMO for different reasons. I don't think it's actually possible to design a balanced cube because the game itself is too complex and the power level we are working with invites degeneracy no matter how flat we make our curve. Not saying we can't improve our cubes...

Languish. It has an awesome full art promo. And full board wipe for 3 is just too good I feel (life loss drawback doesn't seem enough to me). I like Black Sun's Zenith for the scalable effect. It's much less efficient obviously, but you can potentially redraw it, so you get slightly more...

I've been tempted to try devouring light over prison term because PT is weak to sacrifice outlets and exiling is so relevant in cube now.

If you want to add some CQ effects evenly to all colors, consider adding scry lands. IMO, they are the best set of dual lands most people aren't running. And they are dirt cheap too.

I love brainstorm. But Grillo is probably right about it being overrated in cube. Brainstorm makes you feel smart when you cast it and then dumb because you don't have a shuffle effect and you basically rearranged deck chairs on the Titanic. And then there are games when it sets up a miracle and...

Living Death is awesome. It can be high variance, so I am not surprised by the varying opinions on it. Sometimes it feels unfair. Other times it's a wretchedly bad exhume to the point of being unplayable (though any deck where that happens was poorly optimized for the card IMO). There is...

I think Ruinator is a good curve topper in Ux tempo style decks. Less so as a combo card. If it gets answered more than one time, it's basically useless. Best way I feel to avoid that is cast it as hands dwindle. People have spent their removal. Down it comes and if they kill it once, maybe...

You're right. Since the Ruminator came from your deck not your hand. Fair enough.