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Alright, I concede the point. I'm using broken pretty loosely here as I feel there are varying levels of brokenness. Not talking mox broken. But siege is good enough to where I think lists have to question whether including it will be a problem or not. It's a game warping card. Lower...

Have you played this card before? It's good enough for a 450 power max list IMO. Both modes are relevant and they work in the same sort of decks. And because it is a modular card, that just makes it that much more playable. If you have board presence or are ahead, then this card functions...

Number one reason for me is because I want to run another archetype in it's place and I simply don't have room without cutting something. Since doing my modular design, I've also cut or altered archetypes based on what color combinations they work in and how well that lines up with the layout...

Pandemonium + Norin the Wary is fun. You really need a deck built to royally abuse Pandemonium because the effect is symetrical and your opponent probably gets to take advantage first. I'd go with Outpost Siege if you want that sort of effect. It's kind of broken though, so don't put this...

I agree. Mana vault in your opening hand though is so ridiculous. I might gamble depending on what the deck composition was and if I was on the draw. A T2 5/5 flyer that probably steals something is GG against a lot of decks even in a format this high power. EDIT: I'm dumb. Both those flyers...

Do people really follow the storyline? I know the more hardcore audience does, but is that something the average player does these days? For those here that do, how is the writing? Is it good?

This card you created Chris is utterly awesome. If it cantrip'd (and really existed), I'd probably run it. Blue 1's are in short supply, so it's the right CC to make it into my cube. EDIT: cantrip would make it broken. How about cycle 2?

New Thalia looks broken. I'm going to try her in place of old Thalia though I'm not sure that will last. I know they are totally different cards, but there is something inelegant to me about having two legendary creatures that are basically the same creature but not subject to legendary...

The most confusing part of morph for people I've found is the stack(less) exception. Everyone wants to respond to the morph trigger. Didn't that go to the stack?? I've heard that many times. It's not a new player friendly mechanic. I think the mystery aspect of morph is overstated. You only...

This is spot on. LFTL always felt very narrow, but especially when I ran double fetches, I found I was more than happy to play this to get even two land cards back (sometimes even one), and then dredging it even if I didn't want to play it because it fueled graveyard and/or delve (plus got me...

I can see it working in a grindier environment. The parallel to Genesis seems apt since that is a card that most power max cubes have pushed out due to the speed of the format. In slower cubes, it's a stellar card.

Grim Harvest I found to be really awkward. Holding up 2B is a very large ask, and "recover" is worded such that if you don't pay it you lose the card. So effectively that's 3BB to get a raise dead effect and then an over costed raise dead back in your hand. If I may, let me introduce you to...

I was a huge fan of Legos as a kid. And the generic blocks were way better than the specialty stuff for all reasons stated. That said, I'm not sure this analogy is completely portable to Magic. I don't like Temporal Isolation. I think the art is cool. It's a two mana enchantment in white...

It's a fine line. Temporal isolation is magnitudes more interesting. And while it has more text, it's not all that complicated. My rule of thumb is... If the font had to be made smaller to fit all the text, that card needs a really good reason to be in the cube.

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Are people really able to build those types of decks though? Prowess works because even creature heavy decks have 8 cards that trigger. But instant/sorcery only? My cube has maybe 90 of those in totality. How many can I possibly grab during drafting? If I have 6-7 in a deck, I've probably done...

I've cooled a lot on Guttersnipe. While I love Young Pyromancer, it's primary because Young P is a 2 drop instead of a 3 drop, has a better power to cost ratio, and a 1/1 token has more potential than a straight 2 damage to my opponent (outside maybe specific all-in aggro shells). I like this...

I liked Skyknight, so good choice there. And totally understand the 3 CMC glut problem. What about Ojutai's Command? It's versatile and it might not seem like a tempo card, it does well in that deck IMO. Lot's of nifty targets to hit with the creature clause, 4 life is sometimes relevant...

She was pretty slow back in Ravnica. I have not tried her in cube, but I'm not optimisitc. What about Reflector Mage? That has been very good (and works in fast and slow builds actually). Or Spell Queller (the new delayed counter spirit) also looks very good and I think tempo will love...

You know you've designed a complicated combo when streamlining it still involves 5 cards.