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That is how I read the card the first time I saw it too. And at 2W, it would have been sweet. But 4 mana? Landfall cards need to be cheaper than that unless you have a landfall trigger gimmick. Speaking of which... it occurred to me for those running bounce lands... You can play a bounce...

Well, consider there is a cost associated with playing fastbound/exploration. It is costing you a card for the effect, so you are playing with 6 cards not 7. Also, each land you play is one less card that can be a spell. So the 4 land to 1 land on the play is certainly sweet, but it required you...

Does anyone really want T2 kills in their cube? I do however agree with thinking of exploration more like fast mana (good in explosive aggro style decks) versus a way to ramp to 6+ lands quickly (which would require 19-20 lands in your deck and probably only goes in Wildfire/Molten Vortex...

The effect is powerful (great synergy with bouncelands if you run them). But it's card disadvantage. So is your meta such that it is worth trading two cards in your hand to be one land ahead on the board early in the game? To some extent, this card functions a bit like Mox Diamond (without...

How about in a control/super ramp shell? Suspend giant bombs, stall for 4 turns, profit. If Jhoira dies, you just hard cast the monsters instead so she is not your only win condition. It's probably more trouble than it's worth, but I've wanted to break this card too so curious if anyone has...

The other LD spell that is pretty much an auto include for me is Mwonvuli Acid-Moss. Ramp/Fixing and targeted LD all in one card (costed appropriately). That card pulls me into heavy green every time I see it early.

Avalanche Riders has been in every iteration of my cube and it's never leaving. Works really well with Alesha, Who Smiles at Death (or any kind of recurring effect really). I know most people don't like echo, but I'm a fan. It gives you options.

Aren't you going to deck yourself with that move?

The funny thing is I would like that WB card MORE without that last ability because it's going to cause at least one of my drafters to go straight to durdleville trying to live the dream with 30+ life exiling everything. I want the extra sac outlet because they are valuable but the baggage...

I've flip flopped on the thirst/compulsive debate many times over. Currently on team compulsive research for reasons stated by Grillo, but they are both good cards and either I feel can be the "right choice" depending.

That's my argument against running Mulch. Unless you have a graveyard theme, it's a really bad Impulse (a card I already don't really care for). Satyr Wayfinder is a body (so blocks, picks up equipment, etc.) with a stapled on effect that is generally net positive in every single deck and...

I think we probably do have different floors, yes. I'm much closer to Penny Pincher than I am to power max at this point, so a cantripping vanilla 2/2 for 4 is subpar but passable (made slightly more acceptable as it's green and therefore potentially a T3 play). If the bar for 4 drops is...

I really need to try Den Protector. I have yet to hear anyone say it's not worth running. It just looks clunky at 5 mana for the regrowth (even if the body is semi-evasive). Fair enough on the perception thing with Satyr Wayfinder. But those who haven't tried it, please do. I was very...

I guess I see Eidolon of Blossoms and Doomwake Giant as less engine cards and more synergy cards that give additional reach to aggro/midrange. I don't think about them as build arounds where I'm trying to get 4 triggers off them in a game. My meta is slower and lower powered than yours Jason...

Except that you are playing green. How many green decks are people building without ramp in it? In my meta, zero. So Eidolon of Blossoms is a T3 play from a deck design standpoint, and that makes it a lot more playable I think. I get that sometimes you don't draw your ramp and it truly is a T4...

I have a problem with this thinking though because it's not logical. What gets dumped to the graveyard is fundamentally not important. By that I mean, statistically speaking if your deck loses if you don't draw card X, it's going to lose an equal number of times with or without resolving...

I'm going to be attempting to weave my enchantment theme with heroic and prowess mechanics, and yes that will entail running some friendly aura's (generally a questionable move). I'm skeptical this is going to work for reasons stated by Eric. Friendly aura's are generally very weak to instant...

I complain about this too, but really it's a good problem to have. How many interesting directions can you now take cube design because of all the cards printed in recent years?

STE is a card that does a lot but looks innocent. As others have stated, it bins itself which is great for things like T3 Meren of Clan Nel Toth or whatever Delve shenanigans you have going on. And actual land ramp (not mana elves) IMO is a supremely powerful thing that has way more impact...

Could you run Sun Titan in your Penny Pincher cube and have that not be a bomb though? I'm genuinely curious because I've debated on breaking my titan ban for this card. Bu I'm really biased against titans (borderline irrationally). True story. I liked your post Grillo after reading...