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That card seems mighty nice with the new seismic assault too.

That is probably part of it. Because it's GG, I almost never see it outside some kind of ramp plan. On the play, if you elf into this on turn 3 and your opponent can't kill the elf, you often go into T4 with 6 mana with your opponent still stuck on 2 mana. I can't remember the last game I lost...

We do play mostly multi-player, but I've long since given up really trying to balance that honestly. It's too random and prone to double teaming. Like last Friday. I lost every multi-player game we did (and was the first eliminated in each and every one because guys are afraid of my combos)...

IMO, Avalanche Riders is good because it serves as both a curve topper for aggro (slowing midrange/control and still bashing for two) and because it is abusable being stapled to a body. Alesha, blink effects, lark… all want to abuse this card. It also has echo, so it self bins which can...

I've heard that argument. In fact, I think Wizard's wrote an article on that very thing. But IMO, there's a lot of kool-aid drinking going on there. To me, the best games of Magic are the ones where you are each playing the best version of your deck. And that doesn't involve flood/screw...

Guys in my group are generally cool about mulling to 7 once simply in the interest of good games. No one likes winning a game where their opponent mulled to oblivion. When I test decks, I'm constantly just cheating and turning draws into a forest or whatever I need simply because I'm trying...

I had a feeling that was what you meant, but that's not how I read "the cube" in his posts. I read that to mean his cube. If anything, I find it considerably more pretentious when people say "such and such is true in cube" without the "the" (implying to me that this statement is true of all...

Is that an inside joke I don't know about?

Ouch. Yeah, I've really tried to increase the number of life gain effects in cube because of all the incidental damage. Fetch into shock is 3 to yourself and you have to do that sometimes more than once in a game just to keep up with the other guy's plays. Not sure if anyone here reads...

Yup. I've won my fair share of games with Oracle by luck sacking a bunch of lands. And then there was a game yesterday where I dropped him and then a Dakra Mystic got played against me and is was all down hill from there. Speaking of Dakra Mystic... that card is actually pretty cool. It's...

So FNM is tomorrow and I've been testing like a maniac these last few days. Wanted to report back on Temur Sabertooth. It's... ok. I got a shriekmaw removal engine going with it. But the return to hand cost is actually pretty high, and the 3 toughness on this thing is a real liability when you...

Wow. That's sort of a cool idea. From a meta design standpoint, I am vehemently against GRBS cards now. Games just play so much better without them. But part of me remembers the original intent behind cube (play the best cards ever) and something like this could give us the option. Let...

That's not the right way to look at it though. It's a land that gives you mana (albeit colorless) which can later become a 3/4 flying creature. I still don't think that is worth even a slot in most utility drafts simply because it's pretty boring and the 5 man lands do this way better. But it...

I love shadowborn demon. He's a control card, so if you are in top deck mode with no board presence you deserve to lose. I'm very happy with cards that don't auto bail people out from that situation. The demon rewards you for running creature based control strategies. It has a ton of play to...

Vigilance is definitely underrated. Too bad it isn't a rare with trample and regeneration (but that's asking too much probably).

You have a good point on how the draft will likely play. This card you can wheel. And if it does wheel, that's a good indicator that this archetype is open. And it will work well in that specific deck (but not be useless as filler in a non-dedicated deck). OK. I think you've made me a...

The difference though is that Young Pyromancer generates threats. Herald doesn't. He just makes your enchantment cards cost less and gain you 1 life when you play them. In a dedicated build, this could be enough to completely justify running him. But how many enchantments do you need in...

$2,939.24 Also no proxies. I too kind of wish I didn't know this. I need to convince myself double sleeving is worth the time and energy.

Yup. I just built in an enchantress theme into Abzan. It's a perfect fit IMO. Tailor made for that color combination with cards most cubes are already running (requiring minimal fringe card support). Song of the Dryads BTW is completely insane in this deck. My 2 cents from testing… I...

I like Whirler Rogue. Unblockable is a powerful effect. And you can tap ANY artifact. So late game mana rocks (or artifact lands if you run those) can power through an attacker that would otherwise be useless. Wow.