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drafted Gift's cube! Definitely higher power than mine :). Seems like the bots need some work on their pick orders, y'all should go help them out :D. Anyways, Drafted a mean looking UW tempo deck, with a definite Blink Subtheme. First picked Baby Jace, and followed it up with a Venser, shaper...

I run Griselbrand, and people have fun with him around here. Probably not the most consistent card, but have seen it hard cast >1 time, and lead to both wins and losses after he hits the table. He's a great payoff card for reanimator, so I'm happy to have a nice anchor to draw someone into that...

Why was constellation focused in GB? Just seems so weird not to give it to white. I guess heroic was crowding it out, but still.... Isn't Daxos's Torment a pretty good payoff card for enchantments? It even has immediate value.

Problem is, there's alway's good blink targets. It's honestly a strike against her for me. Not only does she reset herself, but she can also bounce a nekrataal or blade splicer over and over again (with limits).

Looks like one of the more annoying PW's to deal with, tbh. She can keep resetting herself as needed, meaning you probably need to kill her in one shot or she'll just bounce back up to 5 loyalty again. Cool design tho

Almost guaranteed that this has been at least suggested somewhere else, but can't remember where: barren moor Blasted landscape Drifting meadow I think the {2} cost ones are the best for the BLB cuz they can mitigate both flood and color screw. I could see just tossing in a hodgepodge of all of...

I like it for all that too, but I agree with Alfonzo in that this is the Gift Shop, not the very-close-to-staple-shop. I want my Gift Stuff to be more interesting and self-interactive, not definitely generically good. I've said it above, but I want those sorts of staple things being picked while...

I am a very, very big fan of full art extensions. I am slooowly adding some to my cube, but I have pretty strict rules on them, like having the rules text/P/T be 99% intact, be English, etc. For an example, this Arbor Elf:

I'd go for Rushing River over Capsize. Capsize gives me major heeby-jeebys

gamble? It's like the definition of emotional high right? Will I get lucky or will my hopes and dreams get dunked on? Also very good when the card doesn't care if it's in the hand or yard.

I really like wretched confluence. I think its not too busted, and provides a cool mix of what control likes doing. For hard control, I like being able to recur wincons late game if needed. Its maybe a little better in a sorta GB, WB rock sorta deal, where you are grinding a lot more. Returning...

sylvan safekeeper is a human, and can protect the lords!

I like the altered kinda checklist cards, for instance:

Imo, James' idea is the best. Both halves of the card are right there for viewing on the indicator card, and then have the dual face cards in clear sleeves in the SB. With this technique there is no unsleeving, no flipping around. All the info is right there, and the real DFC can be acquired...

Bloom Tender.... That card is perfectly fine in it's own right, right? Like, it taps for a minimum of {G}, and can get absolutely insane from there. Huh. And of course absolutely ridiculous with Jeskai Ascendancy. If you figure out the 4 color mana base properly during deckbuilding, that would...

Bump for recent investigation into GY hate in my own format. I feel like we haven't gotten many new toys since this thread was last being discussed, but there was one card I just found that seems to be a neat form of graveyard hate, and it is frustratingly unique too: Ash Zealot It's a little...

Kami of Ancient Law v. Leonin Relic-Warder Importantly, does there ever really need to be a time to run both? I'm leaning towards the Kami because you can play it preemptively, and it's easier to cast. Thoughts?

That is a good point! This could be a potential place I can work out some othe solution. Deathcap Cultivator, for instance, could become Sylvan Caryatid or Were bear or maybe even Lotus Cobra. This is one of the dangers of tossing off color activations/flashback/etc into the single color...

Well put! I think the lack of focus may have more to do with me deckbuilding at maximum speed, and less with the potential for focus. Looking back at the CT list, which I can't link from mobile :(, I can switch Golgari Thug in for Bloodghast, and the Scourge in for something else, as I mentioned...

Thanks for the recommendation! :D Those decks do look fun, and I definitely should reinclude Soulfire. How have you liked Nahiri's Wrath? It seems like I could swap it in for Sudden Demise. The more I think, the more this seems like a sweet space to explore, as it can slot into the game plan of...