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Technically, you could search for two Plains in a two player game as well, if you find a way to control less lands than yourself :D

In practice this means you get that 15th pick Gruul card or extra basic land your opponent had sitting in their sideboard in your hand, so you will be left with either an unplayable card or a relatively useless card. This is never going to be worth the {2}{U}{B} in cube.

I got it and thought it was hilarious :')

I loved that gimmick! They're utterly useless, of course, outside of maybe shoring up a limited deck, but the fact that they actually commissioned multiple artworks for a visual gag is really funny to me :) Amateur Auteur and Extremely Slow Zombie are my favorites though!

Wow. I mean, you could have stopped at: "un sets are not for me because I don't like the humor, and don't see the mechanical value in most of the designs." The idea of a parrot saying "save a kill spell for me" in a parrot voice actually does tickle my funny bone, I guess that makes me painfully...

Looks pretty bad for the aesthetics though, having two different borders. Not that they shy away from doing that in regular sets with the showcase frames, so there's that.

Or worse, Clocknapper. I bought one for my cube, but never included it after testing showed it is an absolutely miserable card if there is any form of recursion in your format.

Yeah, it's really good, but GG is really hard on the mana. It's at it best in green aggro (which hasn't historically been the best supported deck, though Ascendant Packleader and Hexdrinker are promising prints in that regard) and Birthing Pod decks. It should be insane in aristocrats-style...

For anyone who wants to read along, you can find the article (which includes artwork for all the ten shocklands) here: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/unfinity-and-beyond-2021-11-29

You don't have to keep the mana up though. It's just, curve out, and then when you naturally have mana up, it's just sort of a small bonus? I don't think it's too broken, but it's kind of fun with sacrifice outlets as a way to create more value. In combination with a Birthing Pod, it allows you...

Gruul Turf is probably better than Highland Forest in a lot of cases, potentially even better than a scryland. The ability to tap for two mana is strong.

Also, consider the decks you want to support. Multicolored aggro decks need untapped duals, so if you want to support those, consider more untapped sources, like the Pathways and the (already mentioned) painlands. If you don't want to support aggro, your list above is fine, though I agree with...

I played my cube today! Woo! :D Boros aggro won the finals against orzhov aggro, both decks playing 15 lands and ending the curve on three drops. Wild. Have I pushed aggro too hard? :D

One does not simply hardcast something for {6}{B}{B}! (Insert Boromir meme here :P)

Even something like Hieroglyphic Illumination is better overall, I feel, because it can also be cycled away on turn 1 if you're in need of land drops. FoF is still fun though. My favorite variant, even though it's not near the top in power level, is Fortune's Favor. It leads to the greatest mind...

Yeah, I prefer the ward ability over lifelink on this particular card, though a 3/2 should not be that hard for an aggro deck to deal with. Your Cinderskull Suggestion is quite intriguing, but I have a feeling it will make the card a lot less good, because most aggro decks don't get that high a...

I didn't really have a problem with lifelink, it just seems like ward fits the art and concept of this custom better. It's also a much more useful ability for a card that wants to stay on the battlefield. Maybe the ward ability I chose was a bit too punishing though. Now you just pay extra...

Turns out I didn't run Banishing Light yet. That's a more than adequate replacement, considering that I also run Zur the Enchanter! :D

Lurrus of the Dream-Den has another one of those keywords I dislike. The fact that the reminder text is wrong on the card is even worse. The effect, however, is super interesting! This custom will nicely replace Priest of Fell Rites (cutting the only card with unearth in my cube). Also, look...

I've been running Hero of the Games for the longest time, just because I wanted one extra heroic card (without the heroic keyword). Compared to Hero of the Pride (which is cheaper) and Hero of the Nyxborn (which brings along a friend), it's slightly underwhelming though. It doesn't need much to...