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yep. September 24–25, 2016

Sooooo... EMN has given us something nifty This is the sort of creature that immediately makes me want to brew a million things. Which is good! I could see my drafters feeling the same way. The big question comes down to whether or not there is enough support for the crazy siblings. A few of...

I think new Lili is equally at home in GY agro, for all the reasons RBM says, and in creature control (GB, RB?) where the plus really does become damage control, and the minus becomes important advantage for recurring control pieces like nekrataal and fleshbag marauder and yavimaya elder I...

Well, this is.. something. A nice 3 mana Lily, based almost enitrely around creature interaction, with some other fringe stuff coming from her -2. Seems good in a grindy sort of advantage engine context, which obviously piques my interest :P

I fully appreciate that everyone has written upwards of 5,000 words on this common enchantment. What it comes down to in the end is that I'm still testing it, even if for personal knowledge that you are all on the money. My clear fallback in case it doesn't work out has been easily defined as...

I get that Curse of Chains etc. etc. Isn't up to the power level of every other card that can be cubed, but it is a cheap, useful, spell that can be used for a lot of nifty things like enchantress and delirium, and is flexible into two colors, something blast will never be able to say. If WotC...

Hey Eric, how do you like Curse of Chains? I see it in your Modern Cube list.

yeah, I'm totally on the same page with Pit Fight. It was just a card that popped into my head. Given slightly more time, I'm currently thinking about making a gruul switch to get some more removal options: fires of yavimaya -> branching bolt I'm not exactly sure what, if any, red removal can...

Now I'm really confused. So aura removal is fine in {W}, even helping out a tempo sort of deck, but that sort of thing in {U} is bad? Importantly, Curse of Chains is a white aura removal. So in that deck its perfectly acceptable as a white card, but not in it's blue form as a soft-gy-hate spell...

Lots of words of wisdom as always from RBM :). I think even with her three faults: Fringe effects can't really be relied on to shape removal. you can sac in response to any sort of removal. If anything it offers some cool minigames where villain can sac their threat to, say, Nantuko Husk, but...

Delirium. And the not-til-next-turn thing is something I hadn't thought about. One reason that Claustrophobia specifically costs three, probably. Considering this is basically extra, above bounce spells that U has, I don't think I'm too worried about that? This is in concert with U getting a...

I'm honestly failing to see how Narcolepsy is any more Janko than Pacifism. They do exactly the same thing, right? Pacifism doesn't even stop activated abilities, so it not that... I really don't get it. Are we thinking Pacifism is too junky???? I don't like Psionic Blast because of the...

I would like it to be an enchantment, honestly. There's a ton of precedent for the effect in retail limited, and I like giving blue at least one "permanent" removal effect. Green having to splash for removal is a problem in of itself, and something Wotc is working to address. Seems risky to push...

ok, so I was jamming a buncha modern games tonight at the LGS, and someone just... gave me a pile of unhinged. Cool. Tons of fun looking through the frickin' weird stuff you have to do to play the set as a whole, but all of that aside I ran into something: artful looter Two major things come up...

Totally with RBM on this. I was really nervous they were gonna kill her off before/during SOI, and now we get a super cool PW card out of her? So cool! :) I personally think this is a super unique take on bant colors, being very blue, but revolving a lot around creatures and interacting with...

I was hoping for an insane jace, tbh. They had so many story vehicles they could have rearranged, UWG Tamiyo in SOI, and then a UB "insane Jace" in EMN, side story can continue into the next blocks where Tamiyo works to heal Jaces mind (or not, and someone else steps in, Narset?). I'm sure there...

Seems strong in a {G}{W} tokens sort of deal. Cash in to upgrade your 1/1's into 3/2's. Almost like a G anthem. And even sacking a mana dork later in the game seems like decent value. Nice card. Unfortunately for me, it seems very awkwardly placed for what I want G to be doing. Alas.

Was looking through hybrid cards to see if there was anything that piqued my interest. There was some, and one of those led me to the following two cards: riot spikesimmolation Like, screw seal of fire, look at immolation! Cool card, with a lot of play to it. Give to thunderbreak regent for 6/2...

Eldritch Moon + Housekeeping So we are only 40-odd cards into EMN, and my designer brain is already just a'churning away. So many cool cards, and so many avenues for improving my cube! There's a great thing about giving yourself a little time to ponder over stuff and realize where one might have...

Pulse is plenty good enough. My format, and those of many others, don't operate at the cusp of "powered" territory. It's definitely not the most powerful of cards out there, but it's fine. For that reason, I could definitely see an argument to switch Pulse for Grapple because of the lower cost...