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Zur is a really fun card, but he's three colors. And that really makes him hard to draft I think. You have to commit really early to those colors and hope you get all the cool utility enchantments that make him good. As my group rarely drafts the whole cube, it never seemed practical to run...

I don't know. I just think a lot of people arguing vehemently against mana burn and damage on the stack would do a 180 if Wizard's came out in a year and said they were putting damage back on the stack and re-adding mana burn. It's like the power creep / walker debate. Wizards decided to do it...

This probably got debated into the ground way back when. And I'm totally derailing here (in true Riptide fashion), but... What is the argument against damage on the stack? Everything seems to use the stack, so I don't' see why it's more logical that damage shouldn't use it suddenly. And...

I love Haakon. And I don't think you need knights to make it playable. It's more about having discard outlets. If you can reliably bin it, then you have a 3/3 recurring threat much in the vein of gravecrawler (which works with gravecrawler in fact - Haakon is a zombie after all). If you...

On paper, I really like the fires - fast aggro/midrange flavor of Gruul. But I have yet to get anyone to draft it. Historically, RG was the wildfire deck / LD deck. And while that is cool when it comes together, it doesn't work with BBE and no one really enjoys playing against it. So I'm...

This. My group is not an elite band of players, but it took them very little time to break Recurring Nightmare in half. That card is just retarded. And I would agree about Vise. It's either horribly oppressive or useless. I don't like it personally.

Everything in moderation is probably sensible in the end.

All really good points Jason. Another thing we probably lose sight of is how well we know our cubes and the game. When I look at a pack, I can pretty quickly recognize what the best synergistic cards are and as I see more and more packs, I can usually tell where the power actually is and how...

Firemane Avenger is a really powerful card. But the 3 toughness hurts it a lot (making it inconsistent in my experience). If you run a lot of removal (which my cube builds tend to do), it generally won't stick around long enough to demonstrate it's power level. With haste, it would be a...

Yeah, I actually considered her at one point and then someone pointed out how incredibly non-interactive that thing was and I was left wondering WTF I was thinking. I have a blind spot for angels and dragons. Not going to deny it.

Fair enough. And it has two things working for it that appeal to me. First, it's a dragon (which makes it cool simply because). Second, it supports +1 counters and anthem themes, both of which exist in that color combination. If I had more gold slots, I might experiment with it. But at 360...

Is a vanilla 3/3 all that relevant on turn 5 though? It's better than nothing clearly. But you are losing that elf as a mana source if you choose to attack with him. So it's not like you cast Call of the Herd. You just made your elf an elephant. I don't know. With so few gold slots...

If bolster could target any creature, it might be worth a second look. But as written, it sucks IMO. This guy is pretty sweet on an empty board, but in that color combination, I pretty much guarantee you he has a Llanowar Elf next to him ready to completely waste that bolster ability.

For me, I'd say it's really just about having something to do on each of my turns. I can miss a land drop as long as I can still cast something and/or interact with the board in a meaningful way. Once I am passing turns because I have nothing to play (due to the wrong cards in my hand or mana...

I have never seen Phyrexian Rebirth before. And I agree it looks like it could be pretty powerful in the right circumstance. Almost like a crater hellion without the echo.

Try Sphinx of Lost Truths in your 7 slot. It also can be played for 5 with a triple loot effect (great for graveyard shenanigans). I really like this card. I wish it were a 4/4 instead of 3/5 but other than that it's pretty great.

What about Magister of Worth? The effect it has is powerful and it only costs 6 - better than both Ashen Rider or Angel of Despair in that department.

Does that thing actually work? Because it's totally something I'd consider if you said yes. I've never played it but it comes up on my gatherer searches sometimes and I've been tempted to try it. Anything to do with dragons is a pretty easy sell for me.

I think the Hedge-Mage is just a bad card. If I'm splashing white, I have access to way better options. If I'm mono-red, he is a RR1 Manic Vandal essentially (yeah, I guess he has the MAY clause, so slightly better but still pretty bogus). The only upside is if you can three for one with...