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Why is designing a set with answers for a theme in mind terrifying?

I'm not sure who this "Dominic Harvey" character is, but he sounds like his profile picture would be some sort of owl or something...

I mean I guess, but thats really more of a synergy than the basis for an entire archetype. I don't think this is a bad idea for a deck, it's just not the right color pair to be viable. Vedalken Shackles would allow for some of the Sacrifice-specific cards to be used in a U/B control deck, but...

I really see no reason to try this as a U/B archetype. The U steal effects cost too much for it to be worth sacrificing the creature after the fact. As these two have previously echoed, R/B is a good place to use the "steal n' sac" archetype. Ravnic has used this archetype to great effect in...

I think part of the reason why planeswalkers suck so much in limited is because they provide so much value. The "swinginess" of walkers is greatly reduced when everyone gets to play with them. Plus, I'm sure we'll have more Heroes Downfall and Bramblecrush effects in this set. There is no way...

How about Bees? You like Jazz?

Archetype Tech: Jeskai Ascendancy Super-Ramp Fertile Ground Jeskai Ascendancy Arbor Elf Jeskai Ascendancy is one of the most intriguing combo cards ever printed. Since it's first pass through modern in 2014, people have been trying to break the 3-colored enchantment wide open. In early...

That's why I like to avoid token themes- too much board clogging for my tastes.

I think most of the PWs will look something like this: Daretti, the Playable 2RB +1 Create a 1/1 Colorless Construct Artifact Creature Token. -1 Daretti, the Playable deals 1 damage to any target. -3 Daretti, the Playable deals damage to target Creature or Planeswalker equal to the number of...

Honestly, I don't think WOTC would purposefully print anything new at the legacy power level in this set. Maybe some of the cards will be playable there, but I don't think we'll see mini Force of Will as much as we will see mega Foil. Would you really want to put Cabal Therapist in your...

I believe that they said there would be basic lands in the set on stream. Yet another reason I think this will be a 4-Dollar pack set like Battlebond instead of a "premium" set like the masters sets.

I think modern has the potential to be the best eternal format, in my opinion it was until around 2016-ish. However, Modern took a real beating ever during the Eldrazi Winter and it hasn't really been the same since. It used to have a fair bit of interaction, now adays most decks just feel like...

I'd recommend looking at the mythics from Battlebond. There are some really powerful new cards there, but none of them don't cost more than 15 bucks.

For that to effect the overall availability of the set, that would require: -All of the Distributors to be selling the set for $6 a pack. -Amazon (who appears to get cards directly from WOTC) to be selling the set for $6 a pack. -For there to be enough demand of the product for stores to be able...

They've completely re-structured the way the FFL works in the last couple of years. "Development" no longer consists of just designers trying to playtest- it's actual Recent Pros who are on the brand new Play Design team. This set clearly isn't trying to fix the card availability problems with...

I think it's only going to be bad if they reprint True-Name Nemesis or actual Force of Will into modern. Modern actually needs something similar to Force of Will in my opinion, just not force proper. My biggest fear with this set is that it will make modern feel to much like Legacy, which...

You're running Intruder Alarm and Earthcraft but no Squirrel Nest? Bro... I don't quite have time to make any example decklists right now, but I think Squirrel Nest actually fits quite well with a number of the themes in your cube. You just have a lot of incidental squirrels support, and I...

Kind of thinking this new mulligan rule might be fun for Best of 1 matches.

This card will be either super fun to play with or miserable to play against. Repeatable Removal is very powerful- I'd be sure to keep an eye on this. Should be fun though, you definitely have reason to be excited!

Falter effects have always felt super cheap unless they only stop one creature IMO.