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This. I cut stoneforge awhile ago for this reason. When you don't have the full suite of swords, Jitte and clamp to fetch she loses a ton of value.

Pillage is the only decent one. Honestly, I've removed artifact destruction from red entirely. You want that, splash green or white. I've tried to address this by removing most broken artifacts from my cube. There really is no artifact mono red should auto lose too, except maybe a sword. So...

That's what Thoughtseize and Counterspell are for. :)

And if your name is Bob, you will die before you get to the other side of the room. So you may want to check another closet for a broom or go to Home Depot or something. Just saying.

All of those guys listed by Eric are way better than Manic vandal because they all hit both enchantments and artifacts and most of them are flexible in when you use that ability.

I've had a few games where the only target for my Manic Vandal was my own Bonesplitter. So it was worse than a gray ogre. It was a card that read "this card is effectively exiled from the game but still sitting in your hand". Reclamation Sage is a billion times better than that card for...

I agree with everyone here. Purely side board only hate type cards (red elemental blast) feel like a bandaid to me. If your meta needs that, I feel like there are bigger balance issues. I also try not to run narrow cards which are only good in a few match ups. I've even started to cut the...

All that guy needed was a broom.

That's a nice suite. I think I'm going to slot all of those red ones into my cube. I'm looking to revamp my red burn cards anyway, and those will be very powerful in my cube due to all the emphasis of recurring threats. Not a fan of swords to plowshare though. It does too much for too...

Finks with the green curse is all kinds of wrong. You can definitely break that card if you build around it. Exile effects certainly help though. I should probably run more of them than I do. Edit: I'm not running either curse anymore because they are un-fun in multiplayer. Whoever gets...

I'm not an extremist either way on art. I think there's good art all throughout Magic's history, including Lorwyn. I love the art of Clique for example. I love the art that Eric just posted. Those are really awesome examples actually and I can dig every single one of them - old and new. I...

I like courser, so I'd run both it and Finks. I think that's the right way to go if you are pushing the life gain theme. Running two finks feels a bit heavy handed to me. But I don't think it's black and white.

There was a really good discussion on art while back. And I think Lorwyn came up specifically. I like the more realistic art personally. Lorwyn for me was too cartoonish and light. But I understand it appeals to some. Cloudgoat is definitely a good card though. I just think it looks like...

Here's the thing with Finks for me. It's well above the curve as far as what you should get for a hybrid card. And because it's a hybrid, it is a wonderful early pick because you are not locked into a specific color combination like with a gold card, and it's even more flexible than a mono...

Man, I'm disappointed to hear about Alesha. I would have bet a large sum of money that she would be good. 3 power first strike is really solid, and that ability is just great. I have had dreams about using it to bring back Karmic Guide in some kind of RW graveyard themed deck (maybe with...

I think the art on Cloudgoat is awful personally. And I love the art on the monk, plus she's a human. So that is the card I have typically run in the past, though she can be a little lackluster. Cloudgoat is definitely better. I have no experience with Scion, but it looks interesting. I...

Alright, maybe I'm undervaluing swords a little. They haven't really been a problem though (not like Jitte anyways - that's not coming back), but as we draft only half the cube at a time and I was down to just one of them for quite awhile, it really wasn't a huge issue. I also run a fairly...

Citadel Siege is an interesting card. I definitely overlooked it. I like how it appeals to multiple decks, that's a selling point for me. Hmm...

I love synergistic cards, but I have had to pull back a bit on that because I think you can take it too far. I see combos all over the place and I want more to see how far I can take it and make a winnable deck. More often than not (especially recently) I've wound up with inconsistent piles...

Fair enough. And the two reasons I haven't really looked into other CCG's is the cost and getting others to play it (mainly the second). All my friends play Magic, so it was very easy getting guys together when I built my cube, and it's lasted awhile now. Most other games we try don't stick...