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My mind is changed to "about as good as, in different ways" because: -it's way better early game then the test subject, and a much worse top deck. -it's got a built in BW. -it's that magical 7 power, 3 turn clock if things go right, but that is much weaker than a 13/13 tramps. -I think the 4...

I like this list. Turns out, there aren't really "bad" mtg sets printed any more. Some just resonate a little better? But in the end, I think we all actually appreciate every set for what it brings. For instance, I remember being amazed at the Born of the Gods cards I have, considering how...

Besides the aforementioned cluttered 4-drop territory for black, I do like this card. Like venny said, it's a mini aetherling. I like to think of it as a hybrid Prognostic Sphinx/Aetherling, but natively black. It'd be a useful piece if predominantly black control decks are kicking around in...

Agree on the sweepers bit. Playing EDH gives you a real appreciation for a game that moves forward without hour-long hiccups. I like things that can provide more than one-for-one value, but not actually sweep the board. Cards like: grasp of fatealigned hedron networksmallpoxmerciless...

It was the same way for me and FtV:20 wall of blossoms, but I think a foil of this might satisfy me too :p. I think white needs it a little more than green, cuz it has fewer small creatures (in my cube) I'd natively want to put into a control build and green can just ramp past "early blocker"...

Completely missed the note in the OP about squak :eek:. Yeah, I guess it is a little swingy even with "color hexproof". How do you like the chromatic baubles, even with your list fairly highly powered? Do they get picked/played?

Cool list! I like the foil cards indicator :cool:. Do you squadron some things? I can't help but notice a lone Squadron Hawk in the white 2's. I would think a squad of 3 at least, right? Is there anything else you squadron (if you squadron squawk)? What would you think about taking the...

Also totally with you on this sort of design just being A++. Good points about LTS. On the flip side, I guess, Thing in the Ice is a lot better in your opening hand, where you don't have to let it sit around for who knows how many turns. Jam it out then start casting your spells as normal...

This just seems... better than ludevic's test subject , right? You don't have to sink 10 additional mana, it just flips off you doing what your deck does normally. And then whelping waves everything on flip. Nice

Wowzers, that is quite the card. A coupla things I love: Can we appreciate that this is a (technically) RW legendary that doesn't seem solely purposed for turning sideways yay? Sure, it's a big beater, but it seems like a very unique angle with creature and board control in mind. It seems to...

How much do we value self-milling? Kinda hard to evaluate, honestly.

I'd just change it. The name can have hurtful connotations to people, it depicts a social malignity that's occurring nowadays, and it seems fairly easily fiddled with for happier people all around. I'm sure you can come up with plenty of alternative names, possibly attached to different artwork...

Agreeing with basically everything meltyman is saying. A lot of cubes run burst lightning, but I don't see much discourse about it being too powerful. In fact, there are quite a few fiery confluences around here! that's 6 damage for 4 mana and you get to swing with all your creatures. Goblin...

Taking this way of thinking about it, you can actually measure and plot the cubes performance on both axes, with Upper right being fastest and very powerful, etc etc.

"slime number" ain't half bad for a name. I do like that method very much. It's a scale you can actually gather empirical data on, which makes it pretty attractive to me. Taking it a step up, a cube power level could be measured with an index: Looter Number Slime Number Skinrender Number...

That's not a bad way to do it either, normally. But I'm not running my cube "normally". I've got 4 players, generally speaking, my cube isn't a tight 360, and I run Tenchester. That means not only Do I have to assure it's in the draft, I have to: -Somehow make sure it's pick 1-4 of the pack it's...

Deal. I'll print one out and force it into a deck tomorrow in a group who've never seen it, and see what happens. And by force it, I mean switch it for card X at end of draft to guarantee it sees play. Also ill show the group, get their first impressions etc etc

You'll never ever see something like Experiment 2 printed by WotC because of limited, new players, etc etc precisely because of the amount of mental gymnastics needed to grok it. The abilities just naturally don't mesh very cleanly. Honestly, it's hard to make a card that's any cleaner for the...

um.... wow. Good card. Second playable black 2 drop in the last 6 spoilers. Can block, can recur, can use both of those abilities stacked on top of each other ({1} + {B} = return him to hand + recur a gravecrawler). Oh, and evasion?! yikes. Also A+++ on being what happens after the window in...

Got to thinking about Geralf's Masterpiece, and it seems like the perfect partnership with a card that seems to be downplayed quite a bit around here: + Life from the Loam