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Damn, I'm at like a 3/10. Mutate is super wordy. Companion is going to have everyone asking how it's enforced. None of my players are going to be able to keep track of ten different keyword counters. That said, they're showcasing the mechanics first, probably, and I'm sure there will be plenty...

Fine, WotC. You win. This is too fun.

Mutate is gross and basically every rare/mythic spoiled so far feels pushed beyond belief. I'm actually pretty disappointed.

No one is even going to mention the interaction between Thug, Reveillark, and Yet Another Aether Vortex with any sac outlet?????

I really fucking hate that last sentence on Yuriko. It takes the card from another Deep Hours and makes it a not-too-unreasonable 7 damage hit on turn 2. Other than that, my current project has most of what you listed. My WU themes are blink and flyers, so it sits right next to it perfectly.

Shout out to Vesperlark and Reveillark in this 0/0 world!

I think the top of the list isn't fun, except maybe Mesmeric Orb. Thief is probably ok because it dies to every red card. I think the real fun would be like the two mill 3 counters as Cancel alternatives, Oblivion Sower or Mindbreaker/Mindcrusher as a multipurpose threat. Overwhelmed...

You could add a decent little mill theme for just a handful of cards. Sorted approximately best to worst, spanning a variety of power levels, keeping general usefulness in mind. I've excluded things that are entirely poisonous. Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver Enter the God-Eternals Thief of Sanity...

I'm gonna see about reworking The Black Cube with these 2007 ideas in mind... We'll see if this quarantine is long enough.. Next day edit: I've worked on it a bit and I think that The Black Cube is great in modern design. There's so much graveyard stuff to do, my one drops apply to most...

This is my fantasy Modern deck if I had significantly larger hands. Such a great card. I've looked into the others from the cycle, but they're not nearly as fun.

I really like your list of cards to compare against. I think that's the best way to stay honest to the old power level. You have to compare yourself to it. I don't really think it's possible to hit a nostalgic power level here without going back to 2007 card pool, but you basically just...

Definitely already had in mind to make the 2 power guys be vanilla at best or maybe have a really mild upside if they improve synergies somehow. Carnophage, Jackal Pup, and Savannah Lions are the ones that jump out in my mind. I guess one thing I'm having a hard time with is that a lot of the...

I currently only run 5-6 mana Wraths and no 2cmc ramp in The Black Cube. I'm actually interested in trying out Signet -> Wrath. I never played control back then and only went to one tournament that wasn't a Sealed, plus I was bad at the game. So I actually want to see what effect that has...

Skeletal Vampire is legit. As I look more at the older formats, I think a big part of it is that there was strong early plays like birds and signets that we all fear these days. I hate seeing that turn two 4/4 into turn three 5/5. But we didn't have that. You'd play a turn two Hippie or Ohran...

I didn't want to nitpick lol. Interestingly, I'd had my eye on Thraben. In 2006-07, there weren't many 2 power one drops. I think that finding excellent 1 power one drops is an interesting endeavor for this idea. We're bored and trapped with our minds. I remember the first time I ever saw...

I've definitely been leaning towards "8/10 removal, 5/10 creatures" but I'm not sure I really love Fact or Fiction or Treachery or other nutty spells. I definitely think that the value of current creatures has been pushed to an extreme and they're very difficult to beat without falling behind...

Artificer's Assistant Is a 1/1 flyer useful for any ninjas you have or your aggro is slow? Animating Faerie How about a 2/2 for 3? Doubt it if you have Whirler, but, oh well... Emry, Lurker of the Loch If you support any self mill, this seems multifunctional. Argent Sphinx Quite the body...

Lol the 3/2 first strike for 3 with recursion is quite good in a lot of places.

I basically hated walkers since learning about what I was actually doing until the uncommon walkers came out. There's plenty that are OK now. Too many of them, however, are printed to sell packs and that's why Teferi is such a bastard. I think it's both ETBs and walkers. They both guarantee...

Helped a lot and outlined quite a bit of what I was thinking. Looking at these older cards (mostly the creatures, because plenty of the spells are crazy), you can see that most of them need to sit on the table for a turn before they do anything. There's some tension there. I don't immediately...