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If only the tokens had trample. Giving my opponent a chump blocker for my 12/12 elephant sort of sucks. Unless I can clear his graveyard of dudes I guess and he winds up with no elephant. I don't know though. I like me some elephants and all, but I can't get behind this.

He's very borderline. This guy is cool for the cycle effect though and because he's a zombie that keeps coming back (albeit for 5 mana and a card which is certainly not a good value even with the graveyard enabling shenanigans). Still, I always liked him. I used to run him in my cube, but...

My question is do mythic rares count as "rares" for Rare-B-Gone?

I'm certainly biased against Planeswalkers. You might even say I have a personal vendetta against them, that's how much I dislike them. Which is why I can't help but somewhat hijack this thread for a spell so I can rant a little. My apologies up front for getting on a tangent here... Take...

Tarmogoyf I got a couple of these in Future Sight packs. I was disappointed and tossed them in with my other "junk" rares. Didn't take me long to realize that was a mistake when I was pursuing StarCityGames and saw their cost. Then years later I thought they couldn't get more expensive and I...

Beseech should have just been a straight tutor. Maybe even an instant. I see no issue with that honestly. It's not like a BBB instant diabolic/demonic tutor would have been broken. It would have actually been playable instead of jank.

I run Kiki - good call on that one. I've been on the fence about Strionic Resonator. I keep thinking about putting it in and then I pull back worried that it's too conditional. You may convince me to give it a real shot now. Thanks for that. My black one drop section is bursting at the...

I'd like to see a few of the more unusual cards you run which have turned out to be powerful/fun. I think that a lot of the experimentation that used to happen in cube happens less now because there's almost too much information. Most cubes (mine included) tend to just run (mostly) the...

For lands, I much prefer the old borders to the new borders, although I think the artwork on the new lands is generally better. So I guess I'm conflicted in a way. 2 cents deposited.

You and I think a lot alike. If your cube is posted, I'd like to look it over. I run Empty the Warrens because you really only need a storm count of two to make it value. More and it's amazing. It also combos with Purphorus and other token strategies. Brain Freeze though is useless...

Multi-player free for all is unfair regardless. You always end up with guys ganging up and often the weakest guy wins because people forget about him, etc. Our group tends towards two headed giant (if we have 4 guys) or if we do multi-player, it's a variant (attack right/left) where all you need...

I can't help but think though that if your opponent has left you 2 mana elves. a couple "harmless" utility creature, and 5 lands - and chosen not to do anything about any of that for X turns - then they sort of deserve to lose to overrun. I never thought of overrun as unfair. Because it's...

There's Swans of Bryn Argol. I like that card because it got such a huge ceiling but it can also work against you if you put it in the wrong deck. Really interesting card. Plus it's hybrid mana, so you could even run that thing in a mono colored section if you wanted. Then there's Grand...

I LOVE Brain Freeze. If you or anyone has found a way to get storm to work in cube where it isn't poison, I want to hear it.

Back when I was still "PowerMaxing" my cube, I took overrun out and it occurred to me how much that hurts swarm/ramp decks. I know most people run the overrun Garruk, but I don't run walkers. So I had effectively gimped an entire arch type without realizing it. Took me a long time to figure...

Yeah. That's where I'm at on it unfortunately too. Even at draw one card instead of two it would be broken. I honestly don't know how that got out of QA.

So what's everyone's opinion on Skullclamp? Just really good? Or format warping GRBS?

2 power one drops are important for aggro... Conventional wisdom that I do think holds weight. But I personally prefer interesting 1 mana cards that do powerful things. Like welder, DRS, mother. Part of that is because my play group durdles a bit. My first cut at a proper cube had aggro fully...

I'm old school. As long as I've played this game, it was part of it. Sometimes it's relevant and makes a difference (tapping a land and getting two mana but only being able to spend one). Sometimes you take mana burn just to rob your opponent of his victory (take 6 mana burn on my turn so you...

We still play mana burn and damage on the stack, so those guys are undesirable for us anyway.