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So, I'm currently digging the two mana discard spells in black, specifically Collective Brutality and Transgress the Mind. I haven't been as pleased with Strongarm Tactics, and I'm looking for a replacement. I'm looking for a sorcery here, so I have identified three likely candidates. Which one...

Bugler is the bee's knees. Awesome, awesome card!

Black mostly has raw card advantage, not a lot of smoothing options, though there are a few. Nothing at a low mana cost though, like blue, red, and even green have been getting. Dimir Machinations Read the Bones Bitter Revelation Dark Bargain Liliana's Spoils White has... Visions And in...

Poor Minotaur, that looks like a very bad trip!

Ok, you may have convinced me to make the swap. I have been powering down blue's card advantage suite significantly recently, and have been enjoying Frantic Search a lot more than I ever did Compulsive Research (even though Compulsive is a great draw option).

I was briefly intrigued when I saw this card, until I remembered that I currently run this: chart a course Yeah... Radical Idea does not compare favorably under most circumstances.

Oh boy, this gets me excited! A limited trick or a flexible removal spell? I almost feel sorry for myself since my cube doesn't support Golgari. What a great card! Hope the rest lives up to this!

I almost expect bloodthirst to be the rakdos mechanic this time around though. Probably not because of historic reasons, but it does fit well, even flavorwise. Orzhov will surely get a new mechanic, neither of the previous two was a smash hit.

That would work for me, I could use a good mono-green proliferate spell for my cube!

Actually, unlike Taigam, Sidisi's Hand, Underrealm Lich uses a replacement effect, as does Laboratory Maniac. Since both try to replace the same draw, you get to decide in which order their triggers go on the stack they apply! That would be a "works together very nicely!" then :) Edit: Silly...

Ugh... Old Ral is definitely staying in my cube, I find it much more interesting than the new one. Shocklands reprint is very nice though, might pick up some more for a decent price now!

Also, heck yes! I get to upgrade Dissolve and add another two mana discard spell to my cube! Subvert Sabotage {1}{U}{U} Instant (Uncommon) Counter target spell Surveil 1 Thought Extort {U}{B} Sorcery (Uncommon) Target opponent reveals their hand, you choose a nonland card and they discard it...

I was assuming they were bringing back the guild-affiliated prerelease kits, with every kit containing one or more old Ravnica reprints from that guild in addition to the GRN boosters. It appears I was mistaken, and these are preconstructed guild decks containing cards from old Ravnica sets and...

Apparently you can pull Glare of Subdual during the prerelease. o_O Edit: No you can't. I definitely (and luckily) read that wrong!

To be fair, this was not the mechanics article, nor a rules excerpt. This was a preview spoiler in which the mechanics were written out in quite a shorthand manner, probably kinda intended to not reveal everything just quite yet, but just enough information to get people excited. Like, is...

Yeah, I think I'll ignore Aether Harvest altogether. I was looking for a slot to put in Cloud of Faeries, to better support Crow Storm, but there isn't a single blue two drop I want to cut.

Next project: the one mana energy payoff cards in blue. I currently run two Ministers of Inquiries, but nobody ever picks them up. They're meant as light support for a (self)mill deck, but the truth is that there are more efficient ways to get the right cards in your own graveyard (through...

I think mentor can work extremely well in aggressive decks, and there are always people who like aggressive decks!

Heh, I didn't even think of looking at buyback spells for ideas, that's a really good idea! Mystic Speculation is probably the best candidate as well, cheap enough that you can reasonably cast it, not feel too overcharged. Thanks! (Art link)

The whole point is that I want it to work with discard for value effects, stuff like Stormbind, something to synergize with Drake Haven-enablers. So what other effect could you put on a card like this without it becoming overbearing? "Counter target spell unless its controller pays {1}."...