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That's fair. I guess I'm considering the base body more highly as well. The dog is only good as insurance for another creature since a 1/1 isn't doing much proactively, Bodyguard lets you chip in early for 2 damage if it ends up being your only early drop in hand, turns into protection for...

I like Bodyguard way more because of the Human subtype and 2/1 body which make it relevant with other cards. A 1/1 is kind of anemic by comparison. If they print enough cards to where dogs are a thing that matter in Cube, then great for people who want to add this, but good doggo memes don't...

I'm ehhh on the pro-multicolor trinket text, but I like the rest of it. Cool card that has a blend of counters and token interactions + pseudo-wrath insurance. Also a human to boot, so you get some nasty stuff with Champion of the Parish and Thalia's Lieutenant. Curving into it in GW Midrange is...

I definitely don't agree that Najeela is weaker, in fact I think she's the strongest Rabblemaster variant. It's not as potent a base body as Rabblemaster once it starts swinging with buddies, but she can get going as soon as she hits the board off triggers from other creatures as Onder pointed...

Oh damn it, I just had a copy of Yorion arrive yesterday and completely glossed over that fact. I really dislike having confusing cards in my cube and while most of my drafters are experienced, this is still an annoying thing to clarify and correct before playing. I'm going to have to pick up a...

I'm thoroughly disappointed in the lack of full frontal nudity. Make Magic great again, bring back Clergy en-Vec!

Manticore looks straight out of the Questing Beast school of design. Yuck.

Alright I dig this one: Instant speed activations will be obnoxious at higher loyalty, but I think the +1 and -3 template will keep this one safe for most cubes. I dig the design, not sure if can find a spot for it though. Things are going well with Mu Yanling, Sky Dancer and I don't wanna...

I remember seeing this thread when I first joined up and trying out some basic implementation in my first drafts of my cube, but they didn't really work out all that well. Lifegain was a hard theme to really develop at a higher power level and there weren't a whole lot of enablers that could...

I don't know if you've had more success with it, but this card has always been a trap to me. I haven't tried it in cube but I've desperately tried to make it work in EDH after it came out for months and it was always just awkward. The dream is being able to use multiple artifacts to power out...

I remember reading up on one of Dom's posts on Devastating Dreams a while back but it completely slipped my mind for a long time. Now I'm just drooling over the idea of shooting off a T4 Dreams for 2 after deploying Rielle, the Everwise on the play and reloading. Gonna order one later tonight...

Yeah, that was the initial conclusion I had when the card was spoiled. I'm mostly looking for cross-archetype pollination with more ways to generate artifacts in green but there aren't really a whole lot of good options for me. I'll just wait for Green to get some more higher powered artifact...

I really need to see what the base P/T is on the card, but when I think of Vito and Brutal Hordechief I get butterflies in my stomach.

Baneslayer isn't going to be anything more than a sideboard card. That's just where we're at design-wise, I'm not sure she'll even make a dent as far as Constructed goes. Pretty sad place to be.

This is one of the most hateful aggro cards I've ever seen: This hurts me deeply in my Recursive Aggro loving soul.

I prefer Judith. More relevant creature type, less annoying to keep track of triggers since it's only your own, doesn't require an explicit sacrifice action to trigger (just works through normal creature death) and I've found that anthems on bodies are incredibly underrated over the years...

Wizards had the golden opportunity to update Young Pyromancer art to something superior with Chandra Spellbook but didn't take it. What a shame. Still, this looks like a great lineup: I am a huge fan of the border for these though, these are gonna have some popping foils.

Off the top of my head I think these are good starting points commander-wise: Ilharg, the Raze-Boar Etali, Primal Storm Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma Zacama, Primal Calamity Maelstrom Wanderer Rakdos, Lord of Riots Samut, Voice of Dissent Mayael the Anima Karametra, God of Harvests Xenagos...

I think a good place to pick up ideas for uncommon options would be something like browsing popular EDH decks for Timmy commanders on EDHREC. A lot of good stuff in there to work off especially since you'd be referencing a format that lends itself to a more battlecruiser-y playstyle in the first...

I agree with your premise, this is a very succinct summation of many of the thoughts I've had on cube for years. Might just be some extra thoughts I've had on my mind with recent threads and discussion over on r/mtgcube, but might as well flesh them out here. Save myself a potential future...