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I'm happy with slim pickings for once. Gives me less to think about when making swaps for MH1 and WAR. I've got a handful of cards I want to try out on my short list thus far:

I'm more burnt out trying to theorycraft things into my cube. I literally haven't had the chance to play with WAR cards yet and by the time I actually do run a draft, I'll have another two sets to work in. It's really difficult to figure out slots and make synergies work when presented with so...

Some nice cards spoiled today: This is a super sweet card for WB aggressive decks. Gives you the reach you need with each ETB emulating an Impact Tremors, has a relevant creature type in Zombie for Gravecrawler shenanigans, and a 2/2 for 2 is a respectable body. I like this as a signpost...

Wait a minute, after re-reading the rare Chandra I think it's actually super sweet. I missed that it cost only 1RR, that the first 0 ability puts a counter on herself (I read other red walkers), and that the elementals it makes are sacrificed and not exiled ala Chandra, Flamecaller. This card is...

I guess we're just going to have a perpetual spoiler season from now on. Three new Chandra's spoiled for Core Set 2020: Smaller ones are cute, big one is an insane finisher. Uncounterable, plus 2 to make an emblem that can stack up, and it goes up to 8 loyalty? This card is very very strong.

MH1 feels like a Cube-lite environment. There are so many cool interactions and synergies that can be exploited. I went 2-0-1 with a split in the 3rd round for 1st place in the pod I was in, drafted the following G/R midrange deck splashing Lightning Skelemental: Ones 1 Lava Dart Twos 2...

Comparing 8E and M19 symbols is like comparing two sides of a sandwich that's been run over by a car. Twice. The only "core set" symbols that I actually like are 7th, Tenth and Origins I suppose.

Includes: Ranger-Captain of Eos: White 3 drop slot has gotten pretty stacked in recent years, but I'm very very interested in this one. The base 3/3 body is solid at the rate, the ability to tutor up an impact 1 drop like Mother of Runes or Giver of Runes or utility creatures like Walking...

The 8th edition symbol too...

White border is disgusting. Y'all are heathens.

Honestly, seems like too many hoops to jump through if you can't reasonably get rid of it. I really like the new 1R Cycling enchantment from MH1 if you're looking for that kind of effect where you turn dead cards into gas.

I've never really seen Brago do a whole lot in my environment the few times I tried him out, very slow with not getting a hit in until T5 on average, but I'm very interested in Soulherder. The interactions with ANY exile effect is pretty interesting and its at a perfect spot in the curve for...

It depends on what Brago is doing for you currently. If he's consistently blinking a lot of things at once to generate maximum value, then Soulherder won't be able to replicate that effectively. If you only ever find yourself blinking a particular creature to reap value, then Soulherder is...

I agree with that, I was in that exact position when I was first designing my cube. I would look over the most popular cube threads at MTGS, see what they were running, and try to emulate something similar. It wasn't until actually playtesting and seeing things in action that I saw things that I...

That's very true, but I wouldn't agree with low powered cubes as a term. That makes me think more of an environment bereft of powerful cards at all by choice, where there is a flat power band that compensates for the lack of outright bombs. Personally my environment is decently powerful all...

I just want to see more discussion in general, which is not something that the Reddit format is conducive to for the most part. I don't use MTGS as much of a reference when it comes to my own design or card evaluation, but I do reference their Testing/Includes thread when a new set comes around...

Velrun, are you not a fan of foils? There is technically the Judge promo which also exists which is about as close as you can get to splitting the difference:

Old version is better on so many different fronts. Better card frame/border, better art, and the flavor text is way sweeter.

I don't mind the stamp, but the bottom border bothers me so much whenever it catches my eye. It's just completely asymmetrical with the top black border. On that note, I don't understand the appeal of miscuts either. Some of the ugliest things I've ever seen cardwise.

You know, I actually had a cube draft fire some months back with 8 drafters and I think I have pictures of the decks assembled that night, but I can't for the life of me remember how that night went or who won. I'll post up decklists at some point once I find them and if my memory somehow...