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I'll admit I had pretty high hopes for Captain's Claws, but after hearing multiple reports that it doesn't really live up to expectations, I'm realizing that maybe it falls into the same camp as another similarly templated card with equally high hopes that also fell flat: Militia's Pride. The...

"power X or greater" has been anywhere from mediocre to an outright failure every time they've done it, whether X=3, 4, or 5. not sure why they keep returning to this well, when it's both unpopular and not particularly fun :(

For me personally, these are the cards that would incentivize me to slant towards aggro during a draft; not necessarily because they're the most out-and-out powerful cards, but because they either offer interesting build-around potential, or are unique and fun: Spectral Procession Ajani...

safra: Preordain (safe & boring, that's me!) Dom: torn between Restoration Angel, Birds of Paradise, Profane Command, and Mirror Entity. This is a hard one! Uhh... probably Birds, because it's the most flexible

Super late to the party, but I completely agree with Grillo that Brimstone Volley is the card to worry about, not Fiery Confluence. When it was in my cube, it was literally only ever an instant speed Lava Axe for three mana. Besides being picked highly by the aggro drafters, they're the ones...

Was scrolling down and about to type "I'm gonna be boring and pick Ponder...", when I got to the final row. Instead will say "I'm gonna be boring and pick Brainstorm."

I don't like that six to the dome is a possibility with Fiery Confluence, but I also don't see aggro drafters picking this card as highly as their midrange and control counterparts, who are more likely to value the sweeper mode, as well as the flexibility. As safra said, being able to mop up...

Without knowing anything about Modern, could they have just banned Serum Visions to hamper the consistency of the Twin deck, without nuking the titular card? Do fair blue decks bother with stuff like Visions, or is that just a pure combo enabler?

I see Nissa, Voice of Zendikar primarily as an aggro tool - a worse Curse of Predation, which has been slightly too good around these parts. Perhaps there will be decks that play her primarily to make 0/1 plant tokens, but in the context of cube, that might take some effort to make worthwhile...

Yeah, I really have my hopes for Big Red pinned on Chandra, Flamecaller. I don't think she's the most powerful red six drop ever printed, but that category is sorely lacking in playables to begin with. Between her versatility and the fact that she's wildly different from most every other six...

While Cruel Ultimatum is obviously the dream scenario, I don't think we need to go that far to make Pyromancer's Goggles worth someone's while. For me, the threshold is two spells - copying a Volcanic Hammer plus a Searing Blaze would seem to me like you've gotten your five mana's worth...

Aston, you're right about #2 - it's Reckless Bushwhacker. I actually thought it was Warren Instigator, but looking at the art now his wares are less impressive than I remember!

Not the biggest list of cards I want to test this time. But there's a couple I'm really excited about, primarily the two planeswalkers! Linvala, the Preserver Shoulder to Shoulder Crush of Tentacles Slip Through Space Chandra, Flamecaller Goblin Dark-Dwellers Nissa, Voice of Zendikar Oath of...

Chapin knocks it out of the park on commentary, too - he's at his irreverent best.

Yeah, but only because I don't like any of the black walkers (Liliana of the Veil was too strong), and all of the green walkers produce tokens and clog up the board while encouraging goodstuff midrange. Gonna try the new Nissa, though.

Came in a close second place, 3-1 record on the evening Ones 2 Delver of Secrets 1 Ancestral Vision 1 Thought Scour Twos 1 Young Pyromancer 1 Dragon Fodder 1 Incinerate 1 Mana Leak 1 Negate 1 Rough // Tumble 1 Searing Blaze 1 Think Twice 1 Tribal Flames Threes 1 Gelectrode 1 Ire Shaman 1...

Hero's Downfall vs. Ruinous Path

I'm now in agreement with this. I got to see both counter + draw two, and counter + bounce + draw, both of which were certifiably insane. As was running it back via Snapcaster Mage - wowza! I didn't get to see triple Whiplash Trap mode, because the pilot was playing a control deck, but I think...

I might actually be pretty excited about Time Warp in a lower-powered format that supports blue temp - uh, fish. It's a little bit like Overrun in that you'd need a decent board position where you're slightly ahead before it does anything, but having one copy as a 'finisher' for an aggro-control...

Curse of Shallow Graves has always been borderline in my own environment, but because it's on the weak side, as opposed to being too strong. It's not actually a given that you can attack on any particular turn without throwing a body away, especially once the midgame comes around - your...