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In formats with good - or even semi-decent - removal, it's hard for me to get behind combat-only tricks like Swift Justice or Ajani's Presence, both of which I've tried. The conditions in which these spells are good - specifically, creature-on-creature combat - aren't guaranteed to come up in...

Cards that I'm currently running or have run in the past that I've liked on their own, but go to another level with lifegain, like peanut butter and jelly: Vendetta Dark Confidant Bitterblossom Night's Whisper Phyrexian Arena Underworld Connections Toxic Deluge Erebos, God of the Dead Priest...

Fascinating, in-depth article about the development of the Vancouver mulligan rule: http://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/latest-developments/mulligans-2015-08-07

oh... oh god... what in... what have i i am never going to use the word 'tempo' on this forum again. you can shoot me if i do

+1 to Wrath effects. As an aggro player, I love playing around board sweepers, trying to gauge whether my opponent "has it", deciding whether to hold back troops or step on the gas pedal, formulating a plan for what to do if they draw the second board sweeper, and all that. There's nothing more...

Yeah, I don't disagree with that. I think the confusion may come from the fact that the word 'tempo' can be used in the sense that you explained - that is, describing the pace and tactics of a game - but it can also be stretched to describe a deck, an archetype, or a format, as well as used as a...

The only word more confusing than 'archetype' at this point is 'tempo'. Good thing I support the tempo archetype, which can out-tempo any no-theme midrangy archetype in my tempo-based format!

I tend to think of Ajani Goldmane less as a planeswalker, and more as an interactive version of this enchantment, which was bonkers over here Dictate of Heliod

What's the best way to nab a pile of full art lands? Are fat packs still the way to go?

Yeah, it's interesting... I suspect that Ajani Steadfast might be the lowest on power level of the three, but is the clear winner on versatility, both in his abilities and in his casting cost, which are huge pluses for cube. Goldmane is tremendous in a tokens build, while Caller of the Pride...

white aggro might still be a thing: Isamaru, Hound of Konda Kytheon, Hero of Akros Eight-and-a-Half-Tails Mikaeus, the Lunarch Thalia, Guardian of Thraben i don't like red aggro's chances so much, though Zurgo Bellstriker Ashling the Pilgrim

for the legions upon legions of commander / EDH fans on here - i know there's a ton of you! - you can now combine your two favourite formats in magic online's newest cube offering http://magic.wizards.com/en/MTGO/articles/archive/magic-online/announcing-legendary-cube-2015-08-05 eh? eh?

Ajani, Caller of the Pride vs Ajani Goldmane vs Ajani Steadfast

the guests are almost all bots... i wonder if they're the same bots as the ones generating magic cards giving us stuff like this

Sweet list! Could I ask for your opinions on these? I've considered all of them at one point or another, but wasn't sure if they cut the mustard, even in the side draft. Emeria, the Sky Ruin Stensia Bloodhall Mystifying Maze

Bestow is great! But then, all split cards are great.

I like that it's instant, and that it scales into the late game... but I think that by the time you can pay a large amount for X in mana, chances are you can't afford to pay X in life. Though they're a bit boring, I think you want these two before Scrying Night's Whisper Read the Bones

Great idea for a thread! Pack one, I would agree that Brimaz is the safe choice, as it's hard to find a white deck that doesn't want his services. If it were pack three instead, I could see making a case for Mirran Crusader in an equipment or heroic-type deck, or Hallowed Spiritkeeper in some...

I have no recollection of my original post... but in any case, I've kinda soured on Snakeform, in that I now view it as purely a combat trick, as opposed to removal. Unfortunately, combat tricks pretty much have to cost 1 cmc in environments such as ours, with removal as efficient as it is...

I'm actually nearly 100% certain that you don't have to "do" anything to support Sphinx's Tutelage. Most of us run enough incidental card draw in our cubes that the amount of time it would take to mill someone out would be lower than we'd think. Even simple cantrips - Preordain, Baleful Strix...