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spellheart chimera crackling drake Drake variants. All come with pros and cons, with Enigma likely being the most consistent of the three. EDIT: You may want to wait a set to make anything D&D themed...

With a heavy heart, I have reduced the number of different kinds of tokens in the cube so that players will actually get the correct token. A moment of silence: call of the herd roar of the wurm spider spawning abhorrent overlord And more... It does feel a lot cleaner to me, though. Marionette...

Given that he asked for low powered, I'd like to point out that this is much more fair if you only include cards to discard one at a time. The draw 14 Wheel is probably excessive, as is the draw 4 Looting, but Tormenting Voice or something is much more tame. You can shape the card's power level...

There's names for nonblack color combinations???

I used to run about half of my noncreature red spells as burn. Every red deck wants them. I've recently been experimenting with running spells as a payoff for decks that run lands.

Yeah... It's difficult to know what is or isn't taxing for a beginner because we're so far from that level of understanding. I'll look into some simpler decks as a start. See how that feels. Thanks.

True. I'll look into specifically bolstering the simpler strategies. The massive amount of text generated by having a graveyard effect on many cards or an extra sentence for exiling something is a lot to deal with while drafting.

I've been fighting an internal battle between me wanting to make the deepest format possible vs my playgroup being half beginners/intermediates that can't handle that much text or super tricky interactions. They aren't going to remember that they have a dozen effects waiting in the graveyard and...

Seems like the best solution. Interestingly, the mystery booster cards have been printed recently and still have their old text. So I added -set:mb1

Is there a way to search scryfall for cards as printed? Specifically, I'm seeking burn spells where I can get a physical copy that properly lists the targets.

They fix your mana as much as seeing more cards and having more lands does, but I mostly agree. You could also argue that you aren't fixing anything in a monocolored deck, for what it's worth. I do think Rampant Growth is the much more flexible card. A lot of Gx decks want that and/or Farseek...

Have fun carrying around as many different tokens as possible.

I think the value ETB of Cultivator is strongest. I think Spiral and Moment complement each other very well. Some sort of GU Flash control where you can Leak/Spiral or Mystic Snake/Moment sounds cool. Counter them or ramp into your finishers. I've been intrigued with this idea lately for GU as...

giver of runes Does this scale well to a lower power level? Seems like it's a nuisance until it gets removed, but maybe that isn't so bad?

Oust is stronger than it appears. If you hit an early threat like a 2/1 or an elf or something, it's rather out of place by the time it comes back. If you hit something bigger, you get a mana advantage. I'll agree that Sunlance is very good, as well, and may be better suited to the role of...

Lightning Bolt > Onslaught nostalgia > M12 modern border > Stronghold best art > Mystical looks great but feels out of place to me > 7th looks kind of bad > Aether has a stupid look on his face and isn't actively shocking anything

Old post of yours, as I went through the thread, but do you think you could resdesign a format like this for a casual playgroup? I've been wondering this lately for my own cube, as this sounds similar to my playgroup. I often feel like all the graveyard tricks and interactions are probably too...

There's several blue variants, as well. Run those plus token makers or manlands and 1-2 large creatures for a fun cheat deck.

WB UR BG RW GU :p I like that WotC is cashing in and directly selling us a set of shocks. Will surely be profitable. Some of those suckers are priceyyy.