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Great article. I would agree with Aoret on the "prism not a pyramid" comment, though Jason's article alludes to this (and using a pyramid is easier to convey the general idea so I get why that was done). I'd also like to point out that some cards appear to be really synergistic with your...

Look into thorium reactors, completely different mechanism that essentially can't melt down (and no weapon grade byproducts and it's 4 times more abundant than Uranium). That's really where we need to go with nuclear power. Not a big fan of the polarization of many of these issues due to...

I feel like surge is going to play really well. It's a sequencing mechanic that rewards planning. It also plays really nicely with things like dash and suspend.

Reckless Bushwhacker is awesome. It's a better Goblin Bushwhacker because you don't need RR. I'm trying to tell the guys at MTGS that he's sweet but that's a tough crowd over there. If it isn't power maxing, well then why are you talking about it?

I had no idea this was where that came from. I thought it was some obscure reference to the fact that we add cards to our cube and then cut them 15 minutes later (like I hardly knew that card because really I didn't even play the damn thing before it left my list). Clearly that was totally...

I do, but it's more a mana cost thing. UU vs U. Dig has the better effect though (and if I had a different opinion on that before, I no longer have that opinion after playing with both for awhile now). This could also account for why I think bones is better since it's more consistent and...

FWIW, I don't think there is a huge power difference between read the bones and painful truths. And I'd agree this is similar to the dig vs cruise debate. For me, I really like the impact scry has on the game which is why I like read more. With read, you get to see the top two cards and if...

I like Read the Bones more than Painful Truths personally, but I value scry pretty highly.

Meren is indeed awesome. It's my favorite Golgari card now. It's a build around that does everything that color combination wants to do and it's very satisfying to play (though can be frustrating to play against). Low power environments (especially ones with a heavy GY theme) probably can't...

I was never really big into breaking singleton (except on lands), so I personally think 1 is and always has been the right number. But that's just me. I'd never cut Gravecrawler though I don't think (feels like blasphemy). It's just a cool creature and there are enough incidental zombies to...

Briarhorn is great. Already added. Giant growth feels too fair but I haven't tried it in cube. Power maxers are running mutagenic which is what put it on my radar but not sure if that's just a follow the leader thing or something specific to that meta.

Thanks. That's helpful. I'm giving vines another whirl I think. I love delve, so really been wanting to test Become Immense too. Carving out some time Sunday for this.

Duplicant is a really cool card. I've actually never run it in cube but been tempted many times. Can't say if it's too powerful or not, but I like that swap. Same with Renegade Krasis (never played it), though it looks pretty interesting and a nice tie in with +1/+1 counters. Give it a...

I really only have experience with Vines and the GG to get the pump was occasionally a bummer. But I'm trying to support heroic so I want more pump effects. Mutagenic Growth I was thinking is good because any color can technically run it and it being optionally zero mana makes it a surprise...

LOL. I'm really trying to have a good attitude about it. Honest. :) It's a clever idea and from a game design standpoint I give Wizard's props on how they just added the 6th color of Magic and yet integrated it with the existing card base in an intriguing way. Well played. But it does add...

We all picked this up in nanoseconds because we have played Magic for years. I think you are underestimating the increase in confusion this brings with it to newer players. Someone new to the game is already fairly overwhelmed most of the time, and <> raises the learning curve when you now...

Mutagenic Growth vs Vines of Vastwood vs Become Immense Thoughts?

At the moment, I'm not super excited by the <> mechanic as explaining that 1 = <> when tapping for mana but doesn't in mana costs is going to confuse newer players (and probably piss off some old timers). So even if I didn't think that card was a pile of random shit, I wouldn't be interested.

Cytoplast Root-Kin is borderline but Elite Scaleguard is a sweet payoff card. I'd keep at least that one (though both are valuable for PitchesToForce.archetype). You don't want Woodland Wanderer IMO. It's too easy to make it huge and vigilance/trample on something that large and that cheap...

I'm going to try and go back to the OP. Not sure if anyone brought this up yet (and I'm not reading through 9 pages of wasteland discussion). But if 4 color aggro is really good, maybe there's too much aggro support in general? You have triple champion of the parish, triple experiment one...