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It will depend on some semi-qualitative aspects of the card's rules, definitely. As I think about this, I'm settling on the theory that you spend 100% of the time it takes to read a card the very first time, and then the percentage decays from there. I think a second read is going to take...

If you're looking at a card for the second time in a draft, or reading a piece of flavor text for a new mechanic for the second time, how much of a "discount" do you get, in your estimation? In other words, what percentage of reading time do you save when you're understanding a new card that...

They aren't marked as DFC's, so sleeving a copy in each direction doesn't look different than it would as two separate printings with "Deckmaster" card backs. But if that detracts from your subjective enjoyment of the card, that's a good enough reason not to buy it. I guess I'm thinking from...

If you have Kitsa and Reckless Charge or Berserk, you would briefly care about vigilance for the purposes of maximizing your attack. I think vigilance is a reasonable inclusion on this card design. I'll buy a copy of Kitsa. It's 8 lines of text, 37 words, 51 with prowess reminder text. This is...

I haven't put hybrids into cubes yet due to the scarcity of hybrids that I like. If they do a common cycle here and there, this could change. I largely ignore the gold sections of new sets, because they're gentally more wordy and fit into less decks. But hybrid cards could become very...

Insatiable Frugivore If they're gonna do food humor, this is more my style. This is pretty damned funny.

I really like how this set is using green's mana production abilities to fuel a lot of mana sinks. In this case, mana sinks includes using the pseudo-blink theme and recasting ETB creatures. Ramping into fatties doesn't have to be the only use of green's mana. Stickytongue SentinelMistbreath...

As I go through the full spoiler, I see three generally useful simple artifacts in a row: Heirloom EpicPatchwork BannerShort Bow I'm still keeping an eye out for the perfect modern day Jayemdae Tome for my cubes, so the epic interests me. (I think I recently got the perfect Jalum Tome in...

It's probably hard to figure out how strong to design 2 MV aggro creatures in green. It takes a lot to make them viable in competitive constructed formats.

Dour Port-Mage This type of effect (returning a creature you control to owner's hand) is rare as a repeatable effect. There's Vedalken Mastermind, Crystal Shard, Tolarian Sentinel, Temur Sabertooth... it thins out pretty quickly. Given how stingy they are with this effect, it's a little...

Kitsa, Otterball Elite Holy smokes, that's a strong looter. It's probably too pushed for me, and the last ability is mostly trinket text unless you support spell velocity or storm stuff. But this certainly adds a strong blue two drop for anybody that wants one.

I'm not sure the challenger is quite as busted as that in my cube. I have three colorless equipments plus Ancestral Blade, so that's a possible combo rather than an automatic second card each turn. Otherwise there are a handful of effects that can target it without killing it. But yeah, the...

I like it! I have enough cheap spells and flashback that I might want to find space for this thing. Here's a comparison: Abbot of Keral KeepEmberheart Challenger For those of us that have squinted at the abbot and tried to imagine that it's good, Emberheart Challenger might be an interesting...

Three Tree Scribe This could help me with WG blink and green aggro. Nice.

Ehh... I've had my fill of food puns, lately.

Sure - Here's a Spawn Token file link.

I wouldn't mind being in the list, but I fully expect that my pile of related cards is too rough to get votes. I needed to do more homework. I think it's an entertaining looking pile to glance at, though. A two mana artifact creature makes a good egg. (Mister Gutsy is even better - that was a...

Welcome to RipTideLab! Cloud of Faeries is a really good idea for the egg.

Many of us have some cards that we wish would be reprinted in a certain way. Here's one of mine that I modified and ordered up as a custom. This one is only available as either a brown border or a foil with new art, and I prefer to avoid all of those things. I took the Vintage Master's version...

I hastily completed my Monoskelion cube, so I'm posting this link for posterity. I'm not sad if it can't be included in the voting. In lieu of voting, you can like this post if you think the concerns about mathematical headaches are overblown. https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/30monoskelions