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We've been talking a lot about various aggro decks, but the important thing to remember is that there is only one king of Aggro: Bobggro!

Agree with Blacksmithy about Channeler. I would agree Champion is a fine cut as well, although I think Mulldrifter is also pretty dopey in multiplayer. The one card I wouldn't cut here is Ethereal Investigator because this is a Cube where it can actually provide its full value.

It's hard enough to do in most Cube formats that it's basically EDH mana. Additionally, it definitely has EDH defense!

Even some of those are fine if you can cast and/or flip them. Invasion of Alara is kind of busted!

You took the words right out of my mouth! Also, you must remember Swaggro, the Aggro deck that plays Thragtusk.

Key takeaway from the past couple of days: Born of the Gods is a superior set compared to March of the Machine: The Aftermath.

I think it's probably the "downside" of losing 1 life every turn. Many players can't get past downside abilities unless they've already been taught the card is good. Herald is fine, but it's not such a slam dunk that people who have never played with it will look past the life loss trigger.

I think this card is good enough that I would hesitate to put it in the "low power" card spotlight. I think this card is fantastic!

I agree! This is a very fun 3//5 drop.

I understand this concern, although I don't think it's something you have to worry too much about. Emry is very frail, to the point where a stiff breeze is a formidable opponent for her to face. I think if a player is able to assemble some sort of value loop with her, it should be easy enough to...

I'm a big fan of this cycle! It does suck a little bit that the Black one cares about mana value and not card types, but the White and Green ones are definitely promising.

All my homies roll with Herald of Torment Herald of Torment

Wow, I don't remember this at all. Granted, I think I was mostly just paying attention to this area of the Cube community at the time, and I don't think we thought the set was weak! I agree. Like I said, I think a lot of the problems from this time period were a function of a new play design...

I think you're 100% on the money here! Stuff like Grim Flayer can act as an extra "Tarmogoyf" while giving more incentives for people to play artifacts outside of the dedicated artifact pile decks. Other Delirium cards can also help to get people going in an artifact-y direction. I'm a little...

I think Network is a bit boring. It can definitely win a game of limited, but it's more fun when it's a niche card instead of something you're building a deck around. Emry, by contrast, leads to some really fun divergent play patterns depending on what's in the Cube with her. I like Emry more...

For what it’s worth, WOTC basically got the adventure cards right on the first try. They were a little problematic in standard (thanks overtuned limited support cards!), but as a whole they aren’t broken. It just takes a long time to get the balance on Adventures correct because there are so...

Abzan Antiquities Abzan isn't going to be going particularly deep into the artifact theme. Black has basically no room for artifacts matter cards, and Green doesn't really doesn't need the extra archetype. White, by contrast, is going to be getting a little bit of artifact support, hopefully...

Laughs in Gyruda Combo, Yorion Piles, and literally every deck with Lurrus.

Yeah turns out making Mutate work took a lot of time away from playtesting the Companions. I believe Mark Rosewater's #1 takeaway from designing Ikoria is that the design team shouldn't put two mechanics that are incredibly difficult to balance in the same set.

Like @LadyMapi said, each word in "a bunch of novel things all at once" was hyperlinked to a different card. Specifically: Hogaak, Arisen Necropolis Brazen Borrower Uro, Titan of Nature's Wrath Pouncing Shoreshark Lurrus of the Dream-Den Basically I was saying that the last time they really...