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I mean, the first part of the statement sounds like magic, but not anything regarding the design. Unless you're playing a really bad starter deck, Magic games are not on auto-pilot. Even super linear strategies like Boros burn in modern have more options and more complexity than most Hearthstone...

So, Throne of Eldrane is right around the corner, and I would like to predict the color of the new Planeswalker Oko: Here's his story description ripped from the MTGS wiki: So that's... interesting. In addition... So... he turns Garruk into his dog??!! That seems really, really cool. So...

Hipsters of the Coast has only marginally more journalistic integrity than Unsleeved Media did back when he was terrorizing the Magic community. The opinions argued on that site shouldn't be given much weight. As for Owen Turtenwald... Who cares? He's not even playing Magic again. Obviously...

I think we need to subscribe to the Hank Green philosophy and run our potential names in front of a focus group of 12-year olds so that they can come up with all the worst insults for us. Actually, there's a lot of good naming tips in here.

Backdraft Hellkite looks really fun. Fledgling Dragon looks like the type of card that players would ignore because it looks weak without considering the other synergies in the cube. I almost suggested Territorial Hellkite, but he hits really hard and has haste. He might be a little too...

Ok, even excusing the fact that in current American culture naming a boy Anne would probably get them bullied at school, it's still not something I'd want to name my hypothetical kid regardless of gender. Like, it's not a bad name, but it's pretty basic. I'm a big fan of the name Scarlett for...

Zurgo Bellstriker is actually kind of sweet. I completely forgot this card existed.

Yeah... If I named my theoretical son Anne or Thijmen, he'd get bullied. I think we should all just agree that all boys names are terrible except for...

The body isn't good, but I think this card is more of a combo-engine enabler than a generic value creature. You can get a lot of value out of this guy if you build your deck around him.

Why would I tag Brushwagg when I was clearly trying to talk about Elspeth? Like Daan, Bram, and Sem? Those are only marginally better than Larry...

They're definitely both cards that have terrific ceilings. It's just that the floor on them is kind of meh. Unless I were in a very specific deck, I'd probably want a Thunderbreak Regent before needletooth or hound unless I already had a shell to make them work.

That's ultimately the problem with control magic effects. 4-5 mana is too cheap of a cost to steal something, 6+ mana is usually too late in the game to be really impactful. There's no good middle ground cost wise... ...hence why I Lay Claim. The cycling fixes the issue of having a dead card...

I'm a big fan of Thunderbreak Regent, although it would probably be your second best red 4 in a way which is not favorable towards the bottom two. I like it as a burn finisher a lot though. Keiga seems like she could be very annoying. I'm a bigger fan of Icefall Regent for my blue dragon, since...

I actually don't hate Jace as a boy's name. Side tangent- Boys names usually either suck or shorten to something that sucks. Why would I want to name my kid Lawrence if everyone is going to call him "Larry?" I guess you could go with the "Italian Option" and call your kid Lorenzo (or the...

This is looking really good so far!! I would recommend adding a couple more dragons to the cube to facilitate Sarkhan Unbroken a little bit better. Right now, you're only running 4 dragons, 2 of which are not in the Temur shard. That works for Kaalia, Zenith Seeker (especially since she can...

I just started another semester at College today and one of my classmates is named Elspeth.

It isn't against aggro but it is against midrange. The cycling is for matchups where 7 Mana is too much.

I think it's less powerful than a raw Control Magic effect, but a little bit better than Threads of Disloyalty or Domestication. I like Lay Claim for my "steal slot." Lay Claim is nice because 7 mana is a pretty fair price to steal something, but cycling means it doesn't get caught in hand...

Blood Sun This card seems interesting in a bounceland format with creature lands. It is able to make your bounce lands better, while shutting down opposing threats. I don't think this card is good, but being a cantrip in red that also can help ramp that also can be good against control and...

I like this card from that Rail War set you guys were talking about a couple months ago: