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Name and type bars have to be grey for hybrids :)

You said to me that you wouldn't read Queen Kayla bin-Kroog, but now you're eyeing planeswalkers with ten lines of text in small font, three different abilities.

I hate it that blue now gets a 2/2 flier with massive upside for it's {1}{U}. Call me a magic boomer, but I think magic was more fun when not all colors would get super efficient creatures at all points of the curve.

No offense, but I think Fumigate is one of the worst designs for wraths. Boardwipes give the control player a way to stabilize by destroying all threats. But they usually leave some hope for the aggro player, who will immediately check opponent's life total and think: okay, I dealt them a bunch...

I wish we would just have a five mana version of Day of Judgement innboth, white and black. But they probably won't do it, because it's so clearly worse than dozens of cards. Maybe, if I'm really lucky, they would make a {3}{W/B}{W/B} version at some point.

The mayhem land is really cool and shows what mayhem can but madness couldn't do. However, it would've to be {G}{U}{R} to make sense in my cube.

This is why I love riptide lab. You ask for opinions on a card and you get a thorough analysis of it in the context of your cube, highlighting cool interactions and such. Wow, thanks! I'd say you get to 6-7 lands in about half of the games - it really depends on the deck though. The reason I...

Languish Two questions: 1. How much worse is this compared to Damnation or Day of Judgment? 2. How much better is it than Earthquake or Black Sun's Zenith? I am considering Languish as my one black boardwipe (in the core cube) but I'm scared it might be too efficient. Straight up four mana...

A goblin with (neo-)madness is a pretty great fit for my cube. This has decent name and art as well, but they had to ruin it with a super uninspiring Spider-Man quote.

It might surprise people that I say this, but I'd go with the more powerful card first. It is more likely to see play and if it turns out to be too much then, you can still replace it with the weaker card. If you add a card that's too strong, you will notice much faster than with a card that's...

Aaand another draft report. I'll keep this one very short. For time reasons. 1. {W}{B} Sacrifice/Blink Midrange 2-0-1 (5-2) Ones 1 soulwarden 1 Faerie Guidemother 1 Ruthless Ripper 1 Giant Killer Twos 1 Cathar Commando 1 Daxos, Blessed by the Sun 1 Reassembling Skeleton 1 Zulaport Cutthroat...

Even with lots of incentives to cast the AKs? Spellslinger payoffs, threshold etc. Even when AKs land in graveyards naturally because there is a lot of self mill and looting and such? Even when you can cheaply exile cards from graveyards (e.g. Delve) to weaken opposing AKs after you've cast...

People, what about a cube that is 10% Accumulated Knowledge? It would be base blue, so everyone is U/x, blue is colorless. Few other ways to generate card advantage. Tempo, control, storm combo, spell slinging, dredge and madness, and a bunch of "exile target card from a gy" effects. And delve...

There is a surprisingly high number of nation leaders that behave like little boys.

I don't expect for the UW-SPM cards to be a cohesive set. I am happy when they find solutions that aren't too silly for each card individually. Considering these typelines, that could be tough, though. Spiders in all colors that mostly don't do spidery things, spider heroes even and worse.

Dude, why are you so allergic to lower power levels?

Do we know when they'll show the arena universes within versions?

Yeah, but be aware that the Guardian will probably get played by any blue deck (can be upside or downside) whereas the kraken will most likely only make certain deck lists (again, up- or downside, depending on what you want).

I like everything you say. All those cards you consider seem appropriate and fun, except ... Massacre Wurm. I don't think that card is very fun if you're mid/lower power level. It can wreck a whole board, is completely one-sided and it can't be overstated how annoying that static ability is even...

M15 border is a crime, though.