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The other thing worth remembering is that getting too specific with your archetypes can lead to a format with tons of different cards that just don't jive together. I've been doing most of my design experiments under the premise that every card must either enable a specific archetype (i.e. Drake...

I like that ratio a lot.

There is no shame in losing to a control finisher. They are literally designed to be played in control. (Also, I forgot to mention Approach of the Second Sun.) My current list doesn't really reflect what I have on CT, but I have a couple of U/B cycle decks. These are more Midrange/tempo...

I've definitely been considering giving this a try. It plays well with both Graveyard strategies and +1/+1 counter strategies, all without feeling super oppressive. It can't kill itself in conjunction with Hardened Scales, too.

You have two options: -Reduce the number of control cards in your cube (or reduce the power level of control cards). -Give control decks more interesting gameplans/mirror breakers. For example, you could add a big boy like Nezahal, Primal Tide or Pearl Lake Ancient, both of which are control...

I get that, but these seem more "fine in a lackluster way" than "fine in a solid way" like last year's decks. I think they could have done better.

So... WOTC just released the new challenger deck decklists today they're ok I guess, and they had a couple of surprise inclusions from a reprint perspective, but I was more surprised by what was left out. The mono-white deck was missing Venerated Loxodon and was too short on legion's landing...

As long as it doesn't immediately die when it comes in to play, I think this is serviceable in your list. I don't think your removal is efficient enough to make this a bad rate for a creature, and I think your size to cmc ratio looks approximately correct to support this.

So a Sleight of Hand effect instead of a straight draw effect?

I like Thraben Inspector and even Revitalize (in some decks) when looking at that type of card.

It seems super slow.

You're all forgetting the best way to get rid of pact.

White Filtering should just look like Crack the Case without the "sacrifice clues to draw" clause. Needs to be playable, and usable in decks with synergies with it, but it doesn't need to be Preordain.

My lack of culture is showing...

Why is designing a set with answers for a theme in mind terrifying?

I'm not sure who this "Dominic Harvey" character is, but he sounds like his profile picture would be some sort of owl or something...

I mean I guess, but thats really more of a synergy than the basis for an entire archetype. I don't think this is a bad idea for a deck, it's just not the right color pair to be viable. Vedalken Shackles would allow for some of the Sacrifice-specific cards to be used in a U/B control deck, but...

I really see no reason to try this as a U/B archetype. The U steal effects cost too much for it to be worth sacrificing the creature after the fact. As these two have previously echoed, R/B is a good place to use the "steal n' sac" archetype. Ravnic has used this archetype to great effect in...

I think part of the reason why planeswalkers suck so much in limited is because they provide so much value. The "swinginess" of walkers is greatly reduced when everyone gets to play with them. Plus, I'm sure we'll have more Heroes Downfall and Bramblecrush effects in this set. There is no way...

How about Bees? You like Jazz?