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Their development process is just really screwed when it comes to these direct to "eternal" sets. Both of those definitely should have been realized right in the middle of development. I don't know what their testing pipeline is nowadays (it was pretty shit back when they'd give more insight...

Familiarity with cards matter a lot, especially for players who may not be as engaged with Magic as a whole as they once were. New mechanics are always tough to process if they haven't been done before, there are whole ass mechanics now that require additional tracking (Dungeons are especially...

I'd go Shoreline. Does the same thing as il-Kor as the baseline, can just become straight up card draw if the game drags further. Very easy to understand with Threshold being one of the more straightforward classic mechanics. I'm out on Malcolm because too much text and random counters are...

I've got to get around to a combined MH3/Bloomburrow update for my cube sometime in the next month or two after thoroughly going through both sets, mostly been picking up stuff for EDH in the short term, but there are two cards I'm definitely adding from Bloomburrow after my first review...

More food support is always nice, anything to make Wicked Wolf that much more playable. I really love the gameplay from that card.

My thoughts exactly. The only DFC cards left once I make that swap will be Fable of the Mirror-Breaker and Kytheon, Hero of Akros.

Eh not a fan of some of the aesthetic choices here but it's whatever. I just pick and choose what I like depending on card functionality and art and then just ignore the rest. It is weird how contemporary this set feels almost to where the lines between UB and actual Magic sets are starting to...

Champion of the Parish Thassa's Oracle Urza, Lord High Artificer Thassa, Deep-Dwelling Jace, The Mind Sculptor Braids, Cabal Minion Living Death Goblin Welder Daretti, Scrap Savant Titania, Protector of Argoth Birthing Pod The Gitrog Monster Winota, Joiner of Forces Kess, Dissident Mage Yorion...

Yeah, I'm feeling this more in something like a B/G or U/B deck than anything aggressive. It cannibalizes too much of what makes B/x Aggro compelling to really work in that shell. Looks like a cool card for Constructed if you get to pair it somehow with Dragon's Rage Channeler in some kind of...

I guess if the new Goyf averages out to being a 2/3 then that's definitely good enough as just a beater for 1 mana, but tracking you own graveyard is just so much more limited in explosive scalability early in the game. And I'm not sure I'd want to cannibalize my own graveyard if I've got...

It's like the polar opposite of everything I'd want in my cube. Such a chore to read through and so unnecessarily complex. If it's a Kaladesh cube with energy go buck wild but I wouldn't touch that with a ten foot pole.

My cube isn't so focused on exploring new mechanics and trying to make it work like it used to as much as it is just refining existing archetypes and branching out with more synergy whenever possible. I just don't think I have as many flex spots available for swaps 10+ years in. For that reason...

I agree with y'all that the Hydra is definitely less scalable and impressive than Shivan Devastator, I think that's just one of the cleanest designs in years, but the treasures left behind aren't just trinket text. Depends on the Gx deck, but if they have their share of beef to trot out at 4 or...

This card is awesome. Bridging Landfall and +1/+1 counters themes, is early enough in the curve that it can be used to set up bigger plays down the line, and it can even function as a mana sink later in the game.

Theoretically yes, but I don't think I've ever activated it in nearly a decade. The drain off attack triggers is usually enough to push through the last bits of damage, especially if you have recursive aggro beaters ala Bloodsoaked Champion or Gravecrawler where it's cheap to deploy again.

Maul of the Skyclaves Just an excellent piece of equipment to push through that extra bit of damage and put the opponent in the danger zone once the ground gets clogged up and your wide board of little guys isn't as effective. Sometimes all it takes is one additional hit before you're in...

Champion of the Parish The GOAT. Changes sequencing decisions, makes you keep an eye out for humans up the curve when you draft, and it's so simple because almost every other decent aggressive creature is a human nowadays. Run a Champ or two in your list, make a few swaps up the curve where you...

I agree with you that it's not revolutionary or particularly unique, but I definitely disagree that EDH stigma isn't holding back certain cube designers from embracing design with a similar approach. I've seen more weird hate boners for that format and anything to do with it on cube forums and...

Yeah, I didn't claim it as anything revolutionary or particularly amazing, but I could see how it could be a newer approach to some cube designers if they weren't used to building or evaluating cards in that way. Not really a common sticking point here, but in other places it's definitely not...

There's not much to really share. When people build EDH decks they usually focus upon individual cards with effects that interest them (usually commanders) and branch out from there with interactions and synergies as they build out the rest of that deck. The difference between there and cube...