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I can kind of understand why this might be revelatory for cube designers who don't fiddle with other formats beyond Limited, but this is basically just how people have built EDH decks forever. Cool that it's being more readily applied to cube design, but it's funny that the concept of EDH has...

Well I'm back at it with some long awaited updates to my cube as I might be able to fire a full 8-man draft off in the next month or so. It's been a busy 6ish months with just work and other commitments for me personally, but I'm interested in revisiting cube design and seeing what we've got to...

I really hope the lack of reminder text for crime doesn't continue with spoilers for the rest of the set. Such a pain whenever they do this with one-of mechanics that they feature for a set before shelving for years to come. It's not intuitive at all and just another obstacle for players to wade...

With all due respect, I think you're ignoring a fair bit of context. I'm not going oh the sky is falling just because of some short term fallout ala bad Standard or broken mechanics, the issue here is more that I don't believe upper management understands what sustained the game for 30 years to...

I think it's naïve to assume that there won't be format shifting staples coming down the pipeline through these sets given their track record in recent years. Almost every major move has been for short term profits to the detriment of the long term health of this game. They're going to keep...

Mostly an indifference to Magic the last few months. I still loving playing the game, but I just can't be anywhere near as engaged with so much coming out all the time. At some point it just became bloated beyond recognition. I'll glance through the list for a new set and take some mental notes...

Cube started for me as a means to create a re-draftable environment as a (mostly) broke university student back in 2014. I fell back into Magic in 2013, got very interested and invested in the game with my friends, and while we loved the process of drafting it was quite pricey. I learned of Cube...

I'll probably wait a bit and revisit whatever catches on after a month, but after an initial review of the set I don't think there's a single card that fills a need for me. Anything role-related is a pass due to tediousness in paper and there are a few cards that look interesting like Syr...

It's a neat subgame ala Mesmeric Orb. Being able to play it early and get multiple triggers over a game makes it way more attractive than the one-shot from Combustible Gearhulk which always felt very boom or bust. Being able to play this in something like a U/B Reanimator shell where you can...

Definitely a neat card if there is a G/x Artifacts slant in the cube. It can get big in a hurry, but unlike Teething Wurmlet at 1 there is a lot more competition at the 2 drop slot for green decks. For me this would be competing with Gala Greeters, but without a critical mass of enchantments in...

I'm hoping for some decent food support to make Wicked Wolf's ability not just flavor text. It's a real clean design and I loved how it played during Eldraine limited, but only having Gilded Goose for so long (mostly because Oko is bullshit) made it trinket text.

I strongly disagree with the notion that Horizons sets have been good for the game as a whole. They've pretty much killed non-rotating format interest in paper by introducing insane power creep and an artificial rotation cycle that only appeals to those deep into the hobby. Obviously can't speak...

The gall to up the price to $85 (excuse me what the fuck) for a shitty pre-con is far more egregious to me than the lack of Eldrazi (which is also pretty bad). Before they went off on this everything is Commander all the time bullshit I was absolutely the target audience for the yearly pre-con...

Too many spoilers has drained my enthusiasm for Magic in the last month or so. I'm probably not going to tune in much again until the Fall set comes around. It's just too much stuff with no room to breathe in between.

It's mostly a delayed cantrip. You play it early or when you have excess mana, you cash it in if you need to fix or if you're just looking to draw an extra card. I had a bunch of limited games where I would just deploy it early with nothing better to do and sometimes just not even get around to...

I mean the set isn't even technically out yet and there's no decent draft set coming out for a while (Commander Masters will likely be a trash draft format like every other Commander set) so I would expect Nazgul to fall in value pretty quickly. There is going to be a lot of the set opened with...

I did the Friday Prerelease and went 3-0 with this neat deck: Ones 1 Haunt of the Dead Marshes 1 Oliphaunt 1 Eagles of the North 1 Ranger's Firebrand 1 Lash of the Balrog Twos 1 Battle-Scarred Goblin 1 Easterling Vanguard 1 Goblin Fireleaper 1 Mauhur, Uruk-hai Captain 1 March from the Black...

Reprieve Stern Scolding Minas Tirith Just 2 cards going into the main cube along with 1 land for the ULD pile. Reprieve and Stern Scolding have obvious homes as supplemental support for existing archetypes with clean designs while Minas Tirith is an interesting land option in W for the ULD...

True, but it's still a lot of information for a player to process if they aren't familiar with the environment. At least with EDH it's your own deck that you have prior experience with. There will be a lot of crazy stuff and interactions aplenty in a 4 player game, but at least you'll be aware...

Managing complexity, maximizing familiarity with resonant designs and mechanics, and making card choices and decisions with different types of players in mind are the most important to me. My playgroup is full of players who have been with the game for mostly a decade now, but we don't cube in...