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If it's bolded with unread messages I'll usually go into a Spoilers thread for any discussion on new cards (excluding Unsets, I'm not a fan at all). Otherwise my go-tos are CBS or Single Card Spotlight as the tangents usually lead to good discussion.

They're just kind of boring after a while. There's no challenge if you can just get everything you want all the time. The novelty of it can be fun once in a while, but it's not a very engaging draft or gameplay experience. My whole thing with my cube is to make it such that decisions matter and...

On the topic of fixing, I think the BFZ cycle of lands is severely underrated in how well they supplement an environment where you're looking to push the goals highlighted above. Prairie Stream Sunken Hollow Smoldering Marsh Canopy Vista Cinder Glade In the earliest iterations of my cube the...

I guess I'm just not a fan of his writing or blog posts nowadays. Maybe I've just gotten jaded over the years with how overtly dismissive he's been with certain concerns or questions brought up. I don't go out of my way to check them out, but the snippets I've seen over the last couple of years...

As much as I wasn't a fan of the flavor, Kamigawa Neon Dynasty was definitely a hit in terms of gameplay. Far and away the best set they've released in the last calendar year. Unfortunately Capenna was garbage and the Innistrad sets were lackluster for the most part. I heard Commander Legends...

Spoiler season never ends! After a brief respite with a reprint set in 2XM, we're back at it with Dominaria United coming up in September and we just got our first previews through the stream earlier today. Here are a few of the more interesting cards thus far: Neat card, kind of doing a...

Surprise vertigo is no joke, sidelined my boss for a spell like two years back and I remember lending my arm for her to hold onto as I guided her back to her office. Came out of nowhere and she just needed to get her bearings for a bit, ended up taking 2-3 days off from work. Really makes you...

It's funny that HBO had been trying to look under every rock to find the next GoT when this was just sitting right there. The drama is just as good as anything we got on GoT, they just replaced the medieval fantasy by heaping on an extra helping of family turmoil and voila. It's definitely my...

I kind of rotate my hobbies and get really into different ones for stretches of time, but can also jump in an out of them. I like maintaining a variety of different things to do. Aside from Magic I'd say my big hobbies are basketball (both watching and playing), woodworking, listening to music...

Guilds made the most sense to me from the get-go, clean and easy to remember color schemes that were pretty universal after two Ravnica blocks. Shards took a bit longer since I wasn't playing back then but I understood it with enough exposure to Modern. Finally wedges filled in a gap that...

This set looks to be mostly a bust for me. I'm sure there's one or two cards I've overlooked, but on first glance this has pretty meager offerings and I can't think of anything I'd want to add. Even AFR had an auto-include for me in Portable Hole, then Blue Dragon + Teleportation Circle on 2nd...

Adeline is definitely the strongest, especially if you run Champion of the Parish and Thalia's Lieutenant in your cube. Free buffs by generating human tokens is nasty and then it can be ready to attack as something like 5-6 power creature on T4 after deployment. Being able to create tokens on...

I feel like Falkenrath still fills that niche as the B/R finisher of choice with the haste and evasion stapled on. Being able to put in a hasty 4-5 damage while curving out, especially after setting up engines for reach ala Blood Artist and Zulaport Cutthroat, is so big to that death by a...

This seller sucks. At least apologize for not following through on the request and putting it off for months. Like yeah, it's unfortunate that your dog died, but that has nothing to do with the job you were paid to complete. Four months ago. Unfortunately not much you can do or and it doesn't...

I have finally finished my playthrough of Elden Ring. Took my time with it after that initial launch weekend and spent a lot of time just finishing up as many side quests as I could while advancing through the story. Clocked about 165ish hours by the end. This was simply the best game I've ever...

Card seems great for Aggressive R/B decks, I'm not as sold on it as a generically powerful walker which is why I like it as a gold inclusion in my cube. You really need to be able to continue applying pressure through other means if you play this on curve. 4 damage isn't chump change, but it's...

Yes, I'm in full agreement that value condensation is the biggest issue with Magic design nowadays. There is just so much bang for your buck when it comes to individual cards. The pendulum has swung so far in the direction of easily generating value just for doing things that you'd already want...

Otherwise it would fall off once the enchanted creature or planeswalker turns into a Clue.

I think edict wise I'm down to the following: Liliana of the Veil Ranke, Master of Pranks Braids, Cabal Minion Innocent Blood Chainer's Edict Including Stax pieces just because they fit the mold despite not being straight up removal. I still like all these effects for their various utility...

I'm sure there will be a few others that crop up with stories in coming weeks, but I've only got one main cube inclusion for now: I've found defining the differences between blends of Aggro to be a little challenging over the years, but I think I'm finally getting to the point where you can...