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  1. shamizy

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    I don't know if you've had more success with it, but this card has always been a trap to me. I haven't tried it in cube but I've desperately tried to make it work in EDH after it came out for months and it was always just awkward. The dream is being able to use multiple artifacts to power out...
  2. shamizy

    Card/Deck Low Power Card Spotlight

    I remember reading up on one of Dom's posts on Devastating Dreams a while back but it completely slipped my mind for a long time. Now I'm just drooling over the idea of shooting off a T4 Dreams for 2 after deploying Rielle, the Everwise on the play and reloading. Gonna order one later tonight...
  3. shamizy

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    Yeah, that was the initial conclusion I had when the card was spoiled. I'm mostly looking for cross-archetype pollination with more ways to generate artifacts in green but there aren't really a whole lot of good options for me. I'll just wait for Green to get some more higher powered artifact...
  4. shamizy

    Sets [M21] M21 Previews!

    I really need to see what the base P/T is on the card, but when I think of Vito and Brutal Hordechief I get butterflies in my stomach.
  5. shamizy

    Sets [M21] M21 Previews!

    Baneslayer isn't going to be anything more than a sideboard card. That's just where we're at design-wise, I'm not sure she'll even make a dent as far as Constructed goes. Pretty sad place to be.
  6. shamizy

    Sets [M21] M21 Previews!

    This is one of the most hateful aggro cards I've ever seen: This hurts me deeply in my Recursive Aggro loving soul.
  7. shamizy

    General Fight Club

    I prefer Judith. More relevant creature type, less annoying to keep track of triggers since it's only your own, doesn't require an explicit sacrifice action to trigger (just works through normal creature death) and I've found that anthems on bodies are incredibly underrated over the years...
  8. shamizy

    General CBS

    Wizards had the golden opportunity to update Young Pyromancer art to something superior with Chandra Spellbook but didn't take it. What a shame. Still, this looks like a great lineup: I am a huge fan of the border for these though, these are gonna have some popping foils.
  9. shamizy

    General Battlecruiser/dragon cube theory

    Off the top of my head I think these are good starting points commander-wise: Ilharg, the Raze-Boar Etali, Primal Storm Goreclaw, Terror of Qal Sisma Zacama, Primal Calamity Maelstrom Wanderer Rakdos, Lord of Riots Samut, Voice of Dissent Mayael the Anima Karametra, God of Harvests Xenagos...
  10. shamizy

    General Battlecruiser/dragon cube theory

    I think a good place to pick up ideas for uncommon options would be something like browsing popular EDH decks for Timmy commanders on EDHREC. A lot of good stuff in there to work off especially since you'd be referencing a format that lends itself to a more battlecruiser-y playstyle in the first...
  11. shamizy

    General Embrace the Chaos / Cube Occasionals

    I agree with your premise, this is a very succinct summation of many of the thoughts I've had on cube for years. Might just be some extra thoughts I've had on my mind with recent threads and discussion over on r/mtgcube, but might as well flesh them out here. Save myself a potential future...
  12. shamizy

    General Companions, Yay or nay?

    This should help a ton for other constructed formats, don't really think it matters for Cube. The ones that were interesting (like Yorion or Lurrus) are still good enough to include, the ones that were only attractive as a free 8th card probably weren't worth a cube slot in the first place.
  13. shamizy

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    Oh dude, Retrofitter Foundry is actually insane. When it's part of a deck that can take full advantage it generates so much play. I successfully ran it in a U/R Artifacts shell and another one of my buddies had success with in a kind of B/W tokens deck. It's just a really really good card in...
  14. shamizy

    General +1/+1 counters in 2020

    I'd say for me it's more centered in Green with some stuff in other colors and real payoffs in U/G. All of the cards in my cube that currently have any interaction(s) with +1/+1 counters are: Thalia's Lieutenant Mikaeus, the Lunarch Angel of Invention Heliod, Sun-Crowned Carrion Feeder Woe...
  15. shamizy

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    Thoughts on... Oviya Pashiri, Sage Lifecrafter I'm trying to find more cross archetype overlap cards for my cube and I've had this one on the sidelines for a few years now. Never got around to testing it in cube for some reason. How does she actually play? Too slow?
  16. shamizy

    General An auto-pick in synergy's clothing

    I'd say that's the pickle when it comes to this design, right? You can focus primarily on synergies to make lower powered cards shine and create an immersive draft experience that may lack the highs in gameplay due to card complexity, or you can look to cards that have a higher power threshold...
  17. shamizy

    General Companions, Yay or nay?

    I hope they don't wait too long to take action in Standard and Modern. No one is going to be playing in paper for a long time, but it would be super scummy to just let those formats flounder for months just to sell packs before taking action. I'm pretty sure this is exactly what's going to...
  18. shamizy

    General An auto-pick in synergy's clothing

    I think it's a very good card that requires some finessing to maximize the impact. I haven't had nearly as many cube sessions with it, but I have a friend that runs Rankle as his commander and we've been playing a lot of EDH over webcam over the last two months. The sacrifice mode is most...
  19. shamizy

    General An auto-pick in synergy's clothing

    No. But you really should clean out your pantry more often. And buy more granola bars. Thanks.
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