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Feather requires just so much extra leg work to get going. Neat card, but I don't think it's worth running a whole suite of cards that you'd otherwise be ignoring at a given power level. I think Winota is the cleanest and most efficient Boros card available right now. Clear signpost in draft...

I still pick up cards if they're at an alright price point and I want them. There's no rush in picking up cards now, aside from EDH which I still get to play via webcam. Not against proxying at all, but I just prefer to have the physical cards in my cube/decks.

Personally I prefer Wrenn and Six of all those options on a pure power level, but I think Radha is better if you're trying to smooth out draws in that archetype. They just provide you with different things. W6 will help you grind out a game, Radha seems like she'd be more proactive by giving you...

I've only got a handful of cards this time around: I like the Lieutenant's ability to slot into a handful of different archetypes and also serve as a form of pseudo-wrath protection. Relevant creature type, decent body, and great synergies to exploit. Slots right into decks that use...

Never was a fan of the Snapcaster promo, but it looks WAY better in that old frame. Hell, most cards do.

I've been thinking about the implementation of a Dimir Saboteur-lite archetype with so many more bounce spells in cube nowadays and thought a great intersection would work with Ninjas. Added Ninja of the Deep Hours and Mist-Syndicate Naga recently after reading so many good things about them...

Flamespeaker always read MUCH better than it actually played. The dream is to generate card advantage repeatedly, but the reality is that this gets blocked all day long by many cards in the 3 CMC+ range. It will hardly ever do anything on its own, but there are cute lines that can be opened up...

This guy is dope: Good aggressive body, relevant typing, and he plays super well with recursive aggro and aristocrat style decks. Carrion Feeder + Gravecrawler + flashing out this guy to refuel your hand sounds like a fun time.

Showcase frame for that vanilla 7/3 is lowkey hilarious. What a waste.

I think Obsessive Stitcher is a fine card to integrate themes in a tidy package, but the turn-off to me (aside from power level for my environment) is how in your face it is. Cryptbreaker opens up lines of play and causes you to re-evaluate how to maximize its impact, this clearly points out...

Thalia, Heretic Cathar I've loved her ever since she was first printed. The disruptive ability against greedier manabases has been very relevant in matches, she keeps the window open for attacking by tapping down creatures when they ETB on the other side of the field, and that 3/2 body with...

That's fair. I guess I'm considering the base body more highly as well. The dog is only good as insurance for another creature since a 1/1 isn't doing much proactively, Bodyguard lets you chip in early for 2 damage if it ends up being your only early drop in hand, turns into protection for...

I like Bodyguard way more because of the Human subtype and 2/1 body which make it relevant with other cards. A 1/1 is kind of anemic by comparison. If they print enough cards to where dogs are a thing that matter in Cube, then great for people who want to add this, but good doggo memes don't...

I'm ehhh on the pro-multicolor trinket text, but I like the rest of it. Cool card that has a blend of counters and token interactions + pseudo-wrath insurance. Also a human to boot, so you get some nasty stuff with Champion of the Parish and Thalia's Lieutenant. Curving into it in GW Midrange is...

I definitely don't agree that Najeela is weaker, in fact I think she's the strongest Rabblemaster variant. It's not as potent a base body as Rabblemaster once it starts swinging with buddies, but she can get going as soon as she hits the board off triggers from other creatures as Onder pointed...

Oh damn it, I just had a copy of Yorion arrive yesterday and completely glossed over that fact. I really dislike having confusing cards in my cube and while most of my drafters are experienced, this is still an annoying thing to clarify and correct before playing. I'm going to have to pick up a...

I'm thoroughly disappointed in the lack of full frontal nudity. Make Magic great again, bring back Clergy en-Vec!

Manticore looks straight out of the Questing Beast school of design. Yuck.

Alright I dig this one: Instant speed activations will be obnoxious at higher loyalty, but I think the +1 and -3 template will keep this one safe for most cubes. I dig the design, not sure if can find a spot for it though. Things are going well with Mu Yanling, Sky Dancer and I don't wanna...

I remember seeing this thread when I first joined up and trying out some basic implementation in my first drafts of my cube, but they didn't really work out all that well. Lifegain was a hard theme to really develop at a higher power level and there weren't a whole lot of enablers that could...