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The life side of life/death is pretty underrated in my experience. That said, I’d almost always want at least 1-2 sources of black mana to have the option to cast death what about the eldest reborn

Reanimate targets your opponent’s graveyard as well. It makes it much more versatile and strong

I am. Been here for 10 years! PMs have been slid into :cool:

The return of Extractor Demon has me thinking more about the cards that foster the type of plays and sequences that get me excited to draft a strategy. Many of the cards I'm drawn to challenge you to find ways to utilize them. In the past I ran a lot of these types of cards, and as a result...

I love Tangle Wire, but it paints a pretty big target on your face in multiplayer. Since it's a softer effect that's more a tempo gain it might not be worth the returned fire it brings. I like it a lot in 1v1, because it can buy you valuable time to sneak in with aggressive creatures or give you...

You forgot the OG flicker

Some changes incorporating the thoughts from the other day: Out: Elspeth Conquers Death Caste Ardenvale Archaeomancer Zombie Infestation Braids, Cabal Minion Victimize Heart-Piercer Manticore Ruin Grinder Immolating Gyre Radha, Heart of Keld Borborygmos Enraged Spawning Pit God-Pharoah's Gift...

Small change: Out: Phyrexian Revoker In: Signal Pest I like Revoker, but I don't run a high volume of planeswalkers or autonomously backbreaking permanents. Most cards in my cube rely on other cards to be good. There's no Survival of the Fittest or Recurring Nightmare and there's not a lot...

I can understand your rationale. For now, I really like the duo of the Mage and Emry asserting the trinkets subtheme in blue. There's some overlap between the two, but Emry requires a certain volume of artifacts in your deck unlike the Mage. Decks that only have a small toolbox of key artifacts...

I love Yidaro. It’s pretty indispensable in my cube alongside cards like Sneak Attack, Oath of Druids, and See the Unwritten In general, I really like Yidaro in ramp and control decks. I don’t care about the free cast so much. It’s just nice to cycle away in the early game when you need other...

Currently at 384 so I’m just posting here. I run 40 fixing lands and 14 “Utility” lands. I run 57 artifacts with colorless casting cost for context.

That’s a great point. What I didn’t say was that I was considering including borrower alongside Venser, Shaper Savant. Venser can do some cute things like returns itself like Kor Skyfisher for things like Welcoming Vampire, but also remands a spell or bounces lands…which is brutal with blink...

I've never thought highly of skirge tbh, is it any good? It is pretty saucy with Cranial Plating and Nettlecyst….but seems pretty underwhelming otherwise. I’m pretty sure I’m going to give borrower a go in place of Barrin, Tolarian Archemage. But I’m not sure how it promotes creature fall? I...

Yeah, you are right. That said, it’s never felt quite right when I’ve tried to run it in the past. SFM would likely outshine Trinket Mage/Emry in a tempo build making blue’s contributions less appealing….when the goal is to incentivize leaning into blue. If I raised the power level of my cube...

I've been thinking some more about Azorius Tempo. I definitely have most of the basic components to support a functional tempo deck, but I think it could use some small tweaks to really bring it together. I'm trying to think of how to clarify the archetype so this will be a bit of a ramble...

Sorry for the double-post, but I wanted to add my Crimson Vow updates: Out: Militia Bugler Emeria Angel Cleansing Nova In: Welcoming Vampire Cemetery Protector By Invitation Only Welcoming Vampire: I was debating whether I wanted to run both this and Bygone Bishop, but I think I like both...

Made a few pre-draft changes: We got a 8-person cube night in on Monday. I followed @TrainmasterGT 's suggestion of running 384 cards and 3x16 packs. I realize that I'm not cubing often enough to be worried about variance, and wanted every card to have a chance to make an appearance. This...

I imagine that the devil would go to work in multiplayer It’s just a little more to keep track of than Judith

I find the devil has a wider range of applications. Judith is better at the aristocrats strategy, but the Devil also counts what your opponent does...so there's a punisher quality. I love Devil in my Rakdos section, because there's a lot of land sacrifice and welder shenanigans going on in...

There’s winding way as well