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Great topic. As mentioned earlier in this thread, auto-picks are 100% relative to the power level of a given environment. What some of you have listed are cards that have been very good in my cube, but I've never really seen them as being all that problematic as far as synergies are concerned...

I'd say card density is absolutely one of the key factors when I'm evaluating cards for inclusion. I love introduces nuanced interactions and various avenue for my drafters and I get excited when I see them come to life in an actual draft. Finding greater utility for cards and multiple...

Drafted Onder's cube, went with a RW Aggro deck: Ones 1 Giant Killer 1 Dauntless Bodyguard 1 Goblin Guide 1 Figure of Destiny 1 Hero of the Pride 1 Thwart Attack 1 Reckless Charge Twos 1 Dreadhorde Arcanist 1 Tithe Taker 1 Skyknight Vanguard 1 Cartographer's Hawk 1 Honored Crop-Captain 1...

I remember when I first began cubing that Elspeth, Knight-Errant was one of the more powerful walkers available in the format and could straight up dominate games in multiple archetypes. Elspeth, Knight-Errant With current design, do you think she's still at that same power level or that the...

After a period of malaise when it came to cube design, and the fact that I woke up for some reason at 6AM this morning when I don't have work until 10:15AM, I've become reinspired to post a detailed write up and I'm going to focus on two cards I love from Ikoria that you should take a look at...

I'm just excited to see real cubes put together by enthusiasts finally getting the spotlight. The MTGO cubes were... lacking to say the least. I don't play Magic digitally so I'll never actually get to play either of your offerings, but I'm glad to see so many people having a good time with it...

The first rule of Riptide Lab is: You do not talk about Riptide Lab. The second rule of Riptide Lab is: You do not talk about Riptide Lab. Third rule of Riptide Lab: Someone yells "Tempo!", goes on a tangent, taps out, the discussion is over. Fourth rule: Only two to three cards to a fight.

I think it's only a matter of time before CC catches up as far as draft AI is concerned. Early on my cube was way too easy to draft, but I think the bots are start to catch on as far as fixing is concerned as I can't really wheel a dual land all that often anymore. I'd give it a few months...

Unfortunately I don't have a cube report for you guys with current COVID conditions, but I figured now was as good a time as any to get to reviewing some Cube supplies that I picked up last year and have been using for a while now. Specifically I picked up the CardBearer carrying set and...

Are you looking for a discard outlet with extra play to it or an aggressive flyer? Heir is better in generic aggro decks pushing through that guaranteed 3 damage in the air, Prowler checks off more boxes in terms of utility serving as a multiple use discard outlet. For a purely aggressive 2...

Bellower doesn't trample though, he just gets chumped forever. Prime Time can actively end games by pushing through damage and thinning your deck of extra unnecessary land draws. Bellower is very mediocre unless it's fetching up an impact 3 drop.

Oh that's my bad, I wasn't trying to say that FIRE is to blame for issues since 2017. I had moved over that section from a different part of that reply before posting to avoid repeating myself, might have been a little confusing. Those were entirely other problems in R&D stemming from a lack of...

Oh I'm not saying that FIRE is to blame for Standard being terrible in the last few years or even that raising the floor has been the main issue; R&D has had issues with Standard every since 2017. My view is that FIRE has lead to an R&D process where they feel the need to push cards to reach a...

I think FIRE is an issue if it's what allows for format-warping cards to escape notice at lower rarities in the interest of "fun". I'm talking cards like Veil of Summer or Arcum's Astrolabe where they didn't understand the potential impacts of what could happen in other formats. I don't think...

Sure, I'll give you that. Development needs to be fixed because their play design team has been terrible at identifying problem cards and at making the necessary adjustments. However, I'm not willing to give Design a free pass and move blame to the 2nd team since they're the ones that pushed...

It doesn't matter whether the problem arose in design or development; it's all encompassed within whatever their current system is in R&D. I don't know enough about specifics of how things are worked on day to day or passed between various departments, but I do know that their current workflow's...

I think they're a design abomination, the latest failure in this era of FIRE design and development.

Whatever their design/development processes have been in R&D over the last two years need to be drastically revamped. It's one thing to miss things every now and then and warp a format, it's another thing to do so every other set. They clearly never learned the lesson of what a "free" spell is...

Blood Artist > Zulaport > Bastion of Remembrance > Falkenrath Noble. Blood Artist triggering on any creature dying makes it the most powerful, Zulaport being your own creatures makes it weaker but still decent at 2 cmc. 3 cmc is rougher to work with, but the new card has a hard to interact with...

This card is great. It's just a better version of Evolving Wilds in almost every scenario. No T1 play? You can use this to fix your mana. Need to hit your land drops? Just play it as a colorless land. Need more live draws later in the game? Thin your deck with one fewer possible dead draw by...