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Do you really need 10 cards of a similar power level though? I think balancing ratios are fine if that's like an aesthetic thing, but I just don't think that should even be on the radar when it comes to balancing and developing a good environment. Keeping your numbers nice and clean should be...

Not a fan of Vortex at all. If your aggro section really needs that big of a boost, I'd look into reforming the archetype as a whole and really see what isn't working. I just don't think this card is a good solution to any problem being so narrow and powerful in only one particular deck...

Right? I remember people losing their minds over where to classify Nature's Chant in other places of cube discussion and I'm just like this is entirely too much focus on a Naturalize. Literally no one will notice (and not a single one will care) that you have 1 more card of a given color than...

I'm not a big fan of Hearthstone from the little I've seen of it. It just doesn't have the strategic depth to keep me engaged, I'm not the biggest fan of online platforms for card games, and I really don't care for any of the aesthetics of the game. Also Owen Turtenwald is a dipshit. He was a...

I think the best exercise when coming up with potential names for your kid would be to come up with a list of names you like and then one by one go through them and think of the dumbest insult you can. Because other shittier kids will definitely pick up the lowest hanging fruit from that tree...

I think he's just a stat monster and he's obviously pushed for multiplayer. I guess it's cool if you aren't playing any cool cards in Naya, but then I'd ask why you haven't submitted to Zacama, Primal Calamity yet? It's a three-headed dinoasur that smashes face and does other stuff too. The one...

Great call, I remember giving him a brief run last year when the commander set came out alongside that version of Saheeli, but it didn't quite get there. I completely forgot to revisit him when working this back into the cube. Didn't even cross my mind, but he seems insane if you can curve a...

Archetype Spotlight: Blue Red Artifacts (Midrange/Combo) Hey guys! It's been a while since I've done an in-depth primer (almost 3 years, wow) but I've been having a lot of fun with implementing and tweaking an artifacts archetype into my cube environment over the last two months and figured...

I've just gone over the entire spoiler list of new cards and I think the only cares interested in are: Chainer is a really interesting card, I could see some cool interactions with Gravecrawlers and any additional reanimation you might want to do beyond its activated ability. The only...

I only play Blast Zone from that list of cards in my main cube, the rest of those are too low impact or slow and I didn't really want to add them to my ULD set-up. Blast Zone has such little commitment for great utility and I thought it was well worth main cube inclusion. It does a little too...

I haven't seen Titania and Wildfire assembled yet as the Wildfire package was a recent addition, but seeing as my cube is at 420 so you miss out on 60 cards every session (even more when we cube with less than 8) I don't see it coming together all the time unless my savvier drafters begin to...

Go For the Throat > Cast Down > Ultimate Price > Smother > Murderous Compulsion

I'd go with Corpse Knight. The big thing when it comes to that archetype is get in your chip damage whenever possible via evasion or drain triggers and to keep the pressure on your opponent. Triggering off ETB gives you some sweet plays you can make with things like Gravecrawler or Bloodsoaked...

I'd probably cube Doomed Artisan at 1W but the 3cmc slot in white is so stacked. Sweet design though.

Durdling just for the sake of durdling is not really my jam when it comes to cube since you're just holding up the next round from progressing. I'd much rather have cards that actively push the game towards a conclusion than prolong it too far. Semi-durdly engines are fine as long as they're...

She's a strong finisher in Red, about on par with Inferno Titan in terms of board impact. 6 hasty power per turn closes out the game quickly after following up a mini-wrath to wipe most of the board. I like her better than the Titan because there are less ways to abuse her or cheat her out into...

I wouldn't cube either at my power level, but Reclamation is more enticing than Deathreap by far. For most cube matches, you want your bang for your buck right away with card draw effects. It's part of why something like Phyrexian Arena doesn't see a whole lot of play in a bunch of lists but...

Garruk Wildspeaker is one of the most well-designed planeswalkers of all time. He does everything you want in green by providing you ramp, a sizable body to protect itself, and can also represent a win-con with the Overrun ability. I much prefer him over the other options listed but I'm also...

I was on vacation this past week near Yosemite visiting the national park, going on a backpacking trip for a few days, and also hanging out in a cabin with a handful of friends of mine from my college days. It was a pretty sweet week and one of the best parts was that I got to play a lot of...

I'm a week late, just got back from a camping trip, but I will vouch for this after running two cube drafts at a cabin with some friends over this week. That card is amazing. I will be doing an in-depth cube report sometime this week and I'm definitely going in on this because the card is...