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Pretty much you want your aggressive decks to feature more potential lines of play than just what a base 2/1 body would represent. You'll need to include a certain number of these that will only be attractive to aggressive decks, I don't really think there's a good way of getting around that...

It's definitely format dependent. Morphs aren't quite on the power level that I need them to be and the only two I've ever run were Rattleclaw Mystic and Den Protector who have baseline playable bodies unmorphed. The more powerful your environment, the harder it becomes to justify running them...

I'm actually on the opposite side of this debate, I think Ranger-Captain is better that the original. Unless you have variable 1 cost creatures you can pick up and deploy later like Walking Ballista or Mikaeus, the Lunarch, Ranger feels a little lackluster tutoring up 1 drops in the latter...

Drafted Swoopydo's cube, ended up with a solid UB Control list: www.cubetutor.com/cubedeck/1143189[/url]"] Ones 1 Ponder Twos 1 Carrier Thrall 1 Harbinger of the Tides 1 Night's Whisper 1 Remand Threes 1 Forbid 1 Ichor Slick 1 Jhessian Thief 1 Sage of Fables 1 Shadowmage Infiltrator 1...

I would never even consider Recycle personally. Too many hoops to jump through, too slow, and it's not really worth it at all. Beast Whisperer, on the other hand, is just generically good and rewards you for doing things you're already going to be doing in a midrange-y green deck. I'd rather go...

It depends upon the deck. I've played him in aggressive decks higher up the curve at 2W or 3W and in tokens builds for 1W. Anything higher than that has diminishing returns. Pretty much you just want to generate as much value as you can with him early on, whether that be flooding the board with...

I think War is much more powerful than Spy Network. Let's you dig into pieces to increase your artifact count, then two turns later you can turn them all into 5/5 bodies to close the game out. The issue I've seen with Artifact decks in general is the ability to close out the game once they've...

I think this does enough as a 3 mana walker to warrant some testing. I like it as a support walker for more control-y builds, something bridge the gap to the late game. It's not really that strong, but I'm always looking for new blue cards to spice things up in a color that is mostly about...

I really dig this one. Increasing the # of pips in the CC of cards is one of the ways to nudge drafters towards fewer colors and I've been slowly working towards that over the years. This is a great top-end card for Aristocrats, Tokens, and has some cool play to it. Not just a generic ETB kill...

Landwise I'm running double Fetches, single Shocks (except enemy b/c WOTC hates full cycles), Battlelands, and the last cycle is a mix of different types: Celestial Colonnade Creeping Tar Pit Temple of Malice Raging Ravine Horizon Canopy Shambling Vent Nurturing Peatland Waterlogged Grove...

I'd go with Weird. The big thing you want for spells-matter type decks is to start chaining value as soon as you can. The earlier you can get something extra out of the spells you're casting, the better. Fits into more decks, cheaper to cast, and it triggers off more things than the Hound. I...

I'm happy with slim pickings for once. Gives me less to think about when making swaps for MH1 and WAR. I've got a handful of cards I want to try out on my short list thus far:

I'm more burnt out trying to theorycraft things into my cube. I literally haven't had the chance to play with WAR cards yet and by the time I actually do run a draft, I'll have another two sets to work in. It's really difficult to figure out slots and make synergies work when presented with so...

Some nice cards spoiled today: This is a super sweet card for WB aggressive decks. Gives you the reach you need with each ETB emulating an Impact Tremors, has a relevant creature type in Zombie for Gravecrawler shenanigans, and a 2/2 for 2 is a respectable body. I like this as a signpost...

Wait a minute, after re-reading the rare Chandra I think it's actually super sweet. I missed that it cost only 1RR, that the first 0 ability puts a counter on herself (I read other red walkers), and that the elementals it makes are sacrificed and not exiled ala Chandra, Flamecaller. This card is...

I guess we're just going to have a perpetual spoiler season from now on. Three new Chandra's spoiled for Core Set 2020: Smaller ones are cute, big one is an insane finisher. Uncounterable, plus 2 to make an emblem that can stack up, and it goes up to 8 loyalty? This card is very very strong.

MH1 feels like a Cube-lite environment. There are so many cool interactions and synergies that can be exploited. I went 2-0-1 with a split in the 3rd round for 1st place in the pod I was in, drafted the following G/R midrange deck splashing Lightning Skelemental: Ones 1 Lava Dart Twos 2...

Comparing 8E and M19 symbols is like comparing two sides of a sandwich that's been run over by a car. Twice. The only "core set" symbols that I actually like are 7th, Tenth and Origins I suppose.

Includes: Ranger-Captain of Eos: White 3 drop slot has gotten pretty stacked in recent years, but I'm very very interested in this one. The base 3/3 body is solid at the rate, the ability to tutor up an impact 1 drop like Mother of Runes or Giver of Runes or utility creatures like Walking...

The 8th edition symbol too...