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  1. Chriskool

    Card/Deck Low Power Card Spotlight

    I really like the following as a flexible removal spell that keeps the flavor of red's coin-flip cards of yore: Chaos Warp Removal or Show and Tell? :D
  2. Chriskool

    Card/Deck Low Power Card Spotlight

    Felidar Sovereign (aka land angel) wins the game due to life gain!
  3. Chriskool

    Card/Deck Low Power Card Spotlight

    I haven't really taken stock of Devoid removal spells, but this *might* not be so bad if some new "colorless" removal could answer it (think Grip of Desolation, I guess). Although, it was always a big-ball-o'-stats in my DGR limited games, and I'm unsure if you want a 10/10 flying lifelinker as...
  4. Chriskool

    General Mana Base Brainstorm Thread

    This assumes that the drafters aren't competing for the scarce resources (particular color pairs in Ridetide cubes), though. What percentage of lands are more-or-less unusable in the average draft? Or maybe not unusable, but facilitating some inane splash like a lightning bolt or brainstorm. The...
  5. Chriskool

    Card/Deck Low Power Card Spotlight

    Cards with activated abilities that give incentive for their controller "to go ham" using them always make me want to include Burning-Tree Shaman as an aggro tool that provides pain when attacking isn't profitable. I think WotC have gotten away from regeneration on creatures that attack...
  6. Chriskool

    Card/Deck Low Power Card Spotlight

    I've played that Hedge Mage for the token in 100CS white weenie circa ALA. It is fine in a token strategy and has some blink payoff. Also, the -1/-1 counter is no slouch in SSE Limited even if the target survives. How do Hellkite Igniter and Eternal Dragon play out in the Penny Pincher cube...
  7. Chriskool

    Card/Deck Low Power Card Spotlight

    Unfortunately, I still find it hard to slot it higher CMC cards that don't affect the board or provide card advantage. I suppose with a density of support or hosing enough symmetrical draw effects would make this a card to consider including, but even then, how many games would drawing it feel...
  8. Chriskool

    Card/Deck Low Power Card Spotlight

    Makes instant-speed interaction hard as well! Four mana is a bit steep for a card that doesn't affect the board, though.
  9. Chriskool

    Card/Deck Low Power Card Spotlight

    This card really speaks to me as well. I was very happy to pick up one of these a while back from a paper draft (and I bought a ton of MTGO, expecting it to be big in Standard), but I've never successfully played it (cube or constructed). It seems like a great curve-topper in a lot of common...
  10. Chriskool

    General Mana Base Brainstorm Thread

    Only 10$USD for foils! Tarnished Citadel
  11. Chriskool

    General Mana Base Brainstorm Thread

    In the mtgo vintage cube, I have mana vault in my SB about 1/3 of the time. The trick is making many 3cmc cards cost (generic)(colored)(colored) and 4cmc cards cost (2 generic)(colored)(colored) while pushing a lower curve (which happens a lot in red and white aggro). There is also an argument...
  12. Chriskool

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    Fauna Shaman is a great candidate for Modern Masters-style Limited: synergy application, tool box ability, respectable P/T-to-mana-cost ratio. I love it in middling power environments (but it's a stinker when things get brutal n' big).
  13. Chriskool

    General Mana Base Brainstorm Thread

    Keep life gain sparse; make the bleed damage impacting! ... and how weird do you want to get? Looking at cards that require paying life, there could be an artifact ramp deck with some of the following: Trading Post Book of Rass Crumbling Sanctuary Bone Mask Phyrexian Processor Phyrexian...
  14. Chriskool

    Sets [OGW] Oath of the Gatewatch Spoiler Thread

    For Riptiders that have a {U/P}{G/P} counters theme, this is a very interesting "modal" card!
  15. Chriskool

    General Sunday January 10th Draft Sign-ups (2PM EST)

    But I will sit out if 2 more people want to join!
  16. Chriskool

    GBS

    Homelands seems like is was Innistrad vALPHA. I wouldn't be surprised to find out the gothic flavors of Homelands were ported to ISD at some point in the design process; all they had to do was drop the confounding fantasy tropes (minotaurs, fae, orcs, whatever else I missed). But at least...
  17. Chriskool

    Sets [OGW] Oath of the Gatewatch Spoiler Thread

    Wow, colorless mana means business.
  18. Chriskool

    GBS

    It's like finding a strawberry in tiramisu. I like both flavors, but the unexpected addition not did align with my expectations. :oops: I suppose that I've survived.
  19. Chriskool

    [Feedback/Tuning] SOMROE (Fantasy Set)

    Uploaded the entire cardpool to CubeTutor to poorly approximate drafting the set.
  20. Chriskool

    Sets [OGW] Oath of the Gatewatch Spoiler Thread

    Finally a reason to break singleton? -6 Brainstorm
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