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For anyone who wants to read along, you can find the article (which includes artwork for all the ten shocklands) here: https://magic.wizards.com/en/articles/archive/making-magic/unfinity-and-beyond-2021-11-29

You don't have to keep the mana up though. It's just, curve out, and then when you naturally have mana up, it's just sort of a small bonus? I don't think it's too broken, but it's kind of fun with sacrifice outlets as a way to create more value. In combination with a Birthing Pod, it allows you...

Gruul Turf is probably better than Highland Forest in a lot of cases, potentially even better than a scryland. The ability to tap for two mana is strong.

Also, consider the decks you want to support. Multicolored aggro decks need untapped duals, so if you want to support those, consider more untapped sources, like the Pathways and the (already mentioned) painlands. If you don't want to support aggro, your list above is fine, though I agree with...

I played my cube today! Woo! :D Boros aggro won the finals against orzhov aggro, both decks playing 15 lands and ending the curve on three drops. Wild. Have I pushed aggro too hard? :D

One does not simply hardcast something for {6}{B}{B}! (Insert Boromir meme here :P)

Even something like Hieroglyphic Illumination is better overall, I feel, because it can also be cycled away on turn 1 if you're in need of land drops. FoF is still fun though. My favorite variant, even though it's not near the top in power level, is Fortune's Favor. It leads to the greatest mind...

Yeah, I prefer the ward ability over lifelink on this particular card, though a 3/2 should not be that hard for an aggro deck to deal with. Your Cinderskull Suggestion is quite intriguing, but I have a feeling it will make the card a lot less good, because most aggro decks don't get that high a...

I didn't really have a problem with lifelink, it just seems like ward fits the art and concept of this custom better. It's also a much more useful ability for a card that wants to stay on the battlefield. Maybe the ward ability I chose was a bit too punishing though. Now you just pay extra...

Turns out I didn't run Banishing Light yet. That's a more than adequate replacement, considering that I also run Zur the Enchanter! :D

Lurrus of the Dream-Den has another one of those keywords I dislike. The fact that the reminder text is wrong on the card is even worse. The effect, however, is super interesting! This custom will nicely replace Priest of Fell Rites (cutting the only card with unearth in my cube). Also, look...

I've been running Hero of the Games for the longest time, just because I wanted one extra heroic card (without the heroic keyword). Compared to Hero of the Pride (which is cheaper) and Hero of the Nyxborn (which brings along a friend), it's slightly underwhelming though. It doesn't need much to...

I think it has to do with the 'gimmickiness' of a mechanic. Suspend is wordy and somewhat complicated, but it's mechanically unique and clearly serves its purpose. Support is just a simple, straightforward mechanic. While it could be written out, it's easy to understand, and the reminder text is...

Kari Zev, Skyship Raider Welcoming Vampire This is a curve, ladies and gentlemen! <3

As an aside, I was aware the Burning Legion are the big bad evil guys in the Warcraft universe :) Anyway, I picked a new art and a new name regardless :D

I think I may have found an alternative though, that also neatly solves the power scaling with extra tokens :D

Blazing Legion, Burning Horde, Emberheart Legion, Cinder Host, Virulent Fire, Incendiary Host. Any of these you like? Yeah, I like working from the art. It's always hard to find artwork that perfectly matches a fully designed and defined card, so I try to remain a bit flexible when I'm looking...

Is this weird?

Good catch. This is something I hadn't considered. You can actually shrink Anax by shooting a red creature, whereas you can't shrink Burning Legion this way. Maybe this should count the number of nontoken creatures? Hmmm... This reads well, but the downside is that Anax is a lot easier to...

Sooo... Anax, Hardened in the Forge is my only devotion card. And I run a cube with an emphasis on multicolor...