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Yeah, variance is an inherent part of Magic, and especially Cube, because of its mostly singleton nature. Companions go against that hard.

After being initially hopeful that surely Wizards had tested these and they couldn't possibly be as format-warping as they seemed to be at first sight, I've completely turned around and I'm not planning to include the companions. Train explains it very well, so I haven't much to add, but the...

Yeah, maybe. In effect you have roughly a turn less to find a solution, and you can't choose the order in which you want to reap the benefits, but you get the first effect immediately instead of having to wait for your next upkeep.

What if Demonic Pact was a saga?

Hey, congrats John! I don't play MODO, but that's great news! Good to get some serious cubes out to the public :)

The cycling matters deck requires a high density of cyclers, definitely not a small archetype :D

I'm testing new additions to my cube, and this game was just too good not to share :D I triggered Grove Rumbler 8 times in one turn (two fetches, Harrow, Farseek, land drop for the turn, Primeval Titan attack trigger), 1 off of lethal :')

The effect is good, but the theme is really hard to support in white.

I think you've got a tight exchange of ideas going on, no need to be hard on yourself Train! Yeah, this is a valid observation! Explained like this I think you can fairly say that cubes emphasizing interactions like the latter focus more on synergy. Oh. Wait a minute. I just realized that the...

Faith of the Devoted has been surprisingly good for me.

Runeterra made me buy the official lore book. I'm guessing we have Targon and Shurima to look forward to at least, maybe Ixtal as well.

Yeah, I think Coercion effects want to be at two mana.

I think a number of cards naturally cross the line between synergy and what you call strategy, simply because WotC pushed those cards for constructed or rarity. E.g. the Rekindling Phoenix you mentioned. Those cards are still naturally strong anchor points for synergy based archetypes they play...

Oh for sure, I quite like Singleton, and have played some Standard tournaments with Singleton decks in the past.

10 you mean. I think Rasmus may have hit the nail on its head. Step 1. Notice that Commander is a super popular format. Step 2. Make Standard more like Commander so you can lure those players into playing Standard! Step 3. ??? Step 4. Profit! Fits a bit too well, doesn't it? There's even a...

I am about to blow up. It's infuriating how we end up in this situation time and again Velrun, and it's never your fault, is it? I'm going to take a break and see if I have something more constructive to say later.

Sorry Velrun, but you literally described Spikes as having a "simple mind". I get that English is not your native language, but I've never seen anyone use that as anything other than an insult. There is meaning there beyond the literal translation. Then you accuse me of policing, when I call out...

I'ld like to start with this, because I think insulting Spikes because you happen to have a different point of view is not okay. We all take away different thinks from, and look for different things in the game, but that does not make our own point of view superior, nor does it mean we should...

Jim Davis explaining the fundamental flaw in companions:

This ranking is flawless. However... Evolving Wilds|AKH Evolving Wilds|BFZ All of these rank above the ROE one for me Evolving Wilds|DKA is the worst one. Also, I don't know if you do foils, but there are two more arts out there that are beautiful, but (unfortunately) only come in...