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I don't actually think Cancel is playable at all; it's been printed in a half dozen draft formats over the years, and it's nearly always pure sideboard material, and very rarely correct to maindeck. Our formats tend to be a turn or more faster than retail limited, making it even harder to...

Speaking at least for my own list, there's three broad types of decks I'm trying to support where creatures aren't front and center: Control decks - these decks want removal, card draw, card filtering, sweepers, discard, and other general answers. Taking a look at the current Standard Esper...

I like Dissolve a lot, at least a lot more than I initially thought I would - it's crazy how much Scry 1 adds to a basically unplayable cube card. Dissipate wasn't great here, because it's just Cancel 90% of the time, and needs a more graveyard-focused set before its extra clause is worthwhile...

I came to the same conclusion a little while ago, and am now down to ~45% creatures, from 49% before. As much as I love throwing animals into the red zone, I felt like there wasn't enough freedom for people who didn't want to do that, and were looking for more spell-based shenanigans. At 45%...

Non-black has always seemed like the least restrictive condition for all of the black kill spells, by virtue of the fact that you're running black yourself and are likely to have drafted a number of black creatures, thereby reducing the total number of non-viable targets available to the rest of...

also being sorted alphabetically rather than by colour is tilting

I tried for a really long time to support G/W Hatebears as an archetype in my list, before concluding that many of the best constructed cards of this ilk aren't really suited towards cube. Most hatebears are narrow hosers, meant to stifle pure combo decks - library and graveyard shenanigans, or...

In addition to the cards Onderzeeboot listed, this is what you want in your white control decks to push them over the top Phyrexian Rebirth Kinda the same deal as Gideon - mop up the whole board, leave a medium to giant-sized thing behind - but Rebirth actually ends games quickly, as opposed...

I'm gonna pile onto the bandwagon, and agree that even though I was all aboard the hype train, Setessan Tactics ended up being a disappointment. All of the fight cards are a little bit win-more: they require you to have a large creature on board, and that the creature you want to off happen to...

Ones 1 Birds of Paradise 1 Noble Hierarch 2 Utopia Sprawl Twos 1 Wall of Roots 1 Dromoka's Command Threes 1 Endless One 1 Eternal Witness 1 Loxodon Smiter Fours 1 Eidolon of Blossoms 1 Galepowder Mage 1 Master Splicer 1 Restoration Angel 1 Unexpectedly Absent Fives 1 Acidic Slime 1...

Ok, I'm really glad I acted on my hunch to move Treetop Village from the utility pile back into the main list. I thought it might've been a little too good for side draft! I personally would force Delver of Secrets and try to wheel one of the random blue cards... and be immediately punished for...

Overgrown Tomb Rakdos Cackler Sacred Foundry Temple Garden Treetop Village Bloodthrone Vampire Angel of Serenity Izzet Charm Bonesplitter Delver of Secrets Distortion Strike Pyromancer's Goggles Nyx-Fleece Ram Mana Leak Condescend

Yeah, gotta concur - while there a lot of cards that look interesting, Flametongue Kavu seems the clear winner, head and shoulders above the pack.

Grim Haruspex vs. Smothering Abomination

It's weird - the top commenter is a staunch, diehard, pro-establishment power-maxer, and even he's on the double fetch train. Ironically, I got into a twenty-post-long debate with him on the same subreddit sometime back to try and convince him to maaaaaybe break singleton elsewhere in his cube...

I banned Martial Coup a few years back because it was redonkulous... and that was when I ran a pretty high powered list. :P Sunblast Angel seems like the best bet - thanks for all the suggestions!

Phyrexian Rebirth After a half dozen or so drafts, my group's consensus is that this card is too powerful for my environment. While I'm not sure if I agree completely yet, any suggestions for alternatives in the same vein? I'm already running Planar Outburst, and want another "value wrath" at...

According to CubeTutor Tarmogoyf Scalding Tarn Snapcaster Mage Misty Rainforest Verdant Catacombs Vendilion Clique Dark Confidant Arid Mesa Thoughtseize Marsh Flats Half of the top ten is the Zendikar fetchlands... not what I would've guessed!

Yeah, black doesn't have great human two-drops - or good two-drops at all, for that matter - but the best human decks here were always BW. Between Xathrid Necromancer, Blood Artist, and now multiple Bloodsoaked Champions, the BW version of humans gives up a little speed, but tends to have the...

I swear I'm not crazy... I just like to try everything! Ajani Vengeant Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver Domri Rade Elspeth, Sun's Champion Garruk Relentless Garruk Wildspeaker Garruk, Primal Hunter Gideon Jura Jace, Architect of Thought Karn Liberated Kiora, the Crashing Wave Koth of the Hammer...