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I'm actually not crazy about Gilt-Leaf Winnower in cube - she misses a lot of giant green fatties that really need killing - despite being in love with the flavour. Whereas something like Shriekmaw hits a huge portion of the available targets in cube - particularly because, as a black drafter by...

"Just" gaining life is a historically underrated ability on cards that Already Do Things - see Sphinx's Revelation vs. Blue Sun's Zenith, Obstinate Baloth vs. Brooding Saurian, even Lone Missionary vs. generic white two drop. You don't need Herald to save you a lot of mana nor gain you a lot of...

Being "just a bear" is fine. He may be a little narrower than the rest, but like many other two power creatures for two with upside, I suspect part of his appeal is that he'll spend plenty of time getting into the red zone himself. Thalia, Guardian of Thraben Young Pyromancer Fauna Shaman...

Yeah, my thoughts exactly - I might even double up on Herald of the Pantheon and Eidolon of Blossoms, to make sure this theme is a thing. Abzan seems like the natural place to extend the theme beyond green - white already has lots of Pacifism and Oblivion Ring-type cards, while black seems to...

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Wow, the Lorwyn-era flavour on Gilt-Leaf Winnower is delicious. Beauty = symmetry = square stats, and the ugly must go... with the irony that she herself doesn't qualify as beautiful. That Herald of the Pantheon is also something else. For anyone on the fence, myself included, no reason not to...

was this term coined on this forum? for some reason i thought it was actually common magic vernacular but after seeing this question asked twice in the last month, i'm realizing it might be a Waddell-ism

Yeah, despite not having any real intention to sign up for the premium subscription, I just plunked down for it now after watching Ben's video. Guy is so damn passionate about this project, and the site's been so useful over the last two years that I felt like giving him something back; I didn't...

Ones 1 Condemn 1 Sunlance Twos 1 Augur of Bolas 1 Riftwing Cloudskate 1 Condescend 1 Mana Leak 1 Sphere of the Suns Threes 1 Blade Splicer 1 Geist of Saint Traft 1 Kitchen Finks 1 Tasigur, the Golden Fang 1 Ashiok, Nightmare Weaver 1 Prison Term Fours 1 Dungeon Geists 1 Restoration Angel 1...

This is super cute for any kind of sacrifice or blink shenanigans.

Yeah, not to pile on the hate wagon for the hate card, but these are the kinds of cards that work better in constructed than in limited (including cube draft). It doesn't really matter if your very narrow hate card replaces itself - see Relic of Progenitus, Nihil Spellbomb, or Slice in Twain -...

I'm not so sure I'd start patting ourselves on the back quite yet: Aaron Forsythe‏@mtgaaron Kudos to @thepchapin for being the first to suggest the mulligan change we're testing at #PTOrigins. https://twitter.com/mtgaaron/status/615543743781842944 In any case, I'm thrilled that Wizards...

Agreed - I love that Wizards is more active and forward-thinking about gameplay and variance issues like this than most of us would give them credit for.

Adding an activation to cards is usually its death knell - see Barrage of Expendables vs. Goblin Bombardment - but in this case, I feel like Molten Vortex is actually perfectly built for cube use, whereas Seismic Assault is difficult to justify running. (Also, is having Vortex in the name a...

NEW MULLIGAN RULE! 103.4. Each player draws a number of cards equal to his or her starting hand size, which is normally seven. (Some effects can modify a player’s starting hand size.) A player who is dissatisfied with his or her initial hand may take a mulligan. First, the starting player...

Right, I think there's a delicate line between booster draft and rotisserie draft that the utility land draft walks, and it lands on the right side by currently stocking mostly non-basics that otherwise wouldn't be valued highly enough to be worth a pick. While I think this idea has some merit...

Lucas, your heroic exploits and derring do are now online for everyone to see! Awesome to see the ol' regulars Denix and Peter making a cameo appearance, too.

Cloudthresher is boss, but that :g::g::g::g: cost is really restrictive, which is a shame because he has such a unique effect in green - flash, reach, a fat butt, and an air Pyroclasm all-in-one! I think he'd be a lot more palatable at :3::g::g::g:, or in a cube that runs only Vivid lands as...

Count me as a fan, too. The tension with him is that his :u::u: mana cost will make him better suited for aggro or tempo-oriented decks, but his "tapped creature" clause along with his Venser-lite mode fits far better in a defensive deck. But I think there's enough flexibility at a reasonable...

The biggest upside to me over Soul of Zendikar or Rampaging Baloths is that you don't have to wait a turn for its benefits - they come as part of the package. I don't think there's been a cubeable green six drop that does that, since Primeval Titan.