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Wait, are you saying that there have been some sets recently with fewer than three cubeable cards? That can't be right. As much as I bag on Gatecrash, CubeTutor says I'm still running ten cards from it.

Do you have a link to this, too? Apparently I'm a newbie when it comes to four player formats!

If they bring back the rules that tapped artifacts don't work and tapped blockers don't deal damage, though, I would be over the moon. So many sweet tricks. Icy Manipulator really was the bomb.

I don't think that's necessarily true. Among the things I can think of that don't use the stack: Playing lands Replacement effects like Clone "If" effects like Bloodthirst Mana abilities, e.g. Llanowar Elves Suspend State-based actions, like the Legend rule Morphs! I don't think there's a hard...

I asked my friend, and he said he never drew it over the course of the evening. Though that didn't stop his Citadel Siege and Rancor from running the rest of us over.

Yeah, it was me who tried Trinket Mage - along with Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas - for a long time, along with mediocre artifacts like Executioner's Capsule, and the artifact land package in the ULD. He wasn't very good, despite me having a huge soft spot for him, for the same reason that Borderland...

Ah, thanks for the link. That sounds really interesting! What is the typical number of people you draft with? I'm not sure I'd want to try this with a full 8 man, for time constraints alone, but it might be good the next time we find ourselves with four.

Caught in a Landslide

That's Tenchester, I think...? This is all very confusing.

Ones 1 Arbor Elf 1 Experiment One 1 Joraga Treespeaker 1 Noble Hierarch 1 Rancor Twos 1 Mayor of Avabruck 1 Porcelain Legionnaire 1 Sakura-Tribe Elder 1 Tarmogoyf 1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben 1 Wall of Roots 1 Valorous Stance Threes 1 Blade Splicer 1 Eternal Witness 1 Kitchen Finks 1 Ajani...

Very much agree with that sentiment. Our newer players are learning, slowly but surely, that it's not enough to draft all sweet spells; it's also important to cast said spells. The value of fetchlands is slowly but surely going up in my new playgroup, much like their value increased over time...

Yeah, the human theme in black very quietly got a pretty big boost this block. I'm not ready to expunge all the Gravecrawlers from my list quite yet, but I can see a day where I don't need to worry about supporting zombie tribal anymore.

Hmmm, I still like Selesnya Charm more than this new command. The great thing about charm is that it's good when you have a creature that needs a boost, or when you don't have any creatures at all and need to develop your board. Then it has a removal mode, to boot! This command seems more akin...

Do you still do three packs of 15 cards before the land draft, then? I'm mostly curious at how people build their decks when they have 45 (!) spells to sift over and choose from. It's already difficult enough with ~35 spells here. I can see how overall deck quality would be higher with access...

Yeah, I find those decks need recurring creatures the most, followed by sac outlets with upside, like Goblin Bombardment and Blasting Station. Then 'cards that benefit off shenanigans', a la Blood Artist, come in third, though they're what make those decks sing. Chris: you probably need to run...

I hate to be the naysayer shooting down new ideas at the beginning of a brainstorming session, but I've never really understood this problem. Assuming you draft 45 cards and run 23 spells, that's 22 cards you've taken that will sit on the sidelines. Doesn't it make more sense to start taking...

That has something to do with it! Given that most people on here don't run Smash to Smithereens, Disenchant, or Torch Fiend either, though, I wanted to point out a card that I think's been unfairly overlooked, probably in part because of its strange wording. I realize that Outpost Siege has some...

Anyone looking for a second Reclamation Sage? Who likes Sphinx's Revelation? Let's give all the colours a Sphinx's Revelation!

Wall of Reverence here became this gal over a year ago, and I haven't looked back Seraph of Dawn For blue finishers, my vote goes to this guy. Not as oppressive as a Frost Titan or Consecrated Sphinx, and lots more play to him than a Sphinx of Jwar Isle (e.g., do I play him on six and pray...

On three consecutive turns, when I was about to be attacked for lethal by an Archangel of Thune equipped with a Bonesplitter, I bounced it using: Venser, Shaper Savant Into the Roil (kicked, natch) Cryptic Command (countering his Sublime Archangel) This gave me enough time to draw into my...