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Draft Report! Had a friend over to draft this thing the other day. One of my goals with this cube was to create a list that scaled well with player count. My theory is that cubes with very broad themes can play just as well with two players as with eight, since there are no real narrow "decks"...

I'm just glad they crammed the Encore text onto all the Incarnations from the Commander decks.

Not sure if anyone else is running a budget cube in here, but Figure of Fable is like 35c at the moment and I'm really, REALLY happy about it.

Reprint Watch Here's where I track cards I want to include, but can't afford to play unsleeved. The soft limit is $1, but cards that are especially excellent for the cube can go up to about $2.50. But not too many! It's a bar cube, after all. Identifying Magic cards that are fun to play but...

Landfill This whole project started from a simple thought experiment: What kind of results would I get on Scryfall if I searched something like "c=g cmc=3 usd<1 -o:create -o:counter is:new -is: DFC -is:ub game: paper"? It seemed like an absurdly restrictive set of search terms, and I knew it...

Massive bummer. Sometimes I think the community gets so busy hating UB we don't reserve enough venom for hating Alchemy. It's bad enough to take a normal card and screw it up with a "perpetually" ability for no reason, but cards like this one hurt the most.

The two-drops are fucking sick in this set. Kinscaer Sentry Loch Mare Bitterbloom Bearer Hexing Squelcher Bristlebane Battler I feel like you could start with these 5 cards and build a whole cube around them.

I've currently got 4 entire cubes running in paper, which is kind of insane considering how rarely I can actually get a draft group together. I think it's fair to say I just enjoy the tinkering and "topiary garden" process with Magic cards, and cubes are more fun to build than decks (at least...

Belonging Impulsivity Jubilation Lamentation Subterfuge Delighted by these cards because I genuinely think they will cost 50 cents apiece by July, and I want them all for my bar cube. Nice simple abilities that aren't too niche (nobody here is proliferating or anything like that) and just look...

I am so delighted by all the Elemental Incarnations so far. These are definitely sparking joy and I want them all.

Hey y'all I don't want to alarm anybody but they spoiled a lot of cards for this set. Not even talking about the leaks! Real official spoilers! Hold on, I'll go get one: Check this thing out! The whole Vivid ability word is perfect for my Multivalent cube. If there are enough cool cards with...

I'm just excited about more Evoke. One of my favorite mechanics ever, and I love the "dream elementals" from this setting.

Time Sieve Live the dream

If Sam Altman comes out with an algorithm that automatically re-renders these Marvel and Nickelodeon ads into Magic cards, I promise I'll shit on his grave N minus 1 times, where N is the number of days I outlive him. But it has to be trained on public domain art only! Otherwise: there will be...

Canyon Crawler This guy might make it into my Multivalent cube over Gloomfang Mauler. I'd love one more source of Food for my Bushy Bodyguard, and this weird creature isn't exactly drenched in radioactive IP juice.

I would commit grave sins to possess a Soul of Mirrodin card.

I'm a longtime Commander enjoyer and I've got to say: anyone complaining about decks getting "homogenized" clearly hasn't logged onto EDHRec in the past 8 years. The only thing that can prevent deck homogenization is the deckbuilder themself. Literally just don't put Jeska's Will in your deck...

I've been building a Lands Matter / Graveyard Matters budget bar cube this year. It might have some cards in it you'd like for your project. Landfill Also, check out this thread: Land Storm My personal favorite lands-matter mechanic is Domain. The power level of these cards is pretty much...

Seismic Monstrosaur Elvish Aberration Seismic Monstrosaur is the first card I thought of for this, and Elvish Aberration is another in the same vein. I agree that managing the power level of the rest of the creatures so that the Ooze remains the star of the show will be your biggest challenge...