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Agreed on this assessment of Murktide's text, but I still replaced the Forager with it because I didn't like my premiere finisher for blue getting easily blasted by Bolts. I do like the Forager quite a bit and would be appreciative if anyone has advice on what blue creatures I should cut for...

I seriously like this card but I'm going to have to pass on even the MtG-flavored version of it because drafters will have to flip it to know what the hell is on the backside. A reanimation effect isn't wanted or needed in many decks, and won't be worth the work of timing 6 mana of clue...

I want something that works well as both, which is why I still cube with Grave Titan although I do agree that it's pretty hard to make a 720 cube where Grave Titan is a fair and fun card. Can't really think of anything that serves as a good glue between those two archetypes at the top-end. The...

Agreed on all fronts. I wouldn't put Elspeth in a cube with a lot of artifact ramp in particular (Signets and Talismans included) unless it was a vintage-level cube, but she's beatable otherwise -- there are many more Dauthi Voidwalker and Selfless Spirit type cards that can get around her...

That's exactly it -- I didn't. I previously had hybrid cards placed where their primary home was. So for example: Rakdos Cackler was Red. Dryad Militant was White. Judge's Familiar was Blue. Deathrite Shaman was Black. And on the other side of the equation, I had: Figure of Destiny was...

Wanted to say that Judge's Familiar is great at any power level. The obvious is there (holds equipment well, hybrid makes it super flexible for many different decks), but the subtle taxing effect is more annoying than you'd think. I miss cubing it, and it's one of the few victims of cleaning up...

This is the first Secret Lair I won't be buying anything from, but not for lack of trying -- I like a lot of the treatments here. I'll definitely need to pick up the movie poster styled Liliana, Death's Majesty as a single, though! Happy that I'm not interested in any of the Stranger Things...

Y'all are enablers of the worst variety and I love it.

Ah! The big sister of this trio: Zulaport DuelistBrinebarrow IntruderFaerie Duelist I've been enjoying this effect a lot these days in retail limited, and found them totally reasonable Ambush Viper effects that actually get to stick around in most cases. The biggest difference with the...

Oh, he's not going anywhere. This is one of the biggest advantages of being at 720 cards. He's never been a top pick but he almost always gets played (even when he shouldn't) and he holds his own with a reasonable floor. I can't complain, that's for sure! Haven't had a draft since he arrived...

Definitely just missed Skyclave Shade, Phoenix of Ash, and Master of Death I had specifically thought about them but they missed the post, they both definitely need to be listed here. The God-Eternals are recursive but not from the graveyard, which means that they can only be recurred if...

I started my cube off in 2012, and Dark Ascension was the new hotness. Having been influenced by Cube content on Channel Fireball that may be familiar to a few of you, Gravecrawler was one of a handful of cards I broke singleton for, as it emphasized a combination of themes that I was eager for...

I'm likely going to be taking it out of my cube after a decade here, though it kills me to lose yet another card from my favorite "block". Creatures are just too good these days, even in lower-powered or rarity-restricted lists. Glaciers are slow, if you didn't know. I used to love it in my...

Honestly, having played against Tracker in draft and seeing it in action in standard, I'm really impressed with it from a power-level perspective, and it prompts fun draft and deck-building decisions that are pretty reasonable to meet. Gonna start looking for a cut for it myself...just how many...

I've had to make so many concessions to my own best practices for cube design these last two years, like "using the version of the card with reminder text" had to get thrown out the window for the unbelievably gorgeous storybook frames on cards with Adventure in Eldraine, and now with the...

As much as I liked the style of the D&D booster fun cards, it's the same issue where it's too hard to tell what colors cards are at a glance. I'm glad they're experimenting with different styles like this, as both are neat, but I will safely avoid them in my cube and hope that future sets have...

I've been enjoying the heck out of these forums because it's got the most thoughtful, collaborative, and vigorous conversations in the Magic community. I had browsed for a few years before actually hopping in, but I'm glad I did, and my opinion of Riptide has only grown. Real happy to be here.

They frequently get mixed into the deck, they require a surprising amount of extra thinking by both players to understand the board state at any time (especially with multiple token types, which is common), they're easy to mistake for your hand or the person next to you's hand, and they make a...

Like I said, when you make it easier than not to get the proper tokens for your draft deck, people will actually try! And it makes it a much better play experience. Dom's right that sideboard cards face-down in the same sleeve is actually the worst thing humanly possible, literally use a...

Nah, no one's said anything or had an issue, I just hadn't taken a step backwards to properly assess the insane number of tokens we end up with at a cube of my size without a design restriction around minimizing unique tokens. Using other items for tokens is fine (and still happens plenty with...