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I like your arguments, but perhaps not your examples. The key thing with Bookmark is that it does not cost a card. The only cost is mana. A cheap, tutorable edict that costs no card is a very dangerous thing. There are potential ways to offset it, e.g. making a high cost on either end, and...

Scry isn't too synergistic with fetching though. E.g. Ponder + Fetchlands = fun times, Preordain + Fetchlands = meh.

Keep in mind that if you are running a retail draft power-level cube that you don't necessarily need fetches. I sing the praises of fetches all day, but it's not as important in those environments that decks be able to access 3 colors of mana on T1, since games play out at a slower pace. E.g. in...

What returning mechanics do people like?

Yeah, I could see there being like, one Panglacial card in a set, but more than that is overkill.

I think you're all in crazy town. For the cost of a free edict, see: Chainer's Edict

It's kind of interesting. Usually Control beats Midrange but loses to Aggro, but Jace is kind of built with the opposite in mind.

Yeah, I bumped up RTR Jace to main cube action.

I wrote an article tangentially related to this: http://www.channelfireball.com/articles/cube-design-set-cubes/

I don't doubt that fun reanimator is possible. Just, you know, space. Some day.

It came together super consistently, and players seemed to like it, although when somebody really got the "dedicated lifegain deck" it could be frustrating to play against. Pridemate is only somewhat needy. It depends what you're looking for. If you see it as a 2-drop that usually becomes a...

Good call. I would run Steadfast over Goldmane if supporting the theme.

Brainstorms are so good individually that it'd be criminal to give multiples away for free. I ran 6 Brainstorms in my last draft and they were taken by 4 different drafters.

I've been really surprised by the number of drafts where multiple people go for pods and people still run 1-pod decks because they have ways to get value out of it.

I really haven't seen Spikeshot do anything in a format that wasn't SOM limited. It's one of those "best case scenario" cards that we all love to dream about. I even was guilty of this, writing in one article something about "suiting up a Spikeshot with Adventuring Gear, cracking a fetch and...

http://www.channelfireball.com/articles/cube-design-subtheme-lifegain-part-one/ http://www.channelfireball.com/articles/cube-design-subtheme-lifegain-part-2/ There's not a lot I can say here beyond the articles. Nobody but the lifegain player wants a Soul Sister, so you want at most one of...

One thing to keep in mind is that the fewer players you play with, the harder you have to push themes you support (and, generally, the fewer themes that you can support). Not seeing 360 cards in a draft makes a huge difference. The end result is that context-dependent cards like Squee and...

Uh, yeah, there's one person who is a bit dogmatic about Spikeshot Elder but that doesn't mean you're not free to ignore their advice.

I played online poker for the first time in years. Makes me want to never log into MTGO again. Interface is clean and usable, I can watch games in progress, and I can have +EV.

I guess one difference is such a land requires you to have a basic of your splash color.