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Going off of this, I think a contributing factor to the appropriate number of gold cards in a given environment is the type of fixing in a Cube. In addition to the quantity and quality of fixing in an environment, how fixing is designed can dictate how difficult it can be to play a second or...

It's more that it's an essential tool for Cube designers who want to encourage artifact decks working with noncreature artifacts. There really are not a lot of cards that act as payoffs for specifically doing noncreature artifact shenanigans– they're mostly cards that turn noncreature artifacts...

Dragon's Rage Channeler Dragon's Rage Channeler is probably my favorite payoff for noncreature artifacts. Its surveil ability rewards you for playing noncreature artifacts, fueling your graveyard and helping you to find your other best cards. The delirium ability turns the channeler into a real...

That's certainly not a sentence you hear every day (despite the fact that it's correct when reflecting upon the statement). 5 is a lot of mana if the card doesn't literally say "win the game" in some formats (*cough* Modern *cough*)

Nissa, Ascended Animist I know this is a slightly older post at this point, but the more I think about this new Nissa the less I like her. I thought this might be an interesting discussion. I think this Nissa is good when she's able to win the game with her faux-craterhoof impression. While I...

Awww, I got disappointed there for a second. I thought there were going to be more cool new cards! That's... actually significantly less than I thought... only about one thing per month. I bet if Unfinity and Warhammer 40k had released when they were supposed to instead of getting pushed back...

What’s coming out in two weeks?

Testing thread? Testing thread.

This is a testing/includes thread. Post pictures using /ci or a text list using /c with what cards you plan to include and what cards you plan to test. Including: Ossification Planar Disruption Mercurial Spelldancer Barbed Batterfist Cankerbloom Jor Kadeen, First Goldwarden Interesting but...

We finally found out who the Tooth and Scale of Chiss Goria belong to!

I think Vraan, Executioner Thane is better than ZC and Blood Artist when being used fairly or outside of Aristocrats, but worse when it is part of a Combo deck. If you're sacrificing 5 things in a turn to Goblin Bombardment, you're going to want a Blood Artist variant over Vraan. However, if...

I think it’s more that Mayhem Devil is a reason to play a sac deck (3/3 body is fine by itself and the potential ceiling is very high if you can support it), while Juri is more a reward for a deck that is already doing a lot of sacrificing.

Seems like a running theme in this set: Sawblade Scamp Vindictive Flamestoker Exuberant Fuseling Cacophony Scamp

Oh for sure, the old Starcity catalog has a lot of nice foundational theories from the earlier days of Cubing. I'm not familiar with Thea Steele but JP and Usman's old articles are all very nice! Today the only person they have consistently writing about Cube is Ryan Overturf who... is not the...

Just so you know, you're writings are the only reason I visit SCG for content. I find their Cube writers to be sub-par for the most part and I don't care about Commander, but I always like to read your constructed takes.

I think Lagomos is more complicated than it needs to be, and Juri is more of a support card for a sac deck than a primary engine. Personally, I like these a little more: Body Dropper Slaughter-Priest of Mogis Mayhem Devil Dropper and Priest can both be enablers and payoffs depending on what...

"Why yes, I am a bear tribal player. How could you tell?"

Pretty much. Usually, I use the creature type "Communist" on my cards.

Real Communism is the friends we make along the way. So like, basically R/W go wide aggro.

I don’t really love either of these cards as the only card in an R/B section tbh.