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Man, this hit me in the feels

Focusing on a card like Champion of the Parish makes more sense to me in making that context dependent argument. YP is different to me...even at a lower power level you could have things like retrace spells, firebolts, blast from the past, etc sitting in the yard to profit from. It definitely...

I have no stake in this YP discussion, but for the record I think that it can scale to fit a pretty wide range of power bands with the proper support. It’s a great card. I’m just started to feel like it’s getting squeezed out of my cube design

sure, but the lower the power level and less emphasis on efficiency and speed, the more space there is for exploratory drafting and discovery by wacky strategies I mean things like a simic ramp deck built around dredge and splendid reclamation more so than black aggro :D

Those wacky unexpected decks are more planned for here and the power level is lowered to make them viable

Yeah a lot of what I’m reading here is just apples and oranges. Which is fine! We all have our personal set of principles and methods of card evaluation that we’ve come to rely on that are sympathetic to our design goals. I enjoy reading funch’s perspective....a lot of it doesn’t resonate with...

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Same here. Shroud is a pretty interesting keyword in practice to me. I never cared for the Tiger, but the others are sweet. Some others from the annals of time that I like: nimble mongoose gigapede multani, maro-sorcerer Which are all obviously outclassed these days. I have a deep, profoundly...

I agree that it often feels out of place in most of my Izzet decks. Pyromancer is best in Boros in my experience. It's biggest weakness is that it doesn't pivot particularly well into black and green. Sedgemoor Witch could help that in black, but it's pretty antithetical to what my black decks...

I'm getting close to cutting Peezy

I ask my opponent how many cards in hand for the mind game factor alone. You usually need to do it at a mildly important decision point in a game or before playing something. You can leverage the question to bluff having a response to their cards, or having a threat you are holding back, that...

It's definitely within the same ballpark as languish and death cloud in terms of power. I've never really cared for it, because it's both mana intensive and doesn't allow for many interesting ways of breaking its symmetry (outside of recursive creatures and blink?).....which is a combination I...

This is pretty interesting. I didn't know it existed....I like how it incentivizes dredge and discard mechanics in tempo/aggro strategies. It can also be a pseudo Ophidian in a slower deck. A little too clunky for my uses, but it feels like it could find a home in your cube.

Thanks, bud! I’ll be okay. Just a lot of stress and big life things intersecting at one time

Definitely not a staple, but I’m not sure we can call any card a staple anymore on this forum. It depends on your design goals and power level. I don’t like skyfisher because it’s the best blink card. I like it because of it offers a unique set of applications and versatility. I don’t run...

Yeah the self-bounce is what differentiates itself. It’s a nice compliment to flickerwisp imo

Man I looove skyfisher. - Great baseline evasive aggro body - Reuse an etb creature - Can bounce itself for multiple cast triggers: clarion spirit, vengevine, shrine of loyal legions, etc - Can bounce sagas - Can trigger landfall - Reuse an etb land like the hideaways - Returning a land has...

oh yeah, that helps a ton. thanks!

I'm admittedly having a difficult time differentiating read from unread threads. So imma +1 this

I've been meaning to reply to this...I've been struggling with major life burn out, and I've had zero mental space lately for engaged cube talk. But I've dealt with similar issues with my cube, and I have a lot of thoughts. I think my network of players sounds more skilled than yours on average...