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I do not find most planeswalkers appealing from a gameplay perspective. Most are repeated card value engines, like a Jayemdae Tome with a Nekrataal stapled. They tend to be powerful, good-stuff cards that win the game on their own if not dealt with. Regarding blockers, it's a common, yet...

Squee starts with an Ancestral Recall, I consider Titania (+2 cards at the start, you may play an extra land per turn) to be the most powerful card in magic.

So, I decided to add Mishra's Workshop and Sphere of Resistance on a whim and...they work? They have suddenly made borderline cards that costed 3 mana or stuff like Goblin Welder have a real home. This is one of the best example decks I've drafted. It has powerful stuff, but it doesn't seem...

Sunken Palace Anything cool to do with this or is it just goodstuff?

I want to run some acceleration for Staxy or Big Mana decks, but I don't want neither City of Traitors or Ancient Tomb because they easy picks and, rather than help an archetype, they just make already good decks better. So what about Mishra's Workshop? Mishra's Workshop I hope it would enable...

Pearl Collector Pearl Collector requires you to gain life, which is a narrow effect you may not have access to. Coupled with its mana cost of three, it may take a while to get the mox which makes it far less impactful. In the end, you jump through a lot of hoops to give your creatures...

I still don't understand why there's nonsense like "boons" when the game already includes the functionally identical, paper-proven emblems. Elvish Elegy Elvish Elegy is great, simply because it's one mana. Given the way the game has evolved, two mana card shifting spells like Impulse simply...

The main problem with Alchemy is that, they are so obsessed with justifying making them only digital that they add crap to what would otherwise be a great design. Fortunately, there are some cards that not only function in paper, but have already been printed in paper: Sigardian Evangel De...

Some random thoughts: Oscorp Industries This is the only card that gives you card advantage without costing you a spell slot. Guide of Souls -> Giant Killer White had too many good 1-drops, making it too easy to draft aggro. I'm getting Giant Killer back in, because a tapper is unique, the...

Yeah, going to the face is a big problem design-wise because even a bunch of mediocre spells can all be put together to create a powerful burn deck. Even if pure burn isn't viable, it de facto gives aggro decks far more range, limiting for how long a game can go on before they inevitably win.

I thnk I asked this already but: Gurmag Angler Tasigur, The Golden Fang One more power and being a zombie for Gravecrawler vs a decent draw ability. Which one is better?

While returning a 3 mana creature is more powerful than returning one with power 2 or less, almost all good targets fall in both categories anyways. The key is being able to take recursive or long-term CA generating abilities. Eternal Witness, Reveillark bringing two cards is what puts it a...

It has been over a year since I actually posted on my own thread, weird, isn't it? Oh well, some random thoughts. First, the cube feels nice, it's interesting so see that despite taking so many cards in and out, the core archetypes still feel the same. Only difference is tempo which has had...

It may cost three mana, but Formidable Speaker has turned into an absolute staple, providing both the tutoring and Survival of the Fittest redudancy I needed. Formidable Speaker For me it has a lot of advantages over Fauna Shaman. First, it's not the same card. Triggering on ETB and not being...

Is Bazaar of Baghdad a complete trap? Bazaar of Baghdad Because, frankly, I'm increasingly of the opinion it might be. The fact that it doesn't produce mana is brutal and you need a massive amount of synergy just to end up at an even amount. Sure, Squee and Master of Death help but it's slow...

It's mostly a top-end for aggro to close the game. You play it when you are ahead, prevent anyone from casting spells and you win.' It works similarly with artifact ramp, dorks, etc.

I would say it's a cut below Rout or the other unconditional 5 mana wraths but also markedly better than the conditional ones. I think it's a good comparison since it's the most relevant aspect of a board wipe and plays quite similarly. However, there are some key differences: 1) It's ALWAYS...

This combo is hilarious.

I played around this time, though I mostly played Extended! Many of the cards you mention saw heavy play in that format. Still, there were some decks in Standards that might not be represented in your database. For example, you did have Blue Tron with: Urza's Tower Tidings Compulsive Research...

In my experience, The Ozolith is the best "pure payoff" simply because it's colorless and a single mana. The other is this: Tchotchke Elemental Powerful, inherently fair as a non-trample creature and just plain fun. It works with both tokens and counters, making it widely playable, yet it...