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For the Tools of Royalty, my biggest problem is with the Scepter of Empires. The other two seem plausible, but pinging for one a turn seems exceptionally mediocre. The other two sets seem fine, though Bogbrew Witch is especially mediocre without the rest of the set. Maybe the Witch is a...

Paliano Vanguard Here's one you've overlooked! It does a decent impression of Metallic Mimic, but it gets actively good if you've got a Humans theme going. This is mostly because these effects get a LOT better in multiples--for example, while Ethereal Absolution is somewhat beatable Elesh Norn...

You're absolutely right--I completely missed that there aren't any board wipes, and very little of the removal is inherently a 2-for-1! That would go a long way towards making this the idealized midrange experience.(That is, make creatures [or, more precisely, permanents] the only way to get...

Something I've tried in my cube instead of running the Onslaught cyclers is just to run a BUNCH of Ash Barrens. Like, 10 of them. You could do something similar and just mark them as follows: "Basic landcycling {1} "! Or just add "Cycling {1}" to the card and get something that still makes...

I like the idea of the cube, and the list looks really interesting! However, I'm wondering if midrange is truly the right moniker to put on the strategies that come out of this cube. Also, I'm noticing that your removal to creature ratio is just about 1:1, or at worst 4:5. (ex. there are 15...

I've been thinking about words per card as an abstract metric, and I think that we can't really use it as a viable metric between cubes unless the difference is stark (e.g. intentionally simple cubes as compared with Kirblinx's stack). However, what I *do* think it's useful for could be as an...

Oops. On an actually productive note, it's fascinating how tight the spread on average word count is for cubes that aren't explicitly 'efficient' with words. One has to wonder how much of this is due to overlap in cube staples and how much this is due to power level correlating with word...

I agree that Venser is not showing up in official canon, unless trotted out in a Masters set or as an Officially Pushed Commander! However, after an hour or so of reading the actual lore instead of working off of the lore I think I knew, I know that Karn is worried about Phyrexians developing...

Thanks for the story, Velrun! I knew the basics (EEEEeeevil Karn, heroic sacrifice), but this is both more concise and better fleshed-out. It does make me wonder a couple of things. One, evidently Venser's spark and perhaps sparks of other Planeswalkers (I hate that Walker is now an official...

@Chris--I like the flavor a lot, and I think you can definitely justify this all falling under the purview of White! However, it's a fairly pushed card when compared with Forbidden Friendship. Maybe raise the CMC to 2W or make it cost either {W/B}{U/R} OR {2/W}{2/W} ? (The middle mess is an...

Sorry for the double-post, but I remembered something really obvious and something less so! Duh, Why Didn't I Mention This: Bounce lands reduce how many lands you have in play and are staples around here, so that's another easy way to break parity on land count. I Forgot Those Existed (And...

I really like the cube, and I think your plan to make Naya something more universal than lands is a good one! However, I think you're selling White's contributions lands a little short. You're exactly right that White contributes mainly when you're behind on land count, so here are some ways to...

Death or Glory looks fantastic, +1 on it being a great find! @Velrun--I'm not sure that Vengeful Rebel 'needs' more support than fetches, but keep in mind that you're likely going to want to crack fetches at the earliest possible opportunity, which makes the Rebel both a bit counterintuitive...

Sorry for the late post--@Velrun re: Nekrataal I dunno if these are my favorite as they're all so different, but right now I think these are some of the most interesting ones in Black. Vengeful Rebel Throat Slitter Murderous Rider As may be evident, I like to push the situational highs and...

Okay, details of the rebuild! I've torn down a lot of my latest additions and rebuilt from what was left with my ZNR additions. @Trainmaster--I owe you an apology about multicolored cards. Trying to fit a fourth into each pair was hubris, and a testament to how much I love my gigantic...

Nice! I hadn't been thinking about global effects nearly as much for saboteurs, not had I thought about double strike meshing well with these effects (or at least the "combat damage" ones), so thank you for opening my eyes to the possibilities there. For stax, I do like this take on it, but I...

These are good points. I think I've figured out what I meant to say. @Jerichoalar--Oh, those are some COOL cards. Thanks for the suggestions! I especially like Reality Acid, though it's probably a little too low-powered for the cube at this point. Maybe a custom that's slightly cheaper or...

So that was a freaking lie. I've gone ahead and torn things down, then built back up. W and G still need a little more love, but it's feeling good. My biggest change is the first thing in bold (hybrid cards), but the idea I'm most interested in is way at the very end (archetypes vs themes), the...

Sublime Epiphany Cryptic Command I saw these two mentioned together and couldn't believe they've never met here in the pit. Do they even fulfill the same role? Personally, I've been thinking of Cryptic Command as a midrange Swiss-army knife for a mono-Blue/Ux deck whereas Sublime Epiphany is...

Anyone else have one of those months that seems to try to derail you? Between my cat doing her best to off my computer and work asking me to suddenly shift to nights and then back, I've completely lost all track of time. Luckily, Zendikar Rising spoilers gave me the kick in the pants I needed to...