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Some of the themes in in this set interest me while others don't. I only expect a handful of cards to really interest me in each set, so I'm actually pretty satisfied with what's offered here. White gets a few useful spells matter cards that might help to turn the typical UR spells matters...

I like Campus Guide. There aren't a ton of 2 mana artifact creatures that can go nicely into a cube, but this is one that could go in there to help an artifact theme or get picked by a random player who needs 2 drops or wants color fixing.

Agreed, this one seems like a half decent card. I forgot to include that in the list. It'll deal 2 damage often enough to be interesting. Goblin Commando wasn't meant to be in there twice - I think I had it mixed up with Volley Veteran in my head and didn't realize the latter was also already...

Surely I'm not the only one who's dissatisfied with the lack of a simple creature between these two power levels: Fire Imp, Flametongue Kavu. Also, I wish they would reprint Fire Imp with up to date rules text. It's only been 24 years since they first printed it. I'll also mention Sparkmage...

Exploring this is really, really interesting. Looking at cubes that are near other cubes that I like gives me some good material to think on. If somebody finds the elusive island of cube perfection on this map, please point it out for the rest of us.

Ravnica + 9th seems like a good idea. I enjoyed the heck out of original Ravnica block, so I gave this a whirl. If I was designing this to my tastes, I'd probably want to add another set of bounce lands to open up some splashes in 3rd colors a bit more. I went into my second draft test with...

I'm on board with a Myr Servitor cube as long as it contains Sage of Lat-Nam|AQ.

I just used Paint and combined bits of different card images. Adding the copyright into the bottom border is a good idea. I like that. Then any artist would be able to fit across the bottom. I think it would be fine if the bottom border was a little thicker to accomodate that. Of course, Hasbro...

I enjoyed Zoss's tinkering with the M15 frame, so I decided to play around, too. I chose Counterspell since it has lots of real versions to compare. The first one is CMR except with the hologram added for comparison's sake. Next is my attempt to declutter the M15 frame. Then we have...

I started playing in 1994, so I had a bad attitude about the 8th Edition frames when I first saw them. I hated the color change for artifact borders, and I'm still on the fence about it. I remember particularly disliking the blue frame. I came around, though, and now I prefer the newer style for...

Reading what other people write makes me find more flaws. Reversing course on parasitic tribal: I changed my mind and took out Goblin Chieftain and Thirsting Bloodlord. I went back to Champion of Dusk, which is fine on its own and even better with an extra vampire. Goblins don't have a tribal...

How about this? A Thran Dynamo on a stick seems fine on its own. Canopy Tactician

Using Occasionals with a cube that breaks singleton could create some nice outcomes, right? After reading the Cavalcade of Calamity post, and thinking about set cubes, I've been thinking on how a cube could get some of the benefits of a retail set's rarity system with the least amount of effort...

That was a nice post on Charging Monstrosaur and trample. I really enjoy the way you're able to step back and generalize how elements of a card affect decision making and game play.

Devoted Crop-Mate Bishop of Rebirth Reveillark Sun Titan Liliana, Defiant Necromancer Any weenie creatures with ETB / dies triggers or a sacrifice ability would be extra fun. These come to mind: Saffi Eriksdotter Selfless Spirit

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Just want to let you know that you're on fire with this blog! I've been reading every post.

You can count me in the population of people that would find this to be a fun puzzle that's worth the while to draft even if the deck wasn't a barn burner.

That would be The Elegant Cube. The occasionals bump it from 70 in the core cards to 102 overall. Occasionals are a good place to add a non-overwhelming amount of variety, so that makes sense. Exactly half of the keywords from the core cards appear exactly once, so as expected, a single number...

I've written some new code to look at keyword content of sets and cubes. Here's a visual: This won't come as a surprise: cubes usually have more unique keywords than retail draft sets. "Other" sets include masters sets, Jumpstart, Commander Legends, and Modern Horizons. Those sets are...