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Courser of Kruphix vs. Augur of Autumn I've loved Courser for years, but I'm leaning towards making this swap after looking over the pros and cons. I think a 2/3 is more manageable than a 2/4 for low to the ground decks and damage based removal matches up more favorably, Augur has a relevant...

To add onto what Erik mentioned above, it's definitely a key card for any W/x Humans archetype. You get the base mode of being a 2nd copy of Champion of the Parish, but the real play comes from sandbagging it as an anthem like effect to push through more damage after developing your board...

You know what, you guys are right about Poppet Stitcher. Definitely less annoying than the other DFCs in this set, I think my brain might have just shortcutted to this also being a Day/Night card rather than a completely different trigger that they control. I also just realized that the backside...

Having to take the card out of the sleeve and flip it back and forth in grindier games. This one is way less annoying that day/night, but I'm probably still going to ignore it unless I hear rave reviews. I've pretty much avoided adding any new DFCs since Search for Azcanta 4 years ago.

I don't even know if they're otherwise great tbh. It's not like I don't play DFCs; I still run the likes of Jace, Vryn's Prodigy and Search for Azcanta. Those are worth it to me due to one time flipping and what they add to the overall gameplay. I'll also do it for various other mechanics that...

They really are beautiful frames and I do like what some of the cards bring, but flipping back and forth and introducing a whole other element to keep track of is just such a turn off to me. I really don't want that for my drafters to deal with, especially when we only cube once in a blue moon...

What's ultimately most important is the gameplay experience. If there is meaningful interaction and back and forth, that's different from one person just stomping the other. There's a definitely high when you pull off something busted that flips the game, but it's not nearly so great if it's...

For myself fair vs. unfair comes down to whether you're breaking a fundamental "rule" of the game. The most common ones revolve around resource deployment and expected board state development. Playing fetchlands to get extra triggers off Tireless Tracker and grow it quicker? Fair; you're still...

Nah, it's mostly the same. I'll open a new review every once in a blue moon, but I stopped paying it any real mind years ago. Appreciate what he's provided to the cube community over the years, and I certainly used his cube as a starter template years ago, but I straight up don't think he's a...

GW is a weird multi-color pairing in that most of the cards aren't great signposts ala The Gitrog Monster in BG or Falkenrath Aristocrat in RB, but excel in having cards that synergize with stuff you're already doing in White and/or Green. It's more of a reward for being in colors than a reason...

I'd personally go with Fleecemane. I just think it's a cleaner design, not really a fan of cards that return to the battlefield as something else ala Old-Growth Troll. Just prompts a lot of picking up and reading cards. However, Hexproof is kinda wack on a solid midrange body though, but it...

It's all dependent on how quickly your players can develop in the early game. A T1 Parish in my cube is usually up to around a 3/3 or 4/4 before it becomes a must answer on the other side and that's mostly due to the density of cheap humans that are available in W/B Aggro in my cube. Perished...

For those who have had experience with: Magmatic Channeler Let me know how it has been thus far. I've had my eye on it for a while, forgot about it since I've never actually played with it, but then remembered it when talking with friends earlier tonight at FNM. I'm not sure of how well it...

This might be my favorite non-Horizons set ever for cube, right up there with Throne of Eldraine in terms of inclusions. Even after ignoring the majority of flip cards and anything referencing the day/night mechanic, there were still a large number of cards that I wanted to test out in my cube...

This is super solid, the flash really puts it over the top with utility. You can use it aggressively in aggro as a 3/1 beater, represents on board interactions for any artifacts/enchantments that might be deployed, and the flash lets it play double duty as a threat you don't need to deploy at...

Welcome to the age of Arena. I'm just not a fan of these mechanics and cards that are getting tedious to keep track of in paper. Works on a platform that does it for you, but man is a chore in paper to do things like track ability counters, remember the super wordy front and back sides to cards...

Yeah it's very much YMMV dependent upon your playgroup. My group is pretty experienced, but every now and then pre-pandemic I'd bring my cube over to the LGS and have 1-2 new people give it a go in an 8 man. Cube is already complex and I also have many extra features in my draft that I'd rather...

Absolutely essential with how many wonky mechanics we get year to year now. It was one thing when we had gotten Clues for the first time, but now we get Food and Treasure and like randomly. I like promo cards and minimal text whenever possible to remove clutter and just for a cleaner display...

If Bitterblossom is too powerful then I'd definitely stay away from Foundry. Blossom is strong early but bad late, Foundry is just good always. It looks more manageable, but I'd argue that it's more powerful than BB because it requires so little of you once you've already played it. If you have...

Now that's a strong Rakdos card. 3/3 First Strike fine on its own, has the increasingly relevant Vampire typing, and it gives some additional reach to the more low to the ground Aggro decks allowing them to dig deeper. Sold!