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I would keep the Expertise and I guess Evacuation over Cyclonic Rift. I don't really like either Evacuation or Rift in Cube, but I suppose Evacuation is more playable being 5 mana. I jam Rift in any blue EDH decks I end up making because it's the most one-sided wipe available, but reaching 7...

Story-wise, it was pretty good considering what he's referring to. After he rekt the Gatewatch and nearly drowned Gideon to death, he released Kozilek from his slumber and Zendikar should have been doomed. But then plot armor ensues and Zendikar is saved by a group of planeswalkers who can...

I was looking over spoilers again to finalize a shortlist of stuff I want to keep an eye out for this weekend for trades and I revisited this guy: Metallic Mimic I kind of glanced over it when it was first revealed, but now that I've taken some time to go over my list, I think it's actually...

To be fair, you're probably not going to beat a T3 Tron anyway in most scenarios if you're a fair deck. There's just very little that any deck can do against resilient 6 and 7 drops on T3. If Push increases my ability to interact against 3-4 other decks in the format and lessens my ability to...

Well, expecting a catch-all at one mana would just be asking for too much. In a format full of fetchlands, it's not as hard to get it to where you need it to be if you face down a 3 or 4 mana threat (of which there aren't many in the first place). Even then, the utility of Push is in being able...

I don't actually think that's as hyperbolic as it may be on first glance. Push is just insane in Modern and Legacy killing all but a handful of threats off a fetch. Path is awful to fire off early in most matches, Bolt can't deal effectively with certain threats that end up outpacing or...

The only reason I'm considering Baral's Experiste is because it is not instant speed. Mystic Confluence was way too much of a swiss army knife and an extreme blowout at instant speed, I said no to that one from the very start. Being able to keep up any of the following: Mana Leak + Bounce Two...

With the full set up, I'm looking at these cards as early adds/testing:

Unholy bump, but I've got to highlight a newcomer for this archetype that is likely here to stay: An evasive two drop, self-contained energy/draw engine, AND it's a human to boot. I'm not a big fan of a lot of the make energy cards because they're so underwhelming without a critical mass...

First Strike and Menace side by side on a 1 power creature is odd, but I like how this is touching strange design spaces. It basically requires 3 blockers from your opponent at any given attack, wields equipment and carries counters like a champ, and the weird 1/3 body allows it to also function...

Wow the Rallier is incredible. Pod a Voice, make the Elemental Token, bring back Voice, end turn with 8 power on board. Disgusting.

I was talking more in a constructed context, I think it's fine in cube because you need a very specific pool for it to be busted. In most of our cubes it's negligible as a one-of within a pool of 360 with our planeswalker density, but this card is obnoxious in multiples anywhere else. The...

Wow, that is so pushed.

Nah, more like a cheap knockoff. Jaya had great flavortext quotes, Chandra is bland in comparison. I really hate her character within the more recent lore. They've been developing their core 5 ever since Origins and Chandra is somehow worse than retconned Nissa who somehow became a socially...

Baral is a dick, but Chandra has like zero redeeming qualities as a character so I'm kind of rooting for him. Make your protagonists more likeable WoTC.

A bit more pushed than I'd like.

So Westworld finished up its first season with a big 90 minute finale, was a great watch. You've got a whole year to catch up on it before the 2nd season which apparently isn't coming until 2018. The show was pretty decent, not something all-time great ala Sopranos or The Wire but still a nice...

Yeah, there are a bunch of great Human typed cards in other colors. I find humans to function best as a "themeless theme" across multiple colors since there are just so many useful cards with that typeline (and my drafters can take advantage with a Utility Land Draft pick of Cavern of Souls)...

Good call on the Scrounger and Drana, I forgot those two existed since I haven't used either yet in my cube. Adding to the post under additional threats. Scrounger seems like a great addition to just about any B/x Aggro deck, but I think it ends up shining more in an R/B Aggro deck where the...

Archetype Spotlight: Black White Humans (Aggro) One of the more common problems that I've seen new cube designers run into is finding ways to bring enough support to aggressive archetypes to thrive in a midrange environment. The core idea behind drafting an aggressive deck is to apply...