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Wrote about my Magic ups and downs of 2022 and the lessons I'll take into this year: https://trialofknowledge.blogspot.com/2023/01/2022-review2023-goals.html

I love Magic - even if the game officially ended or went off a cliff tomorrow, I'd still have a lifetime of fond memories of my time with the game and would keep thinking about new Cubes or Premodern decks etc. That said, I have a personal/professional/social interest in various parts of the...

The Phyrexians took a cool PW and made him boring and bad {B/P}

I would also accept Shitterblossom

Infinite mana with Devoted Druid/immediate 'haste' for stuff like Goblin Welder

Haven't updated this thread for >6 months but thought I should now that I had a nice finish to end the year:

I liked a lot of the Kaladesh art for a similar reason - so bright and vibrant (even if more overtly pristine and digital)

critical support for Nicol Bolas in his anti-PW crusade tbh

Selfless Spirit! And all the cool Sagas printed over the past year + Search for Azcanta

Managorger Hydra is super sweet IMO - triggering off everything and for both players means it gets out of control quickly and offers tough tradeoffs for the opponent - do they develop their board and grow it even further or try to contain it where it is? By contrast I'm not a fan of the smaller...

BROTHERS' WAR + The Dangers of Synergy At the start of the year I tried to take stock of the problems I had building a Cube that could fit everything I wanted. I realized that I could try splitting my big virtual box of cards into two shells - an Artifact Cube and a Graveyard Cube (modeled on...

A scalable Scales effect and payoff in one is everything I want in a card

aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhsfjsdfjlskdjsdglkjkjhkljl my biggest pet peeve

In Cube Karn is a very clunky way to find a card that you are more likely to want in your deck (if that card is important enough for you to jump through those hoops to find) that also incidentally hoses random artifacts for no good reason

I don't mean to frame it as a definitive criticism (or even my own - I haven't played the recent MTGO Cubes much - or a valid one!), just using it to illustrate various contrasting approaches to that question. In other news, Sam Black's most recent podcast episode is very good on being honest...

Yeah idk about Ashnod. Juiced one-mana sac outlet is up my alley but I feel like there will be a lot of asking what a Powerstone token is and disappointment when I hand them one

The Commander decks were previewed today and this thing stood out to me. As a six-drop it's not that impressive but the 'Scavenge' looks excellent to me - maybe this set can complete the artifact/graveyard crossover?

Not to mention that Ruinator will also be cast as an 'extra' threat from the GY while demanding their best removal spell. I'm happy with that exchange when I cast it the first time and don't need to cast it a second. It's going to be bad in most Cubes (most blue sections lean much more towards...

I didn't even realize my beloved Replenish was discussed here! A few ideas for it: Ones 1 Unholy Heat 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Currency Converter 1 Mox Diamond Twos 1 Jace, Vryn's Prodigy 1 Dig Through Time 1 Faithful Mending 1 Occult Epiphany 1 Lightning Helix 1 Prismari Command 1 Wrath of God 1...

Got a sudden chance to draft last week so the big box of cards I like came out again! A handful of the decks: Ones 1 Gyruda, Doom of Depths Twos 1 Scavenging Ooze 1 Saffi Eriksdotter 1 Grim Flayer 1 Apprentice Necromancer 1 Priest of Forgotten Gods 1 Sylvan Advocate 1 Raffine's Informant 1...