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“In the bank” makes me think of something secure and of value, whereas mechanics of this sort mean a card is less secure in my cube and has to add a lot of value in gameplay to compensate for the additional bookkeeping. I tend to think of these mechanics as adding “clutter” in terms of extra...

I don’t pay much attention to the details of the lore, and assumed that the rooms weren’t “real” places but nightmare creations of the demon Valfavoth to trap unsuspecting victims. Hence enchantments not lands.

I think Coldsnap suffered coming between Ravnica and Time Spiral blocks which were both pretty fun to draft, but I agree that Coldnsnap was a pretty un-fun environment.

It’s still three mana. Colour fixing in my cube is such that I would sooner play an efficient removal spell of another colour.

I think {1}{G} would be fine as well. I don't like how it gives a lot of agency to your opponent about whether it triggers. What about giving it flash? You could ambush your opponent for the first trigger at least. Alternatively you could have "At the beginning of your end step put a +1/+1...

I use a quiver case for my 450 card cube and I am really happy with it. The gamegenic case Seeker mentioned above is a little bigger and less expensive so may be a better option. I also use a small aluminium flight case I bought in an electronics store. It holds 3 rows of cards lying down and...

The funny thing about Reality Chip’s typeline is that 80% of it has mechanical gameplay interactions: only one in play at a time; can be Shattered; has power and toughness; can be attached to a creature. The synergistic implications of being a jellyfish are limited.

I like the use of "during your turn" for deathtouch, similar to its use for first strike. It makes the ability less about being an annoying blocker that leads to board stalls. The item that Alpharael is magically crafting looks very mundane. My headcanon is that he dreams of great things but is...

I’m not keen. There are only 81 cards so players would have to build 15 card decks after drafting 2 packs of 5 (81st card left out for variance). It’s another UB set from the “Abstract Symbology (TM)” franchise, rather than proper magic story. Blue is overpowered.

I’m thinking about building a cube from the final years before modern, up to Scourge. How broken would it be to upgrade morph creatures to have all creature types rather than no creature types?

This set reminds me of Whippoorwill

My memory of Fifth Dawn from when it came out is that I didn't like it much. On reflection I think I was getting burned out on Mirrodin block, and constructed was in a bad place (this was a couple of years before I built my first cube). From a cube perspective there is so much to like...

Something Phyrexia: All Will Be One did well was to give non-fatal poison relevance through the Corrupted mechanic. I wonder if you could do something similar with mill. Zendikar Rising tried it with rogues like Soaring Thought-Thief but you could add other cards that play with all graveyards...

The Ambitious Squire/Serra Zealot art is rather lovely. It's a shame that DiTerlizzi was no longer producing art for Eldraine, as I think their style would have fitted in nicely. What is the community's view on reusing good art that has been "wasted" on bad cards? I can't imagine it causing...

I agree with this though find the gold cards less offensive. I think it is because the texture is more similar to old frame gold cards than modern frames. Sarcatog black waltz no. 3 Gastal Thrillseeker

I wonder if there will be a Saga creature in every booster, similar to Kamigawa: Neon Dynasty. As I recall they were initially undervalued because of the delay in having the creature. These are the opposite as you have the creature right away but only for a short time. Nice design, and even...

It's not quite a nickname card, as the creature types have been changed, making Cunning Crasis mechanically distinct from Sharp-Eyed Rookie.

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I like the suggestion of Famished Paladin, which can easily be a 3/3 vigilance for 2 mana, making it very difficult to race in the aggro mirror. I find the art a bit strange: the split cloak and odd body posture make him look as if he is partially invisible.

Warren Soultrader does a similar job at a lower mana value, but this is my favourite card from the set: Such simple synergy potential, open-ended with no silly "only once per turn" clause.