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Yep! It's actually arguably better than Remand because it doesn't counter. Personally, I feel like it was a long time coming, and hope we see more white counters/pseudo-counters coming up. It'll be nice to be able to support some Wx control decks that can fight on the stack.

Nah, I can see it too — turns out Taylor Swift is a) blonde and b) had a similar haircut at one point (2019-ish?). If you look at the elf more closely, though, the similarity disappears, and the face just looks like Ye Olde Generic Fantasy Elf Lady.

Not the most impactful saga ever made, but...

I'm not even sure your drafters would necessarily notice if a guild was missing until they got a few drafts under their belt.

It's from the Food-themed Commander deck, so Modern can breath a sigh of relief. :p

Yep. It's a Commander card, so that's not too off-rate.

Not only is it the only complex mechanic in the entire set, it's the only new mechanic in the set (if you don't count Amass Orcs as "new").

A part of me really loves the Scry subtheme — it's a shame that one of the coolest payoffs¹ involves being tempted by the ring, but then you get sweet designs like: Council's Deliberation Elvish Mariner Elven Chorus Arwen Undomiel (Elven Chorus is an Enchantment for {3}{G} that's Earthcraft +...

That's a valid counterpoint... but there's a reason I called for disposable cubes that will only see play a few times! We have an expectation that cubes are going to see a ton of repeated play, which is incredibly daunting for a new designer — in contrast, going "it's pretty normal to throw...

While I feel like this article is pretty insightful... I feel like it misses the biggest reason why cubing isn't a super mainstream thing. And that's that cubes are hilariously huge. The standard size for a cube is 360 cards and assumes 8 drafters, which is actually, legitimately absurd. If we...

This is one of those "it's up to interpretation" things, since Tolkien tended to be pretty vague about what his magic does. However, the way I interpret it is that the Ring itself has only one drawback (the fact that it's sentient, malicious, and desires to be reunited with Sauron). Everything...

I've read the books, some of the supplementary materials, and The Silmarillion twice. So yes. I have.

On a less gloomy note... Friendly Rivalry is just cute, and it's probably one of my favorite takes on Legendary Tribal in the set so far — it's already pretty solid if you don't have any legends on the battlefield, but gets stronger if you do. Good show. Mostly posting Simic Legolas: Wait...

I've been thinking about "The Ring Tempts You" (henceforth TRTY), and it just makes me sad. Not the mechanic itself, necessarily, but the fact that it's gotten such a massive backlash for reasons that honestly aren't the mechanic's fault. In practical terms, it's effectively just an upgrading...

Consider: Painter's Servant Vanishing Verse Checkmate, lands.

Stern Scolding is one of those cards that looks mediocre until you realize that it's basically a one mana Essence Scatter in a surprising number of formats.

Mono-Green Galadriel is probably going to end up enjoying some capitalism (cube). I also really hope Council's Deliberation is part of a cycle. I will say, as much as I'm not a huge fan of Legendary Tribal... I do appreciate that Frodo's art makes him look like just some middle-aged guy.

No love for budget Lingering Souls? Hunt for Specimens Pest Summoning as a squadron pick. :p

It's not just a freeze effect - it's two freeze effects, with the second one having an extra rider of discouraging attacks/tapping to use abilities for a turn. I'd give it a try.