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I've been thinking about Train's wise argument, and it's hit me: The format that Cube is closest to is EDH, since it's all about singleton decks that are more than the sum of their parts (with some bombs thrown in to the mix). The reason why I don't think Cube feels like normal Constructed is...

I'd be intrigued to see how modern-day WotC would approach Planar Chaos. (I don't think they'd dare, to be honest)

On T3 it cantrips or leaves you with 2 open mana for more creatures or interaction. :p

Or, you know... Tireless Tracker This guy seems pretty good as a Savannah Lion, huh? :p

I like the idea of making one them an Enchantment, actually. Both because Enchantments tend to be a bit more build-around-y (so you're less likely to have people just pick a big bruiser as one of their companions), and because it's relatively easy to find build-around enchantments that aren't...

A little bit of the stuff that Velrun brings up, but also just the fact that one-on-one magic has a very different balance point from multiplayer magic. I dunno, I just kinda wish the Magic had one power band it tried to stick to and not the four or so that we actually have.

I really hate that there are so many cool designs that Don't Play Well With Others because they were designed for Commander or whatever.

If you want to avoid "I made three counterspells my companions!", just restrict the card types that you can turn into a companion.

I find it really disappointing that there isn't really a middle ground between the following two cards: Glassdust Hulk Kappa Cannoneer EDIT: Wait, am I reading the Cannoneer right? It looks like it triggers itself on ETB, so Sneak Attacking it (or Arms Racing it) into play will give you an...

Green's still a bit rough if you're ignoring artifact hate: Alloy Animist Ancient Stirring Teething Wurmlet Carapace Forger Lifesmith Sarinth Steelseeker Lifecraft Awakening Tawnos' Tinkering That said, Green can get in on the fun if you play up its token and +1/+1 counter themes, and if you...

I think bringing up Pauper is also a good reminder that card viability is format dependent. It's easy to discuss cards in a vacuum and go "in comparison to every card ever, this card sucks/is fantastic/makes me want to scream", but the only time that we actually look at cards in a vacuum is...

But Toxic is centered in {B}{G}{W}? :marofl:

Two comments: 1) Last I checked, CawGate ({W/U} Gates) was T1/high T2. 2) ONE adding more Proliferate to Pauper means that there's a bunch of brewing involving the depletion lands right now.

You'd be legitimately surprised at how many common lands end up seeing play in Pauper, purely because most of them suck out of control. --- On a slightly different topic... A cube where mana of one particular color is paid for by gaining poison counters instead of through spending mana is...

Ah, so it was a specific term that I didn't know. Gotcha.

Is this lady not good enough for you? Jaya Ballard, Task Mage (I might just be misunderstanding what you mean by "Magic year 05/06")

Don't forget the nice interactions that blinking has with Morph and Unearth: Maelstrom Djinn Akroma, Angel of Fury

Desert-style cube where you have the Kamigawa exertlands in the basic land box and the actual cube gives you real lands? I like it. --- The poison lands just need to be something like... Obnoxious Bayou Land ~ enters the battlefield tapped unless you have 3 or more poison counters. {T}: Add...

I was really hoping that ONE would give us a black-border version of Noxious Bayou and friends. That would've lead to some really interesting tension in Limited, and would've resulted in Corrupted cards sometimes being worth drafting on their own. But sadly WotC were cowards.

Barbarian Bully How playable would this guy be if we took a sharpie and crossed out "at random"?