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101110, clearly.

11 lines is way too long, especially since it's just a list of upcoming sets (which I'm pretty sure that the folks around here don't need a constant reminder of). Also, and this is because it has been bothering me... if you don't have access to superscripts, the convention for ordinals in...

EDIT: Dang, look at this finisher:

I've been mulling over this post for a little while now, and... is Alesha really a Mardu card, or is it just simultaneously a Boros card and a Rakdos card? Do drafters look at Alesha and feel the need to go Mardu if they're already in one of those colors? Like, realistically speaking... Cram...

Dang it, I was about to post that one! It feels strong but reasonable — I'd argue that Growth Spiral is still way stronger for the simple reason that ramping on 2 is better than ramping on 3... but that said, I think Joint Explorations is a better card for cube. One of the nice things about the...

Check For Traps exiles a card, while Pilfer plops it in the graveyard. It's just that Check For Traps also has the whole "if X, gain 1 life; if ~X, lose 1 life" thing.

So, another question: Volatile Chimera Did anyone play Conspiracy? Was this card any fun? I kinda like it as a "reanimator" card, especially since it encourages you to draft off-color fatties.

A few cards from the leaked notes that I think might be fun:

Yeah... part of the benefit of Maw is that there's always the possibility of getting to play it as a weird Aristocrat-y Overwhelm. Aron sadly can't do that.

Three of today's spoilers seem kinda interesting: Keldon Flamesage - {2}{R} Creature - Human Shaman Enlist (As this creature attacks, you may tap an unattacking creature that doesn't have summoning sickness. When you do, at its power to this creature's until end of turn.) Whenever ~ attacks...

True... but as a result, I'd probably see Sailor's Bane and go "oh, you're signalling that there's a lot of Adventures/Delve/Flashback/etc in your cube". Whereas Tolarian Terror makes me think you have a Spells Matter archetype.

Yeah... unless your cube has a ton of cantrips or self-mill, you're probably only going to have, what, 4 instants/sorceries in your yard? I'd take a 5/5 with Ward 2 for {2}{U} over a 7/7 with Ward 4 for {3}{U}{U} any day.

I feel like the jump in complexity between Shock Three and Shock Four is undercut by the fact that Shock Four is so needlessly complicated that you get distracted trying to figure out what it actually does, to the point where I mentally checked out for a bit. :p I also feel like showing people...

It's a board-wipe in the wrong colors... but I will say that Read Ahead is interesting. I'm not sure if it's going to play well, mind you, but it seems interesting. EDIT: Part of me hopes that there's going to be some way to give other Sagas Read Ahead, but the rest of me knows that it'd be a...

May I introduce everyone to our new evergreen counter? I dunno how I feel about it.

HAHAHAHA yes. Gold kicker is basically exactly what I wanted.

Hacker vs. Deep Hours is also an interesting one because Ninja of the Deep Hours is actually simpler than it initially looks if you're an enfranchised player, since it falls under the general umbrella of "card you've seen many times before, except it has a set mechanic now". Moon-Circuit Hacker...

Fun fact: Gaddock Teeg doesn't actually affect Shock Three, since kicker doesn't change the mana value.

I'd honestly be kinda happy to see an expert set dedicated to iterating on existing mechanics.