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I'm actually starting to think that Battle Box might be a better basis for my weirdo formats.

New Capenna was really disappointing because it followed a mechanically interesting set (with tons of overlapping themes) with a pretty standard "here are the five factions, with their five faction mechanics" set-up.

Japanese is arguably worse, to pick an obvious example. Then you get stuff like Manx (English + Irish = why), Navajo (aka "Hey, can you leave some vowels for the rest of us?"), or Cherokee (to be fair, the person who invented written Cherokee was literally illiterate).

Just make all scrying in your cube into surveil! Nothing could be easier. (What's that? Custom cards? Nah, changing the rules is easier, and never-ever has unforeseen side-effects!)

Viscera Seer?

Illysian Caryatid :p

I mean, that's just one of the many, many causes of the shitshow that is English orthography. To quote the mighty Wikipedia: What that quote doesn't include is the fact that English phonology has 20-ish different vowel sounds (the exact number varies by dialect and how exactly you go about...

Research // Development

I return to these forums after a four day absence and we have already fallen to anarchy? Posters who should be as close as kinfolk are conspiring against one-another — it is as if we were no better than the Balduvian Trading Post! Velrun, stay thy wrath — lest your rash actions destroy all that...

Is that a challenge? ;)

Black Market Connections makes me legitimately debate whether or not I should make another "everyone starts with an [insert card here] emblem" cube.

This seems like it'd be really solid in the right environment.

No, Bloodthirsty Adversary. You cast it for the "make three artifacts" front side, then flash it back to turn two of those artifacts into a 7/7 body.

Giant Opportunity Does anyone have any experience with this thing? If so, do you have any experience with it in an environment with cards like Bloodthirsty Adversary?

This is a really cute card. I'm not sure it's good... but it's cute.

No, wait, it's clearly a Ruthless Technomancer sacrificing a Colossal Dreadmaw while a Professional Facebreaker is on the battlefield! I'm surprised we didn't notice it sooner! (In all seriousness, it's a Commune With Lava with X=3 that makes three Treasures.)

It's a Cleaver Riot with artifact synergies and a bear attached. Also, when was the last time Red got Overrun? (No seriously, remind me — it seems like something that would have a color-shifted version.)

I mean, I'm actually happy that it has a "non-competitive" body. I kinda hate how efficient creatures have gotten in general.

You know, it's weird, but... I kinda wish that WotC didn't push so many of the Treasure cards? I do like these two, though: Swashbuckler Extraordinaire is sweet because it gives you a really solid alternate use for your Treasure tokens. Young Red Dragon is just a nice, clean design.

This thing is surprisingly good once you take into account that one of the new Gates makes your Gates enter the battlefield untapped...