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Definitely one of the many cards that I didn’t know existed. It is cool, but yeah, maybe a little slow. The main difference with the Synthesizer is that this one doesn’t affect the board, making it tough to justify. Same here. Saw it, thought “neat!”, but not enough support and moved on. Now I...

Well the goal of the exercise was to try your approach, so I’ll keep that in mind. I went too specific with certain archetypes. Simic Storm is usually accompanied by a Black or Red splash, so yeah, might be generous separating it. Simulacrum Synthesizer Could this be the control + artifact...

Decided to try the inscho challenge of listing 4 archetypes for each of the 10 guilds. I'll be listing 5 cards for each archetype hopefully showcasing what it is about. {U}{G} Earthcraft: Generate mana with artifacts or creatures and win with excess mana. Earthcraft Tireless Tracker Urza...

Even if it does pull its weight in the prowess deck, I’d argue that it’s not worth it (my point of view of course). I’ll explain my take. A while back I made a lower powered version of my cube to contrast with my friend’s powered cube. The synergy was great with many overlapping glue cards and...

My cube is about enabling big engines with splashy plays, but avoiding cards that can take over the game by themselves (few exceptions, but still). There are cards that I am stoked to include and think will allow for even more craziness which I love. I won't be including energy just yet as I...

Are we really minimizing the Lhurgoyf kindred aspect here? But seriously, it seems very strong. Having more toughness, not killing itself on an empty board and going face are big upsides. Add to that the fact you can optimize it during deck building and draft and it’s a cool card. Not sure if I...

I’ve been trying to fit in more utility lands and more draw smoothing rather than archetypes (to a certain degree of course). The utility lands will increase the number of cards each deck plays, since as you mentioned, a lot of the cube is unused. And draw smoothing limits non-games. It could...

Thanks for sharing your takes. Again, this isn’t me cutting everything listed, just noticing that the cards aren’t perfect for the cube’s goals. I've liked the Dragon in Esper or Jeskai control lists where you get to hit your land drop early and late game you can usually find a spot to get a 2...

I was thinking if Watchwolf that has been powercrept a long time ago :p

Time for a little spring cleaning before MH3 fully spoils. I've singled out cards that I am not super keen about in the cube and thought I'd discuss why I am very open to cutting them. Angel of the Ruins I love land cyclers in the cube to smooth draws and turbo charge fair(ish) reanimator. In...

There are some fun looking cards that are (obviously) pushed My favourites: Power creep alert! Power creep alert! Great colors for the persist combo. Artifact type usually adds a lot to a card too. Enchantment type, aura for modified stuff, tokens and sacrifice synergies! This one is...

I get that at your power level, a 3/3 menace for 3 is already on rate or above. That makes the extra text pure upside. Too much and your whole cube dynamic changes. But I think that it could be valuable from time to time if you really want a signpost for an archetype or want to include an easy...

This guy is a rather spicy and open-ended build around. Comletely busted fetches first off. Getting mana back with each sacrifice opens the doors to funky lines. It would be fantastic in the grindy artifact builds with Goblin engineer, Scrap Trawler, Emry, Lurker of the Loch and Baubles + Stars...

I think the biggest issue is that White has trouble filling the GY effectively. That means you either lean into another color for self-mill or you run enchantments that bin themselves Touch the Spirit Realm Cast Out Parallax Wave Elspeth Conquor's Death Shark Typhoon Dress Down Dead Weight...

While not 100% about the MH3 previews, I wanted to showoff a test draft where some of the more recent cards have helped make creature combo decks a thing! Check this one out: Ones 1 Lion's Eye Diamond 1 Entomb 1 Gravecrawler 1 Nested Shambler 1 Duress 1 Fatal Push 1 Dark Ritual 1 Vampiric...

I love this trend of shifting away from the 3 drop slot for lands matter. Between this, the battlecry landfall dude and Bristly Bill, things are starting to diversify!

I think it’s a cool threat that is easy to support if you have a minimal artifact theme (legends and sagas you’ll have lying around). As Miles says, the cube needs slower/worse removal otherwise it won’t be competitive. I think it’s a miss in your cube, unless we abuse that last ability...

If I am able to put counters on it from somewhere else (Luminarch Apsirant for example), I can trigger it again provided I have an exiled card, no?

This is wordy as hell, but looks really cool. It's a self-contained +1/+1 counter engine that can pop off in the right deck. It triggers from both GYs, so stuff like hand hate, mill and removal will likely find you some targets. But you can also build your deck around it via discard outlets and...

I am definitely in the market for a solid Big Boros card and this seems great. The life gain can help stabilize and three damage takes care of a lot of threats. Since White is so bad at filling the GY, you'll probably need to prioritize the cheap interactive spells in White to stack your GY so...