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In fairness, Spartan Veteran and Headsplitter are part of the intro decks, which are some of the best introductory decks I've ever seen WotC produce in 30+ years. The new cards are extremely flavorful, evocative, simple, and guide you in interesting ways in how to build around them and play them...

I actually do like Beyond "meat" and would eat it more frequently were it more affordable. I just thought it was funny WotC used this since calling something the "Beyond" version is likened to the "fake" version from time to time. I like this a lot! I (probably) won't be running it but I do...

Staff of Eden, Vault's Key Reanimates any legendary permanent, neat! Six mana is a lot, but on an artifact...I'm tempted here. I like how the tap ability encourages you to consider your opponent's graveyard and how very...blinkable its is. With the high volume of Legends in the typical cube...

The first (and likely last) product to be released in 7-card "Beyond Boosters" (a worse approximation for a real booster than Beyond meat is for hamburger made from beef), Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed gets roughly 100 cards in an environment not intended either for draft or Commander precons, and...

In my Cube, these are the cards that I say "oh, we're doing it today" if I open them: Yoshimaru, Ever Faithful Loyal Retainers Bennie Bracks, Zoologist Karakas Malcolm, Alluring Scoundrel Snapcaster Mage Rona, Herald of Invasion Emry, Lurker of the Loch Sublime Epiphany Simulacrum Synthesizer...

I had a shortlist of: City of Brass Black Vise Zenith Chronicler Nazgûl Troll of Khazad-dûm Power Conduit Mister Gutsy I spent a long time playing with a Death’s Shadow-core City of Brass list, but ended up on the underrated and delightful Mister Gutsy. I've been having so much fun with...

from Mark Rosewater's latest article, he shared an early MH3 design and I'm going to think about it for a long time, I think:

Yes, this is why I haven't run them in a decade. It made any green ramp outside of explicitly Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary / ten-elves-and-a-Craterhoof Behemoth seem quaint by comparison. Talismans or Signets also indicate to drafters that colors don't matter. The hard part of fixing is done for...

I've got a 720 unpowered Cube focused on mostly-fair Magic and this set has been wonderful for me. I tend to test 15-25 cards a set for the last few years, and this is going to be the record for me, looks like. Instant Classics for my Cube Ocelot Pride Ajani, Nacatl Pariah Tamiyo, Inquisitive...

Going on my history of playing Tarmogoyf in Cube, it's really hard to get it bigger than 5 power. I agree the card is very strong, but even in a powered list, it's rarely going to be bigger than a 3/4 on curve without having a deck built around it. Dealing 4 power to an opposing creature is...

I think in the average case scenario, Pyrogoyf is going to be about the same as Flametongue Kavu. A Kavu that doesn't kill itself on an empty board and can go to face? Nice. Has potential to be pretty bad when curving out, but I have a lot of GY support in my Cube. Emotionally, I don't want to...

It's probably not good enough for my list, but boy, is it fun to get double Bolts and Doom Blades on your opponent's dudes. A very inspiring build-around, even if I'd rather not have my build-arounds at 4 mana with only 3 toughness. I love the art, I love the Phyrexian flavor, I even love...

Glaring Fleshraker Been thinking a lot about this card lately. It compares reasonably to these cards, which are both pretty reasonable in my environment and have been in and out over the years: Forensic Gadgeteer Sai, Master Thopterist I don't support {c} at the moment. With the announcement...

After a decade of my hemming and hawing about the Mirage fetch cycle, they print these! There's a very good chance I run the whole bunch. What's the point of having a 720 card singleton list if you can't support neat cycles like this? They're very good at supporting 3 color decks and splashes...

So this one is interesting to me. I think it's very easy to say "it gets the 1/1 at baseline for a landfall trigger" and then the rest of the card is simple to grok, it's just going to be that first reading during draft that gets people. That's normally enough to bounce something from my Cube...

I personally think Gatewatch/two-set block era was the worst-designed in Magic's history, and the sales plateau it saw in the wake of expeditions in BFZ kind of validates that. The early 2000s were kind of rough, but at least they went back-and-forth with interesting sets: the Masques block may...

I like it. My main Cube is far too strong for it, but in a midrange-focused environment where removal is closer to 3 mana on average than 2, it's just a massive threat. The kinds of cards that end up in lots of Cubes over-index on the historic trio, so it's really easy to support in my experience.

A 2/1 flyer for 2 that makes a Spawn whenever you draw an extra card? I dunno, this seems extremely good, even if the competition for this exact kind of card has gotten tight at this spot recently.

I currently don't run either of the titans. Kroxa got squeezed out by Rakdos cards I just like better, and Uro is too good, turning both the draft and games into this: Phlage seems really good, and is in an appropriate color pair for this kind of effect in my Cube. I'm not wholly convinced it...

The thing I've always wanted on one of these MDFCS is a land/counterspell combo, and I guess I got what I wanted. The land being able to enter untapped is huge, and the flexibility of the counterspell also being able to bounce permanents helps the Remand-style effect not feel as bad. I...