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  1. Karshtakavaar

    General Cubelets, Dandân, and other shared deck formats

    I missed the pun the first time I read this comment. Also, updated OP with a cliffnotes "Fun mechanics" and "neat cards" for shared deck/graveyard formats. Obvious WIP is obvious WIP, formatting may change, and of course feedback and thoughts are very welcome.
  2. Karshtakavaar

    General (CMM) Commander Masters 2023 Previews

    I liked everyone selling their modern staples so I could pick them up affordably for my cube. Best part of MH2's aftermath as far as I'm concerned. I had already gotten out of modern before Horizons due to three consecutive bans killing the fringe deck I was playing at the time - every time by...
  3. Karshtakavaar

    General Aesthetics Debate Club: Optimizing Art in Cube (Daily!)

    I mean you basically covered my sentiments :p For me its solidly Jens. It's the only one that features a simulacrum as opposed to "Sci-fantasy humaniform golem" that's solemn and not just "Downward tilted power pose". That said I like most of them though, saving for the Inventions one (as...
  4. Karshtakavaar

    General Aesthetics Debate Club: Optimizing Art in Cube (Daily!)

    Straight up won't be voting for art I love if it's only available in a frame or border I dislike, crop or no. That said, 100% agree with Nemo, you're going to all this effort to make something fun for us to consider and discuss and I'm very happy to take this as it's given <3 Oh, and BRC...
  5. Karshtakavaar

    General Cubelets, Dandân, and other shared deck formats

    @LadyMapi Volrath's Dungeon is a great call, totally forgot that card existed and it's pretty damn cool. On the surface it looks like it's just dead if you only activate it once, but the mindgames around the threat of multiple activations in one turn are really sweet. For people who want to play...
  6. Karshtakavaar

    Sets (WOE) Wilds of Eldraine Spoilers

    The only sensible option. Brand new colour category that has to be balanced against itself by including a creature/adventure pair for each of the 20 possible arrangements of colour. Easy. TBH, probably just treat them like I do split cards if I end up using any.
  7. Karshtakavaar

    General Cubelets, Dandân, and other shared deck formats

    So not that long ago Rhystic Studies video on Dandân/Forgetful Fish spiked the popularity of shared deck formats in a number of Magic spaces. There was a little mini-renaissance in creating microformats, with people posting little decklists with associated alternate rulesets which I found...
  8. Karshtakavaar

    General Custom Cards: The Lab

    Why not an enchantment? Evocative Name {1}{G} Enchantment Some downside Instant and Sorcery cards in your graveyard have Retrace. The enchantment itself wouldn't trigger Magecraft, but now all your lands do. Ideas for downsides might be "At the beginning of your upkeep, exile a nonland card...
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    Card/Deck Low Power Card Spotlight

    I wanted to justify running Tolsimir, Friend to Wolves as its a favourite of one of my players, was already running Master of the Wild Hunt, noticed I could replace some of my green Flash creatures with wolves and maintain the bant/ug flash deck, and then found a few other wolfy cards that I...
  10. Karshtakavaar

    Card/Deck Low Power Card Spotlight

    I mean, I support wolf tribal and I like it. Those statements aren't connected, mind. It's not amazing in my cube as I don't run a high enough density of tricks, but the "fightwolf' deck has a few cards that overlap with UG Flash and both were missing 3-drops. I found room and it's not left...
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    General Aesthetics Debate Club: Optimizing Art in Cube (Daily!)

    While I run a foil copy of the Mystical Archive version, I do slightly prefer the BRC for all the reasons Miles mentioned - and I love the inclusion of the little tombstone. If I find a single of the BRC version at either of my FLGS I'll make the swap, but until then am very happy with the...
  12. Karshtakavaar

    General (LTR / LTC) Lord of the Rings Testing/Includes Mega Thread!

    It's definitely viable if you're running cyclebros for other reasons (Astral Slide baybeeee! Is that a Lightning Rift I see? Invi- too far go back). For me, Living Death is a spicy one-of that is worth a speculative pick in case you hit density. Hard agree on the Twilight's Call though, exact...
  13. Karshtakavaar

    General (CMM) Commander Masters 2023 Previews

    Not to dogpile or anything, but I dont think 'deserve' comes into it. WotC and I are in a strictly financial relationship. They produce product they expect to be liked enough (for whatever reason) to be profitable, I spend money on product I like enough to justify a given amount of money lost. I...
  14. Karshtakavaar

    General Iconic big creatures

    This was in the original version of my list which was just the highest CMC of each colour in my cube (Along with Astral Dragon, don't remember, Bogardan Hellkite and Craterhoof Behemoth) but my memories of INN/RTR are so dominated by X-cost stuff like Wolf-Run, Bonfire, and Sphinx's Rev that for...
  15. Karshtakavaar

    General Aesthetics Debate Club: Optimizing Art in Cube (Daily!)

    This is one of a very short list where there is no wrong answer - every single one is fantastic in its own way. I voted for the NPH set printing only because my cube features my Japanese copy that won me many games in Pod decks in Standard. There were two of the prerelease foil in that deck too...
  16. Karshtakavaar

    General Iconic big creatures

    Rhox is perfect. Zee coming in with the single image truth bomb. I had to come back to add Deranged Hermit to my list of iconic green dudes and that I am ashamed of forgetting him. Literally -the- reason I collect all the Baloths. As far as actually contributing to the original topic, I wanted...
  17. Karshtakavaar

    General Aesthetics Debate Club: Optimizing Art in Cube (Daily!)

    I dunno, I like the starker contrast of the set printing, the full art looks washed out to me - a shame as I quite like Boros for his charms.
  18. Karshtakavaar

    General Iconic big creatures

    I totally get it, its the lack of "iconic 6(ish) drop creature" at that power level that reminded me of the Welcome Decks battle to find a decent green creature to represent the colour, and how absurd it is that green is the colour without an iconic creature. I mean, they used Acidic Slime one...
  19. Karshtakavaar

    General (CMM) Commander Masters 2023 Previews

    I'm also feeling a bit down on the Eldrazi deck, but admittedly for very different reasons. Was hoping for at least one splashy colourless spells to reduce to 0 with Mizzix.
  20. Karshtakavaar

    General Aesthetics Debate Club: Optimizing Art in Cube (Daily!)

    This is what I came here to say. I want the Magali art on Eternal Witness.
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