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Magic's frames are very old-fashioned in that there are several borders. There's the black (or white, or silver) border around the edge and then another border around the picture and the text box. Compare with the cards in a typical FFG game, which use no outer frames, minor inner frames and...

I really dislike that card. There's no play or trick to it. If you have removal, you must use it on her. If you don't, you lose. I would rather run Noxious Gearhulk, as strong as he is, because it's a one-time thing and not a constant ever-increasing advantage.

Ultimately, one should remember "Legendary" is awkard from a design perspective because it implies a thematic element yet it's also a drawback.

I don't think it leads to highly repetitive sequences nor a feeling of helpness. The card is a repeteable tutor but a tutor that requires both tempo and mana and which requires you to discard other cards. Ah, and it's card disadvatange until you get an engine going! This means it's far from a...

You can always steal pictures from L5R, though I think the Dragon clan which has the most monks is green-coded so they might not fit!

I've played with the card in draft quite a bit and it's both fun and strong. It's much better for cube than, say, the Goblin that deals 2 points of damage to the opponent when you cast an instant or sorcery.

Is Force of Will a trap? Force of Will I'm rusty but it seems to me that it's difficult to have enough blue cards to reliably support it and not suffer the card disadvantage. It's good in aggressive decks (but worse than Daze) and allows control to tap out to play their big finisher but I...

I've hit the rest button on Cubetutor's draft bots. The reason is that I've changed such a large portion of my cube and forced certain archetypes so much that I was starting to get a very strange view of my cube. Trade Routes should go last, not dissapear on pick 2. To pick up speed I drafted...

I like Vampiric Tutor much more as a support than Demomic Tutor. Demonic just adds two mana to the cost of casting a spell, which is not very interesting nor fun. Having to wait a turn and losing card advantage is more how I like it. It's still very strong but it's a bit less dumb. Regarding...

I'm not sure. A couple people on the other thread seem to think it's busted, but elsewhere the opinions I've heard haven't been great. It's hard to say, I've played with the card but never in a cube environment. In Vintage storm, it was a 3 mana "win next turn" spell. But I also have a copy of...

Me: Here's some good advice to make your cube better Also me: Is there a way for me to include Oppossition and Necropotence in my cube?

That's the thing, isn't it? We are limited by the core design of the game, flaws and all. Sorting cards will only get us so far. What I mean is that a longer game naturally reduces variability because players will draw more cards and have more opportunities to play them. Missing a land drop is...

Fastbond is surprisingly questionable because every card it accelerates you into is a spell you don't have and Exploration is not that worse off. I know Wadell and Inscho run it and Wadell runs like 3 Strip Mines and Crucible which is very far fromt he norm. My only issue with it is that it an...

I believe there's a very strong correlation between creativity in card design and power. Better, more creative cards tend to push against the boundaries of the game, resulting in an inherent amount of power. The result is that some of the more fun, interesting cards in the game are downright...

I was waiting a bit to see if there were any cards that piqued my interest for cube but I didn't see many: Charming Prince Animating Faerie Glass Casket Witching Well I like Glass Casket because it has artifact synergies and in the right colour, too. That said I do look foward to this set...