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We had another 4 player draft, this time with a slightly increased cube size of 240 using 5 packs of 12 cards each (previously 11), burning 4 per pack, still resulting in 40 card pools. We could do 44 card pools, but I think the 40 card pools help us build decks a little faster with no shortage...

Related to the talk about ramping to 6 MV instead of 8+, what is people's thoughts on reanimating at more of a 6-7 MV level? I'd like to run 2-3 cards like Blood for Bones, Dread Return, and Diabolical Servitude as midrange value spells that target stuff like Pentavus, Tyrant of Kher Ridges. I...

Speaking of Remand, they committed a crime by increasing the text from 3 lines to 5 lines in every version after the original. I was happy to finally see a reprint with M15 border and original art, but the oracle text is ugly by comparison.

Desecrated TombAltar of DementiaMesmeric OrbMonument to EnduranceMirror of Life Trapping

It's a Flametongue Kavu of sorts in the blink-est color. This is something we haven't had before. Momo, Rambunctious Rascal

Cool, that last mountain is a nice one.

This is my thing. I could try to dial up the rest of the cube to make 3/2 for 2 okay, but I don't think I want that. I don't want the format to be so fast that you can never afford to whiff on an early turn. I also don't think I'd be able to find enough cards at that power level without dozens...

These sound fun. DuplicantSneak Attack

Sweet, thanks for the endorsements. I'll run it.

What's your opinion of this card? Key to the City On one hand, I hate it because it's a little confusing to read at first. On the other hand, I love a colorless discard outlet that activates for zero mana, which also doubles as a source of evasion/reach that can end a stalled game or push an...

There's a Strixhaven set coming out next year, so maybe they'll bring back Learn there. But, knowing them, they'll instead create some updated version of Learn called "Study" that tweaks the mechanic to fix some issue they thought they had with Learn.

So many cards would awesome if the rate wasn't all wrong. Right now I'm lamenting Umbral Collar Zealot in particular, because I just can't get behind a black 3/2 for 1B with nothing but upside. It sounds really fun to play that with the WB humans/aristocrats deck, I think it's just too strong...

Folks, I thought you'd want to see these gibbons, which are somewhat hidden in the photo here.

Gate to Phyrexia

Nice upgrades! I was thinking more of a card like Telling Time. You would end up with two extra cards and not know where to put them.

Yeah, that's irritating. They went for a lot of scry cards in LTR and WOE, before they seemingly made the switch. They could do "whenever you look at or reveal cards from the top of your library, look at or reveal two extra cards." That would buff lots of effects. It's probably best as a...

I'm probably late to the party on this one, but who else noticed that they've cut way back on printing new cards with scry? They made Surveil deciduous starting with Brothers War (Oct 2022), but I didn't realize until now that they've nearly stopped printing new cards with scry in retail draft...

I'd love to see what the community comes up with. Here are some of my favorite things to do with artifacts. These can't necessarily all go in, but this is the stuff that comes to mind for me. Master Transmuter flipping big ETB effects like Sharuum the Hegemon or Spine of Ish Sah or Duplicant...

I've been studying the Foundations products as I think about cube updates, and I decided to check out the word counts of each product. Product No Reminders Full Oracle Text Beginner Box 13.6 17.3 Jumpstart 18.2 23.8 Starter Collection (Duplicates Included) 18.2 23.1 Booster Draft...

I really like the concept of a core cube with occasionals and putting carefully chosen duplicates into the occasionals. That would change the odds, and provide some levers to customize the odds. I think it can be managed to create an interesting level of variability within an acceptable range...