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I've slotted in a massive 35 cards into my main Cube with this set. It's the most-represented set in all of Magic...which I don't feel great about, particularly as someone without an emotional attachment to Final Fantasy. That said, I really like the art in this set, and, more emotionally, I...

Day: 019 Set: Fifth Dawn (5DN) Release Date: June 4, 2004 Cards: 145 Leads: Mark Rosewater (Design), Brian Schneider (Development) All New Cards, Sorted by ELO: CubeCobra Link It's an interesting set. I think it's stuck in the era of valuing design novelty over gameplay, but there are some...

Thanks folks, I am properly convinced.

I love Cube because I can see a mechanic or a piece of art I'm obsessed with and can say "my Cube is about this now" and make it actually work. What an incredible format. edit: also, we finally got a mono-colored Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain/stronger Reki, the History of Kamigawa in the perfect...

Trying to figure out which of these blue dragons is the most reasonable as a harder-to-interact-with threat that has enough value to make players not feel bad spending 5 on them. Hraesvelgr of the First Brood Diviner of Mist Iymrith, Desert Doom Hraesvelgr of the First Brood lets you get in...

Day: 018 Set: Legions (LGN) Release Date: February 3, 2003 Cards: 145 Leads: Mike Elliot (Design), William Jockusch (Development) All New Cards, Sorted by ELO: CubeCobra Link Ahh, Legions. The all-creatures set. I guess Akroma, Angel of Wrath is cool, but I much prefer the (amazingly only four...

I love it. Easy include for me. I've been running Reckless Impulse and it's been fine, but this seems like it has more game. Being an Instant over a Sorcery helps to soften losing "until the end of your next turn" vs. "until your next end step" (this distinction is annoying to track either way)...

You may not like it, but this is what peak Magic performance looks like. I love Cactuar. Finally, the Glitterfang I've been waiting for.

Day: 017 Set: Gatecrash (GTC) Release Date: February 1, 2013 Cards: 249 Leads: Mark Rosewater & Mark Gottlieb (Design Co-Leads), Zac Hill (Development) All New Cards, Sorted by ELO: CubeCobra Link At the time, Gatecrash was great for me. Cards like Boros Charm, Burning Tree Shaman, Legion...

I've been talking about this Cube for a while here, and rather than just bumping CBS with every self-indulgent consideration I have, let's spread out the love a little. The California Premiership Cube on Cube Cobra From the CC description, this Cube is focused on delivering: Interactive...

The art style of Fallout is rooted in Western fantasy art. There's a direct lineage between Frank Franzetta, Boris Vallejo, Syd Mead, etc. and Fallout's aesthetic, even if the genre is different. These are the same sources of inspiration for Magic's early eras, which still (somewhat) define the...

Day: 016 Set: Alara Reborn (ARB) Release Date: April 30, 2009 Cards: 145 Leads: Aaron Forsythe (Design), Matt Place (Development) All New Cards, Sorted by ELO: CubeCobra Link As a note, I will be traveling the next few days, so I will not be making "almost daily" updates here. Saved by the...

Torgal, A Fine Hound is kind of like a worse Biophagus, but Biophagus is one of the premiere 2mv dorks. Humans make up about 30% of my creatures, though they represent a little less of green. A totally solid, cute design that's pretty powerful, but definitely a tier 2 design at best.

Hellllll yeah. Anything with the text "return all lands from your graveyard to the battlefield" has got me interested. Compares well to Vorinclex, which is one of my favorite super-complicated cards that I struggle justifying in my Cube. This does a very similar thing, but only attacks once...

I think it gets solved a little using the less good art. Anyways, I do like it. I've been looking for an excuse to play Whitemane Lion again, and making it Legendary may be enough to do that? That said, Sunpearl Kirin is probably still preferable here, even if I think the upside of drawing a...

Day: 015 Set: Mirrodin Besieged (MBS) Release Date: February 4, 2011 Cards: 155 Leads: Mark Gottlieb (Design), Erik Lauer (Development) All New Cards, Sorted by ELO: CubeCobra Link This was an important block for me, as it's the era when I really first got into limited. I remember losing hard...

I am more willing than most to put cards in my Cube that, either in their text box or artwork, aesthetically offend me. This one crosses the line, though. Seriously. Generating +1/+1 counters and trinket artifacts almost every turn in a proper midrange deck? Why would I not want this?? I just...

My Cube is 720 cards!! But more importantly, this is a lot, yes, but it's part of my effort to cut some of the power outliers in my list. I'm sure these will have shorter shelf lives than most inclusions, but I'm using this set as a refresh of sorts.

Yeah. Honestly, I hate the aesthetics of the games too, and it's not really what I want in Magic. But I can't deny the novelty of the designs!!

I love it. I ran Dueling Rapier for a while, and it was pretty good! I considered Hidden Footblade seriously, because in addition to doing the same thing on enter as Coral Sword, as a haste enabler, it promises for splashier later turns. But I think I'd prefer Coral Sword to the Footblade all...