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Secret Summoning Article to go with spoiler is awesome: https://www.wizards.com/magic/magazine/article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/ld/300 Really great to see explicit acknowledgement that they kept the set size down so that you could more reliably get multiples of commons. I think it's sweet that...

Guul Draz isn't really a 1 drop, you want to play him turn 3 the earliest, though sometimes it's correct to wait longer. Also, there's usually only two outcomes when you play him: either you invest a lot of mana into him and get blown out by removal, or you "get there" and just start mowing down...

At first glance I see where you might think that, but I think the text box is going to read a little more like this:

In 3x SOM, I boarded in Twisted Image against a Precursor Golem that had gotten me game 2. I ended up getting there after the twisted image became Ancestral Recall; and it probably didn't hurt that one of the cards I drew off it was Slice in Twain.

What a vicious hate-bear. Hate-bear isn't even the right phrase, as it's a 3/1. But I digress. Stats are obviously good, being an enchantment probably adds a tiny bit of fragility. But still, for this cost + stats, it would be an auto-include for any aggro deck. And she'll just ruin games where...

Precursor Golem won't trigger off of Searing Blaze. "Targets only a single golem" means "the spell only has a single target, and the target is a golem." Searing Blaze targets the creature's controller as well.

Land's Edge I'll be pedantic and point out that at any REL, if someone asks "is that a forest" in reference to your Dryad Arbor, it's legal to say yes. The better question is, "is that a basic forest?" But if this happens while cubing, the proper ruling is to not invite them back. Future...

Out of Order Sequencing is specifically allowed by the Magic Tournament Rules. If you make a continuous sequence of actions and the game state is legal at the end, it's okay to make shortcuts. The specific example in the floor rules doc is "Block here, Block here, Animate Treetop Village and...

Awesome art and flavor text. Suitably creepy without being outright gory. This seems pretty sweet for Constructed, where I'm sure you'll be able to pair it with Blood Artist for some silly loop to draw your deck. Black has had some lifelink guys as well, so it's feasible that this could show...

After re-reading Cloven Casting, I'm not going to hold my breath. But besides it and Vanish, the rest of the cards seem reasonably powerful and fun. I don't think it would be too out there to lay out the skeleton of a cube that's pegged around the power level of these multi-color cards a la...

Vanish Into Memory is the only card on this list that's really a design failure in my book, as it feels clumsy and non-intuitive. Honestly, I think the rest of the cards have great designs. They do what you think their respective color pairs would best team up to do. Abstractly comparing them...

What do you mean "unfortunately?" I enjoy reading the prose of CML.

Surprised no one has posted about this yet, so I'm taking a crack at "reviewing" him. 4GG - Garruk, Caller of Beasts Planeswalker - Garruk Starting Loyalty: 4 +1: Reveal top five cards of Library, all creatures to hand, rest to bottom. -3: You may put a GREEN creature card from your hand onto...

Maybe there just is too much damn complexity for what you gain. Like I said, I haven't been able to try it. But I think 2-player draft formats end up being spiky in one way or another.

It adds a layer of strategy and tension to the early picks to not over-invest? And/or you do it after only a few packs? I was trying to be brief with my description, but you could go deeper: instead of each player banning a color, one player must decide to protect OR ban one color, then the...

I have to say, even though that's the oldest joke on the internet, it still makes me crack up when done well. Good work.

From a strictly power level standpoint, I can't justify running Elvish Mystic. It's only one elf! Llanowar Elves and Fyndhorn Elves are both elves! Two elves for one mana! Ambiguity! From a flavor standpoint, Llanowar is a place where you'll have a bajillion broken bones. The guys from...

My mono-plains cube doesn't have this problem, but I've still put some thought into it. Part of the issue is that most people don't want to have to maintain a separate cube or list for just two players. So I've thought up ideas that would work with minimal/no edits to a "regular" cube. I...

Fencing Ace is one my personal favorites. Vulshok Morningstar is another solid equipment, and the two toughness can be quite relevant for the non-first strikers who might pick it up. Vines of Vastwood probably won't get kicked onto the Ace itself often, but the option is there and Vines is a...

I really like Altar, Tower, and Temple. Temple might be better in the the utility land draft though, due to the narrowness. Skittering invasion doesn't get me excited, but I can't think of a reason to not try it. All is Dust is just really powerful and I say go for it, but keep under watch...