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Some cubes like Supplier more since it's a Zombie, but creature types aside, I'm a fan of what Manipulator brings to the table. While Supplier does a better job milling, its floor is much lower if drawn late, and I don't like my 1 drops to be dead draws unless played on curve. I don't think...

I had missed Marwyn too, but I'm pretty sold on Cultivator at this point. I think deathtouch is a good tool for green to have to deal with larger threats (esp. via fights / bites), but I dislike the play pattern of holding stupid 1/1s on defense, leading to board stalls. Since Cultivator gets...

Empower Jace, compared to Amass, definitely gets better the more you have of it. That may sound painfully obvious, but what I mean is while I'm perfectly happy with Bothersome Noisemaker being my only Amass enabler since there's actually advantages to the token staying small, Empower Jace has to...

I play more in the med-high power level (just below vintage), but I like to keep aristocrats aggressive so I come with a bunch of suggestions. Most of these will probably fail for you in terms of flavor / complexity / power level, but hope you can find something that works for you! Vraan...

Vibrant Outburst The art is … questionable, and it got overshadowed by Traumatic Critique in the same set, but for a low to the ground swiftspear type deck this card is everything you want. It doesn’t offer a lot from a cube equity perspective, but it has a little more play on offense and...

Two more options if you have some payoff looking for sacrifices happening: Phantom SteedIllvoi Galeblade The galeblade isn’t worth splashing for, but can play into other flying men / ninja type strategies.

It's never too late to heal the world and cut a Mh3 card from your cube. Maybe I'm overrating it, but this looks great for a wide range of cubes. Scorching Dragonfire is a card more of us probably should run, just so red has a way to deal with annoying black recursive creatures ... but it's...

The real magical Christmas land is wombo comboing your Kudo, King Among Bears with Beorn. While not needing any typal payoffs, I do think these cards are more fun when there are other cards sprinkled throughout the cube to work with them. Unfortunately I'm not running any bears, but Kudo...

I've already made space for 23 includes in my 720 card cube, which for the largest MTG set ever, is honestly pretty conservative. Due to the wonky spoiler season, I keep finding new cards, so there might be even more before all's said and done! Instead of belaboring the obvious hits, I'll try...

I try to avoid these cards in my cube too, which is a bummer since they make up like half the enablers for the whole Grixis 'play from exile' strategy. Card theft is obviously frustrating, but from a synergy perspective, I don't see why I would want a card from my opponent's deck to begin with...

Trying to make Selesnya's theme 'attacks alone' feels a little heavy handed, similar to what you described happening with enchantments. I'm also a little thrown off by you saying you were let down by Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar, which is a known peasant all-star and real contributor to this kind...

Seems we've known about the scene box cards for a while now, but they're worth another look now that we have a better idea of hero / villain density. Nothing's jumping out at a me, which to echo your feelings I'm a little thankful for with all the new cards we've been getting! The Wakanda...

Care to speak at all to the Maester Seymour -> Arwen, Weaver of Hope change? I was thinking about making this same swap but in the opposite direction, but I've admittedly never played with Seymour. Case against Arwen: • Being a 2/1 (that you really don't want to trade with) she has the least...

I'm a big fan of all of these. Creative, synergistic designs low on the mana curve are the best, as that's where it's hardest to balance, but they also get so much more play. Would love to see more!

I'm upset how much I'm liking some of these cards. I'm committed to making UW versions of a few, but I think it's a losing battle. One more that excites mechanically: Irma, Part-Time Mutant 3 mana clone is isn't bad. Being able to change your target every turn is cool. Growing every turn is...

Oh no it's the alchemy demon on your shoulder again. Artillery Enthusiast ➤ (without seek) It's really just the perfect card for Mako, Ivora, Inti & friends. Removing seek definitely makes it wordy though. I've been thinking of shortening it to 'reveal ... until you reveal a card with equal...

CubeCon was (and still is?) partially sponsored by WotC, hence the ban. From what I’ve heard it didn’t sound like a lot, but I’m sure organizing an event like that is a money sink so every bit helps. Real refreshing to see Shoebox eschew the corporate influence though. I do think it’s pretty...

Yeah ... it could have just been 'when you next cast an instant or instant or sorcery, copy it ... This ability triggers only once.' ala Acrobatic Cheerleader and would still have the blink synergy and everything. It would also give your opponent some chance to interact with it, compared to...

Love this. I feel like the black effect could be -3/-3, and creature be a 3/3 itself, but I assume this is tuned to your environment. Well done!

yeah ... you're spot on with that. It is a slippery slope and Alchemy was my gateway drug. Go down that route at your own peril as you'll start looking at your cube in a very different way!