Mainboard Changelist+47, -47
- Hallowed Fountain
- Blood Crypt
- Watery Grave
- Stomping Ground
- Temple Garden
- Godless Shrine
- Steam Vents
- Overgrown Tomb
- Sacred Foundry
- Breeding Pool
- Sundering Titan
- Probe
- Death Grasp
- Izzet Charm
- Lightning Helix
- Life // Death
- Arboreal Grazer
- Deathrite Shaman
- Phantom Centaur
- Terastodon
- Wood Elves
- Utopia Sprawl
- Silverglade Pathfinder
- Krenko's Command
- Sluggishness
- Monastery Swiftspear
- Yellow Scarves Cavalry
- Goblin Rabblemaster
- Guttersnipe
- Utvara Hellkite
- Ultimate Price
- Pack Rat
- Persist
- Victimize
- Order of the Ebon Hand
- Massacre Girl
- Mental Note
- Lu Xun, Scholar General
- Careful Study
- Concentrate
- Capsize
- Condemn
- Opalescence
- Beloved Chaplain
- Suntail Hawk
- Flickering Ward
- False Prophet
- Sigil of Valor
- Primal Frenzy
- Briar Shield
- Cranial Plating
- Vexing Sphinx
- Sol Talisman
- Wayfarer's Bauble
- Chromatic Lantern
- Mazemind Tome
- Baleful Strix
- Noxious Gearhulk
- Scholar of New Horizons
- Seton's Desire
- Starstorm
- Lava Runner
- Tempting Licid
- Renewed Faith
- Whispers of the Muse
- Alexi's Cloak
- Suq'Ata Lancer
- Ornithopter of Paradise
- Quirion Dryad
- Bone Shards
- Timeless Dragon
- Order // Chaos
- Damn
- Garth One-Eye
- Skyshroud Forest
- Scabland
- Salt Flats
- Pine Barrens
- Caldera Lake
- Teeka's Dragon
- Cathodion
- Carbonize
- Lava Spike
- Read the Bones
- Land Tax
- Rocky Tar Pit
- Mountain Valley
- Grasslands
- Flood Plain
- Bad River
- Tangle Wire
- Juggernaut
- Abrupt Decay
- Prophetic Bolt
This may be the biggest ever single change to the cube. It's been a year since the last time cards came in or out, and I drafted with a ton of new people in that time which gave me a lot of perspective on what was and wasn't working the way I had hoped it would.
Then Wizards released more cards in retro frame treatments, including Shock Lands. I've maintained for a long time that the ABUR duals are more powerful than I want, but something like the shocks wouldn't be. Time to test that theory. Some of the artifacts that got cut are in service of keeping the overall amount and difficulty of fixing somewhat similar. Still don't want it to be too easy. Sundering Titan comes in for the same reason.
Another set of removed cards come from cards with new keywords and no reminder text and cards that mention Planeswalkers. It was mentioned to me that having the word "Planeswalker" on a card doesn't feel era appropriate and I couldn't agree more.
The rest of the changes are very much on vibes. We'll see how many things stay in forever and how many get relegated to the sidelines.
Specific card notes I can provide if someone wants them.
Mainboard Changelist+0, -0
Maybeboard Changelist+1, -0
Maybeboard Changelist+2, -6
Maybeboard Changelist+0, -0
Mainboard Changelist+0, -0
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Mainboard Changelist+25, -38
- Coastal Tower
- Sulfur Falls
- Elfhame Palace
- Clifftop Retreat
- Urborg Volcano
- Hinterland Harbor
- Salt Marsh
- Isolated Chapel
- Shivan Oasis
- Woodland Cemetery
- Empyrial Armor
- Mesa Enchantress
- Spirit Link
- Containment Priest
- Whipcorder
- Snap
- Mage's Guile
- Vexing Sphinx
- Cranial Plating
- Mogg War Marshal
- Valduk, Keeper of the Flame
- Briar Shield
- Ancestral Mask
- Primal Frenzy
- Sigil of Valor
- Iridescent Angel
- Recoil
- Blazing Specter
- Shivan Wurm
- Mystic Enforcer
- Mortify
- Suffocating Blast
- Slimefoot, the Stowaway
- Goblin Legionnaire
- Shardless Agent
- Talisman of Hierarchy
- Talisman of Creativity
- Talisman of Resilience
- Talisman of Conviction
- Talisman of Curiosity
- Aeolipile
- Trading Post
- Chimeric Staff
- Hexavus
- Soltari Trooper
- Veteran Cavalier
- Silver Knight
- Restoration Angel
- Seal of Cleansing
- Sigil of the Empty Throne
- Boomerang
- Rishadan Dockhand
- Sea Drake
- Dominating Licid
- Hidden Horror
- Wretched Anurid
- Fireslinger
- Last-Ditch Effort
- Viashino Sandstalker
- Courser of Kruphix
- Giant Growth
- Farseek
- Phantom Centaur
Look, I know I should really stop messing around with this list and let it breathe at least a little, but they keep releasing cool cards to the format!
Reducing the number of Gold cards because some of them just weren't cutting it. Adding more Enchantments to go with Mesa Enchantress and Valduk now being available in the frame. Super happy to get the Enemy Check Lands and have been trying to figure out how to go up to 4 fixing lands per pair without doubling up. I've loved the Invasion Uncommon Ally cycle forever so I'm happy to include them.