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The Unfortunate Cube
(540 Card Cube)
Blog Posts (20+)
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Doing some substitutions for cards that people aren't excited to see.

Lexivore is a cute card but doesn't play particularly well. Replacing it with a card that has more impact as it hits the battlefield. Thanks a lot, FIRE.

Testing Storm of Forms. This may tip the scales on the number of board clears in the cube to higher than I'm comfortable with, but I'll wait for playtest data to make a decision on whether to swap back.

Farewell to Arms is again funny but not fun. Replacing it and When Fluffy Bunnies Attack with Saw in Half and Path of the Schemer. I'm going to try adding the new voting cards, even if they start dragging Planechase elements into the game. Oh well, it's an un-cube.

I wish Goblin Kaboomist was better. It just feels so bad to lose it on the first flip. Trying Tavern Scoundrel in its place for now.

Some other minor substitutions are just removing duplicate effects or no longer relevant effects for more interesting inclusions.

Mainboard Changelist+0, -0

Honestly the set was fairly disappointing.

I was hoping to replace Springjack Shepherd for a while. Wingmantle Chaplain is an excellent replacement, shoring up a weakened defenders archetype.

Splitting the Goblin Bookie effect between the colors of the archetype seems like a solid choice. Hat Trick increases the number of combat tricks in a fun way. Attempted Murder is more interesting than Grim Affliction (although I wish it was an instant).

Icing Manipulator adds some token support without detracting from dice rolling. Keeper of the Sacred Word is not as fun or interesting as it seems on the surface, so replacing it with a defenders staple seems safe.

Several replacements in the two-color signposts, mostly to make the signposts more obvious or just to try out some other interesting effects.

Mainboard Changelist+1, -1

AFR had some nice dice stuff.
A number of coin-flipping cards were printed when I wasn't looking.
Archon of Coronation seems like an upgrade to Protector of the Crown.
MH2 swept through the eternal formats like an epidemic, and we're all pretty sick of it now. Testing various cards from MH2.
Treacherous Urge has, for some time, been a lackluster card to play with. Call of the Death-Dweller doesn't fit in the same archetype, but might be more interesting to play with.

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