Refer to the previous blog post for my thoughts on the new additions. Overall I am pretty happy with the new additions and excited for the next draft I try out. Blue looks a lot more attractive to play with, and there are far more options for both 5 color strategies and more focused color combinations such as Gruul/ Jund, Bant/Naya, and Esper. One big change was swapping the slow dual lands and fetch lands for fast lands and pain lands. On to the Cuts from the cube.

Cards that will most likely not return in the future:

• Voracious dragon, Dragon fodder, Hordeling Outburst, and Empty the Warrens (Goblin strategies just didn't pan out the way I wanted, and storm is not real in the cube.)
• Glorybringer (Does not hit dragons. Feels bad.)
• Rohgahh, Kher Kepp Overlord, Teneb, the Harvester, Aether Spellbomb, Arni Slays the Troll and Crucible of Fire (Wasn't good in practice, and no one wants to play it.)
• Garth One-Eye (He was literally a Black Lotus stick and I heard way too many "you know why they call him Garth One-Eye? 😉".)
• Counterspell (Ignorant. Plenty of better, more healthy options for this sort of card in this cube.)

Cards that are not likely to come back, but might:

• Kraul Harpooner and Plummet (Plummet-Control was a strategy and I wanted to tone it back a little by keeping a few of the more modal plummets in the cube, like Tangletrap and Broken Wings.)
• Wrathful Red Dragon and Draconic Intervention (When I added these cards, I did not read them properly, and are much different cards than I wanted them to be. They might work if the conditions for them to thrive are met.)
• Klauth, Unrivaled Ancient, Haakon, Stromgald Scourge, and Scion of the Ur-Dragon (No one really played these cards, and on their own, they aren't super great.)
• Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund (Surely he won't be stuck back into the cube for funsies (^: )
• Decent of the Dragons (No one plays this card, there are no good strategies to make it work at this time.)

Cards that will likely return to the cube:

• Inferno of the Star Mounts (The Uncounterability clause and haste might make him come back.)
• Pentarch Paladin (I'm guessing the scares players away from picking him or casting him. I really hope for it to make a return. They seem insane.)
• Baneslayer Angel (She is in a timeout chair for now. I don't know how the Dragonstalker substitution will turn out for this sort of card. But if Dragonstalker underperforms too much I'll return Baneslayer back to the cube.)
• Dragon Fangs (nothing really wrong with it, but I wanted to try out a few other cards as well. Will find its way back if cards suck)
• Lotus Bloom and Pyretic Ritual (Not great. Pretty much the only cards that made the Dragonstorm dream possible.)
• Ugin's Nexus (Trust me this card is good!!!)

Cards on the current watchlist:

• Monastery siege (kinda weak ngl, blue is better now)
• Renari, Merchant of Marvels (It doesn't have flash itself, so it's kinda awkward)
• Hellkite Tyrant and Galazeth Prismari (These cards for the artifact strategy might be too niche for what I am wanting.)
• Dragonstalker (As previously mentioned, it's taking the slot from Baneslayer Angel, so it all depends on how impactful the change is.)

Cards to add:

• Arcane Denial (I forgor to order it 💀)