• Twining Twins was a cool card to try out in place of momentary blink because many decks were okay with a 4/4 flier with keywords in blue and the UWx blink decks liked another instant speed flicker effect--but it didn't see a ton of play either way. Kykar, Zephyr Awakener is clearly more of a UW specific card, but offers either the control deck or the blink deck multiple avenues of value in token generation or blink all on a 3/4 flier. Very excited to play with this one more in the cube.

• Kogla and Yidaro are a flexible pair that gives artifact/enchantment removal, creature removal, and a beater at a flexible cost, but saw little to no play unless the drafter was already in RG. Inspired by seeing it played in Canadian Highlander, I have decided to give Mawloc a try. It's much easier to cast, and offers early to late game flexibility and removal (sometimes card draw too).

• Ashiok, Dream Render was a tough cut to make but the other options are personal favorites. Ashiok saw some amount of play in reanimator decks and the occasional control list, but ultimately was relegated to the sideboard for gravehate. Psychic Frog is an absolute beast of a card that I looked over from MH3. Discard outlet, growing threat, and source of card draw all in one tiny frog--plus the borderless art is sick. This little guy gives me some powerlevel concerns after seeing him in action but I think this cube can handle it.

• As soon as I saw Kellan, Planar Trailblazer, I knew he had to make it into my cube. A one mana red 2/1 doing a modern-day Figure of Destiny impression is an offer I cannot refuse. Unfortunately, Fervent Champion was tonight's biggest loser even though I really liked forcing an equipment package into Rx decks and curving into Inti, Seneschal of the Sun. Maybe one day he will return.

• Eternal Witness received new art because its Secret Lair printing was confusing people who pick cards without reading text as it looked too similar to Wall of Omens Secret Lair art.

I sold a lot of cards at PAX Unplugged this year to buy some new showcase/bling treatments of cards for cube and am very excited to be on the way to blinging out the entire thing. That's a long-term goal though. I'm definitely looking forward to Innistrad Remastered for that gorgeous old border foil Liliana of the Veil and Snapcaster Mage (among other surprises, I'm sure).

I was also very lucky to play two rounds of this cube this December after a good year and a half without it. Even though my epic Sultai control pile went 0-2, I did win 2 games out of the matches and all the games were exciting. Hopefully my playgroup will actually draft more this year.

Until next time!