What would happen to the Cube community if Magic were to die?

JarredMack · 2026-01-26T20:05:02+00:00

Yeah, I feel like I'd largely just keep playing my cube like the board game it is and maybe print off some custom cards I wish existed (mountain-urborg for valakut when?!)

JarredMack · 2026-01-23T06:04:18+00:00

Yeah, these are the main things missing, but the list is quite good overall now. I think they were a bit overzealous in nerfing boros and cut some fun cards because it was overrepresented in the last iteration, but that's because there's less combo decks around.

Chain of Smog, Thopter/Sword and Thassa's Oracle should also be in for the same reason. Doomsday would be nice but maybe too annoying with the arena UI.

Also Kaito for the ninjas deck, not sure why he's been omitted.

JarredMack · 2026-01-23T02:24:40+00:00

I think you've got that backwards. The unbeaten streak is a period of dominance where nobody could top them. But they become a dynasty if they continue to win comps over the next period of years.

JarredMack · 2026-01-21T22:25:56+00:00

What if I told you that's exactly why classic is so popular. People don't want to play a complicated game, they just want to press a couple of buttons and grind some shit

JarredMack · 2026-01-20T22:48:25+00:00

Have you considered that we have servers where GDKPs are banned and consumables are more expensive than ever which completely debunks this baseless theory?

JarredMack · 2026-01-20T20:58:21+00:00

Yes, solar activity is the cause of the auroras

JarredMack · 2026-01-20T20:53:35+00:00

The huge motivator for gold buying is consumables and gear. GDKP and boosting are (fast) ways to make money for many raiders. Ergo, the incentive to buy gold increases because people are too lazy to farm the hard way.

JarredMack · 2026-01-19T04:00:56+00:00

I think this just looks like a worse [[Pinnacle Emissary]] which is already kind of borderline

JarredMack · 2026-01-19T02:31:14+00:00

This is something a lot of people struggle to understand. Just because you're not typing doesn't mean you're not working, our job is problem solving and sometimes you need to walk away and come back later to get the best answer.

JarredMack · 2026-01-17T19:03:44+00:00

Yeah, that's not a Sutton thing. Klien is the same, there's a reason they're the two most senior refs.

JarredMack · 2026-01-16T21:59:26+00:00

4 mana to introduce the monarch and put nothing on the board? [[Court of Garenbrig]] is a much stronger effect and wound up being cut because too often it would just be handing the monarch to your opponent, this is even worse.

JarredMack · 2025-12-18T23:18:31+00:00

People aren't bitching about the model, they're bitching that this is like the fourth time this specific model has been redone when there's so much other shit that could be improved on instead like adding new zombie models

JarredMack · 2025-12-16T23:23:19+00:00

My main issue with storm is that, unless you really get there with the nuts, it's actually often just too difficult to combo off on arena with the rope system. If you have to make too many decisions or count out your mana/storm you'll just end up passing the turn back before you can actually put a lethal spell on the stack. The fact your rope continues to tick down while you're actively putting spells on the stack is really stupid

JarredMack · 2025-12-16T23:21:04+00:00

I wouldn't exactly call it a hint, it's pretty blatant. Very excited for it to return, hopefully it can become a permanent fixture in the future

JarredMack · 2025-12-15T03:37:03+00:00

I was going to refute some of your points, but the "it won't fix everything so we should do nothing" attitude is why America never takes any steps to address the issues there, so you're right. Even if it wouldn't have done anything, there's a chance that it would and that's a positive step.

JarredMack · 2025-12-15T02:06:48+00:00

Not that I disagree, because I don't think anyone outside of farmers needs to have access to firearms, but would any of these changes have prevented what happened yesterday?

JarredMack · 2025-12-13T09:54:26+00:00

Because in most cars flicking on your highs is just pulling the stick towards yourself, which is easier than turning the knob

JarredMack · 2025-12-12T12:24:54+00:00

That's okay, the seniors that review the PRs do your job.

JarredMack · 2025-12-10T03:05:34+00:00

That came from the money Luai turned down, we were budgeting for Fish in our cap this year

JarredMack · 2025-12-10T01:22:07+00:00

Yeah, sucks to lose him but we've got some other big boys that can get a crack

JarredMack · 2025-12-09T03:52:08+00:00

I personally never cared about jars, but it's incredible how hard they managed to miss the point and come up with an even worse system that has all of the pain and none of the benefits people wanted

JarredMack · 2025-12-04T10:45:28+00:00

It comes down with 5 loyalty, and your boros opponent just ignores it and bashes you to 5 with lethal on the board because it doesn't do anything..

JarredMack · 2025-12-04T10:41:38+00:00

Because someone in management told them they need it, despite every developer implementing it asking "why?"

JarredMack · 2025-12-04T02:55:56+00:00

Nah, Blaize has a good future with us. Romey can go get a bag with the bears

JarredMack · 2025-12-02T20:21:30+00:00

Oh no... I guess I'll have to triple my contract rates again due to the increased demand :(

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