Zach Barash
improphilo.bsky.social
Zach Barash
@improphilo.bsky.social
Game designer. NYU Game Center MFA & Hipster of the Coast alumnus. #WotCStaff on MTG Arena. He/him.
Just from this pack, lots of cards seem clustered at relatively similar power levels. Plenty of strong cards, but I'm not ready to commit to a direction or a multicolored card.

So, while the heart wants FoF, I'm almost certainly taking Prismatic Vista. And yes, I see there are 15 copies.
October 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This is the first foray of Arena Powered Cube, so I can't make any pronouncements, but we have run all of our cubes multiple times and have always changed them up.
October 23, 2025 at 8:21 PM
People can and do copy these lists onto other sites. I have it alongside other cubes I've worked on.
October 23, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Oh! Didn't know that your small town is likely also my small town. Strange how we've never crossed paths despite the tiny population.
October 23, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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October 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Hence my vote to fork and playtest. You've got multiple good directions, it's worth seeing how much passion you've got for what's down the other path.
October 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I love the cube, I love how MH3 has replenished the supply of Devoid cards, and I frankly love how it is and *feels* like a high-powered cube despite the enormous restriction. So much of me would be happy to see it barely change. And I'm low on many of the cut OGW Devoid cards.
October 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I'd be interested in playtesting a forked version of Devoid Cube that tests the waters of a radically lower power level. I agree that the cube has drifted over time and have perhaps been one of the loudest anti-Tower of the Magistrate voices.
October 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
We could also just sing Too Many Cooks for an hour.
August 21, 2025 at 3:21 PM
We could prep some Magic trivia, chat with some of the cube designers for the event, do a segment where one cube designer sings the praises of another (or as seems to be the case with @worklifevalue.bsky.social, roasts him).
August 21, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Displacer Kitten feels like the highest ceiling pick, though it's reliant on certain kinds of card combinations to function best.

Containment Construct is so wonderfully open-ended.

...but I might just take Get Lost. If folks are building around synergies, instant-speed disruption overperforms.
August 14, 2025 at 11:16 AM
My deck, for reference.
August 12, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Funnily enough, we played each other in the first round, both on the strategy of avoiding artifact hate.
August 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
How would you say you've been struggling with the cube? Is it...
- Stress/lack of direction during the draft?
- Trouble with deckbuilding?
- You feel like you're winning games but then they each slip away?
- You keep drafting or losing to certain kinds of cards?
July 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
All that's to say, well done, Anthony!
July 18, 2025 at 11:59 AM