The changes made were:
| White | |
| In | Out |
| Student of Warfare | Blade of the Sixth Pride |
| Sunblast Angel | Hand of Honor |
| Sun Titan | Hokori, Dust Drinker |
| Transcendent Master | Leonin Skyhunter |
| Honor of the Pure | Loam Lion |
| Land Tax | Sunscape Battlemage |
| Revoke Existence | Dismantling Blow |
These changes increase the curve in white a bit, and a couple of creatures leave to make room for spells, but Honor of the Pure goes in to strengthen the white weenie deck, and Land Tax finally gets the spot it deserves.
| Blue | |
| In | Out |
| Aether Adept | Bonded Fetch |
| Conundrum Sphinx | Echo Tracer |
| Coralhelm Commander | Shimmering Glasskite |
| Frost Titan | Stormscape Battlemage |
| Domestication | Tideforce Elemental |
| Wall of Frost |
As a note, where there are more cards under "Out" it means some cards went in and out again between this update and the last. Blue's changes involve taking a bunch of unloved creatures and putting in some much better ones.
| Black | |
| In | Out |
| Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief | Crypt Champion |
| Geth, Lord of the Vault | Dauthi Horror |
| Grave Titan | Dauthi Slayer |
| Liliana's Specter | Grinning Demon |
| Skinrender | Guul Draz Assassin |
| Consuming Vapors | Visara the Dreadful |
| Grasp of Darkness | Eyeblight's Ending |
| Macabre Waltz |
Visara sadly seemed the worst of the high end in Black, so she finally bows out of the cube to make room for new finishers in the form of Geth and Grave Titan. The other Black creatures coming out were not pulling their weight, and we were happy to bring in limited allstars like Drana, Skinrender, and Liliana's Specter (which I have an unnatural love of).
| Red | |
| In | Out |
| Ember Hauler | Caldera Hellion |
| Hoarding Dragon | Desolation Giant |
| Inferno Titan | Dragonmaster Outcast |
| Kargan Dragonlord | Kazuul, Tyrant of the Cliffs |
| Kuldotha Phoenix | Sedge Sliver |
| Manic Vandal | Tahngarth, Talruum Hero |
| Oxidda Scrapmelter | Thunderscape Battlemage |
| Arc Trail | Chandra Nalaar |
| Fireblast | Fork |
| Koth of the Hammer | Ghostfire |
| Sneak Attack | Shattering Pulse |
| Sulfuric Vortex | Word of Seizing |
Tons of changes for Red. Ember Hauler was a gift, Koth replaces Chandra, trying Hoarding Dragon and Kuldotha Phoenix, Sneak Attack comes in as a cool combo card, and Fireblast and Sulfuric Vortex were highly requested inclusions to strengthen the monored deck. Sulfuric Vortex has been great and we've been very happy with where Red is at lately, with the monored deck being one of the strongest decks around.
| Green | |
| In | Out |
| Bellowing Tanglewurm | Basking Rootwalla |
| Fauna Shaman | Dosan the Falling Leaf |
| Garruk's Packleader | Molder Slug |
| Joraga Treespeaker | Mold Shambler |
| Mitotic Slime | Werebear |
| Pelakka Wurm | Wolfbriar Elemental |
| Vengevine | Exploration |
| Gelatinous Genesis | Greater Good |
| Genesis Wave | Momentous Fall |
| Overwhelming Stampede | Nature's Claim |
| Survival of the Fittest | Roar of the Wurm |
Survival finally makes it in (about time). Trying Bellowing Tanglewurm as it will often make your whole team unblockable. We've felt that while Green had a lot of ramp it was lacking things to ramp into, so Pelakka Wurm, Gelatinous Genesis, and Genesis Wave come in to give green some things to accelerate into. Joraga Treespeaker is great as a green Sol Ring, given that Sol Ring is (I think) the best card in the cube. The Rootwalla was intended to combo with Fauna Shaman and Survival, but it hasn't made the final cut even in decks that contain those two cards. Wolfbriar seemed like it would be good, but just doesn't do enough. Green is still underpowered, and is always a work in progress.
| Gold | |
| In | Out |
| Sarkhan the Mad | Hellhole Rats |
| Venser the Sojourner | Sky Hussar |
We've decided multicolor can handle more planeswalkers, so in goes these two!
| Artifact | |
| In | Out |
| Molten-Tail Masticore | Grim Poppet |
| Precursor Golem | Sigil of Distinction |
| Steel Hellkite | Vulshok Morningstar |
| Wurmcoil Engine | Armillary Sphere |
| Darksteel Axe | Chromatic Star |
| Livewire Lash | Darksteel Pendant |
| Sword of Body and Mind | Ensnaring Bridge |
| Sword of Vengeance | Phyrexian Furnace |
| Brittle Effigy | Phyrexian Processor |
| Chimeric Mass | Relic of Progenitus |
| Crystal Ball | Scrabbling Claws |
| Mimic Vat | Serrated Arrows |
| Trigon of Rage | Tormod's Crypt |
Lots of strong additions, and a few cards that seemed worth a try. Mimic Vat and Trigon of Rage might not end up being good enough, but we thought they deserve a try. We took out all of the graveyard hate artifacts as they were rarely relevant and never exciting. Graveyard based decks haven't been too out of hand and we thought it would be better to put in exciting cards that make decks better rather than narrow answer cards that go 15th pick.
