I’d had some requests for older set reviews I’d done, and figured that I should list them out as well as making this an easy-to-find repository of set reviews that I’ve done over the years, which made up the bulk of my content from 2015-2024.
I didn’t always do this in the early years but I’ve incorporated winning/3-0 decklists into my articles, so that I can note how cards play out based on real-world experience rather than anecdotes/speculation which (still) tends to drive discourse for card evaluation.
Nobody’s perfect, myself included, but I’ve mostly called what’s been good/bad in these cube reviews.
2026
- Secrets of Strixhaven & SOS Commander
- Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & TMNT Commander
- Lorwyn Eclipsed & Lorwyn Eclipsed Commander
2025
- 2025 Cube Cards: Set Overview (post-mortem article)
- Avatar: The Last Airbender; Top Cube Picks (follow-up postmortem article at Hipsters of the Coast)
- Marvel’s Spider Man / Through the Omenpaths 1
- Edge of Eternities with TrainmasterGT; Top Cube Picks (follow-up postmortem article at Hipsters of the Coast)
- Final Fantasy
- Tarkir: Dragonstorm (with TrainmasterGT)
- Aetherdrift (with TrainmasterGT)
2024
- Duskmourn (post-mortem)
- Foundations (with TrainmasterGT)
- Bloomburrow
- Modern Horizons 3
- Outlaws of Thunder Junction
- Murders at Karlov Manor, MKM Post-Mortem
2023
- Wilds of Eldraine
- Lord of the Rings: Middle Earth
- March of the Machine, March of the Machine Commander + Aftermath
- Phyrexia: All Will Be One
2022
2021
2020
- Ikoria + Commander 2020
- Theros Beyond Death part 1 and part 2
2019
- Throne of Eldraine, part 1 and part 2
- Core Set 2020
- Modern Horizons 1
- War of the Spark
- Ravnica Allegiance. I’m glad I caught Hydroid Krasis and while it’s still currently overrated because of how it’s (or at least was?) performing in Standard, Simic is real shallow so anything good is welcomed.
- Ultimate Masters – Pauper and Peasant. This was one of my first reviews after focusing more on peasant over pauper. I feel like the heroic archetype is a few cards from really being a thing in pauper. Who knows if it’ll get there, though.
2018
- Guilds of Ravnica. This ended up being my longest review at around 14000 words. Decklists tend to inflate that number but I remember the document was about 25 pages, and only about 5 were decklists. It took me forever to find how I wanted to articulate my thoughts on Risk Factor (I had an outline entirely for it) but I’m very happy with the overall review.
- Battlebond and Commander 2018. Some sets with some wonky cards. Najeela’s great though.
- m19. Skimming through it, I remember seeing some minor hype about Demon of Catastrophes, but knew it’d be mediocre. Turns it out that it is.
- Dominaria. All praise lord Karn.
- Masters 25 – Pauper and Peasant. I’m still stoked that they downgraded Jackal Pup to common.
- Rivals of Ixalan. I still agree that Skymarcher Aspirant is the 3rd 2-power white 1-drop behind Kytheon and Isamaru. So so good.
- Unstable. I’d say Sword of D&D may be one of the better swords rather than one of the worst. Set has some nice stuff for cubes. I’d love a GO TO JAIL type of card to be printed in a “real” set.
2017
- Iconic Masters – Pauper and Peasant. I’m still shocked that Seeker of the Way became a common. Wow.
- Ixalan. I’m disappointed that I didn’t even try out Settle the Wreckage, a card that I’ve warmed up to. I’m glad I called Search for Azcanta being good.
- Hour of Devastation and Commander 2017. Featuring one of the best “why are you not playing this” cards, Heirloom Blade.
- Amonkhet – Odds and Ends and Mechanics.
- Modern Masters 2017 – Pauper and Peasant. Dinrova Horror really is a house. Scorched Rusalka too.
- Aether Revolt: Part 1 and Part 2.
2016
- Commander 2016 and Conspiracy 2. Missing out on Palace Jailer really taught me to not dismiss cards in “competitive slots.”
- Kaladesh.
- Eldritch Moon.
- Shadows over Innistrad.
- Oath of the Gatewatch: Part 1 and Part 2.
- Commander 2015
2015
2014
- Journey to Nyx – I found Dictate of Heliod to be good in testing but unfortunately taught me some lessons in terms of cards making the final 40 (and how this usually didn’t.)
Of note: SCG’s older articles have no commas. No idea why, but some articles read oddly because of this.
2013
2012
- Unhinged, Unglued and Holiday cards
- 10 Return to Ravnica cards – only 10 were covered because the editor at the time, Lauren Lee, asked Justin Parnell and I to split the review.
- m13
- Avacyn Restored – Pauper and Peasant
- Avacyn Restored – Red, Blue and others – another one where Justin and I were asked to split the review.
- Dark Ascension, part 1 and 2, with Justin Parnell.
2011
2010
- Buried Cube Treasures: Part 1 – I’m very very loosely putting this here (and when I do count my cube set reviews, I’m of course not counting this) as I touch on some underrated cube cards. It is funny seeing Miscalculation and Duress as underrated, since I don’t remember many others being on it at the time, and now they’re very known quantities.
- Buried Cube Treasures: Part 2 – Similarly with Rofellos and Tangle Wire.