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I love you. You are such a clear and banger of a build around card. You are the type of card that makes any Johnny that sees you in a booster smile. Smile in a way that they know: I can break the game with you. You are the type of card I, as a designer, love to include in a cube because my drafters will just know that I’ve cooked up something special including you.
Usually you are paired with black because of the strong sacrifice synergies black has to offer. Black has a broad variety of sacrifice outlets and recursive creatures that help power your engine. But to me, that is just cooking up the same recipe. I wanted to cook up something spicy, I wanted to match you up with something more than just plain old black.
In my Hanjo Masters #3 cube, a cube where there are 2 copies of each uncommon, I added you as a build around synergy piece. I’ve added a plain (and boring) black and red sacrifice theme. With black offering the players solid sacrifice outlets and recursion. But I’ve also added a spicy route for you, Furnace Celebration. Combining you with something we don’t usually see: Eldrazi’s. No, not those plane devouring titans. Those little cute quirky ones: Spawns and Scions.
On the 28th of March 2026, during the Cube Invitational Weekend I organised, my dear friend Rudy walked up to me to show me his Hanjo Masters #3 deck. Rudy is a true Johnny player and the smile on his face said everything: he had been cooking. I love you for that smile you’ve brought him, Furnace Celebration, and all I want to do is share his deck with you.
With love,
Hanjo
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