Dear Horizon Canopy, 

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I love you. But it took me a long time before I fell in love with you. I first faced you in 2007, during the Time Spiral block constructed season. I always played Mystical Teachings in block constructed, but you were at your best in the green Tarmogoyf shells. You were also a staple in my long favourite non-Cube format Modern and I have faced you many times there. But it was Cube where I fell in love with you. 

My first cube that I still keep up to date is my common and uncommon only Peasant cube. Since the beginning 4/5 Elixir of Immortality color control was, and still is, my favourite strategy in that Cube. But for a long time I also felt it was too good. And with the increase in card quality aggro fell behind because on a mana base level it couldn’t keep up. I’ve written about this in my love letter for Polluted Delta. 

The fact that the 4/5 color control deck in a Peasant Cube gets worse with the addition of prime rare fixing lands is such a counterintuitive concept. But it is exactly the type of concept why I love cube design so much. You fit perfectly in my goals for this Cube. I want to give aggro a boost without giving 4/5 color control a boost. And the biggest problem aggro has in that Cube is remaining tempo while having a consistent mana base. And the addition of you, and your partners in crime, are perfect for this cause. And I thank you, and love you, for that Horizon Canopy. 

With love, 

Hanjo