Dear Harm’s Way,

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I love myself a Path to Exile. I love myself an Oust. But there is no denying you in this one mana interaction series, Harm’s Way. From the moment you were released I knew: you had to be in my Peasant Cube. And 17 years later still going strong. I fell in love with you before ever playing you. One just has to read you to know, you are awesome. You are awesome in any lower power level environment where combat tricks can shine. Because you are the best combat trick ever made.

Everytime I see someone resolve you, or resolve you myself, you are such a blowout. You are impossible to win against in combat, you completely turn games around, you are crazy strong. And all of that for the mere cost of one mana.

I love combat tricks. I love the type of Magic where combat tricks still matter. Even in all 3 of my -2 emblem Cubes, which have a very high power level, I still go out of my way to try to make combat tricks work. That is how much I love combat tricks (spoiler: I succeed in each one of them). Combat is such a basic part of Magic, there is so much potential for awesome gameplay in deep combat. All we as Cube designers have to do is design for it. And then just include you, Harm’s Way.

With love,

Hanjo