Spending a marquee planeswalker on the Food mechanic due to color alignment means you have to push so it stands alone if the mechanic whiffs, and the mechanic being in a single set means you have to hit it in one shot, and maybe you have a bad month and miss the +1 ability being miserable
Sieges can be attacked and damaged by any player who is not the protector, including the controller of the battle itself
Gwafa Hazid, Profiteer Gwafa Hazid seems like a more offensive card in that it basically removes creatures from the game, but the way to use Gwafa is by allowing your opponents to draw cards at the cost of a creature, or acting like the weapon of the player who's the highest bidder
I encourage you to ask all the questions that will help you feel comfortabletrust me, therere few things cube designers enjoy more than talk about their creations
Repel the Abominable 1W Instant Prevent all damage that would be dealt this turn by non-Human sources
Caress of Phyrexia