Here are an assortment of odd decks that have 3-0'd in the last several months. Unfortunately I didn't always record the lists, but will do so from now on.
General Decks that have 3-0'd your cube
- Thread starter Jason Waddell
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Last night's winning deck, by Gert (hoooly crap):
Sideboard included:
Psionic Blast
Mystical Tutor
Thirst for Knowledge
Koth
Geist of Saint Traft
Stromkirk Noble
Trinket Mage
Shardless Agent
Spikeshot Elder
Stifle
Trygon Predator
Vedalken Shackes
Forbid
Good god...
Sideboard included:
Psionic Blast
Mystical Tutor
Thirst for Knowledge
Koth
Geist of Saint Traft
Stromkirk Noble
Trinket Mage
Shardless Agent
Spikeshot Elder
Stifle
Trygon Predator
Vedalken Shackes
Forbid
Good god...
Secondarily--isn't your cube too fast for Desolate Lighthouse? It was too slow even for my ponderous cube, and I cut it despite my love of looters.
You know, it's funny. The cube is too fast for a spell effect like Lighthouse, but on a land it actually works. Since we run a high density of fixing there is room in decks to run spell-lands (e.g. look at his mana base, one colorless land is never going to slow him down). Also, games run long even in fast cubes. I watched one yesterday where he and his opponent each had a slugfest and depleted all their resources, with really nothing but lands on either side of the table. Loothouse was free digging in that game, and he won with 1 life point remaining.
I didn't really see Chandra in action, except in one game against me where he was already so far ahead. I scooped the turn before he was going to hit ultimate loyalty with Chandra. I can imagine worse things than casting double Electrolyze.
I didn't really see Chandra in action, except in one game against me where he was already so far ahead. I scooped the turn before he was going to hit ultimate loyalty with Chandra. I can imagine worse things than casting double Electrolyze.
CML
Contributor
i agree with the loothouse assessment, you can even play it in modern if you want. now is it worth a land slot when it produces colorless mana? i'd say no, not even in my cube. volrath's stronghold, drownyard, township, wolf run -- these are classics, but they already take up 4 slots. however! with jason's sweet utility-land post-draft drafts you can have your cake n eat it.
Yeah, the whole point of the utility land draft was to address the "worth a spot in my deck, not worth a spot in my cube" conundrum. And the fact that it's just a pure net fun positive. I actively seek out negative criticism of the design, and of the 26 people who have played my cube since I implemented it, the response has been unanimously positive.
This whole utility land draft thing sounds sweet. It's got a real "why didn't I think of that" elegance to it. Is there anywhere on this forum where you describe it in more detail? I've only picked up bits and pieces of how it works. Out of curiosity how do you feel about the idea of opening it up to some utility non-lands? There have to be other sweet cards that are just a bit too narrow/marginal for the cube at large. I suppose one problem there would be that, while a land replaces a plains or something, a non-land is gonna be replacing an actual cube card.... I'm not saying it's a good idea, but hey, there's no harm in asking 'why not'.
I have no argument against some non-land cards in there. I've flirted with putting Expedition Map in that pile, for example.
My next article is on the utility land draft, but in the meantime:
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/riptide-laboratory/gh3mHQeYyOE
My next article is on the utility land draft, but in the meantime:
https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/riptide-laboratory/gh3mHQeYyOE
That was a pretty ballsy splash for Elspeth. Looks like that drafter got 5 white sources though, so maybe it works.
Yeah, double white is significantly different than single white casting cost.
These decks look pretty sweet. Glad the utility lands worked out so well for you. You even got the Mox Diamond / Loam thing going!
*Not pictured because MTGO is lame: Icatian Store, Zelyon Sword, and Soldevi Adnate.
This 3-0'ed the draft last night. It was pretty brutal to see just how busted Sacred Mesa is in a format this underpowered. To give a little context, I drafted a deck with Dark Ritual and Necropotence. I would rather have Sacred Mesa in my deck than necro, not even close. Necro is incredibly powerful, but you can still lose, even if you land it on T1. Every time I saw Mesa resolve, it won the game within a handful of turns with little resistance.
I almost never ask this, but Jesse, do you have the list of cards that you can include in card tags? I don't know what a lot of these cards do, so it would be nice to be able to mouseover them instead of hunting them all down in Gatherer.
Sure! Sorry, I didn't even think to list the deck in a more clear manner =)
Icatian Javelineers
Mtenda Herder
Swords to Plowshares
Divine Retribution
Brood of Cockroaches
Soldevi Adnate
Fallen Askari
Order of Leitbur
Marble Diamond
Reprisal
Zelyon Sword
Zhalfirin Knight
Sacred Mesa
Afterlife
Exile
Zhalfirin Commander
Wild Aesthir
Caribou Range
Kjeldoran Home Guard
Krovikan Horror
Snake Basket
Purgatory
Jabari's Influence
Alabaster Dragon
Hand of Justice
Icatian Store
Icatian Javelineers
Mtenda Herder
Swords to Plowshares
Divine Retribution
Brood of Cockroaches
Soldevi Adnate
Fallen Askari
Order of Leitbur
Marble Diamond
Reprisal
Zelyon Sword
Zhalfirin Knight
Sacred Mesa
Afterlife
Exile
Zhalfirin Commander
Wild Aesthir
Caribou Range
Kjeldoran Home Guard
Krovikan Horror
Snake Basket
Purgatory
Jabari's Influence
Alabaster Dragon
Hand of Justice
Icatian Store
No problem! I normally love MTGO shots for decklists, but it requires me actually knowing the cards. This is not an issue with most cubes, but here... 
That deck gets major points for containing both dragons, and caribou... I actually think I want Icatian Javelineers for my cube. It reminds me of Forge Devil, who I'm always happy to play.
Javelineers do great work in Pauper constructed. Maybe I need that card for my Eldrazi-spawn cube...
Oh yes, Proliferate is in my spawn token cube too. Double duty!