General Decks that have 3-0'd your cube
- Thread starter Jason Waddell
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Today we did something a bit different -- team-draft (familiar to the Waddell crowd), though this time based on geographic things. The suburbanites were forced to come out of their hidey-hole and play in SEATTLE ITSELF, which is not something Wizards will make you do at GPs maybe ever again.
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6-man 3v3 Team Draft without the utility lands.
3-0 Bant Aggro by HannesVersmissen (his team won 5 - 4):
3-0 Bant Aggro by HannesVersmissen (his team won 5 - 4):
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This draft was a train wreck for me but somehow I went 2 - 1, only losing to Hannes. High point included getting my opponent to 4, only for him to go Lone Missionary, Kor Skyfisher, Lone Missionary to go to 12. I have one card in hand and say "fuck it" and point an 8-point Red Sun's Zenith at his dome, then rip a Psionic Blast off the top for my next draw. Skill game.
Bad RUG BUG (2 - 1)
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My favorite deck to draft went 2-0, as our drafting location closed before round 3
Sweet, the ice age lands came up!
Key sideboard cards of note
Engineered Explosives
Round 1 against Bant midrange (2-1)
I combo'd for both of the wins here. My opponent had the combo stopper in Mouth of Ronom in play, while I had Zealous Conscripts in play, but instead played a Green Sun's Zenith for a Tarmogoyf. Also looking at a 5/5 Knight of the Reliquary on turn 4 was rough.
Round 2 against Boros (2-1)
Once again combo'd off for both wins. Had to lose Aetherling in combat so I could live to see another turn. Had a level 2 Figure of Destiny, Stromkirk Noble, and Legion Loyalist swinging at me all at once. Pyroclasm and Ratchet Bomb were key here, as was the Engineered Explosives out of the board.
PesterKiki (2-0)
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Sweet, the ice age lands came up!
Key sideboard cards of note
Engineered Explosives
Round 1 against Bant midrange (2-1)
I combo'd for both of the wins here. My opponent had the combo stopper in Mouth of Ronom in play, while I had Zealous Conscripts in play, but instead played a Green Sun's Zenith for a Tarmogoyf. Also looking at a 5/5 Knight of the Reliquary on turn 4 was rough.
Round 2 against Boros (2-1)
Once again combo'd off for both wins. Had to lose Aetherling in combat so I could live to see another turn. Had a level 2 Figure of Destiny, Stromkirk Noble, and Legion Loyalist swinging at me all at once. Pyroclasm and Ratchet Bomb were key here, as was the Engineered Explosives out of the board.
Sam Black Sacrifice Shenanigans (subtheme: cards that start with "blood")
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Relevant sideboard cards
Act of Aggression
Nekrataal
Pillar of Flame
Rakdos Cackler
Holy 2-drops batman!
Psst, what are you, the Modern format police?
Modern Cube format fun police. Yes.
Yeah, valid points. I find that people casting Bitterblossom more often than not die to it, especially in concert with Bob. Hmmmm. I'll see.
Sometimes Bitterblossom is super slow and makes you feel bad for playing it. It's no Lingering Souls, that's for sure. But then again you don't run LS so maybe things are different.
Now that I've banned all three of Lingering Souls, Spectral Procession, and Grave Titan, the B/W "Glut the Entire Damn Board" Tokens deck is dead. So Orzhov kind of needs a new archetype to encourage people to dive into it here. Any ideas?
B/W Ajani Pridemage Extorters / Archangel of Thuners. You'd be the first to try it.
Dom Harvey
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Boy I'm glad you asked, without extra motivation I would never post my own cube decks. BW is hilarious to read about since half the designers feel it needs nerfing and half feel it's irredeemably awful.
On that topic! I have a riddle for y'all. Sort the decks in the order of their finishes! Who had the best debut ... Jace, the Mind Sculptor, Batterskull, or RIPTIDE LABORATORY itself?
Wb D&T
Wb Death and Taxes
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Team America
Team America
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The Rach 3
The Rach 3
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Zoo
Zoo
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UWR Durdle-Twin
UWR Durdle-Twin
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You run double Snappy Snaps? Did that deck ever Venser soft-lock? Venser + Kiki got me excited until I realized it was a nonbo.
Except for the whole "target nonlegendary" clause.
B/W Humans! I'd been staring at Xathrid Necromancer for hours, wondering if that was a thing in cube. I think I'm gonna grab him and Antoine and head to town.
Jeez you have a boring life.