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Dom Harvey
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Which of Tinder Wall, Lumberjack, and Satyr Hedonist is best in your Cube is a pretty cool guide to what its focus is IMO.
Last night I played a deck with Shelldock Isle, and every time I played it I would find piles like "land, land, Force Spike, Daze". It was hilariously bad the entire evening.
Oh, except for the time it found Huntmaster of the Fells for an instant flip. Well, it would have been, but he got countered.
Later I had Meloku + Shelldock Isle, but Meloku died.
Then a 45 card deck won the draft and it made me very sad.
Oh, except for the time it found Huntmaster of the Fells for an instant flip. Well, it would have been, but he got countered.
Later I had Meloku + Shelldock Isle, but Meloku died.
Then a 45 card deck won the draft and it made me very sad.
During one game my opponent played Voice of Resurgence with Wasteland open, and I (very stupidly) opted not to Force Spike it. He Wastes a land to keep me off of my fourth mana. A few turns later I'm still on 3 mana with a hand of:
with his Voice still in play. It was a trainwreck that wouldn't end (although I believe the description I used at the time was "Recurring Nightmare").
with his Voice still in play. It was a trainwreck that wouldn't end (although I believe the description I used at the time was "Recurring Nightmare").
Dom Harvey
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What does the C in CRPG stand for?
I played Binding of Isaac for a while and had some fun with it.
I played Binding of Isaac for a while and had some fun with it.
FlowerSunRain
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I looked up FTL and it reminded me of FreeSpace. The two are pretty much nothing alike, though. Anybody ever play FreeSpace? That was a sweet, sweet game.
I don't think Huntmaster of the Fells would flip because Shelldock Isle still casts the spell, as opposed to AEther Vial, which puts it into play.
Hmm.. yes, good point. Works well with Pod though.
Realizing Worn Powerstone And Thran Dynamo are uncommon may not be a good thing for my cube / my sanity.
Right now blue and red feel like the deepest colours, despite how flat aggressive red looks on paper. So much graveyard/madness, aggro and storm/spellsmatter goodness. Double manamorphose and double emissary are gonna be sick. Anyway I'm digressing. Seeing those 2 ramp artifacts gives me new hope for the big red / wildfire decks I was hoping to make viable via that 15th card rare slot, especially since red supplies something like half the sweepers out there. I don't want to overburden red though, it would be a shame if Madness or Storm were undermined by trying to ram a lot of 4/5 cc spells in there just for the sake of making a red control deck.
I wonder what uncommon/common storm cards might be able to take advantage of a dynamo or powerstone.
I already know ramp sorta sucks beyond Pelakka Wurm, Ulamog's Crusher and Triskellion. But hopefully that'll be supported by a couple rare fatties.
Right now blue and red feel like the deepest colours, despite how flat aggressive red looks on paper. So much graveyard/madness, aggro and storm/spellsmatter goodness. Double manamorphose and double emissary are gonna be sick. Anyway I'm digressing. Seeing those 2 ramp artifacts gives me new hope for the big red / wildfire decks I was hoping to make viable via that 15th card rare slot, especially since red supplies something like half the sweepers out there. I don't want to overburden red though, it would be a shame if Madness or Storm were undermined by trying to ram a lot of 4/5 cc spells in there just for the sake of making a red control deck.
I wonder what uncommon/common storm cards might be able to take advantage of a dynamo or powerstone.
I already know ramp sorta sucks beyond Pelakka Wurm, Ulamog's Crusher and Triskellion. But hopefully that'll be supported by a couple rare fatties.
Did anybody ever hear of a cube in three parts? Draft formats end up being three sets, why not three cubes?
Also, where the hell is VibeBox?
Also, where the hell is VibeBox?
We discussed this once (maybe in the Google Group?), but I don't think anything terribly productive came from it.
I remember always liking Artisan of Kozilek in Rise of Eldrazi draft, so much so that I had it in the first incarnation of my cube. But still, yeah, slim pickings all round.
I had an UW control "cascade" standard deck that 4 - 0'd a local tournament by going Artisan of Kozilek -> Sun Titan -> Jace Beleren all day long.
VibeBox
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footsball is upon us, meaning that my game of choice right now is fantasy football.
i may pop in to do a couple card previews
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I had this thought last week, but couldn't figure out what you gain from it. I guess that you get to have themes that evolve through the three packs, but I don't know what that actually does compared to just decks developing over the course of a regular cube draft.
FlowerSunRain
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I think draft formats end up being three sets because wizards needs more sets to make money. Cube doesn't have that constraint. We can just make one set that works in-and-of itself and be done with it. Like Bob said, I don't know if splitting the cube and multiple pools is really that helpful. I mean, you could put all of your anchor/hook/build around cards in pack 1 which might be of some use to some cubes. This could be particularly useful for people who don't run "perfect fit" cubes (where all the cards get drafted). Its no fun finding out in pack 3 that card X wasn't in the draft pool.
Actually I can see the value of that. Something to think about.