the reflecting pool

[anotak]

http://cubetutor.com/viewcube/11849

so, i thought, what if instead of 20 fetch 20 shock we started with vivid-reflecting pool. so i ended up here.

i need to add ktk cards and cut some stuff like temporal spring and the monocolored walkers that goes against the feel of the cube

i'll also be probably giving aggro some toys soon

 

[anotak]

we had 6 people for the first draft

here's the 3-0 deck from the 3-0 thread

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5cc

check out that sweet curve

here this deck went 1-2 its a literal dragon cube

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5c dragons

i drafted this, i went 2-1

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5c stuff

1-2

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rg kavus

2-1

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rafiq+civic saber

 

[Jason Waddell]

What's the name of the land that taps for a color of any color your opponents lands can produce?

 

[anotak]

 

[Jason Waddell]

Any consideration of running more of those and fewer reflecting pools?

 

[Chris Taylor]

Any consideration of running more of those and fewer reflecting pools?

It might make people feel "punished" for playing their vivid lands. Maybe there's so many you basically can't avoid it?

Maybe I'm overthinking this, but whenever I fix my opponent's mana for them I feel a bit miffed

 

[Eric Chan]

Yeah, I remember back in Lorwyn / Shards Standard, it was always an awful feeling to enable your opponent's Exotic Orchard because you had the gall to run a couple Vivids. The card is a little too swingy for my tastes - sometimes it's just a basic Plains when your opponent is hitting you in the face with little white men, and other times it's a full-on Utopia while your opponent is sitting around doing nothing.

 

[Chris Taylor]

Yeah, I remember back in Lorwyn / Shards Standard, it was always an awful feeling to enable your opponent's Exotic Orchard because you had the gall to run a couple Vivids. The card is a little too swingy for my tastes - sometimes it's just a basic Plains when your opponent is hitting you in the face with little white men, and other times it's a full-on Utopia while your opponent is sitting around doing nothing.

this being a cube however, perhaps it's a plains way less often?

also, if both players control an exotic orchard and one player has a vivid, are they both utopias?

 

[anotak]

I think so. And yeah the feelbad is why I only put 1 but I might do 2

 

[Chris Taylor]

I think so. And yeah the feelbad is why I only put 1 but I might do 2

Though to be fair, if there were 10 you might end up consistently having the both players get a utopia thing, which I'm sure is alright.

 

[anotak]

Your opening hand is a pool and an orchard do you keep

 

[Chris Taylor]

Your opening hand is a pool and an orchard do you keep

Yolo

Serious answer: How many vivid-esque lands are in the list? How many are we averaging per player?

 

[Jason Waddell]

Have people hated counters on lands?

 

[anotak]

No complaints so far. I agree theyre awkward but people will put up w awkward as long as there is an idea behind it that they can enjoy

 

[Jason Waddell]

If I had a bunch of limited-use 5-color lands, I would want cards with cool off-color activated abilities.