Recent content by Aston

Prodigy's Flame is the reverse but Splice Onto Lesson..? Something there?

Desert Microcube is an interesting space to explore, I don't think I want to do it with this one as there's already a lot going on from the context shift but there's definitely some experimenting to do there. Transpose is great, I wish the wording was a bit different - almost everyone who's...

As promised, a report from cube night on 8th September. This was my deck: One 1 Larder Zombie 1 Taunting Kobold Two 1 Jeering Homonculus 1 Expedition Lookout 1 Flamewright 1 Soul Tithe 1 This Town Ain't Big Enough Four 1 Junktroller 1 Ageless Sentinels Land 1 Plains 1 Plains 1 Island 1...

Not often, but it has happened a couple times across 6ish drafts. It's not easy but the reward really is worth working for, 2 damage for (effectively) 2 mana is the best rate of return in the cube by s mile. I can type up a report of the most recent draft when I'm not posting from my phone.

https://cubecobra.com/cube/list/5lifemicrocube I've been working on this for a bit, it's up to v 1.5 or so, and finally feel like it's in a place ready to post. Each player drafts 20 cards, builds an exactly 15 card deck (adding basics) and plays a game where they start on 5 life each. You...

Rethinking 'Rethinking 'Rethinking Red'': Making Your Red Section More Red-Focused

Siege-Gang Commander is good in red midrange decks, it doesn't need other goblins but it's better with them. It also works well with Wort and Putrid Goblin from your list. I ran Goblin Matron for a while without a full "Goblins deck" and it was ok, a bit more narrow than Imperial Recruiter...

I cut Karakas from my cube a couple years ago, it is very powerful and can be miserable to play against. It's even worse now that the proportion of creatures that are legendary is going up year on year.

Dim Ritual {B} Instant Add {B}

I've had it in and out at various times. The main detractor is that every Worldknit deck feels the same which is kind of the opposite of what you'd want, where you have to make do with everything you draft. It turns out you can easily make a 5c control pile when you can take the best card from...

Reparty, as in to party again.

I believe the "no proxies" rule at CubeCon is so that WotC employees are allowed to play, and they want to keep that relationship healthy.

Judgment was when I first started playing Magic and it still holds a special place in my heart - I still remember after getting beaten up by Roar of the Wurm over and over, seeing Crush of Wurms in a precon blew my mind. Three times as many wurms! I also love Phantom Nishoba, a lot of my early...

Not colourless but White Mage's Staff seems like it fits the bill

how many times do I have to ask, do NOT post extracts from my dating profile!