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  1. MilesOfficial

    General (CMM) Commander Masters 2023 Previews

    This set's not for me so far, but that's ok. Excited for the small hit of new cards we're getting next week (one deck spoiled per day starting Tuesday). Do people here like the etched foil format? I've occasionally liked the white-text promos/alternative frames (especially the Planar Chaos...
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    General (LTR / LTC) Lord of the Rings Testing/Includes Mega Thread!

    Cube Survey Responses are out!!! LTR Review LTC Review Want to shout out the great work @landofMordor always does with these articles, and loved the pod episode as always! No real surprises here, but the ways the responses are so different than the strongly wtwlf-biased early rankings from my...
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    Card/Deck Cheeky Token Deck

    Excuse me, my Cube nights are a Free Speech ZoneTM. (But no, it's never happened before.)
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    Card/Deck Cheeky Token Deck

    This thread is incredibly relevant to my interests, as I've long tried to support tokens-matter in Jund, starting with these two bad boys in the early days of my Cube history: OphiomancerPurphoros, God of the Forge Such a sick mid-to-low-power "combo" with a sac outlet! Of course, long-time...
  5. MilesOfficial

    Cardboard by the Numbers

    Some Cube content finally -- the Most Cubed Card of Each Year! I don't think this is particularly illuminating to Cube community folks like ourselves, but the data I pulled for this already has some cool insights I'm excited to share with y'all in future weeks.
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    Card/Deck Low Power Card Spotlight

    In a lower-powered cube, a 3MV gold card is going to be halfway to a turn 4 play on average unless your drafters focus on fixing. Even at low power levels, paying 4 mana for "draw an extra card every turn" is strong but rarely oppressive. For context, even my reject cube, a purposely de-powered...
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    General (LTR / LTC) Lord of the Rings Testing/Includes Mega Thread!

    Time for Cube Cobra's Most Cubed Cards of the New Set During Release Weekend, a statistically useless but practical and fun way to explore some level of meta-trends! Caveats: 1. Cards spoiled early are always over-represented, as they're on Cube Cobra for much longer. 2. There are many types...
  8. MilesOfficial

    General Basic Lands

    I've been procrastinating on finishing my big essay about my basic land box for nearly a year now, but since I do want to share it, I'm going to just do so and briefly spell out my philosophy: My Land Box (CubeCobra) Goals: 1. Maintain the spirit of my cube experience with the basic lands...
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    Article Sink or Swim: Making Cube Approachable

    Welcome to the forums, my friend! I already like your style quite a bit! It's really rough. On one hand, Cube is an excellent place to centralise your collection, your favorites, and the rich history of Magic: the Gathering. On the other, we're already at the point where many cards look like...
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    General After Full Set Reveal

    I also won my pre-release, something I found very strange considering I was on very little sleep from having travelled the entire day prior. I've been away on vacation! Back now, will be sharing more thoughts as well.
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    General (LTR / LTC) Lord of the Rings Testing/Includes Mega Thread!

    Preliminary thoughts so far: Flowering of the White Tree in for Starnheim Unleashed Super sweet anthem that both supports my legendary-matters sub-theme (that has a strong core in white aggressive strategies) and token strategies (to a much lesser effect). Starnheim Unleashed is one of two...
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    Sets (LTR) The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth

    I get where you're coming from, but I think it's a poor mechanic even on the "external card" standard. I still run plenty of stupid mechanics and cards that invite memory issues or have too many complex bobbles to track -- including the new Praetors that flip into sagas, a card type I've had...
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    Sets (LTR) The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth

    Fool of a Took indeed! I wasn't interested (for cube, at least) until I realized that this counters 69% of my creatures for one mana...that's really not that bad.
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    Sets (LTR) The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth

    It does, so it's great against things like Ophiomancer, Porcelain Legionnaire, or even getting death triggers from a Wurmcoil Engine in the right context, so there is potential there for sure. It helps you overcome some of the most annoying bricks on your opponents' side. But my cube has much...
  15. MilesOfficial

    Sets (LTR) The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth

    Seems interesting. Not sure there's enough value in it, but conceptually it lets aggro decks get around some of the most obnoxious midrange bricks.
  16. MilesOfficial

    Sets (LTR) The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth

    The one that's, err, "standard borderless" -- not the one that's part of the scene. 0341! Also, liking the new spoilers from today: Moria Maurader This is the right way to do tribal! I'm a fan, even with the double red in the mana cost, because the upside is pretty incredible here. Lizard...
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    Sets (LTR) The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth

    I've never needed ten copies of a card before seeing the borderless art version of Minas Tirith. This set is sweet so far, and I'm similarly going to be sticking to borderless where able but I'm finding I hate the frame less than I anticipated. The basics are wonderful too, these are all...
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    General (MOM) March of the Machines Testing/Includes Thread!

    I just picked up an Invasion of Tarkir after seeing it in action a few times, super neat card. But yeah, the fact that there's no more battles for the next year or two is an actual strike against them. I haven't found them as fiddly as others (certainly they're no Day/Night) but it's a...
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    General "Looking for a card"-Thread

    In a traditional zoo deck? It's rough, but you can do it. Toolcraft Exemplar Blade SplicerPorcelain LegionnaireMaul of the SkyclavesFiligree VectorGlimmer LensHotshot Mechanic[Lion SashPortable HoleDancing Sword
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    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    Standard Procedure Standard Procedure just got a lot better :cool: (I love this card, btw. It's not very friendly to the environment I'm trying to support in general, but the creativity available is TotK-tier and is worth the complication it provides)
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