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  1. shamizy

    General Other News

    I'm mostly cool with alternate frames in my cube as long as they maintain the general form of a typical Magic card and the meaningful information is easy to pull on first glance. Mainly what's the P/T on creatures, card name, mana cost; you know, the basic information you need. Love the...
  2. shamizy

    General Other News

    They're neat as collectibles, not very practical unfortunately. I picked up a few foils for an EDH deck of mine but man they are definitely not quick to grok on first glance unless you know where to look. I'm definitely going to be looking into alternative options for the Innistrad cube I'll be...
  3. shamizy

    General Fight Club

    First option. 2nd option just incentivizes more goodstuff builds with the lowered opportunity cost of dual fixing.
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    General CBS

    Gathering the appropriate tokens are kind of a losing battle as a cube curator. You can put in all the legwork to gather the right tokens and color code them all you like, even have them readily available in a box for drafters to grab from, but realistically the majority of drafters are just...
  5. shamizy

    Shamim's Cube

    Yeah that's fair, but 3 CMC is kind of the sweet spot where it's viable for both W/x Aggro and Midrange. I like Blackblade having the flexibility of playing double duty as both a beefy 4/4 on offense but also capable of pumping a creature to be more effective in a midrange slugfest. He's just a...
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    Shamim's Cube

    The ideal for decks that are drafted in my cube are usually those that have a 2 color base with a 3rd splash for a handful of cards. Depending upon the fixing that the drafter ends up with, and how highly they prioritize it, I'd say that the majority of decks end up falling into this range...
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    Shamim's Cube

    After about 18 months, I was finally able to get around to hosting a cube draft (two actually) last week of August into early September. A couple of buddies from my college days and I have made it a semi-annual tradition to meet up for a week of backpacking/hanging out at a cabin up near...
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    General CBS

    And here I am waiting someday for my riptidelab.txt export option request for drafted/uploaded decklists. This gives me hope that someday Cobra will have the same option that CT did from the get go.
  9. shamizy

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    Yeah honestly this discussion has inspired me to pick up a copy when I stop by the LGS for Modern FNM later tonight. I think I had initially just brushed it off along with many cards from Strixhaven as it was a set that I didn't really care for much. I may not run it immediately as I'm still...
  10. shamizy

    General Selling Collection

    Oh and to whoever ultimately buys the lot, there are a handful of singles that I'd be interested in picking up for EDH/Modern if you'd want to work out a deal afterwards. I'm sure Velrun would much rather deal the whole collection in one shot, but I don't mind following up on a few cards...
  11. shamizy

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    Yeah I'm a fan of Dragonsguard Elite as a scalable Goyf-like threat in 2021, I just think that its inclusion in my environment would be kind of a trap for now. I think part of it may be that Magecraft makes me shortcut to spellslinger which isn't really a G/x thing in my environment, though in...
  12. shamizy

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    Wait are we talking bout the card or the archetype? I think Elite is good in a vacuum, but I don't think the other options listed in @Nanonox's post are quite at the same level. I think part of it might also be that your environment is super low to the ground which gives it more potential to...
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    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    I'd say it's certainly possible to make UXg spells a thing nowadays, but the only issue is that it doesn't currently have the power ceiling of other long standing G/x strategies. It's kind of in the same position that U/R artifacts decks were in until around the printing of WAR and Modern...
  14. shamizy

    General Selling Collection

    Wow, there's some really cool stuff in there. Unfortunately there are only a handful specific singles that I'd be interested in so cheers to whoever picks up the lot!
  15. shamizy

    General Logistics of Squadroning

    Yeah it's mostly 3 color cards for now. I only run it for a handful of cards, current squadrons are the following: Hanweir Garrison Hanweir Battlements Siege Rhino Indatha Triome Kess, Dissident Mage Crumbling Necropolis Emrakul, the Promised End Temple of the False God I'll probably dive...
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    General CBS

    I like categorization based off the most realistic casting/common mode. Like I have Voracious Hydra in my list and while it can be played for less mana earlier, it's usually being sandbagged as a fight spell where X is 4 or greater so I just call it a 6. Or something like Bonecrusher Giant that...
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    General Logistics of Squadroning

    I'd say the easiest way to mark "special" cards in a draft or cards that ended up in a deck outside of the main draft is just through color coded stickers in a corner. My draft enhancements consist of the following: I lay both of these out right from the start and answer any questions that...
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    Sets (MID) Innistrad: Midnight Hunt

    Ended up going 3-1 at Prerelease with my pool last Friday, settled on an R/B Aggro deck. The rares in this set are super swingy, not sure how I feel about them even with the plethora of removal you have available. It just feels like you'd better have the right answer or boardstate otherwise...
  19. shamizy

    General Fight Club

    Courser of Kruphix vs. Augur of Autumn I've loved Courser for years, but I'm leaning towards making this swap after looking over the pros and cons. I think a 2/3 is more manageable than a 2/4 for low to the ground decks and damage based removal matches up more favorably, Augur has a relevant...
  20. shamizy

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    To add onto what Erik mentioned above, it's definitely a key card for any W/x Humans archetype. You get the base mode of being a 2nd copy of Champion of the Parish, but the real play comes from sandbagging it as an anthem like effect to push through more damage after developing your board...
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