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You make a great point Erik. The 3 drop slot is super congested often taking the place of a 2 drop. Looking at my list, I still have a lot of 3 MV cards in my multicolor section, but they all feel valuable, except for Thief of Sanity which was a request from a drafter. I believe Green can slack...

I'll take a page from Erik's blog and mention some cards I am either unhappy or ambivalent about. Multicolor Geist of Saint Traft Hostage Taker Venerable Warsinger Niv-Mizzet Reborn The trend here is that these cards are good, but don't support the themes I am trying to promote. Geist of...

Does it have to be creature storm or are you willing to use more instants and sorceries? I ask because you seem to be using a bunch of instant/sorcery payoffs in addition to creatures. Things open up quite a bit with the addition of non-creatures. I'd advise you to check out @dbs cube. His...

Drafted my friend's cube over the weekend and it was a lot of fun. I had a BG splash blue lands deck that had some explosive starts. I was able to play with or see a few cards I don't have in my list: Mox Diamond Grist, the Hunger Tide Bident of Thassa Mox Diamond played very well, I had a...

I think Inspiring Statuary is worth a look at least. At worst it’s a 3 mv mana rock. At best it’s ramping hard and is a single card build around. Herald of Anguish is very strong, maybe too much so here. At five mana (so 2 artifacts) 5/5 flyer that disrupts opponent and is a potential mana sink...

Agreed, the mechanic is bonkers. However, I think you are missing some cheap enough 0-1 CMC artifacts to make the more marginal cards like Qumulox shine. I remember reading in the vehicle thread that you wanted some random artifact dudes. I think this guy qualifies because it's cheap, it grows...

I am liking the Artifact rework! There are a ton of options that feel varied and well supported. I do feel that there is a gap in power level in some cards though. For example take this ramp deck I drafted: Ones 1 Elvish Mystic 1 Llanowar Elves 1 Fyndhorn Elves 1 Gilded Goose 1 Abundant...

Looking at your list, I am kind of seeing a RG madness deck that is already supported. In Red Maybe a few more signpost cards like Anger and Blazing Rootwalla. In Green you have Vengevine, Honored Hydra, Wild Mongrel and Survival of the Fittest as really strong madness cards already...

I think I was more surprised by the presence of the Copter in comparaison with the other vehicles. Looking at your list right now, they all look good except Peacewalker Colossus which I am not convinced about. Crew 4 is a big ask and all you get is a vanilla 6/6. I also like Untethered...

I think the main criticism pointed at Blast is that if there are no creatures in play, it’s stuck in hand. Depending on your environment that may happen often enough that it isn’t worth a slot.

I'll add those I haven't seen mentioned that I run. Green Sun's Zenith Finale of Devastation Tutors and counts towards spells. Playable in almost every Green deck. Elvish Reclaimer I play this instead of Crop Rotation. Repeatable and decent top deck late. Vile Entomber Defensive body that...

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What do you mean by this? Here is what I noticed. IMO you could probably push lands matter a bit harder with the classics: Courser of Kruphix and Oracle of Mul Daya or some new spice: Kazandu Mammoth, Tireless Provisionner, Dryad of the Ilysian Grove. They are all basically 3 CMC so you'll...

I actually have a couple of Stars in my list and you are right: they are really solid. I could see myself replacing Urza’sand Mishra’s Baubles with a couple more. I was looking back at some old drafts and I saw a few “off-color” (BG and BU) decks using Marionette Master and various artifacts...

I played it and it has been stellar in my multiplayer cube. It usually takes out something early and then gives you a mana sink later. Sure my cube is slower than yours, but I think the play pattern will probably be similar. Cast early, dome later. Gives you 2 spell triggers and can be discarded...

@japahn You make a compelling argument to remove the sacrifice archetype. My issue then is what to do in Black. I have a decent spells support as well as a solid GY support, but not much after that. I have to admit I am lacking imagination >< If keeping the archetype, maybe the sacrifice...

Phyrexian Tower I want to my sacrifice decks to be a more "intergrated" part of my environment. By that I mean that I want other decks than an aggro deck to care about sacrificing. I have Syr Konrad, the Grim who cares about GY and Greater Gargadon who can enable land sacrifices. Korvold...

I'm narrowing down the broad archetypes I want to support. I have these in mind (capital letter means heavy support, lower case means slight support). Lands Gwrub Spells URWBg Artifacts RUwb ETB WUg Sacrifice BRwg GY GBURw The color distribution isn't perfect, but I don't really care...

Mostly the mana value of the card changes. However, for my less experienced drafters, I'd much rather have the split card than the original. I know that they will skip Damn even if they are in a White control deck as it just doesn't look like a playable White card.

I drafted a fun Boros deck that prompted me to reevaluate a slot I hadn't considered touching. Ones 1 Ragavan, Nimble Pilferer 1 Chromatic Star 3 Faithless Looting 1 Path to Exile 1 Land Tax Twos 1 Soulfire Grand Master 1 Perilous Myr 1 Blind Obedience Threes 1 Feldon of the Third Path 1...