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  1. japahn

    General CBS

    Well yeah, there are quite a few false positives, but fewer false negatives than with "you control a", and this is the sort of search you prefer to be comprehensive with and sift through the false positives.
  2. japahn

    General CBS

    I got as far as this: ((o:/\bwhite/b/ and -c:w) or (o:/\bblue\b/ and -c:u) or (o:/\black\b/ and -c:b) or (o:/\bred\b/ and -c:r) or (o:/\bgreen\b/ and -c:g) or (o:\/bplains\b/ and -c:w) or (o:island and -c:u) or (o:swamp and -c:b) or (o:mountain and -c:r) or (o:/\bforest\b/ and -c:g)) -o:protection
  3. japahn

    The Elegant Cube v5

    Important note: I'm going to talk only about changes to the Core module - Occasionals don't matter too much and I don't put as much thought in the changes there, besides keeping the color sections more or less close in size. That's the point. Another part of the appeal of occasionals is that I...
  4. japahn

    Creatures Matter Cube

    You shouldn't be able to kill any of those with combat tricks unless you're pressuring your opponent so much that a block is forced. Any of those dominate the game by themselves while sitting on the sidelines. I like how combat tricks are the actual removal in your cube, but these are creatures...
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    General Average Words Per Card

    Yeah, I'm going to have to rename it to The "Elegant" Cube... I actually like that core+occasionals have a ton of keywords, because variety and comprehensiveness is the point of occasionals. 70 keywords in core, I'm not so sure about. Seems a bit much. Full report:
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    General Distanced Drafting--Online Cube League

    You changed the text but not the link, I think. I'm seeing that the link is expired when I click through it, but copy paste works.
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    General Tribes in a Can

    Generic tribal payoffs are sweet! I use them in my cube as a compact, non-poisonous way of supporting the tribes (Humans, Wizards, Zombies, Goblins, Elves). One concern is that these cards seem to signal that a certain tribe is supported, but then if you only find 3 wolves, you just kind of...
  8. japahn

    Kirblinx's MTGO Adventures + Sometimes Cube

    I completely missed this championship was happening, but I'm going back and watching the recordings on Twitch! Did you get on camera at all? The vintage cube section might have been the most fun I've had watching Magic streams. And that's in spite of me not being the greatest fan of the MTGO...
  9. japahn

    Creatures Matter Cube

    You have a "CMC Draft Format (Custom Draft)" setup, what's that? Should I be drafting that one? I did the standard one and drafted basically good stuff. I really dig the cube! [cubedeck="BGw Midrange"] Ones 1 Birds of Paradise 1 Arbor Elf 1 Prey Upon 1 Prey Upon Twos 1 Hand of Cruelty 1 Grim...
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    General Average Words Per Card

    I modified Nemo's script more to get the average of all MtG cards to find a baseline against which to compare, I wasn't sure if my cube was above or below the average of all MtG cards. This is the average word count of all MtG cards: Avg Words/Card (no reminders): 19.8 Avg Words/Card (full...
  11. japahn

    General CBS

    They are effectively gold cards, so though they are fine and I've considered running many of them, ultimately there is so much interesting stuff to run on gold slots that these get sort of sidelined. They are nice designs though, have great stats, are mana sinks, and somewhat mitigate the "oh...
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    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    Haven't been able to test Thassa's Oracle yet, but there are many things I really like in theory about it: How its ETB is what wins the game, so it's resilient to removal Because self-mill and reanimator go hand in hand, it's a split card (endgame reanimator target / defense against aggro)...
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    General Embrace the Chaos / Cube Occasionals

    Main tip is have an awesome wife. As for details: Take washi tape, cut into small strips, then small squares, then small triangles. Use tweezers to stick the triangles in the inside of the sleeve. Watch or listen to something while you're at it. Put the stickers on occasionals, not on core...
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    General Secret Lair Spoilers

    These are AMAZING. I didn't realize how nice Bob Ross' paintings would look in basic lands. I thought they'd look like the rest, but these are incredible. Seb McKinnon's art is absurd too. And I won't get that one, but the metal band covers one makes me happy it exists :)
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    General Embrace the Chaos / Cube Occasionals

    I have these nice stickers inside the sleeves, made from washi tape cut into triangles. The effect is pretty good, but it takes a while to do.
  16. japahn

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    Rats can be pretty cool, but the pool is quite shallow. I like these: Nezumi Graverobber Nezumi Cutthroat
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    General The Best Card Sleeves

    KMCs had a really crappy period, but because that's what I had before and I've put stickers on a ton of KMC sleeves, I just use them. If you get the good batches, they are fine - not translucent on the back, not opaque in the front, take a while to get dirty. They mark easily though (especially...
  18. japahn

    General Distanced Drafting--Online Cube League

    So, first draft on Dec 6?
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    General Cultic Cube video series

    It used to work really well (when it loaded). In the last weeks though, the recommender is basically just telling me to put back the cards I've just cut, lately, and telling me to cut the cards I just added.
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    The Elegant Cube v5

    Snapshot of v5.0.4, initial(ish) version of v5: Core module (346 cards): White (52 cards): Blue (52 cards): Black (52 cards): Red (52 cards): Green (52 cards): Multicolor (20 cards): Artifacts (30 cards): Lands (36 cards): Occasionals module (573 cards): White (83...
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