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Does anyone else on the forums play Modern? WoTC released their new B&R and... Splinter Twin is banned in Modern! :'( Thoughts?

The "red artifact" decks don't have to be reliant on their planeswalker to be strong though. I prefer my "artifact decks" to be fairly incidental outside of a few more narrow cards like Thopter Spy Network and Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas. FWIW I don't run Deretti but he's another direction you can...

The mentality that red is just "a sea of attacking small bodied red drops" is probably why this card falls short for you. Red can be that but it can also be much more than that if we allow it to be. Outside of Chandra, Pyromaster and Daretti, Scrap Savant, standalone walkers in red are fairly...

For reasons I detailed above, this card does so, so much to support big red decks. I'm not going to go over the utility that it gives decks again. I've done that already. But keep in mind Goggles is a ramp card first and foremost. "Big Red" needs mana, and my cube doesn't run many mana rocks in...

First draft of the semester is today! Here's the update (we wanted to try some OGW cards): IN: Doomsday Darkblast Miscalculation Flayer Drone Weapons Trainer Stormchaser Mage Reflector Mage OUT: Smothering Abomination Snuff Out Memory Lapse Geralf's Messenger Plated Geopede Goblin...

This match makes me laugh every time I watch it. The stone-faced Emerakul... Emerakul? EMERAKUL! ending in game 3 is pure gold.

Did anyone here win the Lottery?

During the time Theros was in Standard, mono-black decks routinely played off-colored Temples because the scry effect was that powerful. In a deck that could curve Thoughseize > Pack Rat. Granted, the environment was on average slower than many of our Cubes, so that might have been a factor.

From what I've found, it's not that you need a certain density of red instants/sorceries, as (presumably) your red spells are good enough on their own to be played in your deck. You have to want a situational piece of late game card advantage that also provides some ramp. It allows red to be a...

Personally, I like instant speed a lot. But here's my analysis: Runious Path feels a lot like Shriekmaw, only different other cards care about each. Pod/Creature recycle cares about 'maw, where spell-based decks (think Snap, YPeezy) care more about Path. Shriekmaw Ruinous Path Comparing the...

When I wrote this I was actually thinking the opposite. A lot of my posts this winter have been kinda shitty and non-contributive to the community as a whole (which is probably a function of me being away from drafting on the regular), and I'd like to change that. Meaning, I might post less or I...

Oooh! Breaking the top 10. But then again, I don't post that much original content either. I just spew my opinions and experiences in relation to the topics at hand. In regards to shitposting, my "most-liked of 2015" comment was literally a shitpost about shitposting. So I dunno.

Jaya Ballard, Task Mage

I had a bunch of red cards and was considering Jund (hence the Wooded Foothills, Taiga) until I saw Gideon, Blade Splicer (who I played but I forgot to add here on here), and Sun Titan late in pack 2.

Here was my (sort of disappointing) 0-1 deck from yesterday. I should have focused more on early interaction or picked up heavier ramp cards, because I got run over in my match against Aston before being able to cast my 5 and 6 drops. Ones 1 Noble Hierarch 1 Search for Tomorrow Twos 1...

I still need to return those cards to you. Sorry for having to leave early and unexpectedly. PM me when someone with the account is online tomorrow(?) and I will get them back to you.

Okay I think I've got my stream set up. http://www.twitch.tv/theburbitfrog

After seeing your discussion of Doomsday combo resurface, I want to try it out in my own cube. What's been your experience with the archetype in your Cube, and what do you consider the "essential" Doomsday supports?

Okay, so the semester is about to start again here at my school, so I needed to update my cube a bit. The CubeTutor list now agrees with my paper list, and here's an overview of the changes: IN: Vryn Wingmare Negate Laboratory Maniac Thought Scour Threads of Disloyalty Gifts Ungiven Vendilion...

I agree with what sigh said. Also, Angel of Serenity is amazing as a Pod finisher, if Birthing Pod is in your environment, so that's another consideration.