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  1. safra

    General [CONTEST] Exploration Cube

    All three will come out. Hermit is the last vestige of a werewolf theme I rejected; Sygg I have no excuse for. Yeah, this surprises me. Maybe there's not enough land-based ramp, and people are being discouraged away from it by the idea that they'll have six mana with five lands out? I think...
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    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    Crypt Incursion is my favorite. It's not unrealistic to gain 10-20 life off it.
  3. safra

    Sets [KLD] Kaladesh Spoilers Thread

    liliana and chandra being besties is everything i've ever wanted
  4. safra

    General [CONTEST] Exploration Cube

    I'm also unsure about Titania's place in a cube without fetchlands. I goldfished a little and she was very underwhelming; anyone have other green fives they like for this environment? She's good with Knight, Gitrog, the two Evolving Wilds, and not a lot else. The alternative is to add more stuff...
  5. safra

    General [CONTEST] Exploration Cube

    Nice deck! That's what Time Warp is in there for, the 'hidden' Taking Turns archetype. Do you think this deck would have been interested in bouncelands? You didn't pick up any but I feel like they'd enable mana development late-game. OUT: augur, vial IN: Cloud of Faeries, Palladium Myr
  6. safra

    General The Draft Exchange

    Drafted GiftsForgiven's "Current Iteration", first-picked Show and Tell. A late Arcane Savant didn't have a good enough target to run, sadly. www.cubetutor.com/cubedeck/600404[/url]"] Ones 1 Mystical Tutor 1 Reanimate 1 Thoughtseize Twos 1 Balance 1 Baleful Strix 1 Pack Rat 1 Stoneforge...
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    Card/Deck Low Power Card Spotlight

    Those are some beefy ladies! 5 with a +3 feels almost like Karn territory - I think these ults will be very reachable. I'm not in love with the designs but they're solid for what they need to do.
  8. safra

    Sets [KLD] Kaladesh Spoilers Thread

    Blue Gearhulk is very, very good. I love this cycle.
  9. safra

    General [CONTEST] Exploration Cube

    I thought about which changes I could make to support it and cut it for another mana rock instead.
  10. safra

    General [CONTEST] Exploration Cube

    Scepter is a trap, thanks for confirming it. I'll work on fixing the environment so it's better supported.
  11. safra

    General [CONTEST] Exploration Cube

    Some selected decks from Cubetutor: AGGRO: CONTROL: COMBO: This is starting to look a lot more promising, I think. I'm not there yet but it's coming together. I'm actually happiest with the Swans deck so far, it feels strong.
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    Sets [KLD] Kaladesh Spoilers Thread

    GOOD CHANDRA! hi babe
  13. safra

    General [CONTEST] Exploration Cube

    Snap is in, Toshi's out. He's a pet card I forgot to cut when I rejected the ritual package. This is good, and appreciated, thanks! Don't sweat the tone. I've been worried about balancing draw-7s with the rest of the cube; they're quite powerful. Future Sight + Top may be excessively cute, but...
  14. safra

    General [CONTEST] Exploration Cube

    Great points. I think the bouncelands are being picked pretty highly by most decks and so 30 may indeed not be enough. I'll try 40 I guess and see what that does - I think there's a soft limit to how many a midrange deck wants to play though before it gets too slow to curve out. I'll probably...
  15. safra

    General [CONTEST] Exploration Cube

    Quirion Ranger's a great idea, going in ASAP. Candelabra I think is a little too strong for the level of artifact/enchantment removal in the environment (which I'm still fine-tuning). That's why I'm running the Magus instead. Also in! Love the deck.
  16. safra

    General [CONTEST] Exploration Cube

    The central conceit of this cube is to take the Penny Pincher cube's bounceland-fueled storm engine, splicer midrange package, and land-based combo theme and raise the power level. http://www.cubetutor.com/viewcube/63360 http://www.cubetutor.com/draft/63360
  17. safra

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    sea drake used to be good but now isn't because stompy decks aren't reliant on 'mox sapphire, ancient tomb, sea drake go' (because you can't target two lands, the effect fizzles) I really wouldn't cube it, the drawback is VERY bad
  18. safra

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    It's great but not overwhelming; include it post-haste.
  19. safra

    General Great Games of Magic (Videos)

    Not in the competitive scene, anyway. You'd be amazed at the variety of cool, fun people I've cubed with who're strictly casual players. Yet another reason the dominance of the tournament scene in MTG discussion stifles a lot of interesting stuff.
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    General Great Games of Magic (Videos)

    I agree - you need a straight man to LSV's constant stream of jokes but Stark barely seems to notice them. BDM is a little the same way but he's said that he's refusing the give LSV the satisfaction of a response, which plays a little better in video than it does in audio. Stark is a one-note...
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