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Vintage has been largely self-sustaining for over a decade now, although banning/unbanning decisions always prove controversial and important so idk how they would be handled if WotC cut that cord completely.

A big factor is the lack of 'bad' cards in Cube making it easier to hit 22-24 playables and switch archetypes mid-draft, considerably reducing variance.

^yeah, that. It's like it was designed by impatient EDH players.

The sad part is that Magic isn't even that bad as far as competitive prize money goes (at least at the PT level); see chess, Scrabble, etc.

d'aww he looks so happy!

Renounce seems far too narrow. Old Man is fine I guess. It's not a card I'm aching to put in my Cube. Shadowborn Demon seems good but I can't imagine picking it over a Shriekmaw. idk how reliably you can meet the 6 creature requirement even if you have a creature-heavy black section...

I agree with the OP completely, but as Jason said there's something about actually holding physical cards - and something that feels 'off' about proxies - that makes the otherwise inexplicable ritual quest to track down cards every set release feel sensible.

It's not good if you're actually in those colours. It's especially bad for something like Twin, where paying 3 life instead of 1 to get your third R for Kiki or w/e might actually matter.

Sam Black is awesome. To troll people in Legacy, I recommend: 4 Show and Tell 4 Progenitus 4 Griselbrand 1 Worldspine Wurm 4 Nefarious Lich 4 Nourishing Shoal 4 Dark Ritual 4 Brainstorm 2 Ponder 2 Lim-Dul's Vault 1 Sickening Dreams 3 Thoughtseize 4 Lotus Petal 1 Chrome Mox 4 Ebon...

The best home for Varolz is probably something like: 4 Varolz 4 Ranger of Eos 4 Death's Shadow 1 Hex Parasite With Thoughtseize, Dismember etc.

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There was a BTE/Priest of Urabrask/Superion/Vengevine deck that was pretty fun, though it also had Goyf.

Newest list up here, lmk what you think. I'll be doing a few more writeups soon. It's frustrating that I can't draft it irl right now because the AI on Cubetutor doesn't give you a good indication of what draft decks look like, so I have no idea if archetypes are properly supported.

Tried to do a draft on the Beta Client just now. MODO crashed in the middle of pack 1, leaving me with a bad deck with two packs worth of bad cards in a bad Cube that couldn't win a match if its life depended on it. I feel sorry for the poor customer service lackey who has to deal with all of...

if I can win my ongoing battle with technology and stinginess I might stream a draft later, idk

As obvious as it might sound, Jitte and Skullclamp are only OP in an environment where they're the most unfair things. They don't stack up well against the likes of Upheaval or Griselbrand.

What's the distinction between Cube Academy topics and normal articles? When I think of educational resources, I think mainly of more abstract pieces about design rather than specific ideas (like sac-based black)

Feel even more incoherent than usual atm, so quick thoughts on each: - Grafted Wargear > Swords and probably > Jitte imo as well. - Batterskull is powerful and interactive without being oppressive: it's not like Baneslayer Angel where it just dominates the board on its own, and it often...

We have a winner, fellas. 'Polukranus, World Eater'...

I feel like Chandra's going downhill. Chandra Nalaar, you get what it says on the tin. Her name's Chandra Nalaar, so the card's called Chandra Nalaar. Very functional, almost German. Then we got Chandra Ablaze, which is cool because HOLY SHIT SHE'S ON FIRE SOMEONE HEL... oh, that's the point...