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MTGO Cube would be an excellent excuse not to revise for finals... but I can't get tix online as my debit card's being replaced -_-

CML: I buy into the scepticism that most of us here have about power maximization as a general philosophy, but at the same time I enjoy the games where I get to slam a large animal into play on turn 2 or blow up the board several times. I think the best way to reconcile those two inclinations is...

Morph is interesting in normal Limited but I'm not a fan of pushing it as a theme in Cube (individual morph cards are obv ok). There will be ~10 max morph cards in the Cube, and it's usually very easy to infer the identity of any given face-down card from the colours the opponent's playing, the...

I might also suggest linking to the Google group and making it public so that people can catch up on any earlier discussions they find interesting?

+1 for keeping all discussion centred in one main forum. If the volume of content is so great that we would need to consider subforums, then that's a great problem to have, but as it is having everything in one place is the best format for stimulating discussion.

So, if you saw the Cube that I posted on the Google group a while back, you know that I enthusiastically embraced a lot of what Jason was trying to do, from the general ideas to copying some of the specific subthemes. However, a lot of the stuff I want to support, either by doubling up on...

idk about that. The problem pre-GTC was that there was literally no good removal. It was virtually impossible for a U/X control deck to permanently deal with a Hellrider/Aristocrat/whatever. For as much bad press as Revelation and Thragtusk, I don't think a deck containing either of them has...

Accounting for the fact that, as you said, it's hard to tailor recommendations to all Cube types/sizes, whenever you focus on whether a card fits in your Cube the discussion will inevitably centre around the type/size that matches yours; and since your identity as a Cube writer so far has been...

I was less enamoured with this article than I have been with your regular ones, but set reviews are never easy to do. I'm impressed that you were so restrained with that troll in the comments section.

The cards have to be played as tokens on MTGO for logistical reasons, but is there a reason why is has to be like that irl? You could just put the card in play. More contentious cards: Azorius Guildmage, Dogged Hunter

He touches on it here if that's what you were thinking of?

any combo/piece engine card that requires a deck to be built around it and which therefore can't be supported easily in Cube (e.g. Aluren, Enduring Ideal, Seance)

For red 6's there's Crater Hellion or a personal fave, Predator Dragon.

Agree with Nathan. Usman's writing just feels... flat? Same goes for The Third Power. It's not bad, but I never come away from it feeling like I've gained anything. I have the same opinion about most of the higher-profile Cube writers as well, including Justin Parnell. Channel CubeCast is very...

Those, along with Memory Jar, are the perfect Tinker targets if you don't want the card to cause blowouts IMO. There's also Triskelavus if you want something that mimics Battlesphere without being as unbeatable. How about Akroma's Memorial? Obelisk of Alara? Contagion Engine if you want to...

Scion of Vitu-Ghazi: I would like for this to be better than Cloudgoat Ranger, but I'm not sure it is without more support. It's probably better than Geist-Honored Monk though. Aetherling: I'm not sure what to think of this. Ultimately it's still just another big dumb creature that attacks and...

It's nice being able to c&p directly. I share Rob's reservations about the autocard extension, hopefully the forum version will work better though.