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I used to draft with 4 boosters of 12 cards years back in a 540 cube, and I think I did it again a couple of times after moving countries. I didn't want the whole cube available at a time, you could interact more with both sides of the draft, and the extra 3 cards could be geared towards better...

I still lurk around these parts every once in a while! I'm horrible at hanging out, but it's my number 1 place for cube info for like 8 years or who knows how long since the whole Google Groups thing :D By the way, I really loved the last podcast episode with Jason and SirFunchalot actually...

I just came here to comment that I've been really enjoying the videos and the podcasts. I haven't had a lot of time or patience for cube theory, but the videos are getting me more excited for going back to cubing after the whole pandemic thing is over :D

I have played with 4 x 12 cards for a while some years ago. You get 3 cards above the usual 45, and I used the additional space in the draft to force more slots for sideboard cards in my list. Over time, I went back to 3 x 15 for a bunch of reasons: Easier to explain. Everyone knows the size...

Many things coming to mind after reading this thread. This describes my methodology very well! Even though I've started playing more with proxies for expensive cards, I still go ahead and buy a lot of foils just to try them out, and because they don't look that expensive, and maybe one day I...

We drafted again this week, with only 4 players attending this time: 3-0 Vince ({R}{G}{B}{W} Midrange) 1-1-1 Paolo ({B}{W} Aggro) 1-2 Benno ({W}{R}{B}{U} Aggro) 0-2-1 Brett ({U}{G} Ramp and Things that Grow) (It was getting late, so we decided to cut the third round in half, when Paolo and...

I think it has been faster before I increased the size in one of my last big updates. I don't know if there is any trick to keeping your environment fast, but here are some tips and tricks that I learned over time: Enforce a low curve and being aware of cards that block too well (Vampire...

This are the decks for the draft we played at the office on August 22nd: 4-0 Vince ({B}{U} Reanimator) ?-? Paolo #1 ({G}{W} Aggro) ?-? Paolo #2 ({R}{G} Aggro + Natural Order) ?-? Brett ({R}{W} Aggro) ?-? Asger ({U}{G} Control) I lost the paper that I had with the notes of how many wins each...

Hey, fozzy! I'm literally just writing about the last draft that I played a couple of weeks ago and the changes that I'm thinking about for the next draft. It should be up in about 30 minutes to an hour (depending on how much I procrastinate between on deck-list and the other :D ). The...

I respectfully disagree with this assessment. If I'm drafting for a chance to actually win games, I can't see a way that these life-for-continuous-card-advantage cards would prioritize life gain instead of the usual BG midrange deck (or zombies aggro, in the specific case of Graveborn Muse)...

I agree with Dom here. And it seems like there needs to be a ton of slots supporting lifegain, and I can't see them fit as a natural theme as some other stuff that these colors can do (Imagining primary white, secondary black and green, here). I don't think this makes sense at all, and this...

My cube is finally up to 720 cards, and I got a draft rolling with my coworkers this Monday! I'm going back to using a test pool, which is a pool of 15 cards that I'll make sure will be seeded into the packs for every draft. I used to do this some years ago, when I played more often, to get...

I'm on my way to increase the cube size to 735. I've made some changes to the list and included 45 cards with Dominaria coming out and I'm really enjoying how the cube is drafting at CubeTutor for now (even though the AI doesn't know how to prioritize anything). If you'd like to try out the new...

I've been thinking of ways to support Crow Storm and maybe other storm cards, and got to this conundrum: Crow Storm X Illusory Angel (Has this ever been discussed here? I couldn't find it with a quick search) Crow Storm is the card I want to play, but it requires a good deal of assembly...

Thanks a lot! I'm not sure if I had a specific technique, but I'd usually would just mix a bunch of paints and throw them in the card with fine brushes. I know that some people erased parts of the card they'd paint over, or do multiple layers. I usually did as few layers as possible, and I'd...

I was altering cards just before I went to university, stopped playing Magic competitively and started just collecting cards for cube or EDH, but never really got many cards altered for my own cube. I'd much rather use my time painting alters for commissions, and I was never a fan of running...

Hanweir GarrisonWalking BallistaThraben Inspector Mr. Garrison: Meh by itself, but get a couple attacks in and you have yourself an army. Good in a red aggro deck, great with humans, and you can try to live the dream with Hanweir Battlements. Walking Ballista: Overall solid and versatile card...

I absolutely forgot to post about the last two cube drafts I did in Brazil. Only got 4 players for one, and we did a 3-player Winston draft for the last one. For these drafts, I had substituted most of the conspiracies for cards that I had with me (notably, Mishra's Bauble, Purphoros, God of...

Jace might be the pick, but I think Kitchen Finks is a very close second: Keeps you open, gives card advantage, it is a good attacker and a good blocker. It throws a wrench at any aggro strategy, and depending on the list, has some combo potential as well.

Two more weekends and two more drafts! My group hasn't caught up with my win rate :( March 3rd 2-0 Vince ({B}{W} Stax feat. Baleful Strix) 1-1 Lucas ({G}{W} Midrange) 1-1 Alexandre ({U}{R} Tempo) 0-2 Giovanni ({R}{W} Beatdown) Ones 1 Thraben Inspector 1 Bloodsoaked Champion 1 Dread...