Search results

I mean, madness is pretty far from what Gruul has done historically, right? Just the fact that Gruul is decidedly aggro is probably good for that archetype, which already has discard outlets aplenty, and most sorely needs playable (and interesting) aggressive 1 and 2 drops in Green.

Okay, maybe not the most difficult called shot anyone's ever made, but I'll take what I can get :)

This may be the first mono-colored card I slot into a guild slot (Rakdos).

I think that Sphinx is a good example of how the advent of Arena is going to end up being good for cube owners. The theory being: WOTC is pushing Arena as a best-of-1 format, therefore they need to include more maindeckable variance-reducing cards, which also turn out to be great cube cards.

Wonder if we'll get a {R}{G} or {R/G}{R/G} 2/2 with Riot. Like a modular Rip-Clan Crasher / Gruul Watchwolf.

Most of my favorites have been mentioned, but this card, which I don’t believe will ever be cut from my cube, has not been: Tetsuko Umezawa, Fugitive

I vote for Ruinator. Could definitely see it being a trap in a higher power environment, I suppose, but in mine that's just the right amount of drawback to make a recurring 5/6 Flyer for 3 safe to run. Last time I cubed Ruinator slotted into a UR aggro deck and served as its finisher. Once an...

In fact what I'm imagining probably requires even more set up then straight up flashback from exile, because I'm envisioning it would only allow you to cast at the Spectacle cost if it was legal to cast the card.

I've got a hunch (read: wishful thinking) that this card will act as a sort of self-fuel for Spectacle, and Spectacle ends up being something like: "If you cast this card from exile, you may cast it for its spectacle cost". Something like that would be sweet for cube designers as it would...

Yeah but this is where the difference between constructed and limited really makes a difference. in limited, you’re usually only going to get one shot at that pump turn, and it’s telegraphed. In Dominaria limited it seemed like more than half the time there were no good attacks for the turns...

Tell me about: Engineered Explosives I've never really considered it before due to price, but I just opened one. Seems mouth watering in a cube that runs Trinket Mage, Scrap Trawler, Auriok Salvagers, and Salvaging Station. However, I don't emphasize three + color fixing, so in most cases...

Snapcaster Mage also seems like a great example in how singleton vs. the option of 4-of drastically changes a card's impact.

That’s interesting. It certainly acts as a strong deterrent, but allows at least the possibility of interaction. It puts opposing players in a difficult spot, but leaves them outs, and as such may actually increase their decision density.

This is one that's been gnawing at me. Lower power with some allowance for bombs at the top of the curve. This for the top of green's curve, with a tie-in to my cube's lands theme: Multani, Yavimaya's Avatar vs. Rampaging Baloths I'm leaning toward Multani because I'm trying to reduce token...

What about a hexproof version of sturdy? e.g., "Spell Shield 1. ~ Enters the battlefield with one Spell Shield Counter on it. Remove a Spell Shield Counter: Until end of turn, ~ cannot be the target of spells and abilities your opponents control."

I think you can be at least a little optimistic. I noticed that after "featuring" black/white life gain as an archetype in Iconic Masters, they followed up with a few retail draft sets that included that archetype. Gruul madness seems to be a limited archetype for Ultimate Masters, so it shows...

Is it wrong of me to want to hear about what went wrong? I learned a lot from the unsatisfactory aspects the last time I ran my cube, and am wondering if there's any lessons to be gleamed!

You're fine. Courser is a good card, but I don't think its oppressive in almost any environment. It certainly isn't in mine, and I feel like I'm in the lower quartile of riptide list power levels.

Honestly with some of these spoilers, this looks likes it could be called Riptide Cube Masters.

I think Simic Lands is a great archetype that won't be leaving my cube any time soon. For me, I've veered a little bit away from it being a pure landfall deck, and tried to include other ways for drafters to cash in on lands. I know they aren't all the most budget cards, but I'd really encourage...