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I've hit the rest button on Cubetutor's draft bots. The reason is that I've changed such a large portion of my cube and forced certain archetypes so much that I was starting to get a very strange view of my cube. Trade Routes should go last, not dissapear on pick 2. To pick up speed I drafted...

I like Vampiric Tutor much more as a support than Demomic Tutor. Demonic just adds two mana to the cost of casting a spell, which is not very interesting nor fun. Having to wait a turn and losing card advantage is more how I like it. It's still very strong but it's a bit less dumb. Regarding...

I'm not sure. A couple people on the other thread seem to think it's busted, but elsewhere the opinions I've heard haven't been great. It's hard to say, I've played with the card but never in a cube environment. In Vintage storm, it was a 3 mana "win next turn" spell. But I also have a copy of...

Me: Here's some good advice to make your cube better Also me: Is there a way for me to include Oppossition and Necropotence in my cube?

That's the thing, isn't it? We are limited by the core design of the game, flaws and all. Sorting cards will only get us so far. What I mean is that a longer game naturally reduces variability because players will draw more cards and have more opportunities to play them. Missing a land drop is...

Fastbond is surprisingly questionable because every card it accelerates you into is a spell you don't have and Exploration is not that worse off. I know Wadell and Inscho run it and Wadell runs like 3 Strip Mines and Crucible which is very far fromt he norm. My only issue with it is that it an...

I believe there's a very strong correlation between creativity in card design and power. Better, more creative cards tend to push against the boundaries of the game, resulting in an inherent amount of power. The result is that some of the more fun, interesting cards in the game are downright...

I was waiting a bit to see if there were any cards that piqued my interest for cube but I didn't see many: Charming Prince Animating Faerie Glass Casket Witching Well I like Glass Casket because it has artifact synergies and in the right colour, too. That said I do look foward to this set...

Oh yes! It's a great read, I've read most of it actually. I actually appreciate the contentiouness. Most writing about Magic is done on a very narrow axis, typically "is this card good?" and other strategy-centric perspectives . There's very little writing on game from a wider view, which is one...

You guys have reignited my love for the game. While I'm still bummed about it mechanically, I just love discussing it and its history. I've found myself writing a review of Urza's Block just because it's interesting.

While the card is funny, I don't think it's very good. Like ravnic says, it's just a Raging Goblin. I would rather double on Vault Skirge or the like.

I think taking a picture of each deck (And sideboard) gives you more information, is more fun (because you can share the decklists with others) and doesn't take much more effort. I don't think last picks are that meaningful of a data point compared to, say, second-to-last picks and "I tried to...

He either: - Gives you information - Gives you resources (life) - Rescues somebody The third is the weakest ability from a flavour standpoint because it's going to blink your own stuff 95% of the time, but hey.

By the way, everytime I think of this archetype I think of this: Mask of Memory

That does also look very sweet. You have drafted my cube several times and everytime I've liked the resulting deck. I often take a look at your lists to see what's working and what isn't. So, thank you! :) I actually went and test your deck and I can say it's really strong. It gives my...

Ransack the Lab would work! However, I'm very happy with how Regisaur and other "discard" effects are working. It gives the colours a bit more separation in mechanics. This kind of "Impulse" effects go in Green, Black gets discard outlets and Blue and Red get looting effects. So I'm going to...

I didn't notice, thanks for pointing it out. And yeah that makes it even worse. For all the work Wizards puts into the game, one of the things that surprise me the most is how much they push certain cards and the metagame. Has it always been like this? I guess so (I know Goblin Piledriver was...

What do you mean, that line about not being able to prevent damage was incredibly necessary to the design.

The next thing I wanted to work on was graveyard support as well as GB as a colour combination. The house of The Rock is a natural goodstuff colour but as I changed my cube it slowly dissapeared as an archetype that came up naturally in comparison to WB and others. Winding Way Regrowth Vessel...

Ok, time to work. First, adding some more blue creatures as a test. I'm not sold on any of them so feel free to share your thoughts. Kira, Great Glass-Spinner Sharding Sphinx Kira is an archetypical Ux tempo card. Having to hit it twice is big, but I don't remember it being overly...