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  1. Grillo_Parlante

    [Design/Discussion] The Spiral

    Its doing its own thing, and isn't tied to innistrad in anyway. I'm more interested in layering themes in a progression to create depth. I don't really like verbatim trying to port over limited or constructed relationships: you just give up so much, and that was born out during a lot of the...
  2. Grillo_Parlante

    [Design/Discussion] The Spiral

    Thats an insteresting thought; that it might play as a high power heroic card.
  3. Grillo_Parlante

    [Design/Discussion] The Spiral

    I'm fine with playing both cards, I am just not sure how well they play. If I were a low power rare cube, would precursor golem be too strong (or blade splicer for that matter?).
  4. Grillo_Parlante

    [Design/Discussion] The Spiral

    Looking for some help cleaning this up. Work keeps on getting in the way. Shuffled some lists arounds, and here we go. Pretty close to being there, with just white lagging behind. Going for more of a low power rare feel, backed up with some uncommons. The whole list is powered, again, by...
  5. Grillo_Parlante

    Retro Combo Cube

    I have no idea what this monster is, but I want to play it: www.cubetutor.com/cubedeck/584740[/url]"] Ones 1 Llanowar Elves 1 Opt 1 Sylvan Safekeeper 1 Wild Growth 1 Worldly Tutor Twos 1 Counterspell 1 Fire // Ice 1 Sapphire Medallion 1 Snap 1 Wall of Blossoms Threes 1 Bottle Gnomes 1...
  6. Grillo_Parlante

    Retro Combo Cube

    What you should do is look at white based aggro from the original vintage masters: it was one of the best decks in the format. The white token decks in pauper are also a good guide. White reach comes from jamming evasive token makers, and than slamming an anthem. Battle screech guardians'...
  7. Grillo_Parlante

    Sets Conspiracy 2 Spoilers Thread

    She does protect herself with the 0, and more effectively than if she had an actual protection ability. Any planeswalker designed to survive a multiplayer slug fest is going to be nuts, and in 1 on 1 she will be super tanky.
  8. Grillo_Parlante

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    harmless offering donate + necropotence demonic pact For the Grixis fu combo archetype?
  9. Grillo_Parlante

    General Emotional Spikes in Cube Design

    I will see your gamble, and raise you: ignite memories
  10. Grillo_Parlante

    Retro Combo Cube

    lin sivvi, defiant hero ?
  11. Grillo_Parlante

    Retro Combo Cube

    I kind of expect people to go into a sort of G/W utility deck more than straight mono w? The only real reason is crusade and more consistent mana (of course). Exile seems like a control card. Here is a UG tempo deck www.cubetutor.com/cubedeck/582316[/url]"] Ones 1 Arbor Elf 1 Brainstorm 1...
  12. Grillo_Parlante

    Retro Combo Cube

    Here is the very first sligh deck. 2 Dragon Whelp 2 Brothers of Fire 2 Orcish Artillery 2 Orcish Cannoneers 4 Ironclaw Orcs 3 Dwarven Lieutenant 2 Orcish Librarian 4 Brass Man 2 Dwarven Trader 2 Goblins of the Flarg 1 Black Vise 1 Shatter 1 Detonate 4 Lightning Bolt 4 Incinerate 1 Fireball 1...
  13. Grillo_Parlante

    Retro Combo Cube

    The sligh vid? Yeah, I wasn't suggesting consistent turn 4 kills, but rather that poor stat creatures are going to be much better in these sort of pressure light formats than they normally are. They just naturally have more time to go to work in a lot of matchups. The sligh deck is running...
  14. Grillo_Parlante

    Retro Combo Cube

    You could run the necromancy + animate dead team, and than cut the other black value reanimation, with recurring nightmare and living death remaining as build arounds. The main thing might just be taking reanimate out, to reduce/mixup the density a bit, and that could be your dread return...
  15. Grillo_Parlante

    Retro Combo Cube

    Speaking of reanimation spells, these are your reanimation effects: necromancy living death dread return reanimate animate dead recurring nightmare Karmic guide Reveillark miraculous recovery I know you had an issue with reanimation being oppressive in your original powered format, and it...
  16. Grillo_Parlante

    Retro Combo Cube

    A little bit more life gain? I was dying to find it for that B/W deck, and basically had to settle on bottle gnomes. Format needs: psionic blast serendib efreet erhnam djinn saffi eriksdotter Not sure about some of the stronger value cards: ranger of eos mulldrifter shriekmaw...
  17. Grillo_Parlante

    Retro Combo Cube

    See, this is retro magic. If I can't cast spells, no one gets to cast spells. www.cubetutor.com/cubedeck/580960[/url]"] Ones 1 Swords to Plowshares 1 Vampiric Tutor Twos 1 Blood Artist 1 Hymn to Tourach Threes 1 Bone Shredder 1 Bottle Gnomes 1 Flickerwisp 1 Oblivion Ring 1 Phyrexian...
  18. Grillo_Parlante

    Card/Deck re: o: {T}: creatures that tap (themeless theme)

    I support this with: quirion ranger scryb ranger
  19. Grillo_Parlante

    General Building a Retro Cube

    White's best effects were Armageddon (G/W), crusade, wrath of god, swords to plowshares, moat, disenchant, serra angel, and balance. You kind of have to readjust your thinking to a world where there aren't a ton of good 1-2cc threats. Good "efficient" threats don't crop up until the 3-5cc mark...
  20. Grillo_Parlante

    General Building a Retro Cube

    Old Bordered magic went through several phases as well. I started playing around revised, and quit for the first time when 5th edition came out, because they opted to not reprint sengir vampire, serra angel, lightning bolt etc. in a general depowering. I actually raged when strip mine was...
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