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Remand Is anyone here running more than one Remand? I really like the tempo it can provide to blue decks with a proactive plan, but I'm a little worried that two copies might be a hair too good. On the other hand, Lucas recommended a few years ago that I double up on each of Condescend...

I loathe the word 'staple' when it comes to cube card discussion, but I think Acidic Slime is about as close to that as it gets in my cube. It's something I even doubled up on, for a time. Looking at your list, I would sooner cut Naturalize than Wickerbough Elder, though. Straight Disenchants...

This is a fantastic idea, RavebornMuse! Done and done.

Righteous Confluence vs. Linvala, the Preserver

Ones 1 Enclave Cryptologist 1 Ancestral Vision 1 Inquisition of Kozilek 1 Niveous Wisps 1 Oust 1 Preordain 1 Thoughtseize Twos 1 Baleful Strix 1 Snapcaster Mage 1 Coldsteel Heart 1 Prismatic Lens 1 Ultimate Price Threes 1 Vampire Nighthawk 1 Hero's Downfall 1 Jace Beleren Fours 1 Cryptic...

I'm really partial to Aetherling myself, but after playing a blue control deck in a powered cube last weekend and finding that Aetherling was arguably the best card in my deck there, too, I'm wondering if it's a little much. The Meloku suggestions sound great - I'm generally not a fan of...

Okay, guys, ease up on the aggressive tone; save that for your attacking decks, as opposed to these forums. There's a couple of folks here taking Grillo's stance as if it were somehow a personal attack on them, and then responding in kind. C'mon, guys, give him a little credit; he's been around...

Right, I ran Hyena Umbra for a while and was generally underwhelmed, but Gryff's Boon getting the patented FSR Seal of Approval is making me reconsider it. I suspect that in about 50% of the games where it's drawn, the pilot won't ever have time to think about, let alone use, the activated...

Just out of curiousity - when you say your cube is stale, is that your own opinion as a cube designer, or have you been getting this feedback from your playgroup? I ask because I've been in that rut a few times before, and I questioned whether it was worth continuing to run my cube sessions, or...

Thanks! It was one of those things that we just copied from that other site a couple years ago, without much thought. But it took all of you guys and your honest feedback to crystallize what we want to do in that subforum, to have everyone get the most out of it.

Kirblinx - thank you for such a fantastic and articulate analysis. I feel like you wrote almost a 'State of the Union' address for the Cube List subforum, and put into words better than I ever could what exactly is happening in that area, as well as emphasizing the good stuff in there that we...

This 'Cube Blog' subforum is a little bit different than what you might be used to at other cube websites, so please take a minute to get acquainted. The following aren't strict, hard-and-fast rules, but more suggestions on how to structure your posts and threads in order to get people to...

So what are people thinking, about including a discard & madness themes in their cubes, and potentially going heavier on graveyard interactions? Is this worth overhauling the cube for somewhat, or are the discard outlets and madness spells mostly a pass?

Sultai Emissary vs. Carrier Thrall vs.

Yep, it's hard to 'make' people think and play faster, but in order to be respectful to everyone's time, I also implemented a round timer back when I drafted with Lucas's crew, because one player (who shall remain nameless) was about twice as slow as the rest of us. It does feel a little weird...

Wow - I just want to say, I deeply appreciate the well-thought-out and in-depth responses from everyone on this thread. I started the poll on a lark, to see what the heck we should do with that red-headed stepchild that is the Cube List forum, but I couldn't have expected such a genuine desire...

No, I hear you. In the first year of the site, I think I tried to reply to every new poster with a cube list thread, and offer at least some general guidance as to which direction they should go, along with a couple individual card suggestions. But as you intimate, it's a low-return activity; a...

So while overall activity on this site is at about where the steady-state number of posts per day has always been, I've noticed that the Cube Lists forum has gotten progressively less and less attention from the regulars over the months. It was once a source of good discussion, especially for...

That's been a common misconception since planeswalkers were introduced in 2008ish, but doesn't actually work, if I think I understand what you're suggesting. Only direct damage going to opponents can ever be redirected at their planeswalkers. Source: http://mtgdocs.info/cr/306.7.

could you make it a little bigger, i can't read the text