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Probably, that doesn't mean that this "jank pile" was a better cube than your well curated list. It just felt fresh and exciting, because you didn't know what to expect. Maybe it's the act of thinking about it, that makes it less exciting. Longterm you'd probably have less fun with the pile than...

Isn't this card just a better version of it? Ratchet Bomb Can kill enchantments and, if you want, uptick right away. Seems worth it over killing manlands to me, but of course that depends on their density in a given cube.

I always tell them, that almost half the cards they're picking won't end up in their deck - unless they pick up some lands. Whether those are fixing lands, Barren Moor or Mihra's Factory. Sometimes it works. What really worked was, when I was playing against a less enfranchised friend at mono...

Well there is no weak theme per se. It all depends on how you build around it of course. If you really try to maximize on power level, madness and dredge will probably fall off. And so do Ninjas for the most part, I think. But you don't have to go down all that low either. I think you could have...

Your cube looks very cool and also relatively lean for such a young one. I feel like it took me many years to reach that level of cohesiveness, at east from what I'm seeing here. Some cards I don't love: Giada, Font of Hope With like two other angels, this one seems like a wordy trap to me...

Nerfing Blacksmithy's design doesn't necessarily lead to fair cards I guess :D

Serra Archer is so cool with the monstrosity. But maybe lose the ping ability and make it a Healer's Hawk instead? I'd love to see a whole cycle from malice sentry. One for each color with different stats and keywords maybe, all artifact creatures. Most of all, I'd love to cube with Dune...

But they took the sweeper like pick 3 or so, so they probably would've picked more blue cards. And even if they wouldn't, I personally think the straight Boros control deck is cooler than RWu Control, but that's a matter of taste of course :P Sure. But don't you think, that if drafters were...

To prevent myself from theory-crafting too much and replacing cards before they even had the chance to prove themselves, I came up with a hard rule. Comparable to what they do in football, I'm only allowed to get new playe-, uh, cards once in the summer and once in the winter. In particular, I...

I think we're basically saying the same thing :D I chose these examples particularly because I wanted to show what gold cards I wouldn't recommend. All three points that you mentioned pretty much overlap with my original criteria of gold cards you should be playing: Something you can't get from...

Sure, just to clarify: I never said that one should lower their fixing at all, certainly not down to retail limited standards. All I suggested was cutting down gold slots to the essential. That's mostly unique effects you don't have access to in mono color slots, accompanied by a few cards you...

Yeah, that's what holding me back too. Do you think upgrading a servo or treasure token is good enough? Or the blood you got from turn 1 Voldaren Epicure? Personally, looking through my list, I only have these artifacts that wouldn't mind being demolished at some point: Scrapwork Mutt...

I've tried Covetous dragon in the past and I liked it quite a bit. It doesn't require you to flood the board with artifacts, which lowers his opportunity or set up cost. Comparable almost to Thopter Spy Network or Stone Haven Pilgrim. However, what I like best for colored and/or nonartifact...

Why don't you just add a mono colored card? I think most cubes would be improved by reducing the number of gold cards in them. Better drafting, less mana constraints on the decks. And most gold effects can be replaced by mono colored equivalents easily too.

All good. And he has a home in my cube where he can feel warm and comfortable and loved. Regarding double-faced cards: I try keeping the numbers as low as possible and then do the same as smithy said: Keep that stack of second copies in the middle of the table. I use different sleeves for it...

I would like to play that. Yeah.

It is. It's just not a fun card in my experience. That being said, Simic Selfmill is a very fun archetype. Just use wincons that don't feel like "I couldn't win against this anyway ..." Some payoffs I like in my cube: Covetous Castaway Deep Analysis Wonder Curious Homunculus You can also...

Challenge: advertise your favorite red artifact payoffs. I currently only run Galvanic Blast, which comes with zero opportunity cost as a Shock+, and consider upping that count. I wouldn't count Greater Gargadon as it works just fine with creatures and lands.

I love this. And I think it is correct to exclude white and make everything base blue. Will you stay singleton? Some cards to consider maybe, tgat you aren't running as I'm writing that post, but that's not coming from a constructed expert: Dragon's Rage Channeler Nimble Mongoose Force Spike...

Do you know the feeling of shame when you look back at your cube list from some years ago?