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I like soft locks like Forbid because people have fun assembling them and they have interesting counterplay. Its fun to have to time and sequence your spells to play through this kind of lock. Granted opinions vary widely on that point.

Tapping that much mana for a card that doesn't impact the board until next turn feels like a form of suicide. I want my 7 mana sorcery spell to act as a win condition or sweeper on its own. I have thought about Dictate of Karametra though because you should be able to win on 10+ mana. Haven't...

Not getting countered has been relevant at times, it also has better flavor text, art and frame :p but sure, I guess that card is more powerful.

Superfiends? Zendikar Resurgent? Obliterate decks are a house over here and don't look anything like that :p . You play usually RGx with ramp and misc ways to have something post-Obliterate. Planeswalkers will do it but also anything like these: Chasm SkulkerGreater GargadonTitania, Protector...

The archetype that warped my cube the most: ObliterateWildfireBurning of XinyeTectonic Break Cruel Ultimatum My drafters love going deep to build around this for some reason. I did it once and casting this was pretty orgasmic so I can't blame them. Pretty sure this card holds the record for...

Do people even run or like winter orb around here? xD I'm not sure how to feel about it. That combo looks brutal though.

I run Balance and Cataclysm :p I think without good artifact mana, Balance isn't actually that good, its just fine. You play it against aggro and the best case scenario is basically a fistful of doom blades, with average case being sac some number of lands, discard some number to kill about that...

The design of the new top itself is questionable but I love the lighting effect and the fanciness of it. It looks more like a top from Kaladesh than one from Kamigawa. I need to see a foil of the new one, I might actually want to go with that over other versions.

Does anyone even run topdeck tutors around here? I haven't run them yet but the new arts tempt me...

I don't think I can actually balance a format where players can stuff their entire deck with free spells. There's no way I could make a fun cube format around the t1 combos dream halls and aluren provide. Maybe there are other cool vanguard effects though if I want to go this route. Possibility...

I don't think Whelm is playable because if they win the clash, it stays on the battlefield, but I guess they'll draw it? Also, if you target the creature on their top, they can bottom it... wut. Ringskipper might be good because if it dies while on top (even if its milled!) you get the death...

Yeah, I think "sneak" plays one of the "Words of" enchantments and tries to get something powerful on top? I'm going to try Mwonvuli Beast Tracker because its flexible and at a fair mana cost. Also: CLASH! What even is that mechanic here?

Esperzoa Draw engine for the artifact deck. Draw engine. Survivor of the Unseen Let's take a moment to appreciate that a cube has to reject this card because its actually too powerful. Mortuary Combo piece to abuse with a death trigger. Mana Breach There might be a lands deck in...

I thought about Pyxis of Pandemonium and the like. I feel like those effects might lock people out of the game a little much. Its bad enough that the Modern deck exists. This cube could probably be played multiplayer but I'm more of a 1v1 player myself. I'm still trying to wrap my head around...

Yet Another AEther Vortex So I've been thinking about designing a cube with the twist that players play with this beautiful piece of cardboard in effect as an emblem. This has been one of the most fun cards in my Type 4 cube and we've even played casual constructed and cube games with it, it...

Filter lands are great, definitely recommend them over tri-lands. I don't honestly think any of the colorless cards or Wastes are worth running. I feel like it was just for limited, standard and banning Eye of Ugin in Modern. You can try it, I think its way more jank than your list is though...

Oh God a card called Spirit Guide and it doesn't exile itself from your hand for mana. I think my brain crashed for a few seconds there trying to process this card.

My group is a tad hardcore, probably moreso than most. We like to play very tight Magic and games can come down to the smallest missteps. I have had new players draft who only sort of know the game though. They've all gotten stomped and had trouble seeing all the lines of play and strats but...