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@Grillo, Thanks for the food for thought. I was just throwing ideas at a wall to see if anything stuck, it wasn't deeply considered yet! I was just looking at the similar spells of infect and double strike that they both covet (pump/pro) and thought they might be buddies. Although standing...

Turn 2 aggro sounds great! What do you think of double strike, infect, reanimator, and storm? I know the latter 2 are classified as combo, but I see a lot of similarities between some combo and aggro strategies. How about having a generally large artifact section (kind of a sixth color) so...

I think I agree about Figure after considering it. Actually, most of the first pick aggro cards that I consider really desirable have a common thread to them: they tend to be "finisher" type cards that are harder to interact with (Instant, Enchantment, Planeswalker, etc) than the average...

I like that deck a lot, but in this specific case I'm less interested in the aspects of it that you point out than the process of how it was actually drafted in the first place. All I can tell from the posts is that (maybe) this deck was a meta call, as he was reacting to the typical tendencies...

Yes, it is a context specific question, and I'm looking at a power level that falls somewhere between the avg. 360 cube off of cubetutor and an avg. Waddell riptide special. I'm just trying to figure out how to get drafters to go down the path of aggro in their initial picks. I like Atarka's...

I've been at the beginning stages of building a new cube from scratch, and with my limited time I've been just thinking and theorizing about two things: manabases and aggro. Grillo's excellent article on aggro got me stewing about it even more, but I'm kind of stumped on one issue in the...

Cool, thank you! I did a pick-1 burn-1 Glimpse draft a couple weeks ago with 4 and it went pretty well (better than the burn 2/@540 variant), but I wanted to expand my playgroup and also try out the Tenchester to see how it compares!

Tokens and Planeswalkers and Equipment? Idk...

Can someone clue me in on how one would go about running a 6 person Tenchester draft with a 360 list? Thanks in advance!

Yeah, sounds about right. I can't remember which thread it was in but there was talk about how to support control without also helping midrange and such.

Jason ever tested Mana Drain in your cube or is that just out of the question busted? Just brainstorming ways to bump up control decks...

Grillo your point #1 is interesting and makes sense. I was thinking about recent standard where the temples made it so you could run a HIGHER land count because you could mitigate flood with the scry. I can see how the bouncelands change the equation though. I was also playing it safe to...

Twos 1 Oona's Prowler 1 Zulaport Cutthroat 1 Devour Flesh 1 Exhume Threes 1 Golgari Brownscale 1 Krosan Restorer 1 Civic Wayfinder 1 Troll Ascetic 1 Phyrexian Rager 1 Cadaver Imp 1 Bone Shredder 1 Liliana's Specter 1 Fleshbag Marauder 1 Dimir Doppelganger 1 Psychatog Fours 1 Savra, Queen of...

That was fun, thanks for the drubbing!

Enjoyed drafting this! I was really drawn to black removal spells. Every deck I drafted had Shriekmaw as an early pick!! Other than my first draft where I took the Iteration conspiracy card, the power level did seem slightly flat, but very close. I would have enjoyed some more early picks...

For spells matter, these came off the top of my head as options to try: Jeskai Ascendancy (overlap with token strats) Narset Transcendant Gitaxian Probe Thought Scour Chasm Skulker (tangentially related to spells matter) Jori En, Ruin Diver And if you wanted to paint with the green and black...

That sounds great! I don't mind losing as I'm learning the ropes. Coming from a chess background (I quit Magic for 15 yrs, 1997-2012, to play chess), I think I will rather like the chess clock! How should I proceed?

I would love to join and play if you guys would have me, but my question is this: I have an MTGO account, but I've never used it or played online. How much of a learning curve is there for me to get up to speed so that I am a functional participant?

I didn't mean to derail the conversation by spiraling down an off-topic tangential rabbit hole, I was just expressing some really strong thoughts and feelings that were evoked by that pyramid image. As someone who is building a new 360 from the ground up, the fundamental issues of what shape my...

Great job Jason, it's neat to see your ideas presented on mainstream channels like CFB! You're on a roll, man! It seems that your "power pyramid" is the thing that has caught the most attention, and deservedly so, as it gives a nice and handy visual image wherein cube design can be...