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I have experience with running a million ash barrens and it makes the mana quite good for most drafters. The average number per drafter came out to around 2 or 3, but for your cube specifically the issue is that the Barrens rarely actually hits the board, so it doesn't intersect with a lot of...

I took "interesting p1p1" to mean "build around", not so much power level, otherwise I'd just be listing burn spells and hellrider and stuff.

Monastery Swiftspear Squee, goblin Nabob Volcano Hellion Volcanic Offering Goblin Bombardment Form of the Dragon Pia and Kiran Nalaar Goblin Welder

Update time! The biggest updates I've done were the removal of the cycling and enchantress packages, as the decks were clunky when I forced them and they never came together. I've added an aggressive suite of combat tricks, cantrips, and life-paying effects (Gitaxian Probe, Apostle's Blessing)...

Hex TCG has a system of Thresholds where a "land" card will give you a threshold for a color that will allow you to cast that color's spells and a "power", which is your mana. Dual "lands" let you choose a threshold usually. I thought it was quite an elegant solution, though it would be...

Hey there! I think that my list is a slightly higher power level than yours but is running a lot of the same themes, which is very interesting! I recently added a Deaths Shadow package to my cube that runs as an interesting aggro parallel to the slower pay life gain life control decks you're...

It’s been a super cool way to play more sorceries in your control deck. It’s interesting in the way that it helps out the nonstandard colors of control like UG more, as you can start deploying threats and holding up answers much quicker. I think “velocity” is the term used around here a lot...

Oh lord that's disgusting, I love it! The proclamation probably makes it super consistent too! I can't wait to get back to drafting in person to see if this sort of thing is super oppressive, but I think the removal in the format can handle it. Clocky and friends are on the watchlist for sure...

I would think that the floor as a 1 mana 2/1 is higher than the floor of a 2 mana 2/2, but when you put it like that it sounds a lot more reasonable.

I'm trying to decide if Oathsworn Vampire is where i wanna be. Life matters and recursion are where I wanna be in black, but the payoff is just a bear..

I am so sick of boring Gx walkers :( Chupacabra is nice and clean with no nonblack restriction which i love, I would run Paladin of Atonement but I have so many white 2s...

It's Ixalan block, why would it be pushed? /s Although it is interesting that the majority of the exciting stuff from this block so far has been at lower rarities, with higher rarity stuff being targeted mostly at the casual and commander crowd.

This looks super sweet for aristocrats and ties in with lifegain themes, plus incidental vampire synergies... I think I'm in love!

I'm loving these swaps, sigh. In my personal experience, Avacyn's Judgment and Treasure Map have both overperformed in power and flexibility. Even without a dedicated madness theme, the Judgment has been a reliable way for decks with discard outlets to stabilize early or finish late, and the Map...

Awesome analysis, thank you! Took a look at the other two decks you drafted and RUG control looks bonkers. I really like Avacyn's Judgment in that list as early removal / a mana sink finisher late. Not playing street wraith in the golgari list with death's shadow? Also, quick cool note, the GB...

Slide and Rift are not customs. I started the cube with a pretty major cycling theme that gradually was reduced over time, and may be too weak to support now. I weep for no modern-border Miscalculation. Thinking about errata-ing in the "cycle or discard" wording from Drake Haven on them. I...

Trail of Evidence What do we think of this as mid-high power CA engine? Interacts nicely with artifacts-matter stuff and ensures you never run out of gas.

Thanks for your help! I think FoF, Ashiok (pet card of mine though they are), and Cruise are easy cuts. Dig Through Time i like as a control incentive that is difficult to splash, Tinker I think is fine due to its role as a combo piece and my tuned down finishers, and i’m pretty 50/50 on...

I noticed that the vast majority of people that weren't me drafting my cube online ended up in blue in some way, with lots of UB and UR decks. I'm wondering if that's an issue or if people just really like drafting blue. I did a bit of an update as to where guild cards go, giving Izzet Signet...

Perhaps I’m overvaluing him, I haven’t had the chance to play any games with him in person as of yet. I would think he plays the role of an infinite chump blocker until you’re set up to take over the game with a discard outlet, but there’s always the chance that’s slow compared to some of the...