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I have to agree, this would be sweet. We could use the MODO cube drafts going on here to get some of that data for analysis, no? We should be able to figure out what cards are being taken when in the draft, which ones are being played, and their overall impact on games, etc.

Okay I've got MTGO and Twitch stream set up and running... I'm ready to jam some CUBE!!

Double Abbot is the best thing to happen to Red in cube in a long time

The issue (which might be a smaller corner case, but w/e) with Multi-Gideon is that he's Legendary :/

I agree with this, and I think it's because it's got lacklustre one-drops :( Like, Black gets recurisive 2/1s and Red gets hasty dudes (Swiftspear, Guide, etc). What does white get? Guys with 0 power or guys dependent on certain two drops...

Holy shit that was the most amazing cube sequence!

Every single comment Grillo makes. That guy is insightful!

Ah, okay, thanks. Is it gentlemen's agreement to only hit non-basics with them in the drafts? Have you considered actual Strip Mines though? Is that too format warping?

Whoa! You're on Strip Mine now instead of Wasteland? How has that been for you so far?

I stole this idea from you a while ago and it has been pretty enjoyable in our cube so far. I just swap out the tri-colored card each week for a different one. The only trouble is, there are crowd favorites (like Nicol Bolas, Cruel Ultimatum) and ones people will never touch (like Broodmate...

Dark Depths

I love the fact that everyone here on Riptide also happens to be expert coders looking for projects to tinker on... feels right at home!

Unfortunately, in Magic, the overarching strategies (aggro, control, midrange) form a roshambo relationship with each other, unless we can develop a set of fundemental strategies different from these that don't form that relationship. Tangent: are these three strategies inherent to the game...

Withing my Cube and playgroup, Wolf-Run and Gavony are the two strongest of these, followed closely by Vault.

That means they're not dead cards in non-Pod matchups, which I think is an overall good thing.

This is a super interesting topic! The big quesiton here is: what is a good baseline that players will enjoy playing at? I've considered dropping my cube in powerlevel considerably, but it already excludes lots of "cube cards" that my group enjoys playing with. So basically, what's the highest...

Restoration Angel

*Sorta-Tourney Report Time* I played the Kiki deck last week in our draft. And it was THE Kiki deck, complete with Imperial Recruiter, Pestermite, Zealous Conscripts, and plenty of card filtering. It was an average deck I think, because even in 40 card decks you still have to find the proper...

Don't forget this beatuty! Riptide Laboratory Venser, Shaper Savant Eternal Witness Riptide Laboratory Archaeomancer Regrowth Riptide Laboratory Snapcaster Mage Or my personal new favorite: Volrath's Stronghold Pia and Kiran Nalaar

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