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I think I finally found a way to change my Dimir archetype into Ninjas. I envision the archetype not as actual tribal but as a tempo deck getting value from the ninjas ninjutsu and saboteur abilities. But first I'd like to check if the riptide gang has (as usual) something useful to say to that...

Back duringvmy mtg salvation times I got teached that aggro always needs to start witz a 1-drop to be competitive. And while I lowered the power level of my aggro dudes to fit my overall environment, I always stuck to that premise. But here in these boards I often heard about "2-drop aggro" ...

Hey guys, I really enjoyed the Microsealed Format that was eplaines in Jason's Article on CfB with very tiny tweaks like just using the normal lands from my cube. But I wasn't quite pleased with the feeling. My cube, like most here, is designed to give consistency and redundancy to certain...

It seems like there wasn’t a thread like this, but I think it is a very interesting one. How often have you dismissed a cad, scrolled past it on scryfall, and then, when you tried it finally (maybe out of desperation looking for something specific), it was much better than expected and maybe...

People define build-arounds very differently. For some, they are just cards, that can work as signposts or payoffs for an archetype. I for one prefer a little more strict definition. For the sake of this thread, lets agree on some characteristics: - It completely shapes the way you draft...

I've noticed that some users here are interested in this archetype, but are also unsure, if they want to add it to there cube. So I thought I could share my experiences a little bit and list the upsides and downsides of this archetype, and how it can be realized successfully. Basically, the...

Landfall is a really cool Simic archetype. I recently introduced it into my cube as the main common ground for {G} and {U}, and while it's still a work in progress, my group and me had a lot of fun with it already, so I wanted to share with you guys. This deck is mostly a Midrange deck, with...

I started running an artifact theme in my cube a while ago, and so far it works pretty well. It's a midrange deck, that plays a lot of artifacts and has cards that profit from it. Stuff like: Etched Champion, Jhoira, Weatherlight Captain, Thopter Spy Network, Darksteel Juggernaut, or Jor Kadeen...

This time I managed the title without an akward typo. Things get better. Okay first: I don't wanna stomp in everything we worked on so far! Our last thread seemed to dry out a little bit lately, which was probably partly my fault. First, I was busy, but second - more importantly - I felt...

An idea was growing in my mind: How cool would it be, to see, if I could create a deep, balanced limited environment - not with the cards wizards print, but completely out of nothing. It would be a hard task, but also a very fun one. Then another idea came to me: What I could need, was a team...

When the 11 year old me bought his first magic cards ever, it was the 9th edition starter deck "dead again", including two rares that really impressed that young, innocent man ... NightmareUnderworld Dreams When my buddy and me started building our cube some years ago, it was clear to me...

For a while I've been searching for a {R}{G} archetype, that's interesting and fun to play. I decided to go with just midrange, but that had 2 problems: 1. It was kinda boring. 2. I anded up with {R}{W} being the only aggro 2-color-combination, which seemed to shape up to a very slow, midrange-y...

I was never a huge fan of the coor pair draft archetype way of building a cube, because I always felt, it would easily lead to railway drafting and too clearly defined archetypes and therefore to too similar decks. But I have to admit, that I was wrong, partly at least. I support around 12...

I for one love to speculate about upcoming MtG-sets, but I haven't found the right place in these forums fo it, so ... here it is! Obviously, we're speculating in the context of cube design! M19 was a really cool core set. Now Ravnica 3 is about to come. I have to admit that I am still quite...

I haven't seen a thread like this, where you can share all the crazy and unexpected moments, that happen to happen in MtG's best format. I think it would be nice to hear the crazy cube stories of others and maybe even get some Inspiration. Today, I had an incredible gamechanger happenig. I...

I always loved the original ravnica-block. It was my first non-core set block and 3x RAV remains my favorite draft fromat until today. But it had one big flaw: It was lacking 6 awesome guilds. But when the whole Ravnica block was released and drafted, and we got to draft with all 10 guilds...

I have a really strong graveyard theme in my cube going on, cards like Reassembling Skeleton or Oath of Ghouls are legitimate first picks. As the title might suggest, I'm looking for cards, that can hate on graveyard starategies but are useful even when they don't. The power level doesn't have...

Selesnya is an interesting guild. Green and white have a lot in common, and still you can build {G}{W}-decks in a lot of different ways. My selesnya section is kinda messy, with some pet cards I probably shouldn't run, so I'm curious to hear what you guys run there. What are you running in...

Dimir has had a special place in my heart since I got my very first advanced pre-con deck back in 2005 with Szadek, Lord of Secrets. Since then, {U}{B} has always been my favorite control deck. But I feel like for cube, there aren't exactly tons of great options for all power levels. What are...

Boros is a difficult guild. if you want cards that do more than aggression, there isn't all that much to chose from. And even the aggressive cards aren't all that exiting imo, in all power level regions. What are you running in your Boros sections? What themes/archetypes do you support? Did...