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I wouldn't call it a failure yet. It seems natural to me that a person early picking seasons past would also run blue, and than red seems like a natural support color for removal. The relationship seems very strong given that green tends to ramp, and red sweepers are either X based or...

I would like to try a few drafts with some of the stronger blue draw/smoothing spells toned down, and magmatic insight added. Think twice is a perfectly respectable card, and double gifts sounds like it could be insanely fun. Would also love to see the second wildfire. Those two with titania...

Wanted to get a feel of the draft process, and this is what I came up with. www.cubetutor.com/cubedeck/521499[/url]"] Ones 1 Darkblast 1 Molten Vortex Twos 1 Edge of Autumn 1 Life from the Loam 1 Lotleth Troll 1 Magma Jet 1 Nameless Inversion 1 Punishing Fire 1 Tormenting Voice Threes 1...

I think power level is maybe a bit less of an issue. Whether a format is pressure oriented or not has really nothing to do with power level, and is just a function of how effective decks are at consistently pushing in damage: low curves, and aggressively establishing a board presence is a...

I'm glad that you see where I am going with the problem of theme support. I know "theme" "deck" and "archetype" seem semantically interchangeable, but theme has an established meaning from some of the sites' articles, where its a somewhat dated design approach by which you disseminate an element...

I think we're moving a little bit away from the concept of discussing a deck or archetype, and moving more into the nebulous realm of "themes." Loam is a fine card, but the issue with it is that it tends to be very bad in pressure focused environments, and does nothing outside of its specific...

It looks like a pretty run of the mill employment lawsuit, and easy money for the lawyers. The standard for being considered an employee is based on how much control the employer exerts over the individual's activities, which can be surprisingly murky at times to determine. What probably...

The difference is that greenwarden directly adds to your board while seasons doesn't. I realize enough good stuff drafting occurs in cube where both such cards could end up in the same deck, but I think its important to recognize (as format designers) that seasons offers an opportunity to...

Its going to go in a very different deck than greenwarden though. The card itself reminds me of braingeyser Here is the deck tech btw. I like how reid started out by saying that in the current standard blue isn't the best control color. Something to keep in mind when you are wanting to...

You all have to check out this GB deck that Finkle is running: its basically a how to guide for control design. 1. Mana superiority: check 2. Low CC one for ones: check 3. High CC many for ones: check 4. Sweet control tool that doubles as a win con: check It even shows lifegain/lifepay...

The problem with breaking singleton on library is that having multiples doesn't do much for you in the same deck (also its a rules nightmare in paper). Wafo-Tapa is such a great designer. Thats basically BUG solar flare, but cryptic lets it really ride an advantage in certain spots...

Yeah, there is a lot of precedent for life pay control decks in magic. Its just a question of scaling it for the environment, and the constellation of cards you need to run to make it happen. Obelisk might fit into that equation, but there are numerous other cards that can feed the strategy...

Was sylvan library used as a draw engine? Black based control always has that neat life pay element. I like the idea of that deck being able to use the mana dorks to activate the {W} ability on obelisk, and power a draw engine.

I think what you are saying is that you want to make niche strategies available in addition to established strategies; and one of the ways you do that is by providing slightly off-beat cards, which players initially misevaluate, complain about, but ultimately enjoy having access to? Which...

Here is Jason's article that discusses Tenchester drafting, for those that need a reference. I would like to do this, using these packs, but am not sure if we need a specific batting order first.

skin invasion looks pretty bad outside of a midrange shell. Lust for war is a bit more flexible, the problem is that its value seems to fluctuate wildly with the board state.

fixed After the grid draft I have a few slots I decided I wanted to tinker with thrashing wumpus-> pestilence Like I mentioned before, wumpus feels often more like a win con than a stabilizing device, because of how vulnerable it is bounce and removal. favored hoplite -> mardu...

Big thanks from Kirblinx for the color pair summary! G/B Rampanimator Pelakka Wurm If you are a fan of getting big creatures out quickly, then this is the deck for you. No other deck is more about trying to get the following CMC 6+ creatures out as fast as possible: Artisan of Kozilek...

That actually sounds really reasonable. That recreates somewhat the feeling of wheeling cards, though maybe both set of picks should feed one pool, which the players can than dismantle and assemble during deck building?

I really wasn't sure what to call it. I really want to just call it jund, but thats a bit of a misnomer as well.