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  1. Grillo_Parlante

    Site News How to participate in a RiptideLab Draft

    So, it would seem that you just can't import a binder and convert it into a wishlist, and have to manually recreate the cube in the wishlist folder, than export it in the various formats? Is this correct? I was also wondering how you, the host, build your decks. Are you just going through...
  2. Grillo_Parlante

    Card/Deck Low Power Card Spotlight

    In a bounceland heavy format, the payoff from this card is insane: ore gorger These two cards also seem really interesting to me celestial kirin kodama of the south tree
  3. Grillo_Parlante

    General CBS

    Dom posted a thread a while ago about ramp in formats, and I kind of wanted to post something to this effect, that the problem with ramp design in cube is that people try to port directly from constructed formats, where ramp (or reanimator for that matter) is designed as a miserable...
  4. Grillo_Parlante

    Site News How to participate in a RiptideLab Draft

    Cockatrice manages somehow to have an even less eloquent interface than MODO, and just looks ugly in general. If you are looking to stream and record, MODO is your best bet atm.
  5. Grillo_Parlante

    Site News How to participate in a RiptideLab Draft

    No, that makes sense. I had forgotten the paste bin step, which is where I was getting stuck. Now, I'm at the same point you are, trying to make the trading less painful. On the plus side, since I own all the cards now, if you want to grid draft there won't be any trading involved. I suppose...
  6. Grillo_Parlante

    Card/Deck Low Power Card Spotlight

    Even if you run all of those cards together, I'm not sure you would get enough density. There is maybe enough there to support a U/B deck, where the interaction comes up occasionally. Horobi's whisper and rend flesh can be real cards, even if they lean slightly towards conditonality rather...
  7. Grillo_Parlante

    General CBS

    Was that a bounceland powered deck? I know that seems strange to ask, but savage twister is very much a sweeper that becomes grossly better with bouncelands.
  8. Grillo_Parlante

    Card/Deck Low Power Card Spotlight

    A few cards I've been holding back on: deftblade elite field surgeon I love utility aggro creatures, in addition, both of these really speak to the complexity of commons in pre NWO design. Field Surgeon is just insane in a tokens deck, turning every combat phase into a tank session...
  9. Grillo_Parlante

    Sets [OGW] Oath of the Gatewatch Spoiler Thread

    Corpse churn isn't really a grave pulse: you aren't limited to taking the cards that it reveals, and can raise dead anything in the yard. You pretty much play it as a raise dead effect that incidentally supports graveyard strategies, which is pretty awesome.
  10. Grillo_Parlante

    Card/Deck Low Power Card Spotlight

    Yeah, most of our cubes are geared towards putting the creature weight within 1-3cc, for sequencing complexity, which means a lot of 1-3 damage removal is pretty powerful. Its why this guys is so good: acolyte of the inferno As for life pay, here are the total effects that grant someone life...
  11. Grillo_Parlante

    Card/Deck Low Power Card Spotlight

    Ulcerate looks great: 1. Works with B/x life pay strategies 2. Shrinking effects have interesting interactions as combat tricks 3. Shrinking effects also have interesting interactions with a number of keywords (regeneration, indestructible) 4. One mana for a narrow removal spell with a real...
  12. Grillo_Parlante

    Site News How to participate in a RiptideLab Draft

    So, here is my status on trying to reverse engineer this. 1. You can't upload a cube list export from cube tutor to modo 2. You might have to manually create a trade binder with the cube in it set to active? 3. The twitch tutorial explains how to list your collection in cloudshift (its at the...
  13. Grillo_Parlante

    Sets [OGW] Oath of the Gatewatch Spoiler Thread

    Grasp of darkness is a reprint, it was originally in scars :p Corpse churn looks like a great raise dead effect.
  14. Grillo_Parlante

    One Pack One Pick (p1p1 thread)

    I'm not going to lie, I would just slam rite of replication and make that work. The correct pick is probably seeker of the way or greenwarden of murasa, but even there I would go greater gargadon: Mr. GGs always makes for the best stories.
  15. Grillo_Parlante

    Card/Deck Low Power Card Spotlight

    Ah... simpler times; sneak attack into shivan phoenix, take three rawr! I really like Crater Hellion's design, the artwork, and echo is a really great keyword that works well with graveyard or sacrifice strategies. I suppose Caldera Hellion can do very similar work, it just doesn't look...
  16. Grillo_Parlante

    Site News How to participate in a RiptideLab Draft

    Did we have a discussion on how to host drafts. I just bought the remaining cards for my cube online (like $12 for the rest of the cube it was great) and MODO is driving me crazy.
  17. Grillo_Parlante

    Safra vs Chris:MTGO: Non-U Sharzad Grid Draft

    Thanks for posting the stream. Both those decks look sweet. I wanted to give some feedback on the stream: the music was a bit loud, loud enough to the point where it was making it hard to follow your commentary, and while the camera was positioned fine during the games, when you were deck...
  18. Grillo_Parlante

    Card/Deck Low Power Card Spotlight

    Here was what firemane was doing in constructed back than btw B/R/W R/W Variants Flores' Own Deck
  19. Grillo_Parlante

    Card/Deck Low Power Card Spotlight

    I think thats really what holds it back in other formats. Over here, bouncelands let you include a ramp component in effectively every deck. You can see that in the screen shot where its turn 9, and B8R is on nine mana, due to double bounce (and can actually make 11 with krosan restorer).
  20. Grillo_Parlante

    Card/Deck Low Power Card Spotlight

    Firemane is pretty insane. With a combination of bounceland fueled ramp, and a slower pace of play, every part of the card is relevant. The body and stats are dominating in combat, the graveyard lifegain means it can be dumped into the yard for early game relevance, and the recursion provides...
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