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  1. Grillo_Parlante

    Article CubeTutor Champion Contest

    I actually don't have 360 cards because I am waiting for the battle lands set and the last of the man lands cycle. My tastes are so different from Jason's though that I think its unlikely that I would win, but I still wanted to post the list, as I might end up building it at some point. I...
  2. Grillo_Parlante

    Article CubeTutor Champion Contest

    Its actually not so bad if you just treat it as revamping his existing cube rather than building from the ground up. I'm sure my entry will be super boring though lol
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    Card/Deck The Simic Combine

    There are a few cards there that really interest me: coiling oracle momir vig, simic visionary mul daya channelers conundrum sphinx I have a lower power bias though >.> Oracle is a really good value creature for a ramp-control deck, and sometimes it feels like a low power silvergill...
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    Card/Deck The Simic Combine

    Alfonso posted a control-ramp list on page one. Thats pretty much what I am expecting: there has to be a kiora somewhere. :cool:
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    Hathaway needs help (cutting down to 405)

    I think young pyro, lorescale coatl, quirion dryad, myth realized, and mentor are the attractive cards for some sort of spells matters deck. Abbot and seeker are solid, but more value cards, while distortion strike and emerge unscathed are support cards healthy for most formats. I'll second...
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    Card/Deck The Simic Combine

    The problem is that its not really a theme, and more of an incidental interaction. You're never going to have the effect density to make that work consistently in a deck. Honestly, the TOL theme is going to be hard to run as a theme without aggressive singleton breaking. The natural impetus...
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    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    I don't really see where that specific card fits in. The buff is negligable and those decks dont really care about ramping. The going rate for +2 +2 is 0 mana via mutagentic growth, and I don't think that card is good enough in cube. It either needs to hexproof/shroud/protection or grant...
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    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    I used to think that combat tricks were unplayable with high power removal, but where they shine is as reactive disruptive tools that also provide pressure. Take a look at legacy infect, pauper stompy, or standard heroic. Those are all decks that force the opp to play around the perceived...
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    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    I run 10ish at 360, which feels right. A good percentage of them are temp protection though, which pulls multiple duties. Those decks only want 2-3 of those effects total, otherwise they become unstable without draw smoothing tech. I think I have 6 effects total which grow a creature at...
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    Hathaway needs help (cutting down to 405)

    This looks fine, you're doing a great job. The creatures in the white section look much more playable, whic is important. You'll be making what feels like a million alterations to the format as you play it more and more, so this looks pretty normal. I would suggest stromkirk noble, kor...
  11. Grillo_Parlante

    Hathaway needs help (cutting down to 405)

    Now, how do you imagine each of those themes and sub themes looking? :p
  12. Grillo_Parlante

    Hathaway needs help (cutting down to 405)

    I made a copy of your list and gave it a pretty ruthless edit, which you can see here. Took it down to 207 pretty easily. I think what would really help would be if you (/drum roll) listed out the guilds and brainstormed a theme and sub them for each of them. The cube really seemed to lack...
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    Hathaway needs help (cutting down to 405)

    I'm not sure you really have the proper support for ninja, who wants to be buddies with cheap evasive ETB creatures. Bone shredder would be ideal. I started doing the same thing Kirblinx was doing, but realized there were a lot of cards I was skeptical of, so starting with just white as well...
  14. Grillo_Parlante

    Card/Deck Swords to Plowshares too good for my cube?

    I just drafted your cube and came up with this monster www.cubetutor.com/cubedeck/400181[/url]"] Ones 1 Bloodsoaked Champion 1 Bloodsoaked Champion 1 Bonesplitter 1 Carrion Feeder 1 Firebolt 1 Ghastly Demise 1 Gnarled Scarhide 1 Goblin Bushwhacker 1 Gravecrawler 1 Gravecrawler 1 Gravecrawler...
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    Card/Deck Swords to Plowshares too good for my cube?

    I think with the 1cc insta kill removal pieces, its more a question of if you want people to be able to play around those removal spells or not. That was the real issue I had with those three spells specifically. You can play around most other removal, but 1cc instant speed kill anything on 3...
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    Card/Deck Swords to Plowshares too good for my cube?

    Efficent removal is fine, but sometimes efficent removal without reasonable conditions can be stifling. If thats the case that usually impacts all decks though. I dont run path or swords because those answers are disproportionate to the threats I am running. Even condemn is annoying...
  17. Grillo_Parlante

    General Fight Club

    Yeah if you're in a faster format you can't really play elder, and really should be running grim lavamancer. I never could get behind spikeshot goblin though because paying three mana in red for a card that dosen't do anything on its own seems so bad, and 3s are kind of sort of red aggros top...
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    General Fight Club

    No spikeshot elder rather than spikeshot goblin? My favorite red mass removal spell goblin sharpshooter
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