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The fact that its a 2 mana investment that grows into a 4/4 or 6/6 is a pretty big deal, and much better than a card that grows into a 3/3 or 4/4. Its a more competitive body, that dosen't require the amount of support that something like pridemate does. Edit: jason beat me to it

Karlov looks great. Orzhov has a lot of uninspiring gold options, and this is an aggressive, low CC option met for an aristocrats package. I also like that it gives black decks something to do on turn 2 (that can block) which is something the color badly needs more of. Plus I like how it fits...

It sounds like your issue isn't so much grbs as it is your blue cards make up a disproportionate percentage of your obvious early picks. If you feel its a problem, you'll want to cut some of those cards for spells that appear less pushed vs the rest of the cube. Four of the cards you posted...

I was pleasently surprised by this, and hope it works out in the end. There are some obvious power disparities that should be smoothed out (cards like hunt master of the fells). A few of the morphs looked pretty bad too. Its hard to tell from a draft how things would play out, of course, but...

Modin this looks really great. These decks look really fun. That faerie deck in particular is something I want to play. Do you feel Your previous issues have been met with this update?

That seems pretty good. I think you were also doing going with the more spell based gameplay thread.

Yeah I think so. Its kind of brutal letting all of that mana go to waste if they don't have something to do.

Yeah, I love miracles because its basically a super powered version of weissman's The Deck, but it would be tricky to bring over to cube, and maybe not desirable. The original Deck had a soft lock in the form of moat and disrupting scepter, and the actual kill wasn't really important by the...

Honestly, I kind of took the easy way out. My cube tops out at RGD power level, and those control decks from that period were amazing. That format was slower (even when firing on full cylinders), and its just easier for me to put normally unplayable (but awesome) counterspells like rewind into...

Since legacy and standard are being referenced, and I'm being asked about the complexity level of commons, it seems I am going to have to elaborate a bit. I've made the NWO defense before, and don't want to come across as unfairly critical of it. Yes, it is true that in carefully curated...

Right, but decks should feel distinct. You don't want to have a cube format where everything feels like value generating good stuff decks at the end of the day. Its also important for people that want to take some sort of roshambo model into consideration. If NWO design heavily blurs the...

Honestly, you can't really get away from color pair or shard/wedge identity. I think thats fatestitcher's ultimate lesson. When you lay out the sub type zombie, its mostly low power blue creatures, or a broad spectrum of black creatures. There are a few gold (g/b) options, and at the end of...

More sac it get a one drop, make a bunch of flying 1/1s? Maybe thats a little two filler though for an actual pod deck, and a better fit in the aristocrats package.

Do you need deluge? It only seems essential if you have a b/w life pay deck. Fow I don't like in cube because you can't really play around it like you can in other formats. Lil is unique and I can't see cutting her. I think I would cut literally every single other planeswalker in the cube...

I forgot about the blue tron decks, that sounds reasonable. I think the u tron decks have fallen to tier 3 though? Miracles is probably the last great control deck left in magic, and one of my favorite parts of legacy. when I look at the u/w titan decks and grixis control lists in modern...

At your power level, fight effects are unplayable. If you lower the power level down, I like confrontation better as its much less narrow than tactics.

I think in most powered formats both cards offer a bad return on their mana, so would be inclined to just go with the cheaper sac. outlet. Otherwise I would go with husk.

Is control even an archetype in NWO magic? Outside of carefully curated standard, the classical distinctions between stabilizer and finisher doesn't seem to exist anymore, and anyone can run wraths. When I look at most modern "control" decks they seem like they are just another value...

Honestly, my drafters are just not very good at the game, and don't want to figure out birthing pod. I could list the excuses I've been given, but it would be more comedic than anything. I've drafted several excellent birthing pod decks, and it just dosen't matter to them.

Yeah, to be fair, the design model I settled on eventually is pretty anti-build around. I don't know if one is better than the other, in the end they are probably just different. Basically we have the same problem of "how do I get people to draft focused decks" and your approach uses singleton...