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I'm actually really curious what density of prowess/heroic that needs in order to be playable. I kinda want to throw that into an azorius slot.

and so we come full circle.

He's one of those cards that is skill testing in that you have to know when you just need a bear. Of course, this is obviously power level dependent as well.

^ possibly my favorite Grillo post. This articulates a lot of things I was thinking but couldn't write because (ostensibly) I'm at work, and it articulates those things better than I could have. Is this a good point to move the discussion to a dedicated thread and let this get back to how...

I've liked quite a few of your designs, but you've posted a lot and I'm a bit concerned I may be missing some good older stuff. It wasn't until recently that I hopped on Team Custom. Maybe it's worth making a thread? Repost like 5-10 of your own favorites and maybe others of us can chime in if...

I actually thought the above was a really good, really civil discussion. And I think there's consensus on the fact that the terminology open to a lot of interpretation and various usage. Disagreement is a good thing because it shows us other perspectives and prevents excessive groupthink on the...

I think maybe this part is the trick. Generic and unsexy is fine as long as you'll almost always want it if you're those colors. The biggest issue I can think of with this approach is you run into the Everything Is Vindicate problem in your multicolored section. Maybe then, the thing to do is...

I tend to agree with this newer riptide philosophy of squeezing down gold sections. I guess what I was getting at in my post is that I want things to do one of those three categories of thing (and maybe D. Sphere was a bad example, I dunno). If you're trying to squeeze down further, I think...

Depending on power level, if we're just trying to flash in kill spells in UG, Winged Coatl does a decent job. I've always found it kinda boring though, even if it is satisfying to randomly kill whatever out of nowhere in that color combo...

Multicolored cards/categories I'm particularly happy with: Sphinx's Revelation really good in the archetype that wants it. Also more fair in cube due to self mill worries (particularly since you might get glimpsed!) Detention Sphere Works in every deck (generic utility etc) but compared to...

I run 45 and it hasn't felt like too many. I think you're more than okay. Archetypes are the fun part IMO! Don't hesitate to make sweeping changes to your list while you're still getting things figured out early on. Hit me up if you need help making your proxies look like this. Finally, run...

I'd caution you against increasing gold density any further unless you're specifically going for a gold format sort of feel. That said, I think pushing gold density too high is something all cube designers do once, so if you haven't done it yet, it might be worth doing just to convince yourself...

I think I know the answer to at least this one. Play good mana first; double shock double fetch (get on the proxy train if you aren't already. If you make foil proxies they look better than real cards anyway). That by itself opens a window for 4c/5c good stuff to happen if the majority of your...

That's a pretty cool design Lucre. Unrelated, but came to me on a hike today: how high would I have to cost a hard counter before I could slap the word Delve on it and have it not be completely insane? And what is the right number of blue mana symbols to put on it? (I'm pretty sure the answer...

Theoretically I see either this or low curve aggro decks in the mid game as the applications. If my curve tops at four, maybe losing land 3 or 4 to blank removal and keep pressure on is worthwhile to me. It isn't even tempo loss the first turn unless you're using it to blank lightning bolt*. I...

Read 2/3 of it it too long ago to matter. Watched it when it came out, haven't done either hobbit movie D:

True story: when I woke up today to like seven tribal threads (the first of which was that golem troll thread where I lacked sufficient context to get the joke) I was really weirded out ans expected them to all be troll threads.

I like the way you described your vision for this. I'm eager to see where it ends up! There are a handful of cubes in this subforum that might have goodies for you to borrow. There was a month or two where all the cool kids where trying their hand at lower power level graveyard/innistrad-like...

That was my exact thought re: mana dorks Rave. I'll give it a whirl.

Crystal Shard is broken as fuck but I have too much fun every time I draft it so it stays. It might secretly be one of the best cards in my cube. Sylvan Safekeeper looks interesting.. I kinda wish it was protection instead of shroud... is it good enough this way?