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I dislike the "Keyword; Other X have keyword." pattern of templating (e.g. Herald of Dromoka, Vela the Night-Clad, Sublime Archangel). I do see how it would be good for clarity in this case though. As for the power level, I don't think it's anywhere near busted. The variance is high, but no...

There is definitely a high power ceiling on my cube. Opposition hasn't been oppressive as the blue drafters tend towards creature-light control, but cards like JTMS and Treachery are there to do what they do. My feeling from recent drafts is that the blue brokenness is answerable, whether with a...

I'm quite sure the cascade trigger does work. The first step of casting a spell is to put it on the stack; cascade triggers when you complete the process of casting the spell, at which point it has been on the stack for a while. Even if that weren't the case, triggers for an event are checked...

Unrelated, how would this work out?

Drafting Experiment Two: I start with a sequence of DTT, Snapcaster, Clique, some more solid blue stuff. Eventually I go into black on Xathrid Necromancer as it seems kind of open as well. I skip on the graveyard theme as my pool looks like a good straightforward control deck, and once I let...

Circling back, I've drafted the graveyard-only version of this a few times and it is very strong. The battlefield option is not needed at all. I want a better name for it though. "Grave Mimic" is so generic and my cube also has a "Nightmare Mimic." Edit: Quote with image doesn't work?

Was that list pre-THS? Pretty sure Ashiok and Silumgar belong in the top 3.

The intended functionality is probably still pretty awful, since your opponent has so much control over it. I could only see it being useful in a spell-heavy deck with very few nonland permanents. If anything, I would reverse it so caster divides and opponent chooses.

First one seems cool. Really strong if colorless mana is easy enough to get. The second one is a very bad card as written.

Eldrazi Can Do This {c} Instant Choose three. You can choose the same mode more than once. Target player draws a card.

There has never been a 1/3 for 1 with no drawback before, and this guy also pseudo-trades with any large ground creature. And if your 1 drop gets Doom Bladed, it's more than done its job. I expect Mass to be a big hit.

I guarantee one card from each of 8 sections (incl. fixing land, multicolor, colorless) and at most one conspiracy/draft-affecting card in each pack, with the rest being uniformly random. I have slightly more multicolor cards, but they are downweighted so that multicolor is as frequent as a...

Cast for 1GU during first main phase seems really good. Casting for anything during the end step would be wonky. And yes, you would need to write them in reverse order. Also, untap and draw are not phases. They are steps in the beginning phase.

Why not neither? Pulse wasn't good enough before...

I've run Fire Covenant in my cube for a long time, and it has performed at a high level in aggressive decks. Even in the control seat, a well-timed Covenant can often buy you enough time to put the game away. Bit of a pet card, but it has earned its slot.

I could see Cryptolith Fragment seeing play in retail limited if you end up with enough that they help turn each other on. I don't see it having any place in cube, because the decks that want to run a 3 mana ETBT mana rock do not want symmetrical life loss and do not get their opponent down to...

Since I don't do a ULD, I'm thinking I'll custom the land so that it's good enough to be worth a cube pick on its own. That might just mean adding +1/+0 to the activation, or maybe +2/+0 for an additional mana. Then I also get to name it Hanweir, the Thriving Township.

If you squadron the Hanweirs (which I want to try), how will you communicate the information to drafters who probably don't already know what the cards do? I'd like to manage it without a lengthy pre-draft explanation, and I'm open to including a non-card mock of some sort in the pack.

I remembered the fetches (hence the triple Brainstorm, Titania, DRS, makes Loam good too). Forgot about the wastelands. I'd probably drop a spell (maybe Vengevine or Managorger) and run 2-3 wastelands. The Delver and Spell Pierce are actually customs (growing creature and cantrip Force Spike)...

Drafted Aoret's. My first picks were JVP and Brainstorm, then I saw Lab Maniac and decided to make it work. I went into green for Loam, and it provided some decent enablers and support. Looks fun to try at least. www.cubetutor.com/cubedeck/558051[/url]"] Ones 1 Brainstorm 1 Brainstorm 1...