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Copy pasted from PM: I read through it over the weekend. It was a really interesting and enjoyable read. Kinda timely for me as I'm going through my own weird little life crisis (it seems like a lot of Riptide Lab is?) As far as criticism goes, I found it a little bit difficult to follow at...

I'm a bit of an interesting case. I do the "window decal transfer" foil proxies for my cube when I can bring myself to spend the time on it. I've done somewhere in the ballpark of 40-60 of these so far. I prioritize correct Oracle text, and then try to find cards people have done with cool...

Amazing. I needed a laugh this morning. Thanks Dom :D

Did a couple grid drafts last night with a buddy. Our first decks were kinda boring: BUG delver tempo versus BW tokeny midrange. We decided to mix things up a bit and each pick a card out of my 360 before we started the grid draft process. He picked Venser, I picked Tibalt (and proceeded to...

IIRC, finals at things like PTs and Worlds are played 3/5, but yeah, it is kinda weird that they don't do it at lower levels than that.

I get where you're coming from. I sorta think you've created something here that can maintain momentum while you take a break from MtG, but muddling it with other stuff may hinder that. As you hint at in your reply, it isn't just about generating traffic, it is about generating the traffic you want.

No worries on the copy edit lol. I'm seconding this as a recurring series. I do think that people's comments from the GBS thread about splitting the front page into Magic and Non-Magic is a good idea though. That SCD Article on Master of Waves got buried within a day by this (highly...

Fun read. Thanks for sharing your adventures with us :) Not that it matters hugely, but I did find two typos, one beside the other: "I may be dense, but not blind enough [to ignore?] a hint large enough to generate its own gravitational field. I took my queue (you mean cue) and we made out on...

Yeah, World Wielder is cool. I don't think I mind it as a 2/1 either.

@Lucre Thanks for the feedback :) I'd had this idea bouncing around in my head for a while before I shared it. I'm really glad to be part of this environment where we can all learn a bit from each other and even steal an idea or two!

@Jason, that is exactly the kind of weird, memorable play experience that makes what we do so cool. It is a story and an experience uniquely crafted by that designer, his players, and random chance on a given day. It can't happen anywhere else, and it is just damn awesome!

@FSR, that makes sense. It sounds like maybe Tinker is best utilized this way in an environment with fairly strong, but not totally busted artifacts. My lower power level cube probably isn't really interested in this effect, but my higher power level cube could definitely justify it. I'll keep...

I, too, expected some kind of bizarre theme-cube, complete with weird alternate card art/names and stuff. I was... relieved when I saw what the thread was actually about.

Another one that I've been just destroyed by a handful of times is Sever the Bloodline (or, if you prefer, Maelstrom Pulse) type effects. Since I run a token theme, these cards are a way to keep the token decks honest. I had a WG deck last weekend that was splashing for Sarkhan the Mad and I was...

Awesome input guys! I think you've hit on an interesting point that this context awareness can help you avoid introducing game-ruining elements. I had focused in on what ways I could introduce more fun with context awareness, but I think both sides of the coin are equally important. Spinning...

For certain cards, the overall context of your cube is very important. To put it generally, we make implicit assumptions about the contents of a given format when we evaluate cards. There are other cards which really don't care about context and will shine regardless: huntmaster of the fells...

Dav, Thanks for the comment! You've actually really inspired me with the pyro & snipe comment. I can totally see how a new archetype can emerge that really just wants to kill their dudes while gaining incremental value. I already run lots of flashback and value-y stuff in Red, so maybe I can...

Hey Anotak. Cool cube, you're off to a great start here! It sounds like your collection ranges from around the same era as mine does (having mostly Alara block forwards, with some other stuff sprinkled in). I just ran through a draft of your cube on CubeTutor and I'd say my best recommendation...

Yeah, I'm familiar with Wildfire archetypes and I do think they can be interesting. I'm just not sure I want to include one in this cube. My issue is that while they do create something more interesting for red to do than turn guys sideways, they don't really layer with other strategies. (Or, if...

Welcome Alex! Glad you decided to post. We're always happy to have more people on the boards. Looking forward to seeing your list.