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This is, once upon a time I read an article on this website about adding a legacy feeling to cube via stifle-wasteland-fetchland-brainstorm interactions, ran 3 trickbinds in my cube which never did anything, than starting looking at actual lists and saw people were running, at most, 1 stifle. I...

I was thinking more along the lines of aggro-friendly disruption, though their might not exist a good solution.

I've generally found that Johnny and Timmy type players naturally lean towards multi-color midrange or control strategies. A stereotypical Johnny will over engineer things, which strong fixing allows, while a stereotypical Timmy has no idea what is going on, and needs good fixing (and strong...

Yeah, that looks more reasonable. The tricky things are the draw 7s and howling mine. Presumably, he has other strategies in the cube that benefit from those cards? It seems like a smart control strategy otherwise, one where the engine that powers the deck both acts as the control enabler and...

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I broke down and added the fetters and growth back in: I have a mild interest in trying to make the list singleton, but everytime I go in that direction, I feel like I have to run worse cards. I also don't like how exile can't hit fabled hero. I did cut one cloud of faeries for an elusive...

CML's rules for tribal seem pretty applicable here: 1. The tribal [archetype] pieces not to be poisonous 2. Incentive synergy for having a lot of these cards [that care about the archetype piece] together With certain pieces, when you have to have the archetype enablers is important. Some...

That looks really good. Since I added in the glassdust, I figured I could cut one of the rusted relics, and sneaked in an icy manipulator. Icy can tap down bouncelands, but that looks really strong. I also made a few other tweeks where it came to doubles -1 abundant growth, +1 nylea's...

Jeskai Elder remains! -1 barbed sextant +1 voyager staff -1 Ponder +1 glint -1 thought scour +1 triton tactics voyager staff just seems crazy good in those cog decks. Ponder, I felt, was just too hard of a card to pass, and having two in the cube kind of pressures you into blue. Thought...

No, you're right. I never do 8 mans in real life, and just wasn't thinking that on cube tutor it would have the full 360. That helps narrow things down a bit. I really like the battlewise hoplites, because they provide card filtering to an aggressive deck. One of them probably should be cut...

How about some cards like: yavimaya elder Thats basically in play cycling, which adds an interesting element.

I gave some real thought as to why this particular card dosen't excite me. I think its because its a {B}{W} card that is probably taking a removal slot. The appeal of secure the wastes is that its a draw-go card that can help you stay alive in the early/mid game, but can also be a win...

I think its because you're an old school player that wants magic to be a game "revolving around seemingly-mundane resource allocation, attrition, and casting Pox," while Onderzeeboot whats a fantastical game of sweet fun plays. Ok, maybe the pox thing is a lie (it would probably be remand) but...

What colors are you looking to run the theme in primarly? Don't forget secure the wastes Its probably one of your best support pieces. I'm guessing warriors is at least base white, and some of those cards could work as a sub theme to humans.

I suspect we have a closet riptider ;) Goats and splicers in the same article? Looks mighty suspicious to me. Really good series though.

I'm really confused by this, because it sounds like your games are really condensed by the midrange threats. I could see this happening in higher power lists, where the power of the midrange threats are so great that they condense the game down to the point where aggro needs one drops and smooth...

The only one of those heroic cards I like is the battlemage. Heroic is sweet as a source of verticle growth, that forces people to pick and choose how they interact with your creatures.

So, prompted by a question from Alfonso in one of his drafts about lands: I took a look at the draft details and examined the bottom picks. 19 out of the 50 cards listed there came from the lands section: 9/20 bounce, 7/20 gain lands, and 3/10 utility lands. That seems disproportionality...

Maybe turn one of the fetters into an exile? I kind of want a source of lifegain/removal for those B/W decks. Making cuts to that deck is hard though. I don't think I could cut the salvagers though: Salvagers + sphere: draw engine Salvagers + Codex Shredder: recur removal Between that...

I don't think I'll add them to the offical list at this point, but I think I will test them in a draft eventually. It sounds really appealing, in the sense that it creates another way to approach fixing. My concern is that it could make fixing less of a choice, and more of an easy solution to...