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Thanks everyone. Yeah, I've been noticing the same thing about duplicates, which kind of took me by surprise. The bouncelands provide so much definition to the draft that its not essential to break singleton on other cards to support build arounds. The exception are, of course, the...

This could also finally be a home for... Radha, heir to keld

Did the tweeks to power level result in a wider power band? That seems like an interesting take away point: that without real print runs to balance distribution, a too broad power band can result in wonky distributions, creating a disjointed feel to the draft.

I'm also not that excited about the idea of running both shocks and fetches. Running just the shocks, however, could lead to some interesting decisions with land sequencing and mana base design, in conjunction with the bouncelands. The universe where cycling lands are worth a pick, i.m.o., is...

Maybe try: "I also think few would consider playing big singleton Cubes were the singleton breaking RiptideLab.com-style Cubes popularized first." "Due to its linearity and need for critical mass, pure tribal in Cube is fundamentally problematic unless it is Humans (due to the existance of...

So, I had sometime to look over the decks that people have been drafting, and to answer one of chris' questions from before, I would say UW is over represented, and GR and BW are underrepresented. GB and BUG had some decks, there was 1 GR deck (a stompy deck) and 0 BW decks. I don't want to...

Is this something that could be fixed just by changing frames and art? Give arcane sanctum a presentation that better suggests UB?

Give into your innate urge to go deep into artifacts. All of those sphinxs in your blue section won't make up for not running these bosses with more tinkers ;) sphinx sovereign sharding sphinx magister sphinx enigma sphinx

I'm kind of having a hard time wrapping my head around how this would feel in the actual draft. Does this result in me delaying fixing picks in the draft? Does this reduce fixing definition to the point where it just enables 5 color good stuff? It might be safer to narrow it down to a simple...

I think the issues are that +1 +1 counter themes are still pretty niche, and that its a card that dosen't actually do anything unless you drafted a density of +1 +1 effects. Compare it with feat of resistance, a card which also works really well with a +1 +1 theme, but is perfectly fine in a...

I think it might be beneficial to think about the principle mana base a little bit (before considering the ULD), as the mana can really define the cube experience. I see a few different lines (in no particular order): 1. cycling lands 2. bounce lands 3. fetch lands 4. shock lands 5. scry lands...

I also really like feat of resistance My vote for dragons is the mini see the unwritten/summoning trap

There was a comment made on the mana drain a little while ago that I thought was interesting. The Atog Lord (Rich Shay of VSL fame) was talking about spell power creep, and how its no longer a given that cards like yawgmoth's will and tinker will make a vintage deck. This is because of recent...

Glassdust is going to get his moment in the sun eventually. One of the nice things about handling the multi-color section that way, is that most of those cards aren't "locks" and I kind rotate them in and out as I think will keep things fresh. So here is the thing with wayfinder (and maybe I...

Because you're list is 720, one thing you might consider is running some multi-picks for those build arounds, to make sure that people get at least 2 copies for their decks. What enduring renewal combo(s) do you have in mind? Thats a sweet card.

If your environment is very condensed, I would lean heavly towards night's whisper, since you only have so many windows to cast your sorcery speed draw spell. In general though, night's whisper does a better job smoothing out draws where you have 2 lands and need to find the third land...

Why didn't the Boros player like hoard-smelter, too pricy for the effect? Also, did the players that had negative records say why weren't happy with the draft? I want to get an idea if the aggro-combo decks are producing feel bads. I'm kind of surprised your teammates wanted to keep you off...

I don't want to go too deep into artifact sacrifice as a theme, but I do feel like their should be slightly more cards that can create value from the wellsprings. The stars and spheres are positioned pretty well, and generally you aren't going to want to be sacrificing those to draw a card (I...

I actually kind of like macetail hystrodon and jungle weaver as reanimation targets. Speaking of which, who needs lightning greaves when you can have a firebreathing pig. dragon breath

No draft this week! So no sweet lists atm. Yeah, I am planning on going with a split of 1 khan land and 1 temple for each color pair. Being able to bounce and replay those with bouncelands looks great, and they will help smooth out draws even more. Here are the upcoming changes btw Out...