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  1. TrainmasterGT

    General [ZNR] Zendikar Rising Spoilers

    Looks like Dredge got a new toy...
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    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    Why not just... Demon of Catastrophes Demon of Catastrophes is a much better finisher for aggressive decks, since it can come down reasonably early and still hits just as hard. It also doesn't mess with the mana base as much since one doesn't need to reach 6 mana to cast it. Players...
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    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    "Pretty Narrow" is an understatement. You basically need to be playing a green deck that wants to be playing big X-costed instants... a category of spells which just isn't very common in most cubes. Green/Blue flash-type decks can use it but even then I don't think it's that deck's best choice.
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    General Optimizing my mana base

    I think your best option is actually: 10 Fetches 20 Shocks 5 Ally Manlands 5 Enemy Horizon Lands 5 Triomes 5 Five-Color/Utility Lands (City of Brass, Mana Confluence, Prismatic Vista, Mutavault Etc.) The idea here is to keep the full Fetch/Shock mana base together while still including...
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    General CBS

    I think there are many individually good spirits, but not enough to support a real spirit tribal archetype. A couple of the tribal payoffs for spirits like Rattlechains, Mausoleum Wanderer and Nebelgast Herald could be used in supporting a blue-based tempo strategy. However, I don't think one...
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    Sets [2XM] Double Masters Spoilers- The Set That Makes Me Cry Tears Of Salt

    No, actually that is what we're talking about. Smith just said they quit cubing back in 2015-16, and that they're having an easier time acquiring cards now than back then. It wasn't harder to get 2010 bulk cards in 2015 than it is to get 2015 bulk cards in 2020. However, it is much easier to...
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    Sets [2XM] Double Masters Spoilers- The Set That Makes Me Cry Tears Of Salt

    That's actually not quite true. It used to be that back in the day, a rare from a new set which saw extensive standard play would have a reasonably high price tag for it's entire duration in the format. Now, most standard rates drop down to being a couple bucks, regardless of how much play...
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    General Jumpstarting your cube drafts

    Let's try a couple using multiples of the same card:
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    General Fight Club

    I'm not sure there's a good argument I can make for or against either, but let's put it this way. I can't make space for Lightning Phoenix. I'm never cutting Flamewake Phoenix.
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    General Jumpstarting your cube drafts

    I guess, but her second ability doesn't work if they've been pumped, and there are multiple creatures in the deck with a power greater than two. She's fine, but I think she's definitely the easiest cut.
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    General Cultic Cube video series

    Honored Hydra is my spirit animal.
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    General Zendikar Rising - Magic Panel

    I'm not excited for return to Zendikar. I always felt like the Eldrazi were the most interesting part of the world (although WOTC did a horrible job with them in BFZ), but now they're gone. In addition, it seems like large swaths of the world were destroyed during our last visit to Zendikar...
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    General Jumpstarting your cube drafts

    Subira, Tulzidi Caravanner seems mediocre in this deck, since many of the creatures within either have a base power much greater than 2 or gain extra power whenever their trigger is met. She doesn't even support the deck's theme all that well. She's the easiest cut. I think you should add...
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    General Jumpstarting your cube drafts

    Lands: Island:
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    General Jumpstarting your cube drafts

    It's more of a theme deck like the "under the sea" one than it is an actual tribal thing.
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    General Jumpstarting your cube drafts

    Obviously using this plains:
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    General Jumpstarting your cube drafts

    I just did one of these with my family the other day!! I had shocks and fetches in each deck (6 of which were mono-color, two of which were guild colors) to use as fixing. They were balanced so that every deck could fetch a second color from every other deck.
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    General CBS

    I don't think you need to take out a signed card with sentimental value because the artist liked a series of immoral Tweets. Art is art, and while all art may have something to do with the world view of it's creator, it doesn't necessarily translate to their political opinions. Good art can...
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