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Ingot chewer is the most bogus shriekmaw I've ever seen. So glad they swapped that.

We tend to pronounce stuff however. No one cares. I really like nicknames. Adds character. "two shields" is a solid one. I'm going to throw that out next time I cube and see if it sticks.

My experience with Keranos is that it's pretty slow. So while I agree it's solid advantage over the long game, that isn't always enough to win. Against anything aggressive, it comes online too late to matter. Against other control strategies, lightning bolt may not be enough to remove their...

Skinrender for me.

Sweet! Thanks. I was thinking it would play like that in many Bx decks I see around here. Finally, a punisher mechanic that is a no-win for your opponent. Seems really fun.

I played Keranos, God of Storms for a bit. I haven't seen it become a creature - pretty much ever I don't think - but that's because it's usually in some kind of control build and 7 mana symbols in permanents is a lot. It is a solid source of card advantage, but there are times you want the...

Reassembling Skeleton was only ever OK for us. He's fine in Stax and sacrifice decks. And it's cool he can actually block unlike some other options (though the tapped clause somewhat makes him suck at that). He hits like a limp noodle on offense. I don't know, I don't have a lot of...

Nice post Safra. I would like the more consistent decks to win over the ones packed with generic value cards (which tend to be 3+ color decks). And I try to make that happen by focusing on synergytic effects versus raw power cards. But I want to cater to the raw power guys too because not...

And for the record, I want to hear disagreements. Many points guys make here have caused me to rethink several things about this game - opinions on specific cards, how to best balance and introduce archetypes, etc. My cube is in a much better state today because of those exchanges.

You know you can just ignore my posts, right? I don't get why you reply to them.

My issue with Thragtusk is the casting cost. Single green makes it ridiculously splashable. If it was 3GG, I'd hate it less. As is, it's stupid value at a cost that is too easy for anyone to assemble. On that note, I would not play Wolfir Silverheart if it was priced 4G either. Even as...

Toolbox feel is exactly how I would describe most successful pod decks I've seen. I don't think you need a ton of ETB creatures to get your money's worth though. If you pod into skinrender to remove a threat and then turn it into Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief, I think you'd gotten good value out...

I probably am still running one too many of these removal-on-a-stick guys. I have shriekmaw, redcap, nekrataal and bone shredder at 450. Of those, I think nekrataal is the one I would cut first. I love bone shredder. Every time I've taken him out of my list, I've regretted it.

You should introduce him to Ogre Battledriver. :)

Skinrender isn't a last gasp. It's a targeted -3/-3 wither effect on a decent body. I can't imagine under what conditions it's a bad card. Underwhelming against some match-ups, sure. But it's got value written all over it. I cut it because I don't want too many cards like that which just make...

As I only run one copy, it's more like Fauna Shaman/Survival of the Fittest redundancy with a bit more combo potential. It doesn't get drafted much because it's too much work for most guys in my group (having to remember how many 4 drops you have in your deck and all that). I like it though...

How has Hooting Mandrills played for you? I've become pretty obsessed with delve because it plays so well in cube in my experience, and this is the one card I'm not running that I think may be good enough.

That's my take on him as well. Sometimes I'll read something and it will be so against commonly held opinion (and he won't even make a reference to the fact that it is), I just assumed he does not visit cube forums at all or even read very many set reviews. I also disagree with things he says...

FWIW, I'll be swapping Master for Whirler. And while I agree they are a bit different, my reasons for doing so are as follows: 1. Whirler should still be pretty good in the devotion deck, just not quite as good. 2. Master really isn't that great, so it's not a huge loss losing him. 3...

Ah... another guy who doesn't like planeswalkers. If I didn't know you weren't me, I would have said I wrote that. In fact, when I read it I wondered if maybe I had clicked on some old post that I DID actually write. But I digress... Yeah, so birthing pod is cool in that you have to put a...