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Inconsistent is how I would rate Orcish Lumberjack. I've been running him for a bit and there are times he's crazy good as you can get 5 mana on turn two. In my cube (with next to no fast mana), that can get you an unrecoverable lead (but doesn't feel like GRBS since it sets you back a turn...

In most cases, you are probably winning with an untapped soulbonded wolfir. Fair enough. But not in every case. Deathtouch dudes on the other side of the fence for example make combat really awkward. That's definitely the exception to the rule, but I assure you my opponent was not winning...

Here's the thing though, I think stampede makes this situation BETTER for you, not worse. And here's why. To get maximum effect from that doom blade, you have to do it before Overwhelming Stampede resolves. That means I know about it before the blowout happens in combat. I can abort...

Spell Mastery looks like an auto-include mechanic in cube. Assuming we get a cubeable card of course. Ravaging Blaze is not doing it for me though.

Not sure who still runs Overrun, but Overwhelming Stampede got some action this weekend and it was better actually. It's more splashable as GGG is much harder to hit than GG in multicolored decks. My friend stole a game out of nowhere with stampede when he had a couple mana elves and a Wolfir...

Figure is solid, but yeah. I agree with Eric, in testing Warden is better. In fact, in any Gx deck that plays W/B he is my favorite thing to see in an opening hand. A 3/3 (with haste essentially) on turn 2 is a very big problem for many decks. And while his lifelink/trample version is way over...

MTGS was a good resource early on for me. But the problem is it suffers from myopic group think. And while you can certainly get a really solid and fun-to-play cube list by following the dogma over there, it's a very stifling environment if you want to explore other design space or express...

Of the cards I listed above, I only run acid-moss (though nature's lore/cultivate come in and out of my cube). Most of my ramp is creature based, but I did support the heavy land based version for a long time and it was very good. I also do not run the typical suite of high powered finishers...

Planeswalkers AND DFC's? These will never see the light of day in my cube. Just being a spectator here though, I sort of like Nissa. She encourages lands based ramp, something green used to do a lot of but that fell out of favor as creatures got better. Remember when everyone ran both...

Thanks for the reply Kirblinx. So that matchup I posted above was actually with cards in the White module (Mardu vs Bant). I know Sneak Attack is listed in the original post under the Red module, but it got moved as a result of having to juggle some cards around. When I get time, I'll update...

My latest favorite flavor is a more aggro/control identity. I've dialed back some of the token support because frankly it leads to unwinnable game states against some decks and it encourages hate drafting and side boarding (which slows things down and moves the game away from casual and into a...

Quick update... Sent my list out to my group last week. I rarely hear back on changes, but one of my friends actually replied and had a list of requests and feedback. I'll summarize all that later. Long story short though, I made tweaks, ordered the cards I was missing (including a few...

I think it was more the way you said it Pyre. MTG Salvation has a pretty hostile undertone which I think a lot of posters have become desensitized to. Regarding the art on naturalists…. I think it's one of those pieces that is quite polarizing (maybe most art is, i don't know). Without any...

There are enough humans in my cube even with running Anafenza and Relic-Warder. Though white weenie has less incentive to grab Champion with these dudes in the CC slot. So he's more a splash for other colors, but that's fine by me.

I really like the new uncommon dragon cycle. I'd imagine all of them go in pauper cubes. I'd probably run a couple if they cost 5.

Sygg, River Cutthroat comes in and out of my cube. He's great for devotion. He's a good blocker early. He randomly can draw you a card when your opponent goes fetch into shock untapped (or if they don't want you to get the card, you essentially slow them down one land for that turn). And...

I hate everything about Knight of the White Orchid for reasons Eric stated. IMO, you aren't missing anything. For what it's worth, I think Serra Avenger is better than a phantom monster which gets you back 2 mana because of the vigilance (which IMO is an underrated ability). Precinct...

Thanks Grillo. Ojutai's Command is pretty solid. That might get the nod actually. Windreaver is bogus. Even with damage on the stack. You need like a million mana to do anything with him. And returning to your hand versus making untargettable or removing from game just makes him that...

Anafenza is conditionally good with blink. It hasn't been universally good in my experience. Sometimes you have her and one other dude. And you blink once and get a +1/+1 counter on her. Sweet. Then blink again and get it on the dude you blinked because now Anafenza is beefier. More...

Leonin Relic-Warder and Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit. I try to only have 2 of these per color if possible.