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And there in lies the problem. IMO, there really isn't. And I've sort of accepted that. Here's the reality. Aggro is actually pretty poisonous because it's narrow as fuck and requires a shit ton of slots to support. But it generally gets a free pass in cube design because it is a beloved...

I agree with everything Lucre said. Except the part about Skullclamp being fun. I hate that card.

Slow your meta down so it matters less. :)

Not sure it's low powered per se, but a super combo cube.

I agree. This guy is the perfect example I think. He is specifically excluded from my cube for power reasons. And while I still run pretty strong removal, I don't run some of the top choices (lightning bolt, STP, toxic deluge, etc.). So I guess I fall somewhere in the middle of the crowd...

That's how I feel about it. 8 power and 5 life with combo potential AND it's totally splashable. It just does too much for too little. I get that you can make "insert arch type here" strong enough in cube so that mini-Titan is not oppressive, but personally I just don't want to have to do...

I've just never had any desire to play commander. Nothing about making a 100 card singleton deck appeals to me. But I hold no ill will towards though that do. I fully support casual magic formats.

I ran it for a long time in my cube. It was super narrow, but I had one guy that snatched it up every draft. It's awesome with persist guys (makes them immortal), and a few other things. It's a nombo with undying unfortunately (unless you have another dude to put the +1/+1 counter on)...

What about Decree of Pain? It's expensive, but has two modes (Drown in Sorrow effect + cycle for 5 and game winning wrath for 8). Clearly there are better options for sweepers from a power level perspective, but I like where this one sits personally.

I would personally much rather play a cube with Serra Angel and no Grave Titan than one with Grave Titan and no Serra Angel. Not sure how I feel about both in the same environment.

Sounds like it time to break this bad boy back out. Channel Not that you needed more incentive to play that broken card. And the less broken options. Grove of the Burnwillows Kavu Predator EDIT: As a few have said, either add pay life cards or cards that give opponent life. I too think...

I have. And I can confirm it's broken to pieces. I counter your 3 drop and next turn I cast a 6 or 7 drop. Yeah, that's fair.

The only problem is it costs you 2 mana plus the cost of the spell you are countering - all to net essentially one card next turn (since you just wasted two cards doing the "combo"). I don't know. I suppose if you were desperate and had a useless 1 mana card in your hand you didn't mind...

I don't think you need to counter Jitte or Ancestral Recall in order for Arcane Denial to be good. It's a 1U hard counter that draws you a card. Yes it gives your opponent two cards (so net -1 CA), but there are plenty of times that is worth it (wrath for example if you've got a bunch of dudes...

My issue with lightning bolt is it makes all other burn look over-costed. So I just don't run it anymore. Same thing goes for STP.

LOL. Guess I should have looked at your list before commenting. I totally approve then (wow 3 Sylvan Libraries!)

I completely disapprove of dropping Mulldrifter - that card is insane. There has to be something else you can cut. Losing Sylvan Library is a harsh pill to swallow too. Are you sure? Green has so few library manipulation / CA engines. The rest looks good to me. Curious how good Spirit...

I'm a big Nameless Inversion fan as it is really good friends with Haakon. I second Harm's Way and Prison Term - both really good cards. Setessan Tactics looks really fun but I have yet to test it (it's in my next update though). I'm of the opinion that targeted removal is great but...

I've found in limited at least that lack of removal (or bad removal) really has a negative impact on the game. So I've always applied the idea that having good removal in cube would be the same net positive on the meta. But maybe that isn't black and white. I agree that having things like...

That's a fair point actually. And I won't lie. I think I've accepted that some form of roshambo is unavoidable. And I arrived at that conclusion because of how the game IMO works. Card advantage is an often overused term, but it truly is the whole game of Magic. Every deck that wins does so...