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wadds's idea is germane for cube design in general since, for example, in a normal set, the power curve for the first ten picks in a given pack may look like 10, 7, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 5, 5, 4 so in a five-person snake players 1 through 5 will get respectively picks of quality 14, 12, 11, 12, 12...

how's the ninja?

So though I like that aspect of Dread Return, I do wonder if Reanimator is no longer a thing in my Cube precisely because that and Rites etc. are more 'value' cards

nothing because heroic requires a bad design to work as a mechanic ;) i've cut Elspeth, Sun's Champion because she reminds me of Gideon Jura i LOVE whip of erebos in cube and the games that result from it are the exact kind i want to encourage

I like the Twin idea, a control deck with a combo finish is something I've been inspired to look for because of it. To that end: Imperial Recruiter

in the infancy of modern there was a miren, the moaning well + vedalken shackles thing going on. it was a more tilting eternal witness + cryptic command afaik here we don't have that but i think all your cubes should be running helm of possession, a CML signature card, and all the decks that...

i didn't mind the pacing, but it did feel like an amateur effort as he tried to bring things to a timely close -- the "refractory period" was excellent, but the build-up was meh Sebald's books are so good, there's no way they can be reverse-engineered either, which i imagine makes them...

overqualified?! i'll be on tomororw

Yeah, now that I have ALL the tokens maybe Dread Return will be fun in al'kaabah. Experiences anyone?

err, "has a fighting chance" prison decks in cube, oh boy. the fun thing about tangle wire and smokestack is that they usually stop doing stuff at some point and the game goes on in a warped and weird and enjoyable state. i hate countertop, way too durdly -- one player has all the decisions...

Hound is OK, I actually like it but it's always been just a little too outclassed. Anyone try Ogre Battledriver with tokens and gravecrawlers?

i really just love imperial recruiter

yep, sounds good. i'm gonna make a big update in about an hour here

hehe, i'm not too anal about it, i just keep a tally because otherwise i end up with 10 extra green cards. really though guys please help me

Tried this yesterday, playgroup liked it, may do again. How many lands are y'all having your drafters take? I think the right number is 3 (fail-to-finds due to a lack of basics are so awful) but i end up doing 4 because i'm not sure how to do 3 in an equitable way and i hate it less than 2. I...

roughly half the people here who play are software engineers, who are not known for their penury, and half of those people spend a ton of time looking for deals on cards because they also find it fun. i think magic finance is OK so long as you realize it's not a means of making a living and just...

the colors are numerically balanced, there are historically few 3's and 4's in my cube, and most of the good decks lately have not had green. forealz help me

not that i don't love doing things at my speed -- sorcery speed -- but playing green is more fun when you could possibly get blown out mid-combat or some other nasty time. keeps me on my toes. my cubers have yelled at me to take out soul reap because everything is green, kinda disappointing...

ah but they have a good personality. i've been wondering the same though, any ideas? it might have to do with my chauvinism towards 3's and 4's but i actively try to limit them. the funny thing is these are the good decks and the bad decks i draft often have the sultry and sinuous curves of...