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  1. ahadabans

    Ahadabans's Semi-Retro Cube

    Thanks GP. You sold me. I'm also conceding Opposition. Bringing back a fun card that I always liked and recent conversations made me want to run it again (Ninja). I'm not sold on Pain Seer so I'm just going to run skeleton instead because I know what it can do and it combos nicely with a lot of...
  2. ahadabans

    Sets Journey to Nyx Spoilers

    Hypnotic Siren's bestow cost is just absurdly high. 7 mana for a control magic is just asking too much IMO. This thing needed a robe of mirrors effect and I would have probably run it. As is, this thing is just asking to be a massive tempo loss. Edit: I love the design though.
  3. ahadabans

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    Skeleton can be slow from the limited play I've had with him. The ETB tapped thing hurts his value a bit. Pack Rat has wonderful flavor (once you get one rat, they tend to multiply and then they are almost impossible to get rid of), though I agree the card is a little boring to play with or...
  4. ahadabans

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    I forgot about reassembling skeleton. Good call on that one. He is a great synergy role-player. Hmmmm... OK. So Pack Rat or Reassembling Skeleton? Opinions?
  5. ahadabans

    General Debate Topics

    This really hits home with me. I know this is an idea thread for Jason, but rant incoming... When I first discovered this format, the "power max" "best cards of all time" idea was pretty much the only thing there was. And it was novel and it made sense at the time. Anyway, fast forward...
  6. ahadabans

    General Debate Topics

    Another idea... how much consistency is too much consistency? In other words, how much do you want cube to play like constructed vs limited. Somewhat ties into how much you support and push specific decks versus just running a collection of good cards.
  7. ahadabans

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    I'm thinking of tossing Pain Seer before I even test him and just throwing the rat in there instead.
  8. ahadabans

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    Speaking of the gaping hole at the black 2 drop spot... what do you guys think of pack rat? Seems really annoying, but I like the discard outlet. I fully push graveyard synergy.
  9. ahadabans

    General Debate Topics

    I read your thread on that at MTGS. You held your cool WAY longer than I would have been able to. Great discussion point BTW. I second this.
  10. ahadabans

    General Debate Topics

    I forgot about damage on the stack. I mean, I obviously remember it since I actually still run that. But it's a great discussion point.
  11. ahadabans

    Ahadabans's Semi-Retro Cube

    I'm really tempted to give Skeletal Vampire a shot. Batman is clearly on the weaker end of things at this point, but with blink and token abusers, he may still be good enough. Plus, he's pure nostalgia for me (sort of like Firemane Angel). So Massacre Wurm is coming out.
  12. ahadabans

    General Debate Topics

    PW vs no PW :)
  13. ahadabans

    Ahadabans's Semi-Retro Cube

    Wow. I've been reading that wrong for awhile now. Oops. OK. Replacement options then as that's too strong. Skeletal Vampire would be cool, but it just feels so underpowered. I suppose I could go with the rat ninja Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni There's also Griselbrand. Other suggestions? Anyone...
  14. ahadabans

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    I have not used him yet but I just added him myself. For what it's worth, I think he is going to play better than ninja (in that he will draw more cards on average - I rarely get more than one card out of ninja). Black is pretty good at removing blockers (much better than blue), so I think he...
  15. ahadabans

    The Dandy Cube (Chris Taylor's Cube)

    A color shifted Baneslayer? Please kill me now. One is enough.
  16. ahadabans

    Ahadabans's Semi-Retro Cube

    Thanks Changling Bob. You are speaking my language honestly. When I started cube, all the ridiculous power was very novel. But after a year or two it started to wear thin on guys. So I've wanted to get rid of some of the obviously unfair cards (things like balance, jitte, etc). I'm still...
  17. ahadabans

    Card/Deck Ahadabans Newest Least Favorite Card Ever

    I was playing the Jace v Vraska decks with a friend and then I drew a PW and was like "WTF is that doing in here?". I then conceded the game and walked away from the table. OK, that didn't really happen. :)
  18. ahadabans

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    If Thunderblade Charge were an instant, I think I'd be on board. Re-usable burn is powerful even at 5 mana. But the sorcery speed on first use sort of blows for three mana and RR. I've considered this card before though. It's just we have SO MUCH burn to choose from. Anyone ever use this...
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    Ahadabans's Semi-Retro Cube

    I'm a huge Batman fan (Ravnica block classic), but I'm not sure even my cube is low enough power to run him. He's just really slow and his token making ability is just really expensive. This cube is a WIP. It still has a lot of the powermax cards in there, and I'm not done purging all of them...
  20. ahadabans

    Ahadabans's Semi-Retro Cube

    It's a good question. My core group has actually disbanded because the lynchpin moved out of state. He was the guy that introduced me to Magic and he and I were big into free-for-all multiplayer. With that said, a couple other regulars like more structured games and 4 players is common, so...
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