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You've really temped me to take a second look at some of these cards. Honestly, I'm torn on a lot of it though. DFC are hard for me to accept (having to either have another card sleeved or constantly pull the card in and out of it's sleeve - not to mention I'm playing a retro style cube and...

I think this card is much better than people think. How amazing would this card be in a UR ramp style deck? Getting this guy down early (say turn 3 even) and either drawing an additional card each turn after that or getting a free bolt (which you could manipulate with blue card draw). And...

I specifically said they didn't technically break the game. I think we've had this discussion before. And you are correct. My disdain for walkers tends to push me to use terms like "broken" when that isn't actually the case. Walkers are fairly balanced in the game when you consider time as a...

I don't huh? Can you play constructed magic and be successful without playing the meta (and by that I mean study the meta and play decks that are good against it)? Would the format even work if you didn't play 2 out of 3 and use side boards to band-aid the over emphasis on match ups ? No and...

Grillo_parlante, Your cube design is right up my alley. My group also plays a lot of multi-player for similar reasons. Is your cube posted on cubetutor? I'd love to peruse it. Scryb Ranger is a cool card I built a casual deck around years ago. I'm on the fence about adding him to my cube...

I hate constructed, and always have. It sucked before M10 came alone so you'll get no arguments from me there. Constructed is generally broken because the consistency of decks is too high. 4 copies of each card is no good. Unless you have a super tight group of sets that creates a diverse...

I think it's just that people have become desensitized to the power creep in the game. I know people who didn't think Saw 2 was over the top with it's use of gore. Same kind of thing here. Guys who think Grave Titan is just OK. Alright, I'm going to stop now before I start ranting about...

No kidding, right? Why the hell would they just drop the mechanic like a hot rock? I don't get it.

I like this card. I'm finding room for it I think. And I'm telling everyone right now who thinks the GW walker is not good. It is. You know why? Because it's a walker and they are all busted. You can't not make them busted without just grossly over-costing them which isn't going to happen...

LOL. I have never even remotely been interested in the competitive magic scene. I have no desire. What I really need to do is find guys that actually like the game. My group is ambivalent. They played because I spent all this time making a cube and they figured it would be a waste to not...

What makes it so good is the cantrip attached to it. I've even had times late in the game where I top decked it, cast it on my opponent's creature with no real play (other than to get another card), and then drawn into something that I could use. It essentially is a cycle for 3 even when you...

I started putting hybrids into the mono colored sections. Especially stuff like Snakeform that costs one hybrid mana. I just threw it into my green 3 drop section (which has plenty of fringe cards so was the easiest place to insert something like this). Snakeform is not quite good enough to...

Snakeform I love this card. It is almost always a 2 for 1, and it's removal in two colors that have crap options. Oh, and it's hybrid and super splashable. And even if it doesn't give you a two for one, it draws a card. Can't say enough good things about Snakeform.

I understand. Each group is different too. My cube is more retro (I don't even run walkers), so a lot of the power creep is out of place with what I'm after. I can tell your cube has been finely tuned from a lot of hands on experience - the best way to do this obviously. I wish I could say...

No truer words have ever been spoken.

Tap you lands for mana, remove them all from the game with Parallax Tide, then cast Upheaval. That should have flavor text "Your opponent scoops...". Parallax TideUpheaval

Here's a card that goes well with Smokestack, and it breaks all the persist/undying guys. power conduit It's been in and out of my cube over the years. I'm not sure there is a critical mass of ways to abuse it though in most cubes. But it's such a great combo piece in some decks. I need...

Oh God, that card is sweet! I wish it didn't cost 4 though. Damn it. My green 4 section is so ridiculously stacked, I'd never be able to find room for this (as it is, I'm not running two or three cards I want to room because there's no room). I'd auto play this at 3 mana though. My 3 mana...

I don't play my cube enough to really have a finely tuned meta. Even if I did, my group is too casual to really exploit it's weaknesses. So it's all just theory for me honestly. I've played the game for well over a decade, so cube was/is my opportunity to try and fix the things I find weak...

That's certainly one way to go about it. I've taken a different angle on this though. I'm not a big fan of consistency, which probably sounds strange. But I don't like constructed magic at all because I find that it over emphasizes roshambo (aggro > control > midrange... or whatever flavor...