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  1. Diakonov

    General Multivine

    Bloodsoaked Champion doesn't work :( it's not being cast
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    The Music Thread

    I've been really loving this album lately.
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    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    Oh man, what am I doing? I have loam, 4-squad Squadron Hawk AND Land Tax in my cube! For anyone pushing the Brainstorm based top-of-library themes, it seems almost like an auto include.
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    General CBS

    I'd be interested. matthewh.snow@gmail.com
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    General [Design Discussion] Perfect Imbalance

    I've been doing the same. Fulminator Mage has been in my cube for a while now and is solid. I've been strongly considering Anathemancer. For the moment I'm testing out Ruination...we'll see how that goes. Armageddon is busted but I do miss that sort of effect. This is one reason why I've...
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    General Narrow Card Injection

    Well, historically I've avoided stuff like that when thinking about how often they'll either be dead or consistently creating very specific strategies. I'm hoping that with this method the number of times a narrow card will be a dead pick will remain low, while at the same time it changes up...
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    General [Design Discussion] Perfect Imbalance

    What tools did you supply to handle the bounceland defaulting? Not challenging, just curious. My surface-level guess would be wasteland and friends. I see where you're coming from, but one potential problem is that an answer to a common strategy isn't necessarily an alternative strategy, but...
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    General [Design Discussion] Perfect Imbalance

    If I could get the stars to align for the design of my cube, goodstuff decks featuring many independently powerful cards would have a 40% win rate. In relation to the noob cannon concept, I think it's good to allow for a simplistic strategy that less experienced players can still get some wins...
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    General Narrow Card Injection

    As some of you may remember, I've been testing "Utility Everything Draft." It features about 30 narrow nonland cards that support very specific strategies. It has had some benefits but feels very inelegant. I was thinking about modular cubes and came up with an idea last night. Shuffle up...
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    Article ChannelFireball: Utility Land Draft

    It's an interesting concept, but I really like the tension of having to prioritize fixing during the main draft.
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    General Shadow over Innistrad - April 2016 Trailer

    I get more of a Jeff Goldblum vibe.
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    Article ChannelFireball: Utility Land Draft

    Here's what I'm thinking of moving into the main so far. Faerie Conclave Academy Ruins Phyrexian Tower Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth Yavimaya Hollow Treetop Village City of Brass Gemstone Mine Mishra's Factory Mutavault Nephalia Drownyard Kessig Wolf Run Gavony Township
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    Article ChannelFireball: Utility Land Draft

    Yes, I make sure to show everyone the binder before we start. What you've described is exactly what I'm afraid of, however, since they're perceived as "guaranteed" picks. Edit: Which of the following could be strong enough for the main? Moorland Haunt Nephalia Drownyard Kessig Wolf Run...
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    Article ChannelFireball: Utility Land Draft

    I haven't had enough testing with the non-land utility cards yet, so that could be a mistake. I'm pretty certain that Genesis and Eternal Dragon would usually be bottom-of-the-pack narrow picks for my cube, but they're such fun effects that I want to include them somehow if I can.
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    General Fight Club

    Ghastly Demise VS Murderous Cut
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    Article ChannelFireball: Utility Land Draft

    I actually sort of do this already (the first thing you said). I need to reform it a bit but it's pretty good. I don't plan to get rid of ULD. I just think I need to go a little deeper with adding some lands back into the main cube.
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    Article ChannelFireball: Utility Land Draft

    I've been thinking about ULD and I'm having some concerns with power level. Maybe it's because my cube has become weaker. So, the argument for keeping lands in the main cube is that players should prioritize them higher than their objective power level because they don't actually take a real...
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    General CBS

    I'm running aether spellbomb pyrite spellbomb executioner's capsule
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    General Shadow over Innistrad - April 2016 Trailer

    The end of the first season of True Detective makes twice as much sense to me now. I am now at about a 60% level of understanding.
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