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  1. Diakonov

    Card/Deck Flagstones of Trokair

    Most of these aren't really "hidden", but anyway: I've also been trying to make an enchantment theme work, which is another reason why I've included a lot of the bestow creatures and god weapons.
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    Card/Deck Flagstones of Trokair

    There is a major difference between having a theme spread equally throughout a cube and having one that's centered in certain guilds/shards. I've used this example before, but in my cube the artifact theme is mostly in U & R, then somewhat in B, and only a bit in G & W. A drafter could very...
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    General Nonessential staples? (and Gruul cards)

    Liliana does synergize well with certain archetypes, but she is just so strong overall that anyone playing black would run her immediately regardless of whatever else their deck is doing. I cut her recently in my "First Pick Good Stuff" purging, and also gained $80. If it's the discard...
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    General Limiting on-board PWs by limiting PW types

    I'm currently running 12, so about 3%: Ajani Steadfast Jace Beleren Chandra, Pyromaster Daretti, Scrap Savant Garruk Relentless Venser, the Sojourner Tezzeret, Agent of Bolas Sorin, Lord of Innistrad Kiora, the Crashing Wave Ral Zarek Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker Ugin, the Spirit Dragon The...
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    Article ChannelFireball: Utility Land Draft

    I've never tried Cathedral of War, but people still draft High Market and Contested War Zone. As Chris said, because of Phyrexian Tower, High Market doesn't go quite as often, but since Tower is picked kinda high it's good to have a backup. The way my cube is built currently, it's not unusual...
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    Card/Deck The Simic Combine

    Some Flame Jab cousins: death spark lava dart
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    Card/Deck The Simic Combine

    What if you made it an Instant?
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    General Archetype Support

    There's a lot I could say here but I'll just make a comment about aggro for now. In higher-powered environments, what happens during the combat step is generally less important than in regular limited. People don't have time for combat tricks. There are fewer blockers about, and there are more...
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    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    Sidisi's Faithful is certainly a unique effect in being a sac outlet for {u}. Given how cheap it is, it seems well-suited to pairing with Threaten, Ray of Command, etc.
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    General CBS

    I have strong nostalgic feelings associated with owning real magic cards, so I can't help but hold onto them. I've liquidated basically everything that's worth money outside of what's in my cube. I'm the same way with NES games. I have a small collection of cartridges which I stubbornly...
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    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    Martial Coup
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    General CBS

    Top Ten according to CT 1. Underground Sea, UNL $430 2. Volcanic Island, UNL $410 3. Chaos Orb, Beta $300 4. Tundra, UNL $285 5. Tropical Island, UNL $265 6. Demonic Tutor, Beta $200 7. Bayou, UNL $195 8. Swords to Plowshares, Beta $170 9. Gaea's Cradle, Urza's Saga $160 10. Serendib Efreet...
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    General "Power" pack

    Never tried it, but it would be a fun experiment. I think Balance may still be too strong. Would Tolarian Academy be good enough? My cube is pretty artifact heavy, but even there I have it as a Utility Land Draft card.
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    General "Power" pack

    You should have them randomly pick from a group of pre-made packs. Here's pack B:
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    General PWs to Cut and UR spells to run

    For UR: Jilt For UB: Nightveil Specter For RW: Chained to the Rocks
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    GBS

    It seems like they're programmed to always post new threads in the topmost category (General Discussion). You could create a basic filter by putting a Spambot Hall of Fame category at the top.
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    General Terrible flavor texts

    Joel Stroetzel from Killswitch used to work at the local music shop near my house when I was in middle/high school. He's a wicked nice dude.
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    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    The downside to "Target player discards two cards" is that it isn't really any better on turn two than it is on turn three. The time at which it's most effective is when your opponent has two or three cards in hand, at which point CMC 2 isn't as crucial.
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