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Brainiac I used to be obsessed with that game. It was fun, though I wouldn't be able to judge whether or not it was better than Magic. It had a tactical aspect to it such that it mattered where your locations and dudes were, which was kind of neat. They nailed the flavor, obviously. I miss...

Hey guys, I don't have time at the moment to do an extensive write-up but I'm looking for ideas for making Madness work in Cube. How intense would the power level have to be, what else does it overlap nicely with, etc. I also plan to make "graveyard matters" more of a theme in my cube, which...

We found Bribery to feel a lot like a hoser in the sense that it was either meh or a blowout depending on your opponent. This, coupled with the fact that little skill is required to play the card, made my play group hate it. Treachery is a card that I think my play group might be overly biased...

What do people think of the Diamond mana rocks? (Sky Diamond, Charcoal Diamond, etc.)

I agree completely. My original statement is the simplified version of how I revised my cube. In reality, I started to rebuild it from the ground up, got lazy, and ended up throwing in old favorites about halfway through. Yeah, this is mainly what I am trying to accomplish. Essentially a...

So I'm planning to sell a lot of my cards which aren't in my cube, but I'm having some internal conflict about which cards might eventually make their way back into the cube. I'd like to hear people's thoughts about which cards should probably never again be considered. I used to run an...

Ah, I see. That is super interesting.

I like this 720-expanded concept. What do you guys think of labeling certain stacks of cards with colored stickers for "Common" and "Rare", such that you always play with the entire Common stack and then randomly throw in a few randoms from the Rare stack for variance/power? You could even do...

How about Strata Scythe?

I know it's sort of against your philosophy, but perhaps if you include more cards with heavier red costs you would get more people diving in as a main color. Not Ball Lightning so much, but perhaps Kiki-Jiki, Pyrohemia, or the aforementioned Seismic Assault. I also run Martyr of Ashes which...

Genju of the Spires in an interesting one. There was also that card that let you sac a bunch of lands and put two X/X creatures into play for R. Can't remember what it was called.

There's also Caller of the Claw if you're looking for an effect like that. Plus you can abuse it yourself if you have a lot of sac effects. Man that card would be sweet if Eldrazi Spawns weren't tokens.

You can blink it.

Hmm, interesting. How about skipping the first discard? Your opponent still won't have any major clues as to what your first pick was, but it will allow for one more card to wheel. EDIT: Another idea would be to keep drafting the original way, but then when the discard pile is 14 cards deep...

What do you think of Vithian Stinger? If he dies, he can come back later to randomly Lava Dart someone important. If you've been pushing the sac theme like I have, you'll find both Merieke Ri Berit and Ertai, the Corrupted to be houses in Esper. Pertaining to the thread: although worse...

Hello everyone! This is my first thread on these boards. My friend and I really enjoy 1-vs-1 cube drafting, and we're always trying to come up with fun new ways to make it work. After this weekend I came up with an idea that I haven't had a chance to test, so I was hoping to get your input...

So you keep the Wastelands in the main draft I assume because of their strength?

Hi Jason, I've just recently been reading your articles and they're great. I'm trying to put together a Utility Lands Draft section, and I noticed that your current list looks pretty different from the one in the article. For example, the mana fixers are gone. Could you give a brief...