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  1. shamizy

    General 2018: cube card favourites

    Alright, so I Quasiduplicated a Crackling Drake in a GRN draft last night in two separate rounds at FNM. I think I've got to give it a test run now. There's some potential here: Quasiduplicate Murmuring Mystic Mulldrifter Skinrender Shriekmaw Young Pyromancer Flametongue Kavu Reflector Mage...
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    Sets (RNA) Ravnica Allegiance Spoilers

    Adapt should play just fine, it's just so safe and boring to me. I'm most excited to play with Riot and Spectacle, I could see some sweet aggro support in Jund colors between the two of those mechanics.
  3. shamizy

    General Fight Club

    Mystic all the way. A 1/5 is such a weird body that gums up the board. It's actually kind of obnoxious to run into when you're trying to turn the corner and apply pressure. Being able to just shrug off 4/4s swinging in is incredible. Talrand dies to everything and will be irrelevant in combat...
  4. shamizy

    General [UMA] Ultimate Masters

    I like unique planeswalkers that replicate certain gameplay features that we don't get very often in MTG like rebuying artifacts through Daretti, Scrap Savant or symmetrical discard and stax-y play with Liliana of the Veil. Specific walkers for certain archetypes also work like Ajani, Caller of...
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    Sets (RNA) Ravnica Allegiance Spoilers

    Fanatic of Xenagos, except good. Card is solid, Riot looks like a pretty clean mechanic for aggressive leaning RG archetypes. Might give it a run in my cube, lord knows RG has enough midrange-y creatures. Going Bloodbraid Elf into this seems like a real beating.
  6. shamizy

    General 2018: cube card favourites

    Dauntless Bodyguard Militia Bugler Midnight Reaper Dismissive Pyromancer Goblin Cratermaker Aurelia, Exemplar of Justice
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    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    Bedlam Reveler I remember running this guy for a stretch and then subbing him out to try other stuff, but never got back around to bringing him back. Does anyone still run him? What do your spellslinger shells look like currently? I feel like I get a sweet spellslinger deck every now and then...
  8. shamizy

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    He is my favorite 1/3 for 1U in cube by far. He can do some serious work in tempo oriented UR builds. Playing him on curve just opens up a box of possible lines the rest of the way with burn spells and counters being even more efficient and tricky than they were previously. I remember getting...
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    General Other News

    Oh man, I'm going to need to pick up a playset of those bolts for my Modern deck. It looks fantastic. I'm always down for more choices in basic lands and promos and whatnot, but this set of basics looks very generic to me. And really, another Bolas horn land? :rolleyes:
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    General Fight Club

    I really like Multani as a finisher. I feel like one of the bigger problems for G/x leaning decks in cubes with good removal and interaction is the inability to rebuild after having their threats dealt with since they expend so many resources trying to branch ahead into the late game with ramp...
  11. shamizy

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    I've been playing with Crawler ever since it was first released, I think it's a solid card. You need to be able to consistently play it as a 4/4 for 4 for it to really be worth it, and you need to working towards something specific. If it's that big on curve, it can reasonably keep up with any...
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    The Video Game Thread

    I'm playing Shadow of the Colossus Remastered for the PS4 right now and it is absolutely gorgeous. I'm still playing with the PS2 classic control scheme which is pretty dogshit, but I've got the muscle memory ingrained after buying it for the 3rd time.
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    General Fight Club

    Generous Patron Black Sun's Zenith I'm pretty sure it triggers multiple times depending on the number of creatures your opponent controls. It doesn't care about the value of X for Black Sun's Zenith, just the number of enemy bodies that will be gaining counters.
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    General Other News

    That's fantastic, congratulations!
  15. shamizy

    A List of Riptiders Who Actually Play Magic

    I have periods where I'm back into the game and then I'm out again. I'll keep up for a bit, maybe get a little more invested into Modern or EDH stuff, then kind of dip out for a month. Cube doesn't happen as often with most people in my main playgroup having moved out of town after graduating...
  16. shamizy

    General Fight Club

    I would go with Midnight Reaper and Isareth. Reaper has relevant typing with zombie in case you're running Gravecrawlers and it replaces itself once it dies. I like that it encourages aggressive play while having your opponent make decisions about whether it's worth it to let you ping yourself...
  17. shamizy

    General [UMA] Ultimate Masters

    I would imagine that it's probably powerful enough to be featured as a draftable land on its own. The only reason I have it in my ULD currently is because I have Volrath's Stronghold taking up a slot in the main cube and don't want to have two lands with the same color identity.
  18. shamizy

    General Fight Club

    I've tried them both in the past, I think Pridemate was on average better due to being a bear. Lone Rider reads better than it plays from my experience, you need to deploy it on curve or suited up to get the actual payoff. Otherwise it gets walled off by just about everything. I found it very...
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