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  1. shamizy

    General What other formats do you use your cube for?

    I've mostly just used it for 8 man drafts, but we did do a 4-man grid draft which was pretty fun. I really want to try team Sealed though, sounds like it would be fun.
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    Shamim's Cube

    Most sore my butt had ever been was when someone used Dack's Duplicate on my Hero, killed mine, then beat me down with it. So rude.
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    General How does one assess a cube list? (Also, Reid Duke's guide to Cube)

    I think that I fall along the same lines of thought as yourself. Most of the time, the first thing I do when I'm presented a new Cube or a Cubetutor list is to view the top-end cards in each color and their gold and colorless sections. After spending time on MTGS (mostly lurking), before finding...
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    Shamim's Cube

    Yeah, she's been amazing so far in the two sealed pools I've tested her out with. Assuming your mana-base is good, she can put in so much work. It was disgusting in Worldknit Pod. Even if it's just to clear a blocker and force through another 2 points of damage, that's already great value. I...
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    General Fight Club

    Not sure which I'd rather have. Leaning towards dem Bones b/c scry is sweet and more splashy. Sign In Blood vs. Read The Bones
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    Shamim's Cube

    Forgot that wolf existed tbh. They both work across the same spectrum, but seeing as most of the red guys are just tiny 2/x's trying to get through, I think damage might be more important since your just racing to get them down from 20 ASAP. It depends on how wide you can go with red I suppose...
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    General On this forum, how many schools of thought are there?

    I like reading MaRo's articles and I definitely agree that the hyperbole can be overbearing sometimes. However, his Drive to Work podcasts are fantastic. There is a ton of games design info there and I love the stories behind the development and creation of the various cards/sets. It also gives...
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    Shamim's Cube

    Counting my two prereleases and the one Cube sealed pool I played against my friend, Heelcutter is almost never cast for 4 unless you really need a body. At 3 mana he's just fantastic. He's just able to push in 2-3 extra damage on every attack step. It's just insane. Like a board trying to...
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    The Music Thread

    God this album is so good
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    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    Another vote for Reclamation here. Tried it out after seeing it here as well. It's been incredible. I had a sequence last draft where it was Ooze vs. Reclamation fighting over a Grave Titan. Pretty sweet.
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    Article Cube Design - Tri-color Cards

    ^ Yeah, exactly that.
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    Shamim's Cube

    Yeah, I'm planning on pushing Constellation to white as well. After going over the Breaking Singleton thread, double Eidolon seems like a go to get it going. Totally forgot about the curses from Commander. I'll give the black one a run again (wasn't too great the first time), but I'm really wary...
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    General Breaking Singleton

    I haven't yet had the nut double Blood Artist deck pop up yet. Most of my players play EDH, so they value him pretty highly b/c they realize how powerful the effect is. If I see it happen more frequently and it becomes oppressive, I'll definitely swap one out b/c it definitely seems nutty with a...
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    General Breaking Singleton

    Which cards have you guys been doubling up on for your cubes (aside from lands)? I just spent like the last hour going through a bunch of cards and making cuts here and there with my new additions. I'm currently at multiples of each of these: Doomed Traveler Ajani's Pridemate Augur of Bolas...
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    Notes From the Road

    This is compelling stuff. Most awkward/awesome car rides ever.
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    Shamim's Cube

    After reading a number of threads on here, I'm kinda hyped to try out GB Constellation. For commander, I actually run a Karametra Enchantress deck so I have no idea why I ignored Constellation for so long. After updates, I'm currently at these for playables: Herald of Torment Master of the...
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    General On this forum, how many schools of thought are there?

    I think I'm a Bonsai Gardener through and through. All about dat value, no treble. My tenets for cube design include designing for balance, interactive gameplay, and synergies. I don't like how so many people build their cubes just jam-packed with the best of everything that leads to games...
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    Looking to build my first cube as a cheaper and more accessible alternative to FNM draft

    Welcome to the forums! I was in the same boat as you near the start of last summer when I went to design my first cube. This is gonna be pretty long: I would definitely recommend Cube to anyone that enjoys drafting. The most awesome thing about Cube is that you are in control of your own...
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    Sets [FRF] Fate Reforged spoilers

    FRF prerelease so much more fun that Khans. Oh man, I had the greatest Abzan pool of my life and it was sooooo fun to play: Ones 1 Typhoid Rats 1 Disowned Ancestor Twos 1 Archers' Parapet 1 Archers' Parapet 1 Kin-Tree Invocation 1 Savage Punch 1 Feat of Resistance Threes 1 Frontier...
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    General CBS

    Scrubbed out 2-2 at Prerelease, but I picked up a Brutal Hordechief, Promo Warden of the First Tree, and a copy of Yasova. Pretty sweet haul.
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