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I haven't played either card, but Aetherspouts looks like a powerful effect (almost a one-sided instant wrath). Without explicit support, Whelming Wave seems like a bad upheaval to me. So I'd go Aetherspouts.

To dovetail off the above, how does everyone feel about moldervine cloak vs. elephant guide Enchantress/heroic support specifically. I like the graveyard tie in with moldervine, but I'm pretty sure it's a lot worse than elephant guide most of the time. Thoughts? I want to run moldervine...

The math is what it is. If you have a third color splash for a spell and you don't have 7 mana sources, you are not casting it reliably (defined as 90% of the time). Again, maybe that's OK for your groups though. How much people notice this is probably largely meta/group dependent. Things...

My numbers are based on this analysis: http://www.channelfireball.com/articles/frank-analysis-how-many-colored-mana-sources-do-you-need-to-consistently-cast-your-spells/ If you want a 90% chance of casting a spell with "C" cost by T4, you need 7 mana sources. 6 sources for T5 or later...

IMO, it's a trap. If you aren't thinking of colorless cards exactly like would when splashing another color, you are tricking yourself into believing your mana base supports something it does't actually support. Assuming a couple cards with <> in the cost, you need 7+ mana sources that tap for...

Not to be Debby downer, but I'm not a big fan of pushing the colorless mana idea. Primarily because we have enough trouble supporting mana bases for 5 colors, adding colorless makes it 6 colors which can only further increase color(less) screw. What's the advantage to doing this other than...

Yeah, that one is a miss for me.

I made the decision recently to only run either a confluence or a command for each color. So I'm running these. Mystic confluence Fiery Confluence Austere Command Profane Command Primal Command Both of the confluences I'm running have played well.

Welcome to the forums! Experiment. That's the best advice I can give you. A lot of the numbers you are looking for are group dependent. I also believe you should start with an rough list that is intentionally clunky. Some of the best things that come out of cube are found by accident, and...

What about shit bob and shittier bob? If you are worried about power level but want more of this effect, you can just add those or make a swap too. Another option.

Trike goes with blink more than the +1/+1 counter theme. He turns Galepowder Mage into Inferno Titan. The turn after you cast trike, a momentary blink (w/ flashback) is a 9 point fireball with no extra cost for multiple targets (there's your wrath). It also has just 1 power, so Reveillark...

I have a slightly different perspective on this. If a card is in multiple lists spanning a wide range of power levels and themes (Riptide), to me that is just more reason to be considering that card. The biggest flaw in my mind with the MTGS approach of homogenized cube is you wind up with...

I'm a fan of these types of exercises. I recently discovered the average cube tutor lists, which is helpful more for the Peasant/Pauper lists than the rare list (which is just typical power max). Stumbled onto Frenzied Goblin, looked it up on MTGS in the peasant forum and it turns out this...

Man, if I knew you were going to link my post I would have done a much better job writing it. :)

Conclave taps for colored mana and that's a big reason it's good IMO. Same with treetop. Colorless versions of those lands would suck I feel. And I agree on the dual manlands being good largely because they fix. Plenty of games go by where they don't become creatures over here at least (UW...

I think a looting manland would be way better than lighthouse because it's a threat and not just an expensive filter. Lighthouse was 4 mana to draw and discard a card. Without graveyard synergies, it's unplayable IMO. And it's a colorless producing land too. I cut that thing when I started...

There are people running power max cubes that have either cut or considered cutting brainstorm because it didn't do enough. So I honestly think it's far from being degenerate in cube. Legacy is a whole different beast I'm pretty sure, so I wouldn't try and draw too many parallels. I'm not a...

Skinrender is a good man if you are in the market for another 187 type. Lower power, you've got Twisted Abomination (which also doubles as fixing since it swamp cycles). Anybody try the new zombie dragon?

Messenger is the shit. If your cube can handle the BBB cost, it's a really fun card and I can't recommend it enough. It supports aggressive strategies, works with devotion, plays nice with crawler. Has abuse potential too. Nothing feels better than casting this and following up with a smallpox...

People think Necropotence is garbage in cube because of the casting cost. You have to run it in a heavy black build and your typical cube can't support that level of fixing. But make no mistake, Necro is very broken in cube. And the original art is best, I agree. When I ran it though, I used the...