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All good comments! Thanks for the reply! My issue with these cards is they want a cube structure optimized for spell velocity. My cube operates on a slightly different axis being so reliant on sacrifice, discard, and dredge for acceleration and value rather than casting spells in volume. I...

I want a viscera seer with surveil something fierce

"Lord Inscho..." My eyelids struggle to open. "a raven from Lord Velrun has arrived!" I roll over in a pile of my own sick, hungover from a night of debauchery at my annual Bocce Ball Birthday Bash ™ I mutter under my breath: "must need something...it's the only time I hear from him" "What...

Not the most current, but my website is here: http://jamesinscho.com/

Similar to Shams, basketball is a bit of a passion for me. I played a lot when I was in school, and reconnected with it in my 30s by getting into the NBA, and playing pickup in Philly. Pickup basketball in a big city was a pretty refreshing experience as someone that grew up primarily in the...

Didn’t realize there was cards left to spoil when I made my test list. I’ll definitely be testing the purse

So only the hipsters know me

Some quick SNC swaps: Out: Ghostly Pilferer Sinister Concoction Prized Amalgam Bag of Holding In: Ledger Shredder Lethal Scheme Oskar, Rubbish Reclaimer Currency Converter These are fairly easy substitutions/upgrades. I'll miss the way Amalgam weaponizes the dredge deck, but there's only so...

I think you run most of the pieces that scale up to your power level: Breya's Apprentice Pia and Kiran Nalaar Cranial Plating Nettlecyst Mayhem Devil Greater Gargadon Arcbound Ravager Scraheap Scrounger Scrap Trawler Goblin Welder Goblin Engineer Blade of Oni Experimental Synthesizer Smuggler...

I think Altar demands even more of a deck build than vortex which really just wants you to be aggressive.....especially in this environment since you aren't sacrificing your team to drop Emrakul into play. Altar has always been a fringe include for my cube, and is on the chopping block, because...

I’m finally settled in enough for a belated response. I appreciate you taking the time to do such a thorough write-up. It’s a rare treat! I’m going to elaborate on some of this later (typing this paragraph last as I initially missed this while typing on my iPhone). Bridging the hate-bearsy...

Certain: None Near Certain: None Uncertain but Interested: Baba Lysaga, Night Witch Interested but Doubtful: Sailors’ Bane Altar of Bhaal Mahadi, Emporium Master Minsc & Boo, Timeless Heroes Unsurprisingly, this set is a dud for contributions to my cube. Seems like a great set for a peasant...

I wish I had a personal manifesto to share, but my thoughts are not that organized. However, I've established some quick personal guidelines in the 5+ years I've been tinkering with the GCC (some of which will be irrelevant when using customs): - Establish a handful of broad themes that will...

Things have been super hectic since the draft 4/18...so much that it's been hard to find time to do anything online. @landofMordor I'm going to wait to respond to your thoughtful post until I have a little more mental bandwidth. It was great to have you out, and I really wish we had gotten more...

I run a compact red recursive critter suite of: flamewake phoenix Phoenix of ash Ox of agonas I like this package as Ash and Ox can both trigger Ferocious on Flamewake and only require cards in the graveyard to recur. To keep the graveyard full I run a host of red looting spells: faithless...

That's definitely good lol

100%. I don't play any non-stax edicts (rankle, braids, smokestack, smallpox) these days. They are just often outclassed.

We have a full pod lined up for tonight, and @landofMordor will be making it out :cool: A quick update before the draft (undoing a couple of changes from my last update): In: Thalia, Guardian of Thraben Sun Titan Hallowed Burial Merfolk Looter Ethereal Forager Glint-Horn Buccaneer Pia and...

As much as I want a blue escape creature in my cube, it looks clunky to me. Phantom Monster needs to be relevant in your format for this to be playable imo. 4 mana and 5 cards exiled is a pretty significant investment on top of needing to be in your yard, live a turn, and go unblocked in combat.

This is pretty interesting. Not sure if I like it more than Mire Triton as its deathtouch has been very relevant for me, but card selection over generic mill is enticing. I don't think it will be recurring itself all that often. I don't run tribal support, but if I break that personal rule...