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Cheating into play strategies Today I want to think out loud about cheating into play archetypes in my environment. More specifically, getting it to work in colors that are not Red or Black. But before getting into that, what does a Rakdos cheat deck look like? With my card choices, Blue and...

Austere command Fun as a build around wrath!

Depending on number of players, drafters get between 48 and 56 cards (draft method explained in cube overview in my sig). It is a lot, but it allows me to have more powerful decks without necessarily increasing power level of individual cards (thus tricking my drafters who want high powered...

Somewhat related question. Assuming you play with less than a full pod (3-5 people in my case), but still draft the whole cube. Do you change the numbers to reflect the lower amount of players or do you just keep it as if there were 8 drafters (even if it won't happen)? I am currently...

You know what, I do think the Inscription is cool, but the floor is so bad if your target gets removed in response. And with 3-4 opponents, it's not a risk I am willing to take. I think I would need an split second fight spell to play one. When they are attached to a body that is a different...

Here is a thought to support Pod decks without doubling up Fiend Artisan I know it’s not exactly Green, but it fits sacrifice, GY and Pod style decks. To make things equal, maybe Deathrite Shaman Powerful one drop that works well with double fetches. Good in B and/or G decks. Also Green...

Sakashima's Student vs Vizier of Many Faces I want a 4 CMC clone option (in addition to Phantasmal Image and Phyrexian Metamorph). One can be cast cheap and resets an ETB, the other can be either milled for value or cast twice. Leaning towards the latter because of the "free" GY value. Thoughts?

How good are the Sword of Dungeons & Dragons in your cube? 3 to cast and 2 to equip seems like such a huge tempo loss. I could see one going out for Foundry. Also, just read your cube overview, where you state no sagas. Oops!

I love the lands package of Wayfarer, Golos, KotR and Reclaimer. To really make it special, some utility land like Urza’s Saga would be awesome. It would help tie cards like Emry to White and Green. Then you can recur it with Sevinne’s Reclamation, Rallier and Excavator. Then maybe a few...

I like what you are doing here, but not a fan of cutting the Hydra. It's a rare universally playable removal spell in Green that offers you many options throughout the course of the game (do you play it early to remove a utility dude or save it for something big? Do you just cast it as a huge...

Crystalline Crawler We have artifacts, we have big splashy multicolored spells, lets get the means to cast them. @Nemo @Velrun

Runaway Steam-Kin Goes with the spell casting and gives Ion Storm some fuel! @inscho @VincePendrell

Bloodrage Brawler Fuels the GY, is simple and there is quite a bit of agency when casting as you need to figure out your following turns.

Oh crap missed the first one, thanks. I’m not comfortable choosing cards to double up on early so I’ll leave it to someone else. In that case shepherd of the flock lets replay those artifacts instead!

Teshar, Ancestor's Apostle There’s a bunch of artifact stuff happening and this is a card I love building around. @dbs @Grace

gadrak, the crown-scourge @Rasmus Källqvist @Wuliev

Exactly what I was looking for, thanks. I dismissed the DRC for it's wordinessand because of the "must attack clause" which is really annoying in MP. But maybe it does set up the GY well enough while also promoting spell velocity that it is worth it anyways. My drafters will adapt after seeing...

You make a good argument Erik in favor of Earthcraft. I will be trying it out over Bramble Sovereign, thanks! While in Green, here are some cards I wouldn't mind replacing for a better fit Duskwatch Recruiter Verdant Command I've never been disapointed by the Recruiter, it just doesn't fit...

You make a great point Erik. The 3 drop slot is super congested often taking the place of a 2 drop. Looking at my list, I still have a lot of 3 MV cards in my multicolor section, but they all feel valuable, except for Thief of Sanity which was a request from a drafter. I believe Green can slack...

I'll take a page from Erik's blog and mention some cards I am either unhappy or ambivalent about. Multicolor Geist of Saint Traft Hostage Taker Venerable Warsinger Niv-Mizzet Reborn The trend here is that these cards are good, but don't support the themes I am trying to promote. Geist of...