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I think it comes down to how dependent your gameplan is on getting it off. If Wildfire is a Plan B for an otherwise decent deck then you only need one, but if it's your primary win-con then you definitely need two. I had a U/R Vivi Wildfire deck my last cube draft that could have a solid...

Prerelease went pretty well, had a really nice pool to work with this time as I went 3-0 and didn't drop a game: Ones 1 Slagdrill Scrapper 1 Gene Pollinator 1 Honor 1 Sami's Curiosity Twos 1 Biotech Specialist 1 Ragost, Deft Gastronaut 1 Oreplate Pangolin 1 1 Zookeeper Mechan 1 Terrapact...

I like Spiderman as a character, but I kind of hope that this one fails because it's a little too far gone into Fortnite-lite territory for me. I don't think there's enough depth with Spiderman alone for a whole set (they should have just done a Marvel one as a whole). It's going to be very...

I'm seconding Snapdrafter. Downloaded the beta app recently and tested it out with pictures from my last draft and it worked pretty well for the most part. I'll have to figure out the optimal layouts for decks but it seems very promising. I requested an export option in Riptide Lab format on...

The only unofficial rule I have for ULD is that I don't like to include multi-color fixing so Bouncelands will probably be out and Horizon of Progress as well. Maybe I'll have to revisit if we hit a critical mass of lands that make me change my mind, but this has been a nice way to keep things...

With the re-establishment of a semi-active playgroup for cube that will likely be firing off a pod every 4-6 weeks moving forward (maybe more often), now is the time for me to really dive into cube design again. Been spending a lot of time reworking and refining different parts of my cube and...

I think we're past the point of return unfortunately. I also think EOE is going to get crushed being sandwiched between two big IPs which will lead WoTC decision makers to go full bore into UB for a stretch before realizing that the well for adaptable IP isn't nearly as deep. I think occasional...

Man, they really can't let a set breathe before getting out the next product in the pipeline. Final Fantasy is just wrapping up a less than 2 month stretch as the go-to set (and where it also had a great all-timer Limited format) before we launch EOE next week. Hell, prerelease is tomorrow and...

Didn't think I was going to like this set a whole lot when it was first announced, but the mechanics look fun and the art doesn't bother me as much as the shittier in universe sets (Outlaws, Aetherdrift) that looked like complete garbage. Small initial batch, but who knows maybe it'll end up...

That's where I was leaning as well. I'm very used to the efficiency of Lantern from EDH mostly, but I don't necessarily want the graveyard decks to get completely smacked out of game. Being able to snipe the specific card is mostly what I'm looking for and wasn't sure how well this one has aged...

Scrabbling Claws vs. Soul-Guide Lantern I'm in the market for a 1 mana piece of graveyard hate/bauble that can be fetched by Urza's Saga and Brightglass Gearhulk. I've never played much with Claws, but I use Soul-Guide pretty frequently in EDH decks as a cycling piece of graveyard hate to keep...

Alright, another quick update since I've already wrangled up 10 people interested in my next cube session in about a month. It's wild how much easier it is to get people to commit if you can provide space (thanks Alesmith Brewing!) and some free food. I'm very inspired and motivated to really...

At this point, I'm looking mostly for archetypal bleed cards to branch different strategies and ways to patch up holes with perceived weaknesses. Warden of the Inner Sky interests me as a way to give an aggressive W/x deck a different way to attack that can also synergize with the +1/+1...

A couple of cards in my cube binder/maybeboard that I wanted to get thoughts on from people who have played with them in the past: Warden of the Inner Sky Astrologian's Planisphere Refurbished Familiar Bristlebud Farmer Stridehangar Automaton Monument to Endurance I'm mostly interested in...

If Landers become a common token ala Treasure or Clues then I'm on board for inclusion in the future, but probably not right now from the jump unless some cards really lead to amazing gameplay.

One thing that I've come around to in recent years is that having power outliers is a good thing for most cubes. Flat power bands are fine to explore certain ideas, but Magic at it's core is about variance. You shouldn't have just haymakers duking it out back-and-forth, but clearly best in class...

I don't remember if this card has been brought up, but I'm intrigued by: Pairs well with your removal spells to clear blockers and force through damage (4 is a lot!), will likely be a 2-for-1 in most scenarios either crashing through the board or taking targeted removal + a second card, and...

The play patterns from this card are interesting if you're running the Champion of the Parish humans package. Warping this into play on T2 grows the Champ to a sizable 3/3 right away. Casting it again bumps you up all the way to 5 power on T3 with some minor wrath insurance. If you follow it up...

Man, if this was a year ago I'd probably be all over this card but Izzet has become so stacked for me recently. Seems like a great card for U/R Artifacts decks being able to go wide and generate relevant bodies for a Steel Overseer or Arcbound Ravager.

It’s been a few months since the last cube report, but I was able to fire off a 10 man draft recently with a ton of new cards included from Final Fantasy and Tarkir Dragonstorm. There’s a brewery we stopped by back in March during the last cube session that had benches available for use so this...