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Pretty low-powered. A 1/4 isn't a bad defensive body, but the majority of time it's a 5 mana investment to put two basic lands in your hand. This was a decent card in limited to slow aggro, make sure you hit land drops, and also put two card types into the grave for Delirium, but it's probably...

I've got an idea for an article percolating right now and I'm looking for "dense" cards to cover. I want to deepdive into what makes a dense card good for cube. Currently I'm going to be writing about these three: Rielle, the Everwise Tireless Tracker The Gitrog Monster Any...

I'd recommend stickers on an inner sleeve as well. I haven't implemented cube occasionals, but I do utilize multiple different systems within my cube. I've got a Utility Land Draft, Squadron Cards, and a Duplicate Voucher system implemented and the best way to keep track of all the special...

The Seb Secret Lair is pretty much everything I was hoping for when this product was first unveiled. I'm a fan of the Bob Ross set as well.

It's probably Pod. I've had Birthing Pod for years in my cube and I love the idea of it, but in practice it comes together very rarely and even then it's difficult for it to really maximize the type of gameplay you're looking for. Part of the problem is the lack of redundancy like you'd have...

Here are DS Mattes. They run a bit pricier than most sleeves, but can be bought in bulk (say 7+ boxes) at about $8 per pack of 100. Here are the KMC Perfect Hards. They come in packs of 50, usually end up costing around $5 a piece unless you buy in bulk (say 10) at which point you can get...

KMC Perfect Hards for inner sleeves, Dragon Shield Mattes for the outer sleeves. It's what I use for my cube and my EDH decks, wouldn't go with any other combination nowadays. Go with a darker color variant like Black or Purple and you can't really go wrong. I've only ever had a handful of DS...

I think I might have something to offer here having run a pretty high powered cube for many years now. I've tried out a good number of cards on this list in cube, and many of them in EDH, so I've got some experience with their gameplay potential and limitations. Meren of Clan Nel Toth This...

Depends on how much fixing you have and how many players you expect. I've ran 30 per color without any issues for years now with a 420 cube and usually have a pod of 6-8 players. I'd say 30-35 should be more than enough.

For my main cube, I don't see a single new card I'm really interested in adding. There's just not anything that fills a need or piques my interest in revisiting archetypes and/or previous ideas lacking enough support. Maybe I'll pick up a copy of Scroll Rack to flesh out my artifacts suite...

That's fair. I would most often prefer those permanent options, but when you don't have it available in your colors or you just need to get out a single card early that's when cards like Seething Song and Dark Ritual that punch above the usual rate really shine. I think as long as they're...

This is so strange to me; people have been playing Dark Ritual in my groups for years now. And I definitely don't agree about it being improbable to use to its full extent. You don't need to hit the gamewinning homerun with Dark Ritual for it to be good. It doesn't need to a be a Doomsday combo...

Really? We must be playing completely different styles then. I can't think of many 1-2 color black decks where I wouldn't play it nowadays, but then again I think most people overlook rituals in general. I definitely did years ago. But being able to power out some card advantage engine even...

I think Gavin is just trying to cover his ass ahead of the fact. He's a nice guy and obviously passionate about the game, but I think he's absolutely out of touch with the ins and outs of the formats that he's designing for. Like you can't just go about spouting bullshit as though it were a...

Strong disagree. I'm about to ramble so apologies to anyone just looking for spoiler discussion, but fuck it. I don't think you quite grasp what Unlimited means in terms of a supplemental product. Print to demand? Sure, it'll be available as long as stores ask for it. But Magic doesn't have...

I am fucking pissed off that they signed off on that Lotus. Just straight up injected a format staple into a Limited print run. Wizards going all in on their desire to increase revenues by bleeding their players dry is just so blatant and gross. 2020 has just been a master class in how to NOT...

Only Wasteland for me, I've got 4 available for drafters in my ULD. Strip Mine is too busted if you can assemble some Crucible lock while Wasteland at least allows for you to "play around" it with basics. The other options are either too slow, too cute, or too low impact in my environment.

I'm with Seeker, not a fan of this for cube. I just don't think Monarch is a particularly good mechanic for 1v1 Magic. I love it in multiplayer EDH where it can break a board stall and encourage interaction in an already durdle-y format, but that isn't really the case in cube all that often...

Magic kind of sucks right now, but you know what doesn't suck? Writing about the format we all know and love! I finished up my 2nd article for CubeCobra covering a favorite topic and Riptide classic: Breaking Singleton!

WoTC just opened up a can of worms with this one. I'm already not happy with the direction that the game has been taking in the last year or so, this is kind of a tipping point if it becomes the norm. There's a huge disconnect between the brainpower making these kinds of product decisions and...