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  1. Erik Twice

    General CBS

    Tchotchke Elemental I looked at the stats of this card on Cube Cobra and it seems it's "often drafted with" every single card in my cube. Because I'm one of the very few 150 geniuses that run this fantastic card I'm skewing the results!
  2. Erik Twice

    General Fight Club

    Jinxed Idol Spawning Pit Spawning Pit seems more "useful", but is the more fun and better rounded card of the two? What are your experiences?
  3. Erik Twice

    General (WHO) Dr. Who Spoilers

    Did they really need to include Afflict as a keyword? Of all other keywords they are adding to this set?
  4. Erik Twice

    Nanonox's 1vs1 cube

    Gamble is great. Mutagenic Growth is powerful, but it suffers badly from 24th card syndrome. It's a good card, but I always feel I don't really need it compared to something else.
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    General Current Cube Obstacles

    I think the larger issue for newer players is the overall complexity of the cube, the difficulty of cube drafting itself and how many "traps" they can fall into. Just some. I run Mother of Runes and Dauntless Bodyguard and have run a third in the past. If you overload it, you end up with quite...
  6. Erik Twice

    Sets (WOE) Wilds of Eldraine Testing/Includes Thread

    I didn't realize the cause until you mentioned it. Now that's quite sad.
  7. Erik Twice

    Nanonox's 1vs1 cube

    Do you feel these cards have given you any problems when it comes to power level? Skullclamp Gaea's Cradle Tolarian Academy
  8. Erik Twice

    Erik's "The cool side of Magic" cube

    While I decide which sac outlet to run, I'm going to include one of my favourite cards as a placeholder. In fact, I'm going to add a couple more so I reach 388 cards in the cube: Despotic Scepter Cruel Ultimatum Scrabbling Claws The reason is that I've been looking for a big red replacement...
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    Erik's "The cool side of Magic" cube

    I'm still polishing the cube, here are some more changes I'm working on. First, some quality of life changes: Finale of Devastation -> Birds of Paradise Dragonsguard Elite -> Tough Cookie The Gitrog Monster -> Glissa, The Traitor Perennial Behemoth -> The Underworld Cookbook Selfless Spirit...
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    Erik's "The cool side of Magic" cube

    I like this one for the reasons you mention, but I'm afraid of getting killed if I reanimate it. They feel a bit fair for my cube, though they are solid. I'm mostly looking for targets that justify going into combo decks as opposed to just value ones.
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    Erik's "The cool side of Magic" cube

    Oh, I thought you only ran one! Still, I do believe Skyclave is going to be better for me here, I feel the mana is less of a limitation than size. Anyways, I've been thinking about which black reanimator targets I actually want. Rune-scarred Demon feels terrible even as a placeholder...
  12. Erik Twice

    Nanonox's 1vs1 cube

    They say great minds think alike! I've also noticed I could support Death Shadow in my cube if I switched to Ravnica Duals. At a glance, they should work without too much hassle, but I have never actually played with the cards! My fear is if they will actually be good in practice.
  13. Erik Twice

    Erik's "The cool side of Magic" cube

    I've done even more changes to the cube. Starting with my black section: Virtue of Persistence -> Orcish Bowmasters Tendrils of Agony -> Sheoldred, the Apocalypse My question here is, can I replace Tendrils of Agony with Sheoldred? Certainly, a wheel gets close to a kill and you have Sedgemoor...
  14. Erik Twice

    Article Slot efficiency

    It's difficult because we are always limited by our own skill. We can only approximate what is balanced as far as we can see it, often with our own biases. But I do think it's great advice: If you build the decks, you'll quickly notice which cards are 24th picks, which ones are fine but don't...
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    Erik's "The cool side of Magic" cube

    After trying, I've decided not to go high power. The reason is that I can only find two, perhaps three, reasons to go for it: Griselbrand Skullclamp Tolarian Academy It feels like a lot of work for such little gain, particularly since some of my archetypes may struggle at a higher power level...
  16. Erik Twice

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    Lotus Field What are you using this card for?
  17. Erik Twice

    Sets (LTR) The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle Earth

    It's a worse version of: Parallax Wave Which I love and recommend everyone to try out!
  18. Erik Twice

    Erik's "The cool side of Magic" cube

    I've been thinking about the changes I've to the cube. Most of them have been more impactful than I ever thought they would be. Staff of the Storyteller Lingering Souls Staff should become a cube staple, at least to the same degree as Young Pyromancer. It's the best card I've found so far to...
  19. Erik Twice

    General Custom Cards: The Lab

    Davelle looks strong, but it's a fantastic design.
  20. Erik Twice

    Article Slot efficiency

    For me the biggest one is realizing that, just because something can act as "support", it doesn't mean you would ever want to run the card. For example, you could probably play Countless Gear Renegade in blink. But will you be happy spending Momentary Blink on it? Even if it's 3/3 of stats for...
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