Med Mage & M-Origin Grids updated in Forum Games
The Med Mage Grid's power level seems to be steadily creeping up. The primary changes were (1) removed one of each of the four main guild multicolor cards for more monocolor cards, (2) gave a big bump to blue (including Vendilion Clique and...
Got a M-origins and Med Mage grid in this weekend... going to make some knee-jerk changes in the hopes of balancing color potential. Generally, it was fun, but:
M-Origins: red-black control seemed to overpower green-white midrange. will adjust to less removal in black, a teeny bit of green...
The true 5-color fixers have their own downside: when properly supporting *A* splash, a deck can almost surely support *ALL* splashes.
splish splash, games takin' a bath, long on playing the best spells, yeah, synergy can go down the drain.
Whoa, I just noticed that Hallowed Burial is approaching bulk! Has anyone played it in a graveyard-synergy-heavy cube (or just with the Gravecrawler package cubes)?
The last big event I played in (I think it was the SCG Open in Columbus, OH) involved me dropping in the last round, when it turned out that a win would've cashed myself and a local that beat me on camera. I went out to dinner and had a relaxing evening; it was worth it.
Playing Magic...
Maybe a "thinking outside the fube" piece is the best way to approach the topic.
Also, terminus, good luck! Would love to see a big post on your cube in the blogs sub forum.
I wonder if I prefer the Legendary cube to all of the finalists. At a glance, I definitely prefer it to the PT cube.
Now, I *really* want to play my Eldrazi Domain deck from the forum draft. Got caught up in contest hype and didn't appreciate what I already have!
I thought about "acceptable" singleton-breaking after the submission period ended. Perhaps, only breaking when distinguishing art was available would've been the best bet (or made it more palatable to the masses). I'm sad not even a double fetch list made it. :(