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I am eyeing some more discard/self-mill for Black and landed on these 4 candidates with only 2 slots available liliana of the veil Liliana, the last hope Rankle, master of pranks Doom whisperer Rankle + LotV seem like a nice disruptive package for more aggressive decks. LtLH + demon would...

I like it! Agreed! I'm personally a big fan of White adventure creatures Giant Killer Shepherd of the Flock Giant Killer is playable in all types of White decks is a spell for decks that care about it and can push damage through. Shepherd resets your sagas, Parallax Wave and your ETBs for...

What you say is true, but there are a bunch of reasons why I think there is a pretty big difference between it and Daretti/Sneak - Double Red mana - Has summoning sickness (so needs to survive a whole turn cycle) - Is a creature (more vulnerable) - Cheat is temporary and expensive to activate...

Yeah, this one hurts. Easily one of my favourite cards for fair reanimation/value, but I don’t think it is necessary with the other Red cheat cards. If you have a convincing argument I’m all ears! Thanks! Say no more, she is back in. Adding more 2 drops is a low bar for me to clear, especially...

After drafting my cube a bunch and having some anonymous user on CubeCobra do a lot of drafts (thanks random stranger!), I am thinking there is some fat to trim. Not that there are any bad cards, but probably some unnecessary ones. The 540 podcast also had an episode on diminishing cube sizes...

I think the hybrids look fine in your list. What stood out to me was Kuldotha Phoenix with the triple red pips. I could see your Green and White cards having tougher mana requirements if you want GW to stand out and "oppose" Black, but I think it is too tough for a Red card.

Warden of the First Tree Great at most points in the curve and the last mana dump is repeatable.

Nettlecyst Dungeon Geists Stormwing Entity Vile Entomber Flametongue Kavu Glorybringer Experiment One Pelt Collector Mayor of Avabruck Resilient Khenra Lovestruck Beast Call of the Herd Kazandu Mammoth Wonder Vizier of Many Faces Skyclave Shade Stinkweed Imp Woe Strider Ebondeath Dracolich...

That Unsettled Mariner has me thinking your cube could be a good house to a UW stax/disruption archetype in addition to your black disruption suite. And maybe an artifact package to tie it into other themes (Ethersworn Canonist + Portable Hole). I mean, you need a pretty big set up for that...

I like Rankle because it fits into more archetypes (aggro, aristocrats and stax), but Yawgmoth is very strong. You have to do a bit of work (not much mind you) to make it work, but it will steal the show if it resolves when you have any sort of board. I have been trapped by it once where I...

I like the adds and testing cards (even if Barbarian Ring seems low impact, utility lands are a great way to get more spells slots in your decks.) I think it's fine, but obviously powerful. They are harder to make work in cube and are tougher to make work the more there are in the format...

For the companions, you can actually use the full art ones where the reminder text isn't printed (https://scryfall.com/card/iko/359/yorion-sky-nomad). For what it's worth those cards are amazing (like upper power band of your cube. Probably top tier for Lurrus). The effects are powerful even as...

That is a great example of what type of deck I am looking for. However, I can't seem to draft them. You touch on removal and that might just be the issue here and why RB, BW, BU and BWU cheat decks can exist. Removal in Black lends itself to a controlling build, but Red's removal is much more...

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?