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Agree with Onder here. Your argument is basically that the most powerful green decks include 1cmc ramp. Which is true. And you'll need it if that's the power your format is at, but you also make it so that your green decks are disadvantaged if they didn't happen to draft the... what, like 7-8...

Yes, we've spoken about it before. Do you want updates for where I'm heading with it? Should I start a thread as a project? I'm really proud of what I've done with the black cube, seeing as it was a fairly original (Torment, I guess) idea that I believe I've executed well, but I can't help but...

I nearly went into a discussion about how Tinker and DT can be fair, yet deceiving. If your player is experienced with what Tinker typically does, they're going to slam it first pick and probably end up a little disappointed when they get a Gilded Lotus instead of a Blightsteel or whatever the...

I think Tinker is only ok because that's the nature of tutors. You could run Demonic Tutor as well and it wouldn't be an issue if you're a low power, non combo cube. What are you going to get? Is that card still good at +2 cmc? Probably not, really. You could probably make most cards fair, but...

I think Beanstalk Big Idiot is probably really nice in any format where 3cmc ramp is good. Having a ramp-into-it threat as flashback on ramp is pretty significant. As an aside, I really dislike how quickly 1 cmc dorks jump you to 3 and 2 mana rocks jump you to 4, but then 2cmc dorks and 3cmc...

K, so, I'm an idiot who's never happy and I'm looking into making a Helm of Awakening emblem cube where everything is a mana cheaper so that I can have nice filtering cards like one mana Seek the Wilds and Tormenting Voice, etc. I'd also let land drops come in untapped, probably, to ease things...

Good that it's in every color. After seeing the first ones spoiled so early and not having seen black ones yet, I was losing hope. But, ya, 21 divded up isn't that compelling unless you're in quite a low powered spot. And RRRRRRR isn't accessible for... Anyone, really. Any deck paying RRRRRRR...

Hybrids are consistently a hot debate topic, I'll give them that. So, which color section should we put these in??? I'm kidding. Don't reply to that. The dragon clearly goes in the blue section. Are they trying to get me to make a red cube? It's just decent, assuming you're in a color slanted...

Missed these earlier. My Dark Betrayal couldn't hit that 4/3 black eldrazi and I lost that game over it. Cratermaker is a lot better than the alternatives because it trades 1:1 on cards. The other ones can effectively ETB +1 with tempo. It's too brutal unless you're slinging around a lot of...

I'm not saying they should be pushed, but to give them a memorable casting cost and put them as a full ten card cycle at uncommon, they shouldn't be below curve. It's unfortunate because the AABB cycle was actually right in the ballpark of what I'd like to see from an interestingly costed uncommon.

I think it's extremely disingenuous to act like these nearly cost (4). You can't really play a third color in your deck if you run these, particularly in limited when you don't run 20 duals, which is what they're apparently designed for. Surely AABB is harder. It's got the same constraints but...

They're not. I'm pissed. The UR one sucks, too. Not even gonna post it. It's as if they forgot that paying CCCC is actually pretty fucking difficult. This guy is kind of cool. When I think of non-Human RG aggro/midrange, I always think of Nayan type shit, so he's not really working in...

I've definitely already been contemplating taking a marker to the {1} on a variety of cards like those lol. White has Board the Weatherlight if you wanna support artifacts or legends, but, ya, it's lacking. I'm fine with a color lacking smoothing. I'm not happy with the current state of blue...

I already do all that stuff lol. It's just this lands/spells thing is bullshit. I only have 4 color pairs, so the fixing is pre-fixed. The curve is quite low/normal. I feel that your cube's curve should look similar to an expected deck's curve. That way, even your poorest drafters end up on...

I kind of suspected that filtering in each color, specifically at 1-2 cmc, is going to be the key. Unfortunately, WOTC doesn't legitimately print that. Your customs are somewhat confirming my suspicions. Do you feel like these make a big impact on your nongame frequency? Analyze would be a...

Speaking about being bummed mechanically, how do you guys prevent nongames? I have Temples and the black cube loves to loot, but I saw quite a few miserable faces last weekend as one or both players were disabled from playing and I'm kind of sick of having a bad night myself or watching...

Prevent damage and continually change stats is a headache. Even as a black cube, I'm not too hot on this. That said, I may need a few more knights if I go that route. Anyone care to convince me that I want this?

Garbage. Damn it. Now I'm hoping that even one of the black ones is passable. A few days ago, I thought I might get four... "Sound Intrusion" B Sorcery Target opponent reveals his or her hand. You may choose a nonland card from your opponent's hand. If you do, your opponent exiles that...

Yeah, he's gonna take his horse to the old town road...

Think I should just head straight to CC? I heard CT doesn't update very often and other irritating things.