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they never did actually, but you can still click on any card to bring it up in a new window

good god man use the [cubedeck] tags you helped implement them

I would say to just keep on doing what you're doing. The most fun people will have is combining your five predefined archetypes, and mixing and matching them into sweet three-colour brews you hadn't anticipated. It'd be boring if there were only five two-colour decks in your format, with little...

I was going to ask if you had put in a ring on it, but quite clearly, you have.

The main problem with including so many gold cards is that you incentivize three colour decks, not two. There will be some number of straight Simic or Boros decks in your drafts, but more often than not, people will take cards from two different colour pairs, and form a three colour concoction...

I would tend to agree - especially as you're not running most of the cheap, premium removal (a la Swords to Plowshares or Path to Exile), someone winning via a creature-based two card infinite combo would feel pretty gross, even if it were to happen infrequently.

If you want to see the highest profile example of this in action, I refer you to the 2012 Players Championship, which used the MTGO cube: http://archive.wizards.com/Magic/Magazine/Article.aspx?x=mtg/daily/eventcoverage/tpc12/cube1decks LSV has a reputation for being predisposed to drafting...

I think simply showing three key cards per strategy, and then another four to six supporting cards for that theme, is enough to communicate the idea and get people's gears turning. Leave enough to the imagination so that drafters can connect the dots themselves, but shine the light on the path...

Welcome to the site! This is one of those cubes that really needs a guide before someone were to draft it. For example, I did a test draft on cubetutor, and noticed a lot of madness cards. Without having a guide handy, it's difficult for me to tell in which colours the theme is supported, and...

That's interesting - I can see how Primal Command would be good if you're ahead, and doing half a Plow Under would press your tempo advantage. Over here, the aggro decks blitzkrieg fast enough that the slower green ramp decks are usually on the back foot by the time they can cast the command...

Yes, this was my exact conclusion as well, based both on your current state of fixing, as well as the sample decks that have been drafted over on your cubetutor page. For aggro decks to be successful, it seems like they would need to accumulate a critical mass of one and two-drops, all from a...

They... kinda don't play Primal Command. That's the main problem. For its cost, it's slow and doesn't do a whole lot. With all the goodies that green has gotten in the last half decade, you're often better off just running another medium-sized creature to fill out your deck. There's sometimes no...

I've recorded all the winning decklists in my cube for the last year and a half. Some of them defy easy categorization, but it's still helpful to take a glance at the list. I would say that aggro decks here are 1) very heavy on twos, 2) have a smattering of threes, and 3) typically have four or...

I've oscillated between "worthwhile" and "hot garbage" on Primal Command, myself. It's currently in my list, but lately I've been leaning more towards hot garbage, so it's on the chopping block. Jason swears by it, but he also swears by Call of the Herd, so. Birthing Pod is green, through and...

Yes, Primal Hunter is really obnoxious. As Jason likes to point out, any walker that pluses to make tokens throws up a Big Red Flag. This guy makes beefy tokens, which makes him tough to interact with, which in turn means you soon have half a dozen beefy tokens to deal with. Between being...

both is ok if you have to have one, Meloku is nuts in midrange, and very tough to beat if you don't get swarmed the same turn you cast him i'm really growing fond of Aetherling. in a fast environment, you have to decide whether you can afford to wait until you have seven mana to cast him...

Do you know why you don't like fetchlands? Because you don't have anything to fetch for. Maybe that's being a little flippant, and stating the obvious, but there's a reason Flooded Strand and friends barely factor into Standard manabases, while being staples in Modern manabases. The power in...

I also forgot to ask for opinions about this guy Ob Nixilis of the Black Oath

Hey Peter, welcome to the site! I attempted a draft of your cube, and ended up in nearly mono-B control. From what I can tell, you're running a fairly high-powered list, though not power-max. For us to provide meaningful advice, it would help to understand: What decks typically do well in...

Being a huge fan of green ramp and fatties, I've run all three of those at some point or another, and my eventual choice for favourite ended up surprising me - Sylvan Primordial. It turns out that eight mana is a lot more than seven, and it's rare that there's more than one troublesome...