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it's essentially a Gruul card, right...? i don't really see myself playing this in UR delver or RB aggro i mean the card is really sweet ( {R} for shock, {1}{R} for volcanic hammer, {2}{R} for char, etc.) but my cube is stacked with Gruul cards already edit: hmmmmm maybe I just run it in...

I suspect this is the same reason Tombstalker never gained any traction

This happened in my cube once Sorin, Lord of Innistrad Sarkhan the Mad

I love that you listed Foresee - it's a personal favourite of mine, even if it's below most of our cutoffs for cube power level. Also Sphinx's Revelation

Sarkhan the Mad is fantastic, if you're not aggressively power-maxing (e.g. he's straight up worse than either Olivia Voldaren or Falkenrath Aristocrat, on raw power). He's both fun to play with and against, and while he can take over games, he isn't anywhere close to oppressive. Bonus points if...

Double Magma Jet - that's interesting! I was at no copies of this card for a long time, but recently bumped it back up to one. Out of curiosity, what have you found you liked about it that prompted you to go up to two?

The second one? Probably, I'm not sure - I didn't play against it that night. All I heard us that he was too busy Vensering his Venser on his opponents for anyone to really notice the lacklustre Geist. They were trying to find a flavour judge to get a ruling on that.

Other than Gatstaf Shepherd - for my money, I think Mayor of Avabruck holds a lot more upside - that looks like a great list to start with. If you have the space at {W}{W}, Loyal Cathar is actually my favourite White Knight-type creature for cube. Jonas, I love your idea. I think I'm going to...

That feels a little on the heavy side, yeah. What percentage of spot removal and mass removal are you at in your cube now? I would count things like Unexpectedly Absent and even Gideon Jura as removal, too. Also, are you at roughly 48 to 50% creature count overall? If you're significantly...

Not to mention that toughness is a lot more important than power in a game with targeted combat (e.g. every combat is a 'fight'). Sometimes you just want a 2/5 to eat all of their stupid 2/1's and 3/2's.

The best part was when one of my regulars launched into an explanation of my cube--that it wasn't power max, and that "it breaks singleton!"--probably expecting James to recoil in horror. Little did he know that James is a diehard Riptide Lab-er.

He's also totally on Team Volcanic Hammer!

Ones 2 Delver of Secrets 1 Grim Lavamancer 1 Burst Lightning 1 Pillar of Flame 1 Thoughtseize 1 Vendetta Twos 1 Epochrasite 1 Riftwing Cloudskate 1 Young Pyromancer 1 Arc Trail 1 Volcanic Hammer Threes 1 Vendilion Clique 1 Brimstone Volley 1 Electrolyze 1 Forbidden Alchemy 1 Slaughter Pact...

Cruel Ultimatum Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker

I've been using this thing at FNMs and cube drafts since 2008: It's thinner than the one you showed, and whereas yours 'clicks' every time you move it up or down a life, this one doesn't. I still love it, though - mine is all worn and faded, but I hope I can use it for another six years.

Ok, I am totally tempted. Those things are beautiful. I need more details! How many double-sleeved cards does it hold? Are those dividers movable? Where did you guys order it from?

I'm with Goldenpineapple - after my next cube update, the only cards I'll have left from Conspiracy are 2x Cogwork Librarian. It's a card with a great draft-affecting dynamic, and isn't as crazy or silly as most of the other robots in the set. It's a little disappointing that nothing else...

I think on raw power level, it's hard to top Goblin Guide. It's perhaps the most aggressive one-drop ever printed, and it fits into any ultra-aggressive deck that's predominately red. That being said, it might not be what your cube environment is looking for. I actually cut it from my own list...

I think I want to give it a shot sometime, too. It's among the midrangiest cards to ever midrange a midrange, but sometimes that's what black and green are all about.

Good point. I should note that Worldknit was drafted p1p2 in this case, which let the drafter plan his strategy around it. Having it picked that early throws off the signals, too. We couldn't count on gold cards in our colours coming back, and it was a mystery as to who was sniping them -...