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Inspired by Calvin's limited-feel, high in combat tricks cube, I just added a Swift Justice to my own cube last night. Is Survival Cache playable? That's a sweet gem you unearthed.

Holy crap, this card triggers on blocking, too...! :eek: All this time I thought it was like Battlegrace Angel, where the special ability only worked on attack. I'd been wondering all along why we'd bothered to post a front page article on it. I.. hmmm. Reading comprehension was never my...

Yeah, I personally can't understand why any non-control cube deck would ever want a tapland, unless it gets up and attacks, or comes with free spells. A Cruel control deck would appreciate the filtering, but would a three-colour Zoo deck with low drops across all its colours want two taplands on...

Man, I had no idea Holiday Gift Boxes were so large. I'd just assumed they were Fat Pack sized. That seems perfect for cube storage. What else do you get in there? Not sure if I'm up for spending $20 on a box, but I suppose if they give you a huge pile of basics...

I.. was actually just thinking of making the Sorin Markov for Kokusho swap. I hate to say it, but sad as it is, I think the Kamigawa dragons' time in the sun is more or less officially over. 5/5's for six that need to be killed before you get their effect are underwhelming these days, and don't...

You can do what we do here: run the entire utility land draft at the end, during the deckbuilding portion, rather than in between packs. I basically let everyone start going over their picks and constructing decks, and then calling out who's turn it is for the side draft. No extra time wasted!

I run 20 fetches in 380 cards, and I can confirm Steppe Lynx is mostly hot garbage. Calvin first alerted me to this fact when he built a near mono-white weenie deck with five fetches, and he still didn't want any Lynxes. After a couple years of trying to make the landfall experiment work, I've...

Dom, did you get my PM? I also need your email address.

This is awesome! I love the beautiful banner in your signature, Lucas. Way to rep our community!

I put Cackler #2 in some time ago, and then a funny thing happened - Rakdos aggro started winning an inordinate amount. Coincidence? Hard to say. But juuust to be safe, I went back down to one Cackler. That innocent little hybrid might've been a lot more dangerous than I thought.

Yeah, much like OG Ajani, I feel like Sorin Markov is a one-ability walker. Granted, that ability juuuuust might be good enough for me to experiment with. I don't run Staff of Nin, but I'm trying out Obelisk of Alara, and that might be a spicy mix.

It's really strong for us, too. Possibly because I run less removal than your typical cube, but it's pretty common for him to hit Air Elemental mode, and threaten to run away with the game. I daresay that he's been better than Figure of Destiny here - while the Kithkin almost never reaches...

Sorin Markov What do people think of this guy? Viable black finisher or one trick pony?

Yeah, I was about to type up an intro for a new thread on human tribal, when I realized that it's really just about adding those three key cards across {W}/{B}/{G}, and then optionally a Gather the Townsfolk for kicks. Most people already run a metric crapton of humans without even trying, and...

Yeah I'm at roughly 20 / 380. I think playgroups has as much to do with the viability of landfall aggro as anything else, though. Even with twenty fetches, that still comes out to only 2.5 per player, so if you're routinely getting more than that, people are probably undervaluing them. Here you...

Yeah, like Jason, I'm a bit wary of pushing the tokens theme too hard. From a development standpoint, if you're not careful with the knobs you're adjusting, tokens gets out of hand very quickly, and goes from a fun subtheme to oppressive archetype. In particular, if you support red-based aggro...

I think your Tibalt could be three mana, and I'd probably still play it, if it came with maybe one more point of loyalty.

whaaaaaaaaat Lilly is boss but yes I have to admit Nighthawk is getting better and better

There's the full cast with video on twitch, at http://www.twitch.tv/riptidelab/c/3363711.

Audio-only version is up! http://riptidelab.com/cube-chatcast-3/ (CML, I edited out your two minute rant at the beginning.. don't want to scare off new / prospective listeners into thinking 'oh god what have I tuned into')