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Double Desperate Ravings and Tracker's Instincts seems sweet! I like Grisly Salvage in a similar role for Golgari, to complement the Mulch.

I'm no expert on this topic, either, but I think that Jason and Skrap offer great advice. To build on ideas they both touched on, I'd look to emphasize cards that fit into multiple archetypes. Rise of the Eldrazi used Eldrazi Spawn producers like Kozilek's Predator to great effect, as the...

Score! Thanks for the tip. You can grab the audio recording here: http://riptidelab.com/files/podcast/riptidelabchat02.mp3

That looks like a sweet Gruul section, Sean. I find that Kessig Wolf Run is an incredible finisher for the midrange decks, so it's defensible to cut Huntmaster, which tends to go into the same sort of decks. And yeah, Rampager is sweet. Him and Bloodbraid make the GR aggro decks sing.

archive of the stream is at http://www.twitch.tv/riptidelab/b/447127598 skip to 12:30 for the start

Ghitu Encampment and Teetering Peaks are both reasonable

ahhhhhhhhh my computer's internet died within the first twenty minutes of the cast so no audio recording this time, sorry :( and then i got super flustered as i was receiving a barrage of phone calls right as Jason was grilling me about the design ramifications of my cubes's Modern...

So. Designing the utility land pile and settings its constraints and pick rules is hard! Without question, the players here love it, and are very much in favour of this added new dimension. But I'm kind of winging it and I don't really know what I'm doing. For those that run the utility land...

Pretty sure I own a copy of this card, though I never figured out as a kid that it was, you know, good. Though, back then in our casual circles, the biggest problems were green creatures with big butts.

Rob, any chance we could hear some more in-depth thoughts about your series of recent changes, and how they're performing? I really like the overhaul that you're taking your cube through, as the tweaks you've been describing in various threads here seem very promising. Could you describe how...

For some reason, I thought Primal Hunter was the six mana one the whole time you guys were discussing this. Sadface. Is Caller of Beasts that awful?

Only ones I've tried over here are Mutagenic Growth and Threads. The latter doesn't see much play, because stealing Goyfs isn't a big priority like it is in Constructed, and a lot of decks have zero good targets. Growth is a fine trick , but doesn't often make it into the top 23 spells. I...

Lol. Don't mention it. Seriously, mention it again and I'll SMACK YOU UPSIDE THE HEAD Those look like pretty awesome changes all round. As a big fan of land destruction myself, I'm always heartened to see good ol' Stone Rain in a cube. Who doesn't love the original.

I'm sorry, your plaintext decklist was so ugly to look at, I went in and edited it to use the deck tags.

I've always liked Gut Shot, because in cube it seems like there a ton of utility creatures with a toughness of one running around, and flicking them off the battlefield while you're tapped out is a great feeling. I imagine it's even better nowadays with Young Pyro. But.. I'm the only one in my...

Same here. Huntmaster is at its best in midrangy green decks around here - hello Standard Jund! - which is a deck I'm sick to death of.

B/W Humans! I'd been staring at Xathrid Necromancer for hours, wondering if that was a thing in cube. I think I'm gonna grab him and Antoine and head to town.

Because we know all of you west coast folks love waking up at 8 am!

I've considered running Stingerfling Spider in my own cube to combat this exact same weakness in green, though five mana is a tad unwieldy. Cloudthresher is another notable anti-flyer hate card. Penumbra Spider does a much sweeter dance with Pod, though, I'll agree.

Now that I've banned all three of Lingering Souls, Spectral Procession, and Grave Titan, the B/W "Glut the Entire Damn Board" Tokens deck is dead. So Orzhov kind of needs a new archetype to encourage people to dive into it here. Any ideas?