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Yeah, valid points. I find that people casting Bitterblossom more often than not die to it, especially in concert with Bob. Hmmmm. I'll see.

You slipped Jace, the Mind Sculptor back in! Sneaky. How's that been faring in your cube? Overpowered, or just right? I'm toying with the idea of tossing him back in my own list. I feel that he's less oppressive than Elspeth around here, because the speed of the decks doesn't give people a lot...

LOL. I didn't. This same guy was fashionably late to our draft, and with nine people sitting there twiddling our thumbs, one of whom had to leave within two hours, we decided to fire the draft right then and there, empty chair and all. Our fix? Give him a random card from each pack, MODO...

Those local L2's do have very chameleon-like properties. Maybe judge is a codeword for changeling.

Sorry about that, Tom. If it helps, you can try downloading the audio-only mp3 recording - I think the volume levels are slightly more even there. I'm going to be trying a new mic setup for our next cast.

I classify my cards very meticulously, and I'm not ashamed to admit it. For most hybrid cards, I list them in a special section of their own (separate from gold), and usually count them as half a card in each colour. Kitchen Finks is 0.5 :w: card, 0.5 :g: card, for example; Figure of Destiny 0.5...

Not to rain on your parade, but I think you should take your playgroup's concerns into consideration. Ultimately, you have the final say, but if your players aren't having fun, and they feel their input is being ignored, everyone will probably get less out of your cube drafts than they could...

Modern Cube format fun police. Yes.

It didn't look that bad on the table, I swear! But on these forums... yeah. Yeesh. Cards that performed way over expectation Blood Artist Bloodthrone Vampire Mogg War Marshal Cards that kind of stunk Smallpox Cards I'm banning Bitterblossom

A local L2 judge, Ryan, tried out my cube for the first time last night. In the middle of round 3, he came up to me. Ryan: Do you write for ChannelFireball? Me: No. But... have you heard of Jason Waddell? Ryan: Hmmm, no. Me: Oh. What tipped you off that I would write for CFB? Jason: Well, you...

Ones 1 Diregraf Ghoul 2 Gravecrawler 1 Rift Bolt Twos 2 Blood Artist 1 Bloodghast 1 Bloodthrone Vampire 1 Keldon Marauders 1 Mogg War Marshal 1 Nether Traitor 1 Arc Trail 1 Bitterblossom 1 Mortarpod 1 Smallpox 1 Ultimate Price 1 Zealous Persecution Threes 1 Geralf's Messenger 1 Pawn of...

Great question, Dwayne. We've all experienced this exact problem with our cubes, in some form or fashion. It's particularly frustrating when an artifact comes in and "blows up" a game, as it were, especially if the game up to that point was fun, interactive, and skill-based. When a game-warping...

Green archetypes - what decks are possible in base green? What decks are fun and/or make for good gameplay? Fact or Fiction: too much fixing in a cube leads to all durdly midrange 4cc & 5cc decks Cube power level - where do you draw the line?

My cube is already at 380, and I just needed to hit 420 to make fourteen card packs for the ten people. I know, I know, weird numbers all round. Don't ask.

That errata for Storm Crow is genius. Absolute genius. I think it's borderline too powerful, but I still love the design. Hey now! Civic Wayfinder is a perfectly fine card. I run Borderland Ranger myself, and he puts in pretty decent work. I haven't dug too deep into your list, but at a...

I was just contemplating this exact decision when adding in a forty-card booster pack to my cube for tonight's upcoming ten man. I went with a second Rakdos Cackler instead, because Goblin Guide is pretty darned powerful.

Sterling, are you by any chance running Gavony Township? I find that this is the glue that holds all good Selesnya aggro decks together. It's an underrated card, to be sure, but I have no qualms saying that it's far and away the best GW gold card in my cube right now. While it does its best work...

Sweet report, Vince! I can see Lyev Skyknight being embarrassing against Lingering Souls. The fact is, nearly all fair small creatures are embarrassing against Lingering Souls. What's worse is that the token maker easily nullifies anywhere from two to four cards in most aggressive weenie...

Great topic, Chris. I feel like I've been having this kind of discussion with various folks, too, and like Lucas, coming to the depressing conclusion that Crusade just ain't what it used to be. I think that Honor of the Pure had been actively bad in my cube for about a year before I finally came...

Here's an audio-only recording of the cast, unedited, with no post-production! Cause.. we're lazy. http://riptidelab.com/files/podcast/riptidelabchat01.mp3 The first 38 minutes is us warming up and discussing mostly anything cube-related that comes to mind. We start answering the chatcast...