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Hmmmm. Is there a conflict of interest in re-running stuff that you guys have been paid to write for other venues? As I've never written anything for a major publication, I don't know how it works, but it feels like we might be entering into grey area territory here.

I will say that most every game I've lost in full block RTR draft can be attributed to color screw. Not mana screw, not mana flood, not unfair cards, but because my Mountain could not make enough white mana to activate both Vizkopa Guildmage and Truefire Paladin in the same turn. That's actually...

Entwine But my real answer is a cop out: It Depends. They're both cards that are best suited for ramp strategies, so it's more a function of how many Sakura Tribe Elders, Explores, and Oracle of Mul Dayas you run. If you have 20+ green cards that generate mana (like I do in my cube), Avenger...

It's funny, because I've been drafting full block RTR a bit lately. For as much as Dragon's Maze was supposed to slow down the format, the removal being as expensive and unwieldy as it is means that tempo decks still rule the roost. This, in turn, has the effect of making vanilla bears like...

I'd meant to reply to this post earlier, but then stuff happened and I forgot. But I don't want to let this thread slide into obscurity, because Pox is a sweet archetype, and Kranny is indisputably its Chief Architect. I don't have much to add to your initial primer, but if I could derail it...

Thread necro, GO! I'd wanted to respond to your post earlier, but without relevant testing data, I'd only have a bunch of (bad) theorycrafting to back me up. With two drafts now under my belt, I still don't have an excess of sample data, but what little I do have shows that aggro decks are a...

Modern cube! You know I'm all over that. I pretty much agree with Jason's sentiments above. The list looks pretty good on the whole, and the only real issue I'd identify right off the bat is that the power level of some of your colorless cards is a fair bit higher than your coloured cards...

Yep, stuff like Gavony Township and Kessig Wolf Run were all stars in my main cube well before I'd heard of your utility land draft, so they get to maintain their A-list status. I'm consciously trying to keep the higher power stuff in the packs, so that players have to commit to a pick in order...

Not to heap more unnecessary praise on the land utility idea, but I found that with nearly mono red decks like the one above, I was always tempted to shave my land count to 16 and sometimes even 15, because flooding with a bunch of 1/1 dorks on the table is just so bad. But when I can pick up...

Also, I find that calling out my intentions to the world after pack 1 by plopping a Faerie Conclave in front of me is a bit.. off-putting. I much prefer the guessing game of trying to puzzle out what my neighbours are doing, and then summoning the intestinal fortitude to dive into a third...

I got to try the utility land draft for the first time today. While my group was a little skeptical at first - partly due to the quality of the lands, which you'll see for yourselves - they quickly got on board after the first round of picks. Most of the monocolour lands saw some play, and the...

Great to see a bigger deck taking down your draft, for a change! That's the exact kind of deck midrangy deck I've been pulling my cube away from, bit by bit. But in your hyper turbo speed cube, it's sweet to see a deck with seven drops running the table.

Sigh. I can't convince my wife to play any strategy board games. Cranium, she's all over, Taboo, she can't get enough of, drawing games like Pictionary, she's able and willing. But thirty minutes into a lightweight board game like Settlers of Catan, her eyes are glazing over, and the look on her...

Confession: I'm avoiding the M14 spoilers thread on here, as well as the nice, meaty article you wrote on the main page. Sorry, Jason. The only thing I know about so far are the slivers, which came from the mouths of Wizards themselves. I assume the M14 stuff we've been getting is an...

I have no idea how to add cards that aren't in my collection in the MTGO beta client, so you guys get a big ol' list instead. Creatures (15) 1 Goblin Guide 1 Intimidator Initiate 1 Rakdos Cackler 1 Spikeshot Elder 1 Stromkirk Noble 1 Dark Confidant 1 Kargan Dragonlord 1 Keldon Marauders 1...

I'm deeply disappointed by that mana base, Jason. For shame.

EPIC POST CHRIS, WOULD BUY AGAIN, A++++++

Post of the year, Dom. Like, geeeeeeeez. Super impressive, and well thought out! As far as storm support goes, I really like the idea of using versatile bodies like Burning-Tree Emissary over one-shot rituals. I've always loathed the idea of including marginal cards like Desperate Ritual in my...