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I think Rafiq is on the fair side of things, if only because his restrictive casting cost keeps him from reaching all but the most dedicated drafters. For a while here, he was actually kind of a trap, because the good removal in my cube was so plentiful. So the Bant drafters would take Noble...

What.. what is this "Hex" of which you speak? I know of no such thing, gentlemen. Theatrics aside, I did want to comment to Peter's unique approach to alleviating mana and colour screw, especially because it's heartening to know I'm not the only one here who played WoW TCG (high five!). Aside...

I do like how the whole client locks up for a minute every time I go into deckbuilding mode. By like, I mean I would rather have a feral cat dig its honed claws into the tender flesh on my thighs.

That more or less sums up how I felt about the v3 client, too, from my brief usage of it a long time ago. Is the new client a lot worse? It's a genuine question, I honestly can't tell.

At the risk of opening up a whole can of worms, I'm curious about the complaints I see on Twitter about the MTGO beta client that's being forced on us. What is it about the new client that's worse than the v3 client? This is a sincere question, as I rarely use MTGO, and have limited experience...

Lots and lots of creatures! No busted Titans / Wurmcoil Engines / Jittes! Tons of one and two drops! I like the cut of your jib, sir.

Yeah, I like Hallowed Burial an unusual amount, too. I've only recently swapped it out for its miracle cousin, Terminus, but I think I might switch back. Six mana is just that much slower than five. Kidding aside, Chris more or less got it right. I'm really reluctant to play O-Stone because...

I've long been a proponent of having everything easily accessible from one place. But even I have to admit that with the recent surge in activity, it's getting to a point where there's often more new, unread threads than there is monitor space to display them on. We knew we'd hit this point...

I don't much like Wrath of God, either. White needed a bit of a kick, so I doubled up on Day of Judgment rather than running the first Wrath, because what did Troll Ascetic ever do to anyone? Infest was really good back when I ran it, and I'm happy to see the love for it. I've kind of soured...

I missed this earlier, but I wanted to respond to the part about blue card draw in particular. You'll get no argument from me about Tidings; the only thing I love more than a draw-two is an expensive draw-four. What I've noticed, though, is that the advent of planeswalkers has all but obsoleted...

WE'RE DRAFTING TOMORROW NIGHT ARE YOU DOWN And hells no, come and play, I insist! I'd feel really bad if you came all the way up here only to take notes. You must cube, I decree it.

Goddamn, Chris, you have a way with words. The first couple of intro paragraphs are so poetic and eloquent. Did you just whip this up in the twenty odd minutes since your last post? Wish I could hit that Like button about twenty times more.

I kind of do want to run the odd aura here and there, but even with Path to Exile and Dismember recently escorted out of my list, removal on the whole is still plenty strong. Strong enough, anyways, that I see the act of plopping an aura down as just asking to be blown out. I've actually...

Great! Yeah, my apologies for not being clear - I meant that you should start a thread for your own cube list, so that it gets the attention and feedback that it deserves. Being buried a few pages deep in my cube list thread probably won't do you any favours. ;) But since it sounds like you're...

I'm only using the term tempo because it feels like that's the archetype you're trying to build: base-blue disruptive aggro. I suppose there is a different, broader archetype out there, where all your cards are flexible at all points in the game, and probably instant speed to boot. The thing is...

Welcome to the forums, LoT. And a stellar first post! If you're willing to share, I'd love to take a look at your list, because I feel like I have a lot to learn about cube environments where the power level of cheap, universal removal is dialed back a notch. Like you, I'd love to inch my cube...

If you're looking to boost blue tempo, I'd look at adding more Man-o'-Wars, like Riftwing Cloudskate, or even Mist Raven if you want to go deep. Sending a durdly blocker back to their hand while increasing your own board presence is just about the most satisfying play in that kind of deck...

I'm not sure I really agree on Paulo's definitions of the terms "aggro-control" and "midrange". In more common Magic vernacular, midrange decks are the ones that sometimes take an aggro role, and other times take on a control role, depending on the matchup at hand. That is to say, against aggro...

The more I think about it, the more I like the idea of tags. Maybe it's just Apple's brainwashing effects on me from their myriad announcements yesterday, but tags seem like a logical way to group, organize, and classify your cards. I guess I already do that, of sorts, in the Google Doc that I...

I would pay GOOD MONEY for this.