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I think that depends. If you have other clear payoffs in Blue, then Thassa's Oracle is primarily just one of those "archetype in a can" cards (where the deck goes from a "self-mill" deck to a "Thassa's Oracle" deck). If you mostly have incidental self-mill or the payoffs are kinda meh, then I...

OK, this is a pretty standard hypergeometric calculation. Let's say you're looking for a 99% chance that, given a mono-color commander, you can find 22 cards of the appropriate color (or colorless). You can achieve that by giving everyone 123 cards. If you're willing to settle for 90%, you only...

Do you want a guarantee, or just a pretty good chance? Because if you want a guarantee... each player needs to get 693 cards. Because otherwise you have the rare possibility of someone getting 3 White commanders (or whatever color) and not getting 23 playables within that color identity.

Yeah, I'm starting to think that actually going for Skaven Rat tribal directly involves dredging the bottom of the barrel. It might be better to use it as a way of giving a Mono-Black Control archetype some extra quirkiness, since a lot of rats make people discard. Maybe Piper + Slumlord, in...

What do people think of Rat Tribal as a low-power Black sub-archetype? It'd be focused around this guy: Piper of the Swarm Most of the actual rats would be little cuties like: Lab RatsTyphoid RatsBurglar RatNezumi ShortfangRancid RatsRotting RatsCrypt RatsStronghold RatsOkiba-Gang...

How could I miss Lovestruck Beast? I absolutely love the "better with flyers out" spells that they've printed - they're a way better design than yet another "this creature has power and toughness equal to the number of flyers you have". Rally of WingsAerial AssaultLofty DenialWinged...

"Weenies Matter" could be hilarious for a low-power theme. Just run a bunch of 1/1s, and then run cards like: Mentor of the MeekMilitia BuglerRecruiter of the GuardSlaughter the StrongVesperlarkSolar TideSidar Kondo of JamuraaSigil Captain Green has some pretty neat 1/1s outside of the...

@ravnic, do you have this boyo in your cube? Dreamscape Artist A bit slow, maybe, but an off-color Harrow spellshaper might be a good inclusion.

So, what are people's worst archetypes? What decks just never come together, regardless of what you've tried?

But hey, if you did have four counters on her beforehand... boom, you've got a 9/9 as your Wildfire follow-up.

Opposition Agent looks fine to me, honestly, because there are fewer ways to force someone to tutor. If you wheel with Hullbreacher out, not only do you get the whole Narset "I draw cards and you don't" thing, but you also get a bunch of treasures, effectively making the wheel free. Then you...

Actually, that's a question - do people think the Mythoi worth running if you're already supporting wedges? Or are there more interesting/fun cards that you could put in those slots? Mythos of SnapdaxMythos of IllunaMythos of NethroiMythos of VadrokMythos of Brokkos

This is going to sound really dumb, but how long do you project that each draft would take? I've... actually never drafted a cube before. (EST (GMT-5) for me as well. I'll PM you my Discord name if I think I'll have time - stupid grad school blocking me from enjoying the finer things in life.)

Oh, right, the thing I actually came to this thread to ask about: Disciple of Deceit How much effort would it take to make this lady into a decent build-around? She looks like she works well with Madness and other discard payoffs, but I might just be imagining things.

I'm guessing that it could give those decks a more "constructed" feel, in a bad, "they're overly consistent" way. Plus, the payoffs tend to be either kinda terrible or fantastic. Though I think you could make a Simic archetype around it that might have some play to it? Augury AdeptSkill...

If you run Generous Patron, why not include some cards that punish having counters? Cytoplast ManipulatorRazorfin AbolisherHunter of EyeblightsKulrath Knight And there's always this cycle: ShinewendFloodchaserFestercreepStingmoggieFertilid Fertilid makes a sweet combo with Evolution...

There's also... Mystic Sanctuary Which could support a Miracle theme in a cube with a bunch of value discarding. Or jank - jank's always fun! Hidden RetreatLeashlingSurvivor of the Unseen If only the Survivor didn't have such a harsh upkeep...

This is a bit of an odd question, but... I have an idea for a cube where Red represents "burning" mana - in other words, all red mana symbols are phyrexian mana. In exchange, red mana is going to be hard to come by reliably. Are there any red cards that people can think of that would be fun...

This search finds all 30 mono-colored legendary creatures with off-color abilities. Weirdly enough, it looks like there are only two two-colored commanders that have off-color abilities... and both of them are Gruul 5-drops: Jegantha, the WellspringSamut, Voice of Dissent

They aren't high-powered cards, but I'm fond of the following in Red: Reality ScrambleReckless FireweaverThunder Brute Reality Scramble is a really fun way to cheat out creatures or artifacts if you have any ability to make tokens. It's also a great way to get stuff that got stolen from you...