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How have the Eldrazi been in your cube? I see you have the BUG mill/self mill thing going on, but you're missing some cards I would perhaps expect from that package, like Sewer Nemesis and Consuming Abberation. I think I'm going to have to steal this piece of tech for my Eldrazi cube:

Yes, Swords can be fun in small doses. Games won by protection tend to be anticlimactic though. I wish they didn't have protection, and made up for this with some small power boost elsewhere. Cubes play out extremely differently in Winston/Winchester/Grid than in a full 8-man draft. I almost...

I'll also chime in to say that in the article, I was playing a very straightforward deck with not too many interesting lines, which was a bit disappointing. The one thing many cubes are missing is the RPS mechanic that keeps spot removal in check. If you look at Legacy, any deck can play...

Well, I agree with you that it's annoying to fiddle with Vivid counters. But, running out of counters is never an issue with them, and I don't even think of it as a 5cc thing. Also, with shard lands you have twice as much fixing for allied colors as enemy colors, if that's important to you...

Less "low power" then a focus on making sure that the most powerful strategies are fun and interactive. That said this Eldrazi-Domain cube is much lower power than my primary cube.

Yeah, this is all about consistency in design. It's the topic of my next article. In my current cube we sometimes have two-color decks with 8-9 fixers. They're very powerful.

These are both very good ideas, and all I can say is to keep your eyes open. We've got something in the works. :D

Hmm... your six only has one CITP untapped land. Also, count me in for preferring Vivids over shard lands.

Thanks for posting Arjan! Your list looks pretty interesting. Unfortunately I have to get ready for work now, but I'll post some more detailed comments later today.

I like to think that this is an open place to discuss ideas. Heck, even having a devil's advocate around is extremely helpful, and we all learn a lot just by discussing. I'm really glad you are engaging these threads so enthusiastically, don't worry about bringing anything down. My goal is to...

Well, there's certainly a spectrum with "synergy unlocks". My main cube has various cards like Furnace Celebration, Goblin Bombardment and even the aforementioned Eldrazi Monument, which are all really awful on their own. But they bring a lot to the environment, and the fact that there are so...

Don't get me wrong, I'm loving the feedback. I just want to be able to parse exactly what the comment is. For example, some people didn't like Innistrad because of preference. But so long as we're making Innistrad, we should make it as good as possible. Regarding okay cards that can be...

This was pretty funny: !

I don't really know what you mean for this last part. There are a couple other messages in your post. The first is something about a preference for formats that are focused on fewer colors. Perhaps this article is of interest to you...

It's something we pretty desperately need on the site actually. So desperately that it would probably be a permanent fixture on the front page (next to the "About" link, which also needs some work). We're also waiting on an article or two from Eric, if he'll ever get off his lazy (city of) ass...

That Condescend tech is pretty fantastic.