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Article link: http://www.channelfireball.com/articles/cube-design-utility-land-draft/ So I've been experimenting with an idea lately that has been very positively received around here. First tried it for my birthday draft last month. Here's how it works. 1) Before the draft, lay out this...

I have no argument against some non-land cards in there. I've flirted with putting Expedition Map in that pile, for example. My next article is on the utility land draft, but in the meantime: https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups#!topic/riptide-laboratory/gh3mHQeYyOE

Thanks for the link Chris. I'm always looking for things like this as article fodder. Do you have a storehouse of statements that you find uh... objectionable?

Yeah, the whole point of the utility land draft was to address the "worth a spot in my deck, not worth a spot in my cube" conundrum. And the fact that it's just a pure net fun positive. I actively seek out negative criticism of the design, and of the 26 people who have played my cube since I...

Re: Travis: Sure, although I have no idea if this kind of thing is up his alley at all.

I do find it strange how much time is spent by the community at large nitpicking small (relatively cosmetic) changes to the MTGO cube relative to the amount of time spent talking about the more high level issues. Not that there's not room for discussing both, but it can feel a little...

I haven't tried it, but I can't imagine it would be bad. The only two arguments I've seen against it are a) momentum and b) combo constructed decks. I also think that when you play with a large stable of players (we have a large rotating cast, and newcomers regularly) then every house rule you...

The Twitter account has made its maiden Tweet. I'm not really good at this stuff though.

Vengevine + Entomb + Gravecrawlers = fun times EDIT: trust me, I'm a statistician

I always feel really weird when people complain about there not being land destruction in a cube that runs bouncelands. Granted, I would rather have the land destruction than the bouncelands, but the risk/reward there feels all off. I mean, in Pauper I boomeranged a Turn 2 bounceland and can...

You know, it's funny. The cube is too fast for a spell effect like Lighthouse, but on a land it actually works. Since we run a high density of fixing there is room in decks to run spell-lands (e.g. look at his mana base, one colorless land is never going to slow him down). Also, games run long...

That's a pretty solid suggestion Dom. It'd be my first Morph card, which is uh... well, one is the loneliest number, especially for morphs. But I do like it.

Cooperfauss' cube intro primers are a solid starting point for new cubers: http://www.channelfireball.com/articles/cuberhauss-please-try-this-at-home-part-1/ http://www.channelfireball.com/articles/cuberhauss-please-try-this-at-home-part-2/

Last night's winning deck, by Gert (hoooly crap): Sideboard included: Psionic Blast Mystical Tutor Thirst for Knowledge Koth Geist of Saint Traft Stromkirk Noble Trinket Mage Shardless Agent Spikeshot Elder Stifle Trygon Predator Vedalken Shackes Forbid Good god...

Yeah, the word limit will have to go straight to hell. I tried to keep it brief, but the match reports alone take up 1600 words. We'll see. A lot of that is card tags and other nonsense.

Here are an assortment of odd decks that have 3-0'd in the last several months. Unfortunately I didn't always record the lists, but will do so from now on.

Hmmm.... tickets. I transfer via PayPal, which means I first need to put money in my paypal, which for some unknown reason takes like 4 days. I'm pretty sure there's a conspiracy here somewhere.

Hi Dom, I agree that the splashier stuff can be lots of fun. I'll be curious to see how well you can find intersections between these archetypes, as opposed to cards that fit in "the ____ deck", as it seems like a pretty high-difficulty challenge. I like the Burning-Tree Emissary idea as a...

I personally avoid all morphs, as too few players actually know what they all are. To new players (to my cube or otherwise), Morph would be a source of frustration rather than strategic depth. With a bunch of veterans I'm sure it'd be different. This is just personal preference really though, I...