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  1. Jason Waddell

    General Re-examining The Basic Land Box

    Yeah, I don't know, I would almost rather give the shocks away for free and make them draft the fetches. I think there's some potential here, but I also don't think that we've found an idea that "feels" right yet.
  2. Jason Waddell

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    If all my random dorks had "sacrifice this creature: time walk", I feel like they'd get a lot better...
  3. Jason Waddell

    General CBS

    In case you guys don't know, when watching a youtube video, pressing "l" leaps forward 10 seconds. The best way to watch Magic videos is to press this button about 50 times per game. You'll thank me later.
  4. Jason Waddell

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    Lock them out while recasting Gravecrrawler every turn.
  5. Jason Waddell

    Sets Battle for Zendikar Spoilers

    In case anyone was wondering... the mana cost is :3::u::u:
  6. Jason Waddell

    General Re-examining The Basic Land Box

    I don't know that such a dynamic exists, outside of say Leonin Arbiter.
  7. Jason Waddell

    General Re-examining The Basic Land Box

    I worry that the end effect will be less people playing actual utility lands. I have no doubt that fetchlands are worth two picks, but I would be sad to see fewer niche lands in play.
  8. Jason Waddell

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    I ran it in my first cube iteration but haven't run it since. Obviously it's more castable than a strict two-color card and less castable than a :4::b: card
  9. Jason Waddell

    GBS

    Ever since spambots cracked our security, RipLab membership has gone way up.
  10. Jason Waddell

    General Re-examining The Basic Land Box

    Some considerations: 1) I really like the draft dynamic between powerful spells and powerful fixing, and if we change this we need to consider if we're adding to the experience or simply sacrificing tension for the sake of mana bases. 2) I think mana is prrrrettty good in Riptide cubes and if...
  11. Jason Waddell

    General Fight Club

    Somewhere in the world is a custom cuber playing Hero of Bladehold, modified so that the tokens have Prowess.
  12. Jason Waddell

    Card/Deck B/G Lifegain (Lets Durdle)

    I mean, to be fair, cube design is kind of "game design with training wheels". There's a very small percentage of the experience that we actually craft. The game rules, the cards, drafting process are all already there, we just select the cards to put in it. Not to take anything away from the...
  13. Jason Waddell

    Card/Deck B/G Lifegain (Lets Durdle)

    I think you should, if you must run morphs, run the ones that don't require bluffing. There's also a high enough complexity in cube that I wouldn't burden my drafters with figuring out which morphs to play around. I know the same can be said about lots of dynamics, but I don't think the gain...
  14. Jason Waddell

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    Off the top of my head... 4/4 top of library sphinx 1/1 who flips into a 3/2 squid who gets +1/+1 every time you draw a card and makes lots of baby squids snake who gets +1/+1 every time you draw a card 1/3 who reveals 3 and can grab an instant or sorcery Domri Loam Courser Prophetic...
  15. Jason Waddell

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    I mean, the floor on Brainstorm isn't that low even. At worst, it's a 1 mana instant speed cantrip. At best it has loads of interactions with shuffle effects, top of library effects, things that care about drawing cards, etc. I agree with Eric that Preordain is my favorite in the absence of...
  16. Jason Waddell

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    Eh, call me a scrooge. Some numbers. 2.5 fetch / deck = 6.25% of the final 40. Toss in some more and some evolving wilds in ULD, and I'm up to about 9% fetchlands in a deck. I don't even think it's about Delver, but, I will say when I ludicrously increased from 3 Brainstorm to 6 the drafters...
  17. Jason Waddell

    General CBS

    Would you play Wurmcoil if it was a 4/4 that made 2/2's?
  18. Jason Waddell

    The Video Game Thread

    You going to get Rocket League up and running back in London town?
  19. Jason Waddell

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    Let's just get rid of it entirely. Tis a silly pact. + Gut Shot Opalescence + Grafted Wargear Greater Harvester Hellcarver Demon World's most desperate Lava Axe: Okay, I'm not going onto page 2 of Gatherer.
  20. Jason Waddell

    Card/Deck Single Card Spotlight

    Are you looking for an honest answer, or do you not mind being disappointed?
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