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In a brainstorm cube I would run Terminus but not Entreat the Angels. I don't think you need more than 20/360 fetches to make Brainstorm useful. It opens up mutli-Delver if you want that, but there's been some debate over whether that's desirable. I love the Sarkhan the Mad, Dark Confidant...

I personally think Clash is a dumb mechanic and it reminds me of some of the super clunky stuff from the original Star Wars CCG. That game also had a card with a "CMC" of pi, but I can't for the life of me remember the name.

The closest I have done is a 5-player "forced shards" draft. Each player gets assigned a shard, and you can draft whatever you want, but you can only (during gameplay) produce mana of your given shard. So if you want to play Naya and draft Lingering Souls but not flash it back power to you. The...

Love me some Brainstorm, obviously. Maybe it's time to keep working on my Brainstorm-unrestricted Vintage cube...

Read this dude's blog: http://mtgcube.blogspot.be/

Yeah, for reference, the dude who does this basically just 1v1 drafts with a friend all the time, and they're both pretty well versed in the cube's contents. I wouldn't advise this if you play with a lot of less dedicated players.

At one point in time I ran that Metalcraft cancel and I still feel a little uncomfortable about it.

I had some disillusions about Madness possibly being good and in alt-standard we have actual madness decks buildable that are super focused and they're still kind of shit, so I'm not so sure.

Uh, well, I know somebody who does something like this. Basically, there is a big box of weird narrow / lower power cards that he keeps to the size, and after the draft you can just dig through there to round out your deck. He gets a much bigger deck diversity because people will go deep on...

To be fair if Wizards wants a card to work they just rewrite the rules (ala True-Name Nemesis)

Uh, I hate token creators that create tokens that don't sacrifice for mana.

Linksy?

Yeah I probably got excited and then failed to update a document or some shit.

I did not realize this.

I also don't know if Unexpectedly Absent is a strict upgrade to Azorius Charm. I wish more charms were cubeable at my level. They are fun to play with but it's always vaguely difficult to justify spending design slots on them.

No, it's pretty awful in practice too. I wanted to like this card a lot, but never performed.

What is the most fun way to design Smokestack archetypes?

Hmm... does that deck even want 4? I also feel a little uneasy about breaking singleton for a weird, narrow 5-drop. I could see it though. Lots of weird synergies.

Notes to self: Caller of the Claw Fresh Meat

I guess this should maybe be in some cubes. Like Eldrazi Domain. Hmm...