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The ideal for decks that are drafted in my cube are usually those that have a 2 color base with a 3rd splash for a handful of cards. Depending upon the fixing that the drafter ends up with, and how highly they prioritize it, I'd say that the majority of decks end up falling into this range...

After about 18 months, I was finally able to get around to hosting a cube draft (two actually) last week of August into early September. A couple of buddies from my college days and I have made it a semi-annual tradition to meet up for a week of backpacking/hanging out at a cabin up near...

And here I am waiting someday for my riptidelab.txt export option request for drafted/uploaded decklists. This gives me hope that someday Cobra will have the same option that CT did from the get go.

Yeah honestly this discussion has inspired me to pick up a copy when I stop by the LGS for Modern FNM later tonight. I think I had initially just brushed it off along with many cards from Strixhaven as it was a set that I didn't really care for much. I may not run it immediately as I'm still...

Oh and to whoever ultimately buys the lot, there are a handful of singles that I'd be interested in picking up for EDH/Modern if you'd want to work out a deal afterwards. I'm sure Velrun would much rather deal the whole collection in one shot, but I don't mind following up on a few cards...

Yeah I'm a fan of Dragonsguard Elite as a scalable Goyf-like threat in 2021, I just think that its inclusion in my environment would be kind of a trap for now. I think part of it may be that Magecraft makes me shortcut to spellslinger which isn't really a G/x thing in my environment, though in...

Wait are we talking bout the card or the archetype? I think Elite is good in a vacuum, but I don't think the other options listed in @Nanonox's post are quite at the same level. I think part of it might also be that your environment is super low to the ground which gives it more potential to...

I'd say it's certainly possible to make UXg spells a thing nowadays, but the only issue is that it doesn't currently have the power ceiling of other long standing G/x strategies. It's kind of in the same position that U/R artifacts decks were in until around the printing of WAR and Modern...

Wow, there's some really cool stuff in there. Unfortunately there are only a handful specific singles that I'd be interested in so cheers to whoever picks up the lot!

Yeah it's mostly 3 color cards for now. I only run it for a handful of cards, current squadrons are the following: Hanweir Garrison Hanweir Battlements Siege Rhino Indatha Triome Kess, Dissident Mage Crumbling Necropolis Emrakul, the Promised End Temple of the False God I'll probably dive...

I like categorization based off the most realistic casting/common mode. Like I have Voracious Hydra in my list and while it can be played for less mana earlier, it's usually being sandbagged as a fight spell where X is 4 or greater so I just call it a 6. Or something like Bonecrusher Giant that...

I'd say the easiest way to mark "special" cards in a draft or cards that ended up in a deck outside of the main draft is just through color coded stickers in a corner. My draft enhancements consist of the following: I lay both of these out right from the start and answer any questions that...

Ended up going 3-1 at Prerelease with my pool last Friday, settled on an R/B Aggro deck. The rares in this set are super swingy, not sure how I feel about them even with the plethora of removal you have available. It just feels like you'd better have the right answer or boardstate otherwise...

Courser of Kruphix vs. Augur of Autumn I've loved Courser for years, but I'm leaning towards making this swap after looking over the pros and cons. I think a 2/3 is more manageable than a 2/4 for low to the ground decks and damage based removal matches up more favorably, Augur has a relevant...

To add onto what Erik mentioned above, it's definitely a key card for any W/x Humans archetype. You get the base mode of being a 2nd copy of Champion of the Parish, but the real play comes from sandbagging it as an anthem like effect to push through more damage after developing your board...

You know what, you guys are right about Poppet Stitcher. Definitely less annoying than the other DFCs in this set, I think my brain might have just shortcutted to this also being a Day/Night card rather than a completely different trigger that they control. I also just realized that the backside...

Having to take the card out of the sleeve and flip it back and forth in grindier games. This one is way less annoying that day/night, but I'm probably still going to ignore it unless I hear rave reviews. I've pretty much avoided adding any new DFCs since Search for Azcanta 4 years ago.

I don't even know if they're otherwise great tbh. It's not like I don't play DFCs; I still run the likes of Jace, Vryn's Prodigy and Search for Azcanta. Those are worth it to me due to one time flipping and what they add to the overall gameplay. I'll also do it for various other mechanics that...

They really are beautiful frames and I do like what some of the cards bring, but flipping back and forth and introducing a whole other element to keep track of is just such a turn off to me. I really don't want that for my drafters to deal with, especially when we only cube once in a blue moon...

What's ultimately most important is the gameplay experience. If there is meaningful interaction and back and forth, that's different from one person just stomping the other. There's a definitely high when you pull off something busted that flips the game, but it's not nearly so great if it's...