Sol Ring is a stupid card that I might not even include in a Vintage cube. It ramps, whereas Moxen mostly just burst, if there's a difference to be appreciated.
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Chris Taylor
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Back when I managed a power cube we did actually do some cuts on power level, and the first card to go was recall, after we saw someone in RWB aggro take it P3P1, splash it, and win. (0 fetchlands in deck)
We figured that was too strong a signal, so we took it out, only to find
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Pause for effect...
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That we had proxied it on a Giant Growth
How's that for irony?
Mind you the second card to go on power level was grave titan, so maybe there's less to be learned from this story than I'd thought
We figured that was too strong a signal, so we took it out, only to find
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Pause for effect...
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That we had proxied it on a Giant Growth
How's that for irony?
Mind you the second card to go on power level was grave titan, so maybe there's less to be learned from this story than I'd thought
Chris Taylor
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Yeah, but then you need to only draft the cube Rotisserie, which takes forever
Fuck I have enough trouble convincing people to cube at all.
"We only have 3 hours, can we even get it done?"
Fuck I have enough trouble convincing people to cube at all.
"We only have 3 hours, can we even get it done?"
CML
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moxen as mana rocks that tap for one are like signets, viz. they don't ramp, they burst -- but yeah, sol ring is about twice as good, easily the most powerful card in MTG history
i drafted a friend's power cube last night and, though my games were great fun, it amused me to see the Canadian anger easily at the cruelties of Black Lotus. personally I find Maze of Ith and Balance to be the most tilting, but it seems to me that, like sports fandom is based more on seeing your friends' teams lose than your team win, the scant joys of power cube are based more on beating those hated, hated cards than they are on playing them.
CT: mccall is a giant dbag with a loathsome writing style but an article entitled "vintage rotisserie draft" is worth a read http://www.starcitygames.com/articl...---Vintage-Rotisserie-Draft-Extravaganza.html
i drafted a friend's power cube last night and, though my games were great fun, it amused me to see the Canadian anger easily at the cruelties of Black Lotus. personally I find Maze of Ith and Balance to be the most tilting, but it seems to me that, like sports fandom is based more on seeing your friends' teams lose than your team win, the scant joys of power cube are based more on beating those hated, hated cards than they are on playing them.
CT: mccall is a giant dbag with a loathsome writing style but an article entitled "vintage rotisserie draft" is worth a read http://www.starcitygames.com/articl...---Vintage-Rotisserie-Draft-Extravaganza.html
Dom Harvey
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More test game shenanigans:
It's Jund vs. Mono-White Devotion. Jund played Primeval Titan fetching Kessig Wolf Run, MWD copied it with Metamorph and used Restoration Angel to flicker it midcombat, getting Windbrisk Heights, Wasteland, Nykthos. MWD untaps, Dismembers a blocker, attacks with his army to kill Garruk Wildspeaker, and Heights brings in a Leonin Relic-Warder to kill Whip of Erebos. Fulminator Mage had killed the tapped Wasteland, but Sun Titan had brought it back. MWD looks to have a commanding position. But wait! Jund draws Pernicious Deed and kills everything except MWD's Heliod.
MWD draws... Karmic Guide, which returns Sun Titan, who brings back Wasteland. Flickerwisp slides out Karmic Guide, which returns Metamorph-as-Guide and then Restoration Angel on Sun Titan, bringing back Porcelain Legionnaire.
It's Jund vs. Mono-White Devotion. Jund played Primeval Titan fetching Kessig Wolf Run, MWD copied it with Metamorph and used Restoration Angel to flicker it midcombat, getting Windbrisk Heights, Wasteland, Nykthos. MWD untaps, Dismembers a blocker, attacks with his army to kill Garruk Wildspeaker, and Heights brings in a Leonin Relic-Warder to kill Whip of Erebos. Fulminator Mage had killed the tapped Wasteland, but Sun Titan had brought it back. MWD looks to have a commanding position. But wait! Jund draws Pernicious Deed and kills everything except MWD's Heliod.
MWD draws... Karmic Guide, which returns Sun Titan, who brings back Wasteland. Flickerwisp slides out Karmic Guide, which returns Metamorph-as-Guide and then Restoration Angel on Sun Titan, bringing back Porcelain Legionnaire.
What is everyone's top picks on Cubetutor?
Mine tells me it's Lightning Bolt, Skull Clamp, Remand, Demonic Tutor
Mine tells me it's Lightning Bolt, Skull Clamp, Remand, Demonic Tutor
Dom Harvey
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One of my favourite parts about going deep on devotion is that Pernicious Deed is fantastic again. I'd found the card was heavily underperforming, which was a real shame.
Sakura-tribe scout, young pyromancer, solemn simulacrum, tamiyo
Notably, I think two people have drafted it who aren't me, and the scout got added very recently, has only shown up three times and I happened to pick it two of those times as I was deliberately testing out the effect of those changes.
harmonize, swords to plowshares, think twice, venser, shaper savant
i dont think the sample size is large enough for mine
i dont think the sample size is large enough for mine
Jitte, JTMS, Batterskull, Bitterblossom
Happy Black Friday errbody!
Dom Harvey
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Did somebody say my name?
So the hinges of my headphones are kind of fucked up, which is fine when sitting down but can cause some pain when moving around doing dishes or cleaning or whatever. So I put up the hood of my hoodie, and then while doing dishes caught my reflection in the window. "I look like a really awful hiphop version of Jace."
James Stevenson will be arriving in Antwerp in a couple hours for a two day stay. I've got two 8-mans queued up for him while he's here, but I haven't touched my cube in a few months so I need to go through and do a full inventory. Blerg.
This'll be the third time I've taken in an internet stranger. The others were from MLG/Starcraft/Penny-Arcade related connections, and this is my first Magic traveller.
A familiar sight for any cube owner: inventory
