Article ChannelFireball: Utility Land Draft

[Onderzeeboot]

Grim Backwoods isn't exactly stellar either.

 

[Chris Taylor]

Yeah the only time I've ever seen backwoods be good in any format it was as a really really bad phyrexian tower

 

[blacksmithy]

Grim Backwoods is, like, the most EDH land ever printed. I love it but I'd never cube it. MAYBE if the cost was , ?

 

[Onderzeeboot]

Grim Backwoods is, like, the most EDH land ever printed. I love it but I'd never cube it. MAYBE if the cost was , ?

I think that would be fine. It would also be pretty cool if it always found business (i.e. a nonland card) I guess. But yeah, basically they were way too conservative with that card.

 

[Diakonov]

Grim Backwoods is, like, the most EDH land ever printed. I love it but I'd never cube it. MAYBE if the cost was , ?

That card would be great with that cost.

Here's my current ULD setup:

http://www.cubetutor.com/viewsideboard/34

 

[RavebornMuse]

Here's my current ULD setup:

http://www.cubetutor.com/viewsideboard/34

Man, Laboratory Maniac in the ULD is perfect! I wanna start doing this but I'm just not sure what's narrow enough to move into it yet. Gonna be a night to dig through the ol' cubeables stacks!

 

[Laz]

Oh god, it is hard enough for my drafters to remember which lands came from where let alone non-land cards! I hope you use stickers.

 

[Diakonov]

Oh god, it is hard enough for my drafters to remember which lands came from where let alone non-land cards! I hope you use stickers.

I do!

 

[Diakonov]

ULD mono-colored updates! What's best?!

WHITE





BLUE





BLACK




RED




GREEN

 

[Aston]

WHITE



BLUE


BLACK


GREEN

 

[Jason Waddell]

My (unrefined / too conservative) picks.

ULD mono-colored updates! What's best?!

WHITE




BLUE




BLACK



RED




GREEN

 

[Goldenpineapple]

Good lord, do you guys even have mono-colored lands in your cubes if you let people take the likes of treetop and stronghold in your ULD?

 

[Onderzeeboot]

Good lord, do you guys even have mono-colored lands in your cubes if you let people take the likes of treetop and stronghold in your ULD?

No.

 

[Jason Waddell]

Also no.

 

[Diakonov]

In the cube itself I run Shelldock Isle, Volrath's Stronghold, and Gaea's Cradle.

 

[blacksmithy]

I don't even put duals in the main cube anymore. Saves space!

 

[Dom Harvey]

If I get the chance to draft this weekend I want to try out a separate land pack (i.e. all the lands that would be in the main draft + 'utility' lands), it sounds really promising

ULD mono-colored updates! What's best?!

WHITE





BLUE





BLACK




RED




GREEN

pared down a bit

I would try Blighted Steppe

 

[Aoret]

In the cube itself I run Shelldock Isle, Volrath's Stronghold, and Gaea's Cradle.

This, plus Phyrexian Tower - the argument is that sacrifice effects are way too good in our cubes now for this one to be a freebie, but hey, maybe I'm wrong

 

[Eric Chan]

Are all of the Blighted lands good enough for the utility land draft? I'm trying the blue and black ones for sure, but am on the fence about the others.

 

[Suicufnoc]

Are all of the Blighted lands good enough for the utility land draft? I'm trying the blue and black ones for sure, but am on the fence about the others.

Red and green are good enough. White is probablt okay if you have major token tupport

 

[Aoret]

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http://www.cubetutor.com/championcentral/features/feature/169

 

[blacksmithy]

The blighted lands are VERY MUCH good enough. White is the worst but still totally usable.

 

[Eric Chan]

Ok, I think I'm convinced. I always thought that Blighted Gorge stacked up poorly to

,

while Blighted Woodland was a poor man's version of

,

but I guess they're both different cards with their own upsides.

 

[blacksmithy]

I mean, those lands are probably better. But the gorge can kill a critter (and go in more decks), and the woodland can get two different basics, so there is indeed a disparity of effects. I'd recommend running all four, personally (though id like to have a complete cycle of "gold" utility lands worth using).

 

[RavebornMuse]

Bloodhall is still a good card over here but yeah I'll be adding Blighted Gorge, Barbarian Ring, and Shivan Gorge as part of my ULD update soon - red loves the damage lands for reach in aggressive shells, and R-control actually likes them, too.

I never considered Myriad Landscape because ETB tapped is a big ask over here and we're very shy on it. I think Blighted Woodland will see a lot more play for us, because it supports 5c shenanigans and Titania.

I'm very much loving my artifact lands in the ULD. Currently you get 2 for the cost of 1 pick, up to 8 total, though we may cap that to 6 max soon.