Safra vs Dom: Non-Black Safra's Cube Grid Draft

Kirblinx

Kirblinx

Developer
Staff member
Test grid draft for Safra to use at her whim.
Pack 1




Row 1:
1 Noble Hierarch
1 Man-o'-War
1 Wasteland

Row 2:
1 Avenger of Zendikar
1 Spear of Heliod
1 Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit

Row 3:
1 Sphinx's Revelation
1 Breeding Pool
1 Scalding Tarn

Column 1:
1 Noble Hierarch
1 Avenger of Zendikar
1 Sphinx's Revelation

Column 2:
1 Man-o'-War
1 Spear of Heliod
1 Breeding Pool

Column 3:
1 Wasteland
1 Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit
1 Scalding Tarn
Pack 2




Row 1:
1 Voice of Resurgence
1 Grim Lavamancer
1 Ojutai's Command

Row 2:
1 Jeskai Ascendancy
1 Woodland Wanderer
1 Fact or Fiction

Row 3:
1 Karn Liberated
1 Green Sun's Zenith
1 Wooded Foothills

Column 1:
1 Voice of Resurgence
1 Jeskai Ascendancy
1 Karn Liberated

Column 2:
1 Grim Lavamancer
1 Woodland Wanderer
1 Green Sun's Zenith

Column 3:
1 Ojutai's Command
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Wooded Foothills
Pack 3




Row 1:
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Goblin Guide
1 Mizzium Mortars

Row 2:
1 Caller of the Claw
1 Windswept Heath
1 Dissolve

Row 3:
1 Sylvan Library
1 Unexpectedly Absent
1 Terminus

Column 1:
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Caller of the Claw
1 Sylvan Library

Column 2:
1 Goblin Guide
1 Windswept Heath
1 Unexpectedly Absent

Column 3:
1 Mizzium Mortars
1 Dissolve
1 Terminus
Pack 4




Row 1:
1 Temple of Epiphany
1 Burst Lightning
1 Firebolt

Row 2:
1 Boggart Ram-Gang
1 Emancipation Angel
1 Hallowed Fountain

Row 3:
1 Compulsive Research
1 Prohibit
1 Seeker of the Way

Column 1:
1 Temple of Epiphany
1 Boggart Ram-Gang
1 Compulsive Research

Column 2:
1 Burst Lightning
1 Emancipation Angel
1 Prohibit

Column 3:
1 Firebolt
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Seeker of the Way
Pack 5




Row 1:
1 Stormblood Berserker
1 Jinxed Idol
1 Bow of Nylea

Row 2:
1 Magma Spray
1 Young Pyromancer
1 Collected Company

Row 3:
1 Staff of Nin
1 Valorous Stance
1 Fabled Hero

Column 1:
1 Stormblood Berserker
1 Magma Spray
1 Staff of Nin

Column 2:
1 Jinxed Idol
1 Young Pyromancer
1 Valorous Stance

Column 3:
1 Bow of Nylea
1 Collected Company
1 Fabled Hero
Pack 6




Row 1:
1 Yasova Dragonclaw
1 Aetherling
1 Abbot of Keral Keep

Row 2:
1 Aurelia, the Warleader
1 Arid Mesa
1 Wasteland

Row 3:
1 Wasteland
1 Reveillark
1 Hermit Druid

Column 1:
1 Yasova Dragonclaw
1 Aurelia, the Warleader
1 Wasteland

Column 2:
1 Aetherling
1 Arid Mesa
1 Reveillark

Column 3:
1 Abbot of Keral Keep
1 Wasteland
1 Hermit Druid
Pack 7




Row 1:
1 Dryad Militant
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
1 Savannah

Row 2:
1 Windswept Heath
1 Path to Exile
1 Searing Blood

Row 3:
1 Brainstorm
1 Remand
1 Eidolon of Blossoms

Column 1:
1 Dryad Militant
1 Windswept Heath
1 Brainstorm

Column 2:
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
1 Path to Exile
1 Remand

Column 3:
1 Savannah
1 Searing Blood
1 Eidolon of Blossoms
Pack 8




Row 1:
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Trading Post
1 Temple of Abandon

Row 2:
1 Delver of Secrets
1 Temple Garden
1 Arc Trail

Row 3:
1 Tormenting Voice
1 Banisher Priest
1 Siege-Gang Commander

Column 1:
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Delver of Secrets
1 Tormenting Voice

Column 2:
1 Trading Post
1 Temple Garden
1 Banisher Priest

Column 3:
1 Temple of Abandon
1 Arc Trail
1 Siege-Gang Commander
Pack 9




Row 1:
1 Champion of the Parish
1 Brainstorm
1 Chandra, Pyromaster

Row 2:
1 Silent Departure
1 Monastery Swiftspear
1 Temple of Enlightenment

Row 3:
1 Blind with Anger
1 Niblis of the Urn
1 Mother of Runes

Column 1:
1 Champion of the Parish
1 Silent Departure
1 Blind with Anger

Column 2:
1 Brainstorm
1 Monastery Swiftspear
1 Niblis of the Urn

Column 3:
1 Chandra, Pyromaster
1 Temple of Enlightenment
1 Mother of Runes
Pack 10




Row 1:
1 Jace, Architect of Thought
1 Steam Vents
1 Kiora, Master of the Depths

Row 2:
1 Anax and Cymede
1 Utopia Sprawl
1 Spirit of the Labyrinth

Row 3:
1 Venser, Shaper Savant
1 Pia and Kiran Nalaar
1 Epochrasite

Column 1:
1 Jace, Architect of Thought
1 Anax and Cymede
1 Venser, Shaper Savant

Column 2:
1 Steam Vents
1 Utopia Sprawl
1 Pia and Kiran Nalaar

Column 3:
1 Kiora, Master of the Depths
1 Spirit of the Labyrinth
1 Epochrasite
Pack 11




Row 1:
1 Stomping Ground
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Condescend

Row 2:
1 Eternal Witness
1 Nightbird's Clutches
1 Remove Soul

Row 3:
1 Delver of Secrets
1 Polukranos, World Eater
1 Miscalculation

Column 1:
1 Stomping Ground
1 Eternal Witness
1 Delver of Secrets

Column 2:
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Nightbird's Clutches
1 Polukranos, World Eater

Column 3:
1 Condescend
1 Remove Soul
1 Miscalculation
Pack 12




Row 1:
1 Prophetic Flamespeaker
1 Emerge Unscathed
1 Skaab Ruinator

Row 2:
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Restoration Angel
1 Boros Reckoner

Row 3:
1 Augur of Bolas
1 Flamerush Rider
1 Preordain

Column 1:
1 Prophetic Flamespeaker
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Augur of Bolas

Column 2:
1 Emerge Unscathed
1 Restoration Angel
1 Flamerush Rider

Column 3:
1 Skaab Ruinator
1 Boros Reckoner
1 Preordain
Pack 13




Row 1:
1 Char
1 Goblin Bombardment
1 Wall of Omens

Row 2:
1 Experiment One
1 Knight of the Reliquary
1 Phantasmal Image

Row 3:
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Wickerbough Elder
1 Boon Satyr

Column 1:
1 Char
1 Experiment One
1 Snapcaster Mage

Column 2:
1 Goblin Bombardment
1 Knight of the Reliquary
1 Wickerbough Elder

Column 3:
1 Wall of Omens
1 Phantasmal Image
1 Boon Satyr
Pack 14




Row 1:
1 Figure of Destiny
1 Mystic Confluence
1 Bounding Krasis

Row 2:
1 Staggershock
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Flickerwisp

Row 3:
1 Avalanche Riders
1 Retreat to Coralhelm
1 Pyromancer's Goggles

Column 1:
1 Figure of Destiny
1 Staggershock
1 Avalanche Riders

Column 2:
1 Mystic Confluence
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Retreat to Coralhelm

Column 3:
1 Bounding Krasis
1 Flickerwisp
1 Pyromancer's Goggles
Pack 15




Row 1:
1 Angel of Serenity
1 Reckless Charge
1 Young Pyromancer

Row 2:
1 Expedition Map
1 Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest
1 Noyan Dar, Roil Shaper

Row 3:
1 Chained to the Rocks
1 Clan Defiance
1 Kytheon, Hero of Akros

Column 1:
1 Angel of Serenity
1 Expedition Map
1 Chained to the Rocks

Column 2:
1 Reckless Charge
1 Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest
1 Clan Defiance

Column 3:
1 Young Pyromancer
1 Noyan Dar, Roil Shaper
1 Kytheon, Hero of Akros
Pack 16




Row 1:
1 Narset Transcendent
1 Mnemonic Wall
1 Feeling of Dread

Row 2:
1 Devil's Play
1 Prismatic Lens
1 Faithless Looting

Row 3:
1 Anger of the Gods
1 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Student of Warfare

Column 1:
1 Narset Transcendent
1 Devil's Play
1 Anger of the Gods

Column 2:
1 Mnemonic Wall
1 Prismatic Lens
1 Phyrexian Revoker

Column 3:
1 Feeling of Dread
1 Faithless Looting
1 Student of Warfare
 
safra

safra

So I streamed a bunch of this but wasn't very familiar with OBS and kind of floundered through the configuration. Because of that, that stream didn't get archived (i fixed it so future ones will). That's convenient for me, because I would've needed to edit some of the footage, but a real darn shame because there were some pretty good games on there. I'd like to thank the people who came and hung out in the stream, and hopefully I'll do another one some time soon, this was a blast.

Here's my deck, tbh I'm kinda match commentary'd out. Maybe someone who watched wants to fill in?
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Kirblinx

Kirblinx

Developer
Staff member
I watched bits and pieces of the three games against Dom. I believe you went 0-3.

You couldn't get a blue source in either the first or second games, which left too many cards stranded in your hand.
I remember the important turn in game two where you attacked with an Eternal Witness and a Seeker of the Way into Dom's Auger of Bolas and Young Pyromancer (+ Token). Dom blocked favourably, then you attempted to Restoration Angel, which he Venser, Shaper Savanted. At the end of that all that was left was Venser and Auger of Bolas. Which slowly beat you down. You tried to bait out the Condescend with the Resto Angel (She saw it in the Fact or Fiction) to try and resolve a Collected Company, but the creatures were bounced by a Mystic Confluence next turn and you couldn't come back from that.
Game 3 Dom got an early Young Pyromancer and just road it to victory. I only just looked at your deck and noticed there is very little removal, which may have been the problem.

Dom cast Mystic Confluence in who different games. Once to counter a Banisher Priest and draw two cards, the other to bounce the two creatures that came out of a Collected Company and drew a card. It always felt like such the blowout card. Too stronk? I don't know...

Did you feel you had enough blue sources in the deck for those double blue cards?
 
safra

safra

No, I definitely misbuilt my mana! My biggest problem was that I picked up fetches and a blue dual but no blue fetches, so my only play was to, like, Bloodstained Mire for it.

-Anafenza was great
-I didn't play that well and was fiddling with the stream, so I kept getting thrown out of it and didn't really think longterm goals
-As an example, I jumped the gun with my Resto on a board of Ghost Mom, Wisp, Helicopter Parents, Thopter token, losing the wisp in the process. Not a good look.
-mystic confluence is absurd but tbf so is cryptic, and as strong as Confluence is the tap all creatures mode on Cryptic is much stronger, so i'm not sure if I want MC as well. It's always been good but it hasn't been unbeatable; I'm actually more concerned about Fact or Fiction tbh.
-I could've left up 3 with the Banisher Priest cast, costing him a card drawn, but didn't think to play around MC. The tempo hit was real bad.
 
RavebornMuse

RavebornMuse

I watched games 2 and 3! It was real cool 8) My favourite part of watching Magic streams is stealing ideas for my own Cube, so my comments are skewed towards that (I take notes and evaluate as I watch like a nerd). Anyway, some of my thoughts:
- I realize there's a potential way higher upside to Cryptic Command with the "tapdown, swing, gg" play, but the bounce, draw, and/or counter modes of Mystic Confluence seem much more punishing. Cryptic is also {U}{U}{U}, which makes it feel a lot fairer imho since it's very demanding and the reward is equal to the cost. I think Dom played a great game and I am absolutely not trying to invalidate his win for it, but damn, that Mystic Confluence is super bonkers and seems just like such an unconditional blowout way too often to lead to good games of Magic imho
- Anafenza, Kin-Tree Spirit is really cool
- Young Pyromancer was extremely awesome and was very well piloted, A+
- CoCo continues to make green fun and I love seeing it
- Seeing the match play out, I was having a hard time seeing the use of Sphinx's Revelation; it's super cool, but it's a very expensive play. It looks like an insurance policy, but I'm not sure if it can be cashed in when you're behind, and it may actually just be good when you're even or ahead, which makes me a little shy on whether I'd actually want to include it myself. I'd love to be told I'm wrong about this though
- safra has great taste in music and is an A+ commentator
 
Ferritovore

Ferritovore

It looks like an insurance policy, but I'm not sure if it can be cashed in when you're behind, and it may actually just be good when you're even or ahead,
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Maybe the trick is to pack revelation for flooding and something else for screwing and then you'll never be caught with your pants down!
 
RavebornMuse

RavebornMuse

Ferret said:
Maybe the trick is to pack revelation for flooding and something else for screwing and then you'll never be caught with your pants down!
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That's a terrible idea. Blue has enough card selection for significantly cheaper to help manage flooding. If you're literally mana flooded, casting Sphinx's Rev on T6 to draw 3 cards is not gonna do nearly enough and would be outclassed by a simple Ponder to draw into gas (which also fixes mana screw).
 
safra

safra

Rev is a sub on MODO because Absorb was more expensive at the time. I'll be picking up utility lands and some other stuff online to fiddle with my online cube more before we start this Super Series thing. A few of the gold slots are pretty slapdash, and i'm sure I can find a better blue five than the Confluence.
 
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