I first heard of the cube on Evan's Magic Show. His enthusiasm encouraged me to build my own!
My cube has since been growing in size and power. I'd like to keep it at 450 to increase the card quality, even if it means making some tough cuts.
Basic Information
Cube Size: 450 Breakdown: 60 cards for each colour + 60 colourless + 90 multicolour (9 per guild) Standard or Theme: no foil or pimped cards. How Often Drafted: Never. I'm considering taking it to my games store, I'd only play with those who I know well there.
Card Selection
Proxies: I've decided it's much more impressive not to use fake cards. Powered: No. Portal: Yes. I wasn't playing magic then so I have no grudge against it. Jungle Lion is a pretty sweet card. "Un" Cards: No. Banned Cards: Spike Weaver, Standstill and Ensnaring Bridge (time constraints). Power 9 ($$$).
Cube Design
Standard or Multiplayer: Designed to suit 6+ person drafts but I to do sealed 2HG and normal sealed occasionally. Budget: I try to avoid spending more than $5 on a card, every thing else is from winnings, trade and some very generous donations.
Some fellow cubists have been very generous and donated thier cards to help out my cube! It just shows how strong this community really is. I feel very humbled to now be a part of it. Thank you so much!
Overall I'm pretty happy with my gold section. My main focus was to increase the number of playables so I've tried to minimise the number of gold cards.
Adding the dual lands and signets to this section has given me more flexibility allowing me to drop fillers and add solid cards.
Stalked you from this thread and learned that you live in Sydney. I also live in Sydney. We totally gotta get together in one of the Good Games some time and cube.
I guess the ideal arrangement is we each bring 3 friends along and we draft once with each of our cubes. Winner takes all.
I can trust you since your pretty well established on these forums. Whereas im kinda new. But thats your call. I don't want to play with random people from the card shop, I wouldn't blame them if they fancied themselves a new copy of Jace, The Mind Sculptor in thier collection.
ps. I was totally joking about the winner takes all part
When I see Healing Salve, I'm often like "Oh girl, I wish I could turn every card into this." Thanks they removed the gain life part, otherwise this would have been broken.
One very quick suggestion: since you have squirrel nest in, Arbor Elf would be a third good manadork that might net you a bonus squirrel.
And nothing says "it can only happen in a cube" like bonus squirrels...
I have considered Arbor Elf but Llanowar Elves are marginally better and are far more well known.
Squirrel Nest definately won't be in my cube forever. Its good for chump blocking and a good sacrificial source. But its generally too slow for most token strategies like overrun and Opposition.
Garruk untaps lands and so will the new Sword if I ever get one.
I guess the ideal arrangement is we each bring 3 friends along and we draft once with each of our cubes. Winner takes all.
I can trust you since your pretty well established on these forums. Whereas im kinda new. But thats your call. I don't want to play with random people from the card shop, I wouldn't blame them if they fancied themselves a new copy of Jace, The Mind Sculptor in thier collection.
ps. I was totally joking about the winner takes all part
Thank god. I was ready to raised eyebrow emote you to death.
I'd never steal any cards from a cube. I'm so neurotic I'd even take special precautions to ensure that I don't lose any of the cards. Losing a Mind Sculptor ain't pretty (although I would love to get it in my pool).
Sadly, even though I make the suggestion, I doubt I'll have much time or freedom in the future to be able to get out much. Even getting to the prerelease (won 4 booster, woooot) tonight was difficult. But seriously, the moment I get a chance, I'll hit you up.
How many games/rounds did you win to earn 4 boosters? Last time I was at Good Games I went 2-2 and got 2 boosters. Did you win all 4 rounds? Some one told me you get 1 booster for each game you win but I've found its only 1 booster for every match you win.
I fired up my own trading thread on these forums to try and exchange some of my spares into cube must haves!
Theres a link to it in my sig if your curious. So far its been a blast, In less than a week I've accpeted 3 trades and I can now expect some nice things in the mail including:
All of those cards are at least cubeable to staple (depending on the card, and who you ask). It's definitely a great update. Have you thought of what you're cutting for them?
No I havn't actually, perhaps you guys can help me out.
Firstly, I want to increase my artifact count so I'll be throwing in all the artifacts and taking little if anything out.
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV is the only gold spell. I could cut Plumeveil. Plumeveil has been pretty quiet lately. Plumeveil --> Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
Exotic Orchard just seems like a bad cube card to me. Since I don't even use Vivids! Exotic Orchard --> City of Brass
The rest is all up in the air. There are plently of easy upgrades like Rend Flesh --> Go for the Throat but then perhaps its better to cut a card thats worse than both like Corrupt or Mind Sludge?
When I see Healing Salve, I'm often like "Oh girl, I wish I could turn every card into this." Thanks they removed the gain life part, otherwise this would have been broken.
I'm happy to drop Mind Sludge and Corrupt but what are your thoughts on other mono black cards like Necropotence and Gatekeeper of Malakir?
Playing Draining Whelk is very awkward. "Please cast something HUGE!" I'd be happy to see it go.
I made 2 changes:
Corrupt --> Disfigure
I think it might be a bit weak in the cube but I've caught myself thinking "I need to draw a removal spell, even a Disfigure will do!". Kemba, Kha Regent --> Kor Sanctifiers
Kemba represents my lack of 3 mana white creatures. Luckily Mirran Crusader is in the mail. Is there another 3 mana guy that could go in other than Transcendent Master? The Kor Sanctifiers will be become necessary since I'm expanding my artifact section.
I love Necro but I cut from my cube. It just didn't come down on T3 enough, and if it's coming down later it's much worse than Yawgmoth's Bargain. I never tried Gatekeeper for the same reason.
Kemba represents my lack of 3 mana white creatures. Luckily Mirran Crusader is in the mail. Is there another 3 mana guy that could go in other than Transcendent Master? The Kor Sanctifiers will be become necessary since I'm expanding my artifact section.[/spoiler]
i think you have plenty of 3 drops in white. sanctifiers is really a 4 drop, though. that's where he will most often be played.
When I see Healing Salve, I'm often like "Oh girl, I wish I could turn every card into this." Thanks they removed the gain life part, otherwise this would have been broken.
in my opinion, "unfun" effects are really just effects a player doesn't understand how to use or how to beat. i'd rather understand (and play with others who understand) how to use and beat powerful effects than simplify the cube so no one has to.
For all I know, you are Kai Budde and for all you know I'm John Finkel. It doesn't matter. What matters is your logical argument for or against the card in question.
When I see Healing Salve, I'm often like "Oh girl, I wish I could turn every card into this." Thanks they removed the gain life part, otherwise this would have been broken.
My cube will never seem the same again with a Jitte about
My cube is supposed to be budget but I'm getting all these expensive cards through trade. So technically I havn't spent more than $5 on a card yet... Don't judge me!
I played sphinx when it was released in zendikar, it was cut after a few months for not doing anything spectacular at all, it just could never doing anything with it's body (if it had 1 toughness more though it would have been better, that way it wouldn't die to every fatty flier in the cube
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Well now that you've got Jitte in the cube, it's one more reason for you to wish your naturalize was a krosan grip when you're staring down your opponents active jitte.
@MrDumpkins - Well I guess Sphinx of Lost Truths is a bit weak for a finisher and a bit expensive for card draw. On paper Consecrated Sphinx has more potential but the word seems to be that Consecrated Sphinx is boarderline too. I'll find out for myself soon when it arrives.
@Juju - Thats a good point. I expect the Krosan Grip will just keep looking better as I aquire more artifacts like Nevinyrral's Disk. For now though, I'm happy to give the boring ol' Naturalize a run.
I first heard of the cube on Evan's Magic Show. His enthusiasm encouraged me to build my own!
My cube has since been growing in size and power. I'd like to keep it at 450 to increase the card quality, even if it means making some tough cuts.
Basic Information
Cube Size: 450
Breakdown: 60 cards for each colour + 60 colourless + 90 multicolour (9 per guild)
Standard or Theme: no foil or pimped cards.
How Often Drafted: Never. I'm considering taking it to my games store, I'd only play with those who I know well there.
Card Selection
Proxies: I've decided it's much more impressive not to use fake cards.
Powered: No.
Portal: Yes. I wasn't playing magic then so I have no grudge against it. Jungle Lion is a pretty sweet card.
"Un" Cards: No.
Banned Cards: Spike Weaver, Standstill and Ensnaring Bridge (time constraints). Power 9 ($$$).
Cube Design
Standard or Multiplayer: Designed to suit 6+ person drafts but I to do sealed 2HG and normal sealed occasionally.
Budget: I try to avoid spending more than $5 on a card, every thing else is from winnings, trade and some very generous donations.
Some fellow cubists have been very generous and donated thier cards to help out my cube! It just shows how strong this community really is. I feel very humbled to now be a part of it. Thank you so much!
MrDumpkins - 15 Mar 2011
Ponder - 18 Mar 2011
Themes: tokens, bounce.
Build around me cards: Reveillark, Armageddon.
1 Mother of Runes
1 Elite Vanguard
1 Savannah Lions
1 Student of Warfare
1 Isamaru, Hound of Konda
1 Steppe Lynx
1 Soldier of the Pantheon
Two CMC (12)
1 Stoneforge Mystic
1 Wall of Omens
1 Kor Skyfisher
1 Knight of Meadowgrain
1 Precinct Captain
1 Lone Missionary
1 Imposing Sovereign
1 Accorder Paladin
1 Soltari Monk
1 Soltari Priest
1 Cloistered Youth
1 Thalia, Guardian of Thraben
1 Mirror Entity
1 Soltari Champion
1 Flickerwisp
1 Mirran Crusader
1 Blade Splicer
1 Silverblade Paladin
Four CMC (6)
1 Hero of Bladehold
1 Exalted Angel
1 Kor Sanctifiers
1 Spectral Procession
1 Restoration Angel
1 Sublime Archangel
1 Cloudgoat Ranger
1 Reveillark
1 Baneslayer Angel
1 Geist-Honored Monk
Six Plus (2)
1 Sun Titan
1 Yosei, The Morning Star
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Path to Exile
1 Mana Tithe
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Land Tax
Two CMC (4)
1 Temporal Isolation
1 Journey to Nowhere
1 Disenchant
1 Balance
1 Glorious Anthem
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Ajani, Caller of the Pride
Four CMC (7)
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
1 Faith's Fetters
1 Day of Judgment
1 Armageddon
1 Ajani Goldmane
1 Parallax Wave
1 Wrath of God
1 Elspeth Tirel
1 Gideon Jura
Six Plus (2)
1 Catastrophe
1 Decree Of Justice
Themes: artifact synergy
Build around me cards: Opposition, Tinker, Upheaval.
1 Enclave Cryptologist
Two CMC (4)
1 Looter il-Kor
1 Waterfront Bouncer
1 Snapcaster Mage
1 Phantasmal Image
Three CMC (7)
1 Man-o'-War
1 Sea Gate Oracle
1 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
1 Serendib Efreet
1 AEther Adept
1 Fettergeist
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Venser, Shaper Savant
1 Sower of Temptation
1 Glen Elendra Archmage
1 Dungeon Geists
Five CMC (2)
1 Mulldrifter
1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror
Six Plus (5)
1 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
1 Keiga, The Tide Star
1 Consecrated Sphinx
1 Frost Titan
1 AEtherling
1 Force Spike
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
1 Brainstorm
1 Ancestral Vision
1 Mystical Tutor
Two CMC (7)
1 Counterspell
1 Mana Leak
1 Miscalculation
1 Remand
1 Impulse
1 Memory Lapse
1 Daze
1 Tinker
1 Psionic Blast
1 Forbid
1 Jace Beleren
1 Crystal Shard
1 Vedalken Shackles
1 Thirst for Knowledge
Four CMC (8)
1 Into the Roil
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Control Magic
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Deep Analysis
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Opposition
1 Cryptic Command
1 Treachery
1 Bribery
1 Jace, Memory Adept
1 Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
Six Plus (3)
1 Upheaval
1 Condescend
1 Repeal
Land (2)
1 Faerie Conclave
1 Academy Ruins
Themes: Reanimator.
Build around me cards: Braids.
1 Vampire Lacerator
1 Carnophage
1 Sarcomancy
1 Diregraf Ghoul
1 Gravecrawler
1 Tormented Hero
Two CMC (9)
1 Vampire Hexmage
1 Nantuko Shade
1 Oona's Prowler
1 Dauthi Horror
1 Dark Confidant
1 Bloodghast
1 Pack Rat
1 Nezumi Graverobber
1 Reassembling Skeleton
1 Hypnotic Specter
1 Vampire Nighthawk
1 Bone Shredder
1 Liliana's Specter
Four CMC (6)
1 Braids, Cabal Minion
1 Bane of the Living
1 Skinrender
1 Graveborn Muse
1 Nekrataal
1 Sewer Nemesis
1 Shriekmaw
1 Bloodgift Demon
Six Plus (4)
1 Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
1 Grave Titan
1 Tombstalker
1 Kokusho, the Evening Star
1 Snuff Out
1 Duress
1 Dark Ritual
1 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Reanimate
1 Dismember
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Thoughtseize
Two CMC (10)
1 Chainer's Edict
1 Doom Blade
1 Animate Dead
1 Hymn to Tourach
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Go for the Throat
1 Bitterblossom
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Exhume
1 Ultimate Price
1 Necromancy
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Recurring Nightmare
1 Liliana of the Veil
Four CMC (2)
1 Consuming Vapors
1 Damnation
Five CMC (1)
1 Liliana Vess
Six Plus (3)
1 Profane Command
1 Mind Twist
1 Black Sun's Zenith
1 Volrath's Stronghold
Themes: direct damage.
Build around me cards: Wildfire.
Just over half of my red cards can to direct damage to opponent without attacking. Which gives red good reach.
1 Jackal Pup
1 Spikeshot Elder
1 Goblin Guide
1 Grim Lavamancer
1 Reckless Waif
1 Stromkirk Noble
Two CMC (12)
1 Plated Geopede
1 Keldon Marauders
1 Ember Hauler
1 Fireslinger
1 Hellspark Elemental
1 Kargan Dragonlord
1 Stormblood Berserker
1 Torch Fiend
1 Lightning Mualer
1 Gore-House Chainwalker
1 Ash Zealot
1 Young Pyromancer
1 Manic Vandal
1 Hell's Thunder
1 Fire Imp
1 Blistering Firecat
1 Chandra's Phoenix
Four CMC (5)
1 Flametongue Kavu
1 Goblin Ruinblaster
1 Keldon Champion
1 Hero of Oxid Ridge
1 Hellrider
1 Siege-Gang Commander
1 Thundermaw Hellkite
Six Plus (2)
1 Inferno Titan
1 Crater Hellion
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Burst Lightning
1 Firebolt
1 Faithless Looting
1 Forked Bolt
1 Chain Lightning
Two CMC (8)
1 Magma Jet
1 Pyroclasm
1 Incinerate
1 Arc Trail
1 Fireblast
1 Searing Spear
1 Smash to Smithereens
1 Lightning Strike
1 Sulfuric Vortex
1 Pillage
1 Molten Rain
1 Staggershock
1 Arc Lightning
1 Char
1 Brimstone Volley
1 Flames of the Firebrand
Four CMC (1)
1 Chandra, the Firebrand
1 Chandra Nalaar
Six Plus (5)
1 Wildfire
1 Earthquake
1 Red Sun's Zenith
1 Devil's Play
Sub theme: none.
Build around me cards: Life from the Loam, Survival of the Fittest.
1 Wolfbitten Captive
1 Fyndhorn Elves
1 Wild Nacatl
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Llanowar Elves
1 Joraga Treespeaker
1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
1 Noble Hierarch
1 Experiment One
1 Elvish Mystic
Two CMC (11)
1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
1 Fauna Shaman
1 Wild Mongrel
1 Strangleroot Geist
1 Wall of Blossoms
1 Wall of Roots
1 River Boa
1 Lotus Cobra
1 Skinshifter
1 Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
1 Scavenging Ooze
1 Yavimaya Elder
1 Troll Ascetic
1 Viridian Shaman
1 Nantuko Vigilante
1 Eternal Witness
1 Call of the Herd
1 Uktabi Orangutan
Four CMC (6)
1 Vengevine
1 Phantom Centaur
1 Wickerbough Elder
1 Chameleon Colossus
1 Blastoderm
1 Thrun, the Last Troll
Five CMC (6)
1 Acidic Slime
1 Thornling
1 Deranged Hermit
1 Vorapede
1 Genesis
1 Thragtusk
1 Rampaging Baloths
1 Pelakka Wurm
1 Woodfall Primus
1 Hornet Queen
1 Rancor
1 Vines of Vastwood
Two CMC (3)
1 Life from the Loam
1 Regrowth
1 Survival of the Fittest
1 Sylvan Library
1 Cultivate
1 Kodama's Reach
1 Krosan Tusker
Four CMC (3)
1 Garruk Relentless
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
1 Birthing Pod
1 Plow Under
1 Garruk, Primal Hunter
X CMC (1)
1 Green Sun's Zenith
Land (1)
1 Treetop Village
Build around me cards: Venser, the Sojourner.
Overall I'm pretty happy with my gold section. My main focus was to increase the number of playables so I've tried to minimise the number of gold cards.
Adding the dual lands and signets to this section has given me more flexibility allowing me to drop fillers and add solid cards.
1 Geist of Saint Traft
1 Venser, the Sojourner
1 Detention Sphere
1 Supreme Verdict
1 Azorius Signet
1 Celestial Colonnade
1 Glacial Fortress
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Azorius Chancery
Blue/Black (9)
1 Oona, Queen of the Fae
1 Shadowmage Infiltrator
1 Psychatog
1 Baleful Strix
1 Watery Grave
1 Dimir Aqueduct
1 Drowned Catacomb
1 Underground River
1 Creeping Tar Pit
Black/Red (9)
1 Rakdos Cackler
1 Dreadbore
1 Falkenrath Aristocrat
1 Murderous Redcap
1 Olivia Voldaren
1 Lavaclaw Reaches
1 Sulfurous Springs
1 Blackcleave Cliffs
1 Blood Crypt
Red/Green (9)
1 Kird Ape
1 Bloodbraid Elf
1 Ghor-Clan Rampager
1 Sarkhan Vol
1 Tattermunge Maniac
1 Kessig Wolf Run
1 Raging Ravine
1 Copperline Gorge
1 Stomping Ground
1 Loam Lion
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Dryad Militant
1 Armada Wurm
1 Gavony Township
1 Stirring Wildwood
1 Temple Garden
1 Sunpetal Grove
White/Black (9)
1 Vindicate
1 Mortify
1 Lingering Souls
1 Sorin, Lord of Innistrad
1 Stillmoon Cavalier
1 Godless Shrine
1 Marsh Flats
1 Caves of Koilos
1 Isolated Chapel
Blue/Red (9)
1 Electrolyze
1 Fire // Ice
1 Prophetic Bolt
1 Izzet Charm
1 Gelectrode
1 Izzet Boilerworks
1 Shivan Reef
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Steam Vents
Black/Green (9)
1 Pernicious Deed
1 Lotleth Troll
1 Vraska the Unseen
1 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Abrupt Decay
1 Llanowar Wastes
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Woodland Cemetery
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Figure of Destiny
1 Lightning Helix
1 Brion Stoutarm
1 Duergar Hedge-Mage
1 Slayers' Stronghold
1 Ajani Vengeant
1 Arid Mesa
1 Battlefield Forge
1 Sacred Foundry
Green/Blue (9)
1 Trygon Predator
1 Edric, Spymaster of Trest
1 Mystic Snake
1 Simic Sky Swallower
1 Simic Signet
1 Yavimaya Coast
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Simic Growth Chamber
1 Breeding Pool
Build around me cards: Erratic Portal, Mimic Vat and Skullclamp, Winter Orb, Crucible of Worlds and Smokestack.
1 Spellskite
1 Lodestone Golem
1 Precursor Golem
1 Razormane Masticore
1 Wurmcoil Engine
1 Triskelion
1 Myr Battlesphere
1 Phyrexian Revoker
1 Porcelain Legionnaire
1 Masticore
1 Molten-Tail Masticore
1 Sundering Titan
1 Phyrexian Metamorph
1 Solemn Simulacrum
Equipments (11)
1 Bonesplitter
1 Batterskull
1 Skullclamp
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Grafted Wargear
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Sword of Light and Shadow
1 Sword of Body and Mind
1 Sword of Feast and Famine
1 Sword of War and Peace
1 Mind Stone
1 Sol Ring
1 Mana Vault
1 Coalition Relic
1 Chromatic Lantern
Land (15)
1 Mishra's Factory
1 Strip Mine
1 Dust Bowl
1 Maze of Ith
1 Ancient Tomb
1 Vivid Crag
1 Vivid Creek
1 Vivid Grove
1 Vivid Meadow
1 Vivid Marsh
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 City of Brass
1 Grand Coliseum
1 Mutavault
1 Karn Liberated
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
1 Pithing Needle
1 Winter Orb
1 Ankh of Mishra
1 Erratic Portal
1 Icy Manipulator
1 Tangle Wire
1 Mimic Vat
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
1 Black Vise
1 Oblivion Stone
1 Cursed Scroll
1 Smokestack
1 Sensei's Divining Top
My Cube.
Casual Decks
UG Madness GU
W Stonehewer Equipment W
WU Millfolk UW
B Necroskitter (FFA) B
WU Multi-Kicker (FFA) UW
BW Near-Death Experience (FFA) WB
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I guess the ideal arrangement is we each bring 3 friends along and we draft once with each of our cubes. Winner takes all.
I can trust you since your pretty well established on these forums. Whereas im kinda new. But thats your call. I don't want to play with random people from the card shop, I wouldn't blame them if they fancied themselves a new copy of Jace, The Mind Sculptor in thier collection.
ps. I was totally joking about the winner takes all part
My Cube.
Casual Decks
UG Madness GU
W Stonehewer Equipment W
WU Millfolk UW
B Necroskitter (FFA) B
WU Multi-Kicker (FFA) UW
BW Near-Death Experience (FFA) WB
And nothing says "it can only happen in a cube" like bonus squirrels...
My $40 MTGO cube
Draft my cube at Cubetutor!
I have considered Arbor Elf but Llanowar Elves are marginally better and are far more well known.
Squirrel Nest definately won't be in my cube forever. Its good for chump blocking and a good sacrificial source. But its generally too slow for most token strategies like overrun and Opposition.
Garruk untaps lands and so will the new Sword if I ever get one.
My Cube.
Casual Decks
UG Madness GU
W Stonehewer Equipment W
WU Millfolk UW
B Necroskitter (FFA) B
WU Multi-Kicker (FFA) UW
BW Near-Death Experience (FFA) WB
Thank god. I was ready to raised eyebrow emote you to death.
I'd never steal any cards from a cube. I'm so neurotic I'd even take special precautions to ensure that I don't lose any of the cards. Losing a Mind Sculptor ain't pretty (although I would love to get it in my pool).
Sadly, even though I make the suggestion, I doubt I'll have much time or freedom in the future to be able to get out much. Even getting to the prerelease (won 4 booster, woooot) tonight was difficult. But seriously, the moment I get a chance, I'll hit you up.
My Pauper Cube ♤ The Pauper Cube Thread Common Knowledge — 1 2
My Cube.
Casual Decks
UG Madness GU
W Stonehewer Equipment W
WU Millfolk UW
B Necroskitter (FFA) B
WU Multi-Kicker (FFA) UW
BW Near-Death Experience (FFA) WB
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Theres a link to it in my sig if your curious. So far its been a blast, In less than a week I've accpeted 3 trades and I can now expect some nice things in the mail including:
My Cube.
Casual Decks
UG Madness GU
W Stonehewer Equipment W
WU Millfolk UW
B Necroskitter (FFA) B
WU Multi-Kicker (FFA) UW
BW Near-Death Experience (FFA) WB
No I havn't actually, perhaps you guys can help me out.
Firstly, I want to increase my artifact count so I'll be throwing in all the artifacts and taking little if anything out.
Grand Arbiter Augustin IV is the only gold spell. I could cut Plumeveil. Plumeveil has been pretty quiet lately.
Plumeveil --> Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
Exotic Orchard just seems like a bad cube card to me. Since I don't even use Vivids!
Exotic Orchard --> City of Brass
The rest is all up in the air. There are plently of easy upgrades like Rend Flesh --> Go for the Throat but then perhaps its better to cut a card thats worse than both like Corrupt or Mind Sludge?
White:
some possible cuts:
Blue:
possible cuts:
Black:
possible cuts:
Red:
possible cuts:
Green:
possible cuts:
My Cube.
Casual Decks
UG Madness GU
W Stonehewer Equipment W
WU Millfolk UW
B Necroskitter (FFA) B
WU Multi-Kicker (FFA) UW
BW Near-Death Experience (FFA) WB
I'm happy to drop Mind Sludge and Corrupt but what are your thoughts on other mono black cards like Necropotence and Gatekeeper of Malakir?
Playing Draining Whelk is very awkward. "Please cast something HUGE!" I'd be happy to see it go.
I made 2 changes:
I think it might be a bit weak in the cube but I've caught myself thinking "I need to draw a removal spell, even a Disfigure will do!".
Kemba, Kha Regent --> Kor Sanctifiers
Kemba represents my lack of 3 mana white creatures. Luckily Mirran Crusader is in the mail. Is there another 3 mana guy that could go in other than Transcendent Master? The Kor Sanctifiers will be become necessary since I'm expanding my artifact section.
My Cube.
Casual Decks
UG Madness GU
W Stonehewer Equipment W
WU Millfolk UW
B Necroskitter (FFA) B
WU Multi-Kicker (FFA) UW
BW Near-Death Experience (FFA) WB
I love Necro but I cut from my cube. It just didn't come down on T3 enough, and if it's coming down later it's much worse than Yawgmoth's Bargain. I never tried Gatekeeper for the same reason.
Cheers,
rant
My Cube
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Cube Tutor: http://cubetutor.com/viewcube/1963
i think you have plenty of 3 drops in white. sanctifiers is really a 4 drop, though. that's where he will most often be played.
I'm still expecting more goodies to arrive over the next week or so but I'll do an update now anyway.
I'm very excited about Tange Wire, I'd like to see first hand the disruption it causes
White:
Linvala, Keeper of Silence --> Mirran Crusader
War Priest of Thrune --> Accorder Paladin
Blue:
Ninja of the Deep Hours --> Keiga, The Tide Star
Shaper Parasite --> Palinchron
Remove Soul --> Venser, Shaper Savant
Black:
Attrition --> Phyrexian Arena
Aphetto Exterminator --> Sarcomancy
Mind Sludge --> Go for the Throat
Red:
Skirk Marauder --> Goblin Wardriver
Obsidian Fireheart --> Crater Hellion
Green:
Carven Caryatid --> Regrowth
Cloudthresher --> Kodama Of The North Tree
Gold:
Exotic Orchard --> City of Brass
Artifacts Out:
Artifacts In:
My Cube.
Casual Decks
UG Madness GU
W Stonehewer Equipment W
WU Millfolk UW
B Necroskitter (FFA) B
WU Multi-Kicker (FFA) UW
BW Near-Death Experience (FFA) WB
Cheers,
rant
My Cube
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excellent job, and i second the tangle wire guarantee. what a fantastic card!
I'm expecting 3 blue cards in the mail and one of them is Consecrated Sphinx so I'll definately need to trim the fat!
Incoming:
Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
Consecrated Sphinx
Fact or Fiction
Probable cuts:
Volition Reins
Sphinx of Lost Truths
Draining Whelk
My Cube.
Casual Decks
UG Madness GU
W Stonehewer Equipment W
WU Millfolk UW
B Necroskitter (FFA) B
WU Multi-Kicker (FFA) UW
BW Near-Death Experience (FFA) WB
I already have a Forbid so bring on the tears!
My Cube.
Casual Decks
UG Madness GU
W Stonehewer Equipment W
WU Millfolk UW
B Necroskitter (FFA) B
WU Multi-Kicker (FFA) UW
BW Near-Death Experience (FFA) WB
I honestly havn't seen him played yet, my guess is he's being under-valued and thus under-drafted. I'll test him a bit before dropping him.
Anyway, some exciting cards have arrived in the mail today!
Splinter Twin --> Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker -- upgrade IMO.
Draining Whelk --> Kira, Great Glass-Spinner -- culling the fatties.
Krosan Grip --> Naturalize -- I havn't been impressed with grip but Disenchant has been great.
added Umezawa's Jitte -- OH YEA!
My cube will never seem the same again with a Jitte about
My cube is supposed to be budget but I'm getting all these expensive cards through trade. So technically I havn't spent more than $5 on a card yet... Don't judge me!
My Cube.
Casual Decks
UG Madness GU
W Stonehewer Equipment W
WU Millfolk UW
B Necroskitter (FFA) B
WU Multi-Kicker (FFA) UW
BW Near-Death Experience (FFA) WB
The Great Cube Map!
My Powered Cube
Draft it here!
Juju Alters - Altered MTG Cards
@Juju - Thats a good point. I expect the Krosan Grip will just keep looking better as I aquire more artifacts like Nevinyrral's Disk. For now though, I'm happy to give the boring ol' Naturalize a run.
My Cube.
Casual Decks
UG Madness GU
W Stonehewer Equipment W
WU Millfolk UW
B Necroskitter (FFA) B
WU Multi-Kicker (FFA) UW
BW Near-Death Experience (FFA) WB