MTG Salvation

Quote from eidolon232

Timing Armageddon correct doesn't require much skill: Even on a neutral board, blowing all lands up heavily favors the aggro deck, since it requires less mana to operate. As long as your players don't destroy all lands when they are losing, you should be fine.

alternative cuts:
Armada wurm>Selesnya Charm / Sigarda, Host of Herons
Prophetic Bolt > Fire // Ice / Izzet Charm
Graveborn Muse > Liliana of the Dark Realms / Ob Nixilis, the Fallen

I am not a fan of the classification changes.

Quote from eidolon232

A 6 mana Upheaval against aggro doesn't get you anywhere, since you are about to face those efficient 1+2 mana creatures that are causing your deck problems right away, only that this time you start the game with a single digit life total.

Keeping true hybrids separated from the gold and mono color sections is much better than having them in the gold section, since that does not represent the decks that can play them at all. The error that you are making compared to putting them in one of the colors that could play it is the same, however you don't have to subjectively decide to which of the 2 colors you want to assign it to. It also allows me to include cards there that are not as good as mono colored cards in the vacuum, but are good for the environment because they add some redundancy. (You rather have something else in the Rakdos Shred-Freak slot for your deck, but it is much better than using a non-aggressive 2 drop or a 3 drop instead.)

Quote from rantipole

In an unpowered cube, Upheaval is likely the best blue card--depending on whether or not you consider Mana Drain powered. If you cast Upheaval and float any mana, it's hard to lose. Play Upheaval, drop almost anything, win. You can also do neat tricks with it. I once saw my cousin play Upheaval when his opponent had his Mind-Sculptor under an Oblivion Ring. Nuts.

Cheers,
rant

Quote from Tin Man

Thanks rant, I totally know that upheaval is powerful hahaha. I am more concerned with someone who is completely new or learning to play understanding how powerful it is and the right time to play it. in my play group, we get a really lot of new players and people who want to learn. I'm probably going to put it in eventually. I'm probably not giving new players enough credit.

Quote from eidolon232

Is Tinker really that bad of a card that you need to throw in "uncastable" stuff to improve its performance?

Quote from rantipole

Part of the learning process is passing great cards and having them used to kick your butt. I had to train my cube group to stop passing me Tangle Wire. You can train yours to stop passing Upheaval.

Cheers,
rant

Quote from flutterguy

Golem is only 5 mana, and solid. I do not currently run him, but he is certainly a possibility.

I do run Sphinx and have seen him hard cast at least 3 times in the last few months. I am not saying that should ever really happen, just that he is not as unplayable in my cube as others seem to say. I keep in in bc he is silly and I want some element of silly in my 450. Same with Nico Bolas, Planeswalker (who has now ended many games with decent ramp).

Upheaval is certainly not properly respected in my cube...

Quote from Tin Man

I like all the reasoning that everyone is putting into their suggestions. It really helps me, someone new to cube building, see what works and doesn't work. I am going to try Precursor Golem out for a bit and see how he does.

I am hoping that my Tinker targets are in the 6-7 range. Kinda a beefier Timmy card, like Sphinx. I think if I ever acquire a set of ABU duals, Sundering Titan will be in and Sphinx out. I feel with only Rav shocks, the value of playing the Titan is too low.