4/26/10

Trying out some stuff:

Birds of Paradise in for Heartwood Storyteller

Terastodon in for Wolfbriar Elemental

Grafted Wargear in for Platinum Angel

:( :(

Sulfuric Vortex in for Rakka Mar

Zo-Zu in for Beacon of Destruction

Smash to Smithereens in for Shattering Pulse

Trying out a bunch of stuff that people seem to like. Smash seems like the Searing Blaze of Shatters. Rakka Mar hasn't really done enough. Wolfbriar is rad but we've had two drafts now where the person playing green had him, but wasn't green enough to play him as anything but a 4/4.

4/24/10 Changes

Wall of Omens in for Hyena Umbra

Sorry, little Umbra buddy. No way you were making the cut.

Crater Hellion in for Caldera Hellion

Trying this out. The sac outlet is interesting, but oh well.

Snake Umbra showed up yesterday and seems ok enough. We'll see- I really want the umbras to show up in a draft with Troll Ascetic or Uril, for maximum dreamy effect.

04/20/10 Changes

Trying out a bunch of stuff to see what sticks. I'm sure some of these aren't right, but we wanted to give a bunch of things we've been curious about a shot.

Heartwood Storyteller in for Reclaim

I haven't been too hyped up on Reclaim, and we wanted to get more card draw into green. We'll see how it goes.


Boar Umbra in for Hunting Pack

Snake Umbra in for Saproling Burst

We wanted to get a few more auras into the cube. I imagine that whatever doesn't work out will be replaced with Hunting Pack, but we'll see.

Land Tax in for Glorious Anthem

Hyena Umbra in for Pianna, Nomad Captain

Transcendent Master in for Soltari Champion

Knight of the White Orchid in for Otherworldly Journey

Oh god I'm so sad about that.

but I'm really happy about this:

Razormane Masticore in for Dolmen Gate

The Crusher might not be right- we'll see- but at least the Masticore is back!


We just made a bunch of changes to white, so I'll address this here: I agree that our cube doesn't support aggro, and I think that's ok. Actually I think that is normal for a limited format. I know a lot of people really want aggressive red/white decks to be draftable in their cube. For me, it's ok if the most aggressive deck still has 4 and 5 drops, which is how our cube works in practice.

4/19/10 Changes

I'll write more about this later, but for now:

Gilded Drake in for Chronozoa

Wolfbriar Elemental in for Rhox

Sylvan Library in for Kamahl, Fist of Krosa

Careful Consideration in for Brine Elemental

04/19 Draft 2

This is probably the sickest cube deck in recent memory. I'm embarrassed to show you mine, by comparison.

Justin's deck:



Needless to say I was never in any of the games we played.

Mine:

Rise of the Eldrazi Changes - Final

Student of Warfare in for Akrasan Squire

Linvala, Keeper of Silence in for Galepowder Mage

Drana, Kalastria Bloodchief in for Dark Hatchling

Kargan Dragonlord in for Taurean Mauler

Flame Slash in for Fork

Momentous Fall in for Gaea's Anthem

Vengevine in for River Boa

All is Dust in for Triskelavus

Ulamog's Crusher in for Razormane Masticore

Just trying this out... the masticores don't see enough play to justify having both in.

Google Docs Version

Here as web page and here as a doc

Rise of the Eldrazi Changes

So far, here's what I'm thinking:

Student of Warfare in for Akrasan Squire

Super excited, don't feel like there is much to go wrong here.

Linvala in for Galepowder Mage

One of those cards that worked better in theory. Linvala seems super powerful and a decent body regardless.

All is Dust in for Triskelavus

( I guess it is the colorless section now)

Sorry, buddy. Rules changes were no good at all for you.

Momentous Fall in for Gaea's Anthem

Seems too rad to not include, right?

4/5/10 Draft

Ok, so my notes aren't super detailed for this draft, but let's just note- our decks are both awesome and with one exception, every game was totally interesting and fun.

Justin ending up winning, basically with one card each time- Kodama, then Overrun, then Stonewood Invocation. Man, I assume you love Stonewood Invocation too. Right?

The last game was crazy. I decree of pained for 15 cards, nearly decked myself, but I had Platinum Angel to make sure I could still live. Then I turned into an insane person and decided to wait a turn before playing the angel, and a sprout swarm token invocationed right into my face for lethal. Still! Really exciting and I got to live all of my dreams: Bloodghast & Attrition, Urza's Factory and Attrition, Platinum Angel and almost losing, Platinum Angel and Pact, Stuffy Doll and drawing Stuffy Doll every game.

Justin had probably the raddest sideboard in the history of the cube- vedalken shackles for stuffy doll. I'm still charmed by that.

Platinum Angel gets a lot of shit but she really held it down in this series. I think she will still get replaced by All is Dust, but now it will be a bittersweet type of replacement.

My deck:



Justin's:

4/5/10 Changes

Undermine in for Wydwen, the Gale that Bites

(that's Justin's remark <3 <3 <3)

Worldwake Manlands in for M10 Duals

These have been AWESOME so far. Sorry I ever doubted you, Lava Horse.

4/4 Draft

I lost this one - we went to game 5 - through the awesome decision to NOT include a black source in my deck game 1. I found that out when I went to fetch a land in preparation for my Mana Drain-fueled turn 5 Thrax. Le sigh.

Here's me:



And JT:



I believe Justin directly won two games with Mindslaver. Yay Mindslaver!