I wonder if having a recognizeable name behind the peasant cube would've made a difference. The first thing I thought was:
- Guillaume "World Champ 2010 / almost poy 2010 with that weird tie-breaker final thing against Brad Nelson / suspended for leaking New Phyrexia" Matignon
- Erik "godfather of altering cards and one of the most well-known cubers" Klug
- Timothee "Topdeck Bonfire vs USA to become team World Champ / GP winner" Simonot
- Who?
Thing was rigged against us, I tell you
I think there were a couple fairly large issues with the voting process:
1.) Should have been blind - no names, just lists.
2.) Shouldn't have been on twitter. Should have been tied to DCI #/MTGO Account Ownership. The fact that people who have never played magic could vote really invalidates the results of this. In theory a cube could win that got 100% of its votes from non-players and a cube with 100% votes from players could get crushed. I'm not saying that happened but just that it is possible I think shows that the twitter vote is a garbage way of doing this.
3.) I think you only had 3 options. PTrash Cube, Peasant Cube, Weird Cube because 1 of the cubes is just a Worse Weird Cube. Should have picked something instead of Guillaume's imo.
This has become a recurring theme with me lately but the more I deal with/see/whatever WoTC the more I become solidly convinced that everybody outside creative/R&D is incompetent. This is one more datapoint that outside of making magic cards they are a complete joke as a company. Everybody in creative/R&D deserves a raise, they carry everybody else.
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Void Grafter is kinda like a more limited/easier to cast Mystic Snake I guess. I like it. A situational counterspell with value or a slightly overcosted flash threat.
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As an aside, are you going to get the peasant drafts back up running?
Yeah. Organizing and trading are a huge pain. Right now I'm in the process of getting 8 modo accounts each with a copy of my cube and basics so I dont need to deal with trading. Between work, school, and other stuff im pretty busy atm. Being an adult sucks sometimes.
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Hey, haven't posted here in forever but they just announced the finalists for the magic online you make the cube contest and one of them is a peasant cube. Going around drumming up support (votes) for that entry.
Anyone with play-testing experience with Xiahou Dun, the One-Eyed? I just snagged one on the cheap.
I used to run him, he was a huge trap card in deckbuilding and playing most of the time. He temps you to durdle so hard with recursion, honestly he is at his best as a regrowth+ 3-6 damage. I think its fine to run him or not depending on how fast you want your cube/black to be. I might put him back in at some point since I cut all the black aggro cards.
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Flame Jab has been a pet card of mine for a very long time and I think it is finally getting the respect it deserves from my drafters/in this community.
Overwhelming Intellect - yes it looks clunky, yes it costs a lot of mana, yes it is conditional but when you resolve it the game is just over. I call it the cruel ultimatum of peasant because thats what casting it feels like.
Mana Drain for some absurd reason mana drain is undervauled by my drafters. The card is beyond broken.
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Looks bad, the average spell in any cube deck I've ever drafted is leagues better than a 3mana shock so I don't want to discard those. I am unhappy if this discards anything other than a land. I guess you hold lands in hand and cast it late but it isn't guaranteed value so you could just get boned, I'd rather just play a card that is always good.
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I think green aggro is all about Mana Elf->t2 3drop->t3 4drop. The best way, in my experience, to support Gx or Xg aggro is to have a good amount of mana dorks and powerful 4drops. Just because you're not 1mana 2/1ing people to death doesn't mean you're not aggressive.
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I think there were a couple fairly large issues with the voting process:
1.) Should have been blind - no names, just lists.
2.) Shouldn't have been on twitter. Should have been tied to DCI #/MTGO Account Ownership. The fact that people who have never played magic could vote really invalidates the results of this. In theory a cube could win that got 100% of its votes from non-players and a cube with 100% votes from players could get crushed. I'm not saying that happened but just that it is possible I think shows that the twitter vote is a garbage way of doing this.
3.) I think you only had 3 options. PTrash Cube, Peasant Cube, Weird Cube because 1 of the cubes is just a Worse Weird Cube. Should have picked something instead of Guillaume's imo.
This has become a recurring theme with me lately but the more I deal with/see/whatever WoTC the more I become solidly convinced that everybody outside creative/R&D is incompetent. This is one more datapoint that outside of making magic cards they are a complete joke as a company. Everybody in creative/R&D deserves a raise, they carry everybody else.
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This list is not posted on or from mtgsalvation as far as I know.
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Yeah. Organizing and trading are a huge pain. Right now I'm in the process of getting 8 modo accounts each with a copy of my cube and basics so I dont need to deal with trading. Between work, school, and other stuff im pretty busy atm. Being an adult sucks sometimes.
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http://magic.wizards.com/en/MTGO/articles/archive/magic-online/you-make-cube-voting-2016-10-17
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Thats fine, just got back from the shore a bit ago. Well check/close tomorrow.
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100% Disagree
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Basically this.
Young wolf is a better card by itself but butcher ghoul just goes in a higher % of decks.
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Absolutely, butcher ghoul is better than young wolf.
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I used to run him, he was a huge trap card in deckbuilding and playing most of the time. He temps you to durdle so hard with recursion, honestly he is at his best as a regrowth+ 3-6 damage. I think its fine to run him or not depending on how fast you want your cube/black to be. I might put him back in at some point since I cut all the black aggro cards.
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Overwhelming Intellect - yes it looks clunky, yes it costs a lot of mana, yes it is conditional but when you resolve it the game is just over. I call it the cruel ultimatum of peasant because thats what casting it feels like.
Mana Drain for some absurd reason mana drain is undervauled by my drafters. The card is beyond broken.
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Overall looks really good, some cards I don't like:
Guardian of the Gateless
Tideforce Elemental
Archaeomancer
Voyager Drake
Jodah's Avenger
Telling Time
Dauthi Slayer
Vendetta
Rise from the Grave
Goblin Bushwhacker
Fireslinger
Gorehorn Minotaurs
Oxidda Scrapmelter
Brute Force
Rolling Temblor
Emrakul's Hatcher
Dawntreater Elk
Grazing Gladehart
Prey's Vengeance
Kozilek's Predator
Colossal Might
Unmake
Wayfarer's Bauble
Armillary Sphere
Isochron Scepter
Myr Sire
Orzhov Signet (you have it listed twice)
Vulshok Morningstar
Quicksand
Rogue's Passage
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