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I was just wondering how many and what XR burnspells you run in your cubes.
This has also been because the goal with my cube is to include the most powerful cards of all times, and in the red category many of the X-burnspells belong here.
But for balancingissues and for varity i have only included some (about 6 i think).
What are your opinion on the matter?
And what X-burnspells do you have in your cube?
Yeah, we don't count FB dragon.
Are you planning on keeping the number on your current count?
The reason i bring this subject up is because i was thinking about cutting some other burnspells/creatures for more X-burnspells.
But i'm nervous that they will dominate too much.
X Burn spells aren't that great in cube, contrary to what you might think. Sure, they are certainly solid in the cube, but they're not first picks like in regular limited formats. I don't think you need to have too many, simply because they're actually not that exciting. Regular burn spells are *most of the time* better because they're more efficient, instant speed, and better in the early game. The mono red aggressive decks will typically prefer simple burn spells over an X spell.
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I disagree with Ammo here. Red X-burns are picked very early because they are splashable and can win games out of nowhere. I'm not saying they are the strongest cards in Cube, but almost any deck will splash for a Red X-spell like Disintegrate.
IMO, a lot of you aren't playing enough of them. X spells are awesome, as long as they do something interesting and powerful enough to warrant inclusion.
Banefire (Fireball got cut, preliminarily...might be Ghitu Fire out)
Demonfire
Rolling Earthquake
Ghitu Fire
and
Starstorm
Invoke the Firemind
but my cube is only 450ish cards. I am trying to figure out which is more appealing...instant-speed capability, or splittling/textless (Meddling Kids is in the cube).
I like Ghitu Fire more than Volcanic Geyser personally. I like them both, but I find the Ghitu Fire more versitile. Kaervek's Torch is another card that I think is underrated. Even though the damage can be prevented, it can be used earlier against blue than Banefire or Demonfire.
How often do you cast it on a creature though? It does happen, but much more rarely.
Interesting enough, decks in my don't have a problem reaching hellbent, but do have a problem reaching threshold, which seems opposite to your cubes.
I was just wondering how many and what XR burnspells you run in your cubes.
This has also been because the goal with my cube is to include the most powerful cards of all times, and in the red category many of the X-burnspells belong here.
But for balancingissues and for varity i have only included some (about 6 i think).
What are your opinion on the matter?
And what X-burnspells do you have in your cube?
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Didn't cut an X spell for Demonfire as it seems more X spells are better than fewer. Cube is ~500 cards.
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Flameblast Dragon (although not really sure this one counts).
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Are you planning on keeping the number on your current count?
The reason i bring this subject up is because i was thinking about cutting some other burnspells/creatures for more X-burnspells.
But i'm nervous that they will dominate too much.
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The ones I run in my Cube (~450 cards) are:
Banefire will be coming in when I get my Conflux boxes. I'm also considering Molten Disaster to replace Earthquake.
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Banefire (Fireball got cut, preliminarily...might be Ghitu Fire out)
Demonfire
Rolling Earthquake
Ghitu Fire
and
Starstorm
Invoke the Firemind
but my cube is only 450ish cards. I am trying to figure out which is more appealing...instant-speed capability, or splittling/textless (Meddling Kids is in the cube).
Thoughts?
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Interesting enough, decks in my don't have a problem reaching hellbent, but do have a problem reaching threshold, which seems opposite to your cubes.
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