How do people support Upheaval in their Cubes? How often is it drafted and what do the decks end up looking like and how successful are they? Same goes for Wildfire I guess. I have tried these a few times without any luck, keen to see if I am missing something.
How do people support Upheaval in their Cubes? How often is it drafted and what do the decks end up looking like and how successful are they? Same goes for Wildfire I guess. I have tried these a few times without any luck, keen to see if I am missing something.
Upheaval - Doesn't need much, but mana rocks and mana dorks help make it asymmetrical. Float mana, cast Upheaval, replay some stuff to otherwise empty board, profit.
Wildfire(s) - Play mana rocks, utility artifacts/enchantments, planeswalkers, 5+ toughness creatures, and then resolve Wildfire. Profit. Easily my favorite archetype in cube.
What wtwlf said, but in addition, I will run Upheaval in any blue control deck. If you can float even a single mana, it's great. At worst, it resets the board and allows you time to find your finisher and/or answers. Bonus if you can Upheaval when something you control is under an Oblivion Ring.
Wildfire is great, just like wtwlf said. It can go in many of the same decks as Upheaval. I find it pairs really well with white because white has so many good walkers and other sweepers.
I was hoping I could get some feedback.
I am currently looking to up my cube from 360 to 405 and I was looking for some feedback if I am missing something obvious or suggestions for any changes.
These are my current additions I will be adding
Cycle of Manlands (already running 2, but have what I want here) this takes up 10 of the spots.
Thanks for any help and Advice. I realize I will need to add these things and play test, but want to get any advice I can since I only get to pull out the cube every couple of weeks.
Tolaria West is a little narrow, especially with Transmute being a sorcery. Blue's options are just too good to find room for it, IMO.
You might want to consider adding Eldritch Evolution if you're adding Birthing Pod in, since they both play well in the same kinds of decks and help to reward deckbuilding with that kind of strategy in mind. I'd find room for Oath for sure.
Phyrexian Tower is cool, but you might be able to add in a more impactful sacrifice engine elsewhere and free up this precious slot for something else.
I like Savannah Lions more than most, but you might not need to go as deep as the vanilla 2/1s in that color, given the other options available. I'd find a different 2-drop than 8.5 Tails unless you're big on mono-white midrange shells.
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I'm down to draft on Xmage. It would be good practice and a great way to find cards underrated cards.
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For those of you guys running Reality Smasher and Thought-Knot Seer, how many colorless sources do you guys think is the minimum to support those two colorless cards?
I would love to play Reality smasher and its kin, but I currently only run about 13 colorless sources in my unpowered cube variant so getting 4 sources in a deck might be too difficult. I think I might just run half the signets and the full talisman cycle instead of the full signet cycle just to up my colorless source count. I'm just not sure if this change is worth it mainly for Smasher, TKS, and Displacer.
I slightly prefer Signets over Talismans because (A) they have a complete cycle and (B) Ravnica. I wish Wizards would print enemy colored Talismans in one of their Commander products already! I really want a full cycle of those!
I'd play a full cycle of Talismans over the Signets for sure.
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I prefer Signets over Talismans not only because the complete cycle's available, but also because the more controlling decks that are more likely to want mana rocks are less likely to want the life loss.
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Quite a few different opinions here. I think ultimately I'll roll in the Talismans if I feel the colorless Eldrazi Cards need more help. I do have one more question before I bring my cube to draft this weekend: Do you guys think Rancor would still pull its weight in cube without green aggro?
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No, not unless you're supporting some kind of Hardened Scales +1/+1 counters kinda theme.
Upheaval - Doesn't need much, but mana rocks and mana dorks help make it asymmetrical. Float mana, cast Upheaval, replay some stuff to otherwise empty board, profit.
Wildfire(s) - Play mana rocks, utility artifacts/enchantments, planeswalkers, 5+ toughness creatures, and then resolve Wildfire. Profit. Easily my favorite archetype in cube.
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Wildfire is great, just like wtwlf said. It can go in many of the same decks as Upheaval. I find it pairs really well with white because white has so many good walkers and other sweepers.
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I am currently looking to up my cube from 360 to 405 and I was looking for some feedback if I am missing something obvious or suggestions for any changes.
These are my current additions I will be adding
Cycle of Manlands (already running 2, but have what I want here) this takes up 10 of the spots.
Colorless
Looking for 1 more colorless
Blue
Red
Biggest concern is I might not have enough cheap burn spells in my cube
Green
Also thinking of adding Oath of Druids
Black
White
Thanks for any help and Advice. I realize I will need to add these things and play test, but want to get any advice I can since I only get to pull out the cube every couple of weeks.
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You might want to consider adding Eldritch Evolution if you're adding Birthing Pod in, since they both play well in the same kinds of decks and help to reward deckbuilding with that kind of strategy in mind. I'd find room for Oath for sure.
Phyrexian Tower is cool, but you might be able to add in a more impactful sacrifice engine elsewhere and free up this precious slot for something else.
I like Savannah Lions more than most, but you might not need to go as deep as the vanilla 2/1s in that color, given the other options available. I'd find a different 2-drop than 8.5 Tails unless you're big on mono-white midrange shells.
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As a free alternative to MODO, I highly recommend and vouch for xmage. Like with any software you have to learn some of the commands, but they are similar in function to MODO. The software automates a lot of the processes involved with playing like MODO does, and other than some random downtimes the drafts don't take too long to launch. Don't expect MODO queue times as the user base is MUCH less, but I've never waited more than 5-10 mins to launch a draft.
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For those of you guys running Reality Smasher and Thought-Knot Seer, how many colorless sources do you guys think is the minimum to support those two colorless cards?
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In the cube, the number will vary wildly. In a deck, you want 4 sources for Smasher, and 4-5 sources for TKS.
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