Again, here's how the Power Rankings voting will work:
* This thread will be open until Sunday, May 10th morning
* Voters are to rank the Top 20 cards for the BLUE group according to what they would take at Pack 1, Pick 1 (P1P1) in a regular draft. Partial lists will not be accepted.
* Please rank your cards from #1 through #20, with #1 being the card you would take over all the others.
* The VOTING thread is for posting your votes only. Small discussions about the voting, in particular pointing out errors in other voter's rankings and questions about the voting process, are allowed within reasonable length, but otherwise you should use the main CPR thread for discussions.
* Results will be posted in their own thread after this one is closed and all the votes are compiled.
* You can edit your vote freely, up until the moment the thread is closed.
===
HOW TO VOTE ON SIMILAR CARDS
The following cards are considered to be equal. If you include them in your vote, they must be ranked as a single entry.
Also according to the rules, the following cards are included in other voting groups and must not be voted here:
* Vivid Creek and other lands able to produce 'mana of any color', even if their 'main' color is blue. Their voting group is LANDS.
* Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest, Arctic Aven, Forbidden Alchemy, Jilt and any other blue card with abilities that cost mana of other colors or that require you to control lands of other basic types. Their voting group is GUILD or SHARD/WEDGE.
* Judge's Familiar, Frostburn Weird and other hybrids cards with other color. Their voting group is also GUILD or SHARD/WEDGE.
* Mox Sapphire, Silver Myr and other colorless artifacts that produce blue mana but have no ability costing blue mana or that requires you to control plains. Their voting group is COLORLESS.
If you still have any doubt about how to classify a certain card not clarified above, please ask away.
===
PREVIOUS RANKINGS
For reference, here's the BLUE results for the previous three Power Rankings project. I'm including them here to be used as a reference only.
PLEASE NOTE! Since the last year's CPR, the following sets have been released:
* Conspiracy
* Magic 2015
* Commander 2014
* Khans of Tarkir
* Fate Reforged
* Dragons of Tarkir
1. Ancestral Recall
2. Time Walk
3. Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4. Tinker
5. True-Name Nemesis
6. Snapcaster Mage
7. Aetherling
8. Treachery
9. Mana Drain
10. Fact or Fiction
11. Dig Through Time
12. Morphling
13. Upheaval
14. Vedalken Shackles
15. Sower of Temptation
16. Tezzeret the Seeker
17. Vendilion Clique
18. Force of Will
19. Consecrated Sphinx
20. Opposition
1. Ancestral Recall
2. Time Walk
3. Tinker
4. Jace, the Mind Sculptor
5. Mana Drain
6. Treachery
7. Upheaval
8. Snapcaster Mage
9. Vendilion Clique
10. Fact or Fiction
11. Dig Through Time
12. True-Name Nemesis
13. Vedalken Shackles
14. Glen Elendra Archmage
15. Opposition
16. Phantasmal Image
17. Sower of Temptation
18. Force of Will
19. Venser, Shaper Savant
20. Cryptic Command
1 Ancestral Recall
2 Time Walk
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Mana Drain
5 Tinker
6 Treachery
7 Snapcaster Mage
8 True-Name Nemesis
9 Vedalken Shackles
10 Vendilion Clique
11 Upheavel
12 Control Magic
13 Fact or Fiction
14 Phyrexian Metamorph
15 Meloku, the Clouded Mirror
16 Venser, Shaper Savant
17 Dig Through Time
18 Opposition
19 Bribery
20 Show and Tell
My top 20 will probably read a bit differently from many since I've only run/played with an unpowered cube, and have had zero experience with some of the traditionally top-rated cards. There's also a bit of bias from my somewhat unhealthy love of tempo-based decks. Here goes:
1. Ancestral Recall
2. Time Walk
3. Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4. Mana Drain
5. Upheaval
6. Tinker
7. Treachery
8. Snapcaster Mage
9. True-Name Nemesis
10. Vendilion Clique
11. Dig Through Time
12. Vedalken Shackles
13. Glen Elandra Archmage
14. Show and Tell
15. Fact or Fiction
16. Sower of Temptation
17. Control Magic
18. Venser, Shaper Savant
19. Opposition
20. Phyrexian Metamorph
I agree with IncendiarySpade and put Snapcaster Mage just below what I consider to be the "unpassables" as it were.
1. Time Walk
2. Ancestral Recall
3. Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4. Mana Drain
5. Tinker
6. Vedalken Shackles
7. True Name Nemesis
8. Treachery
9. Talrand, Sky Summoner
10. Phyrexian Metamorph
11. Snapcaster Mage
12. Upheaval
13. Opposition
14. Control Magic
15. Mystical Tutor
16. Time Spiral
17. Tezzeret, the Seeker
18. Phantasmal Image
19. Cryptic Command
20. Venser, Shaper Servant
Honorable mention: Mana Leak, Force of Will, Tolarian Academy and Clever Impersonator.
Blue is so strong! This execise shows that forcing blue remains an acceptable tactic in almost any cube draft.
Talrand, number 9! He has been such a power horse for us. Carrying deck by himself. In a vacuum other cards are more powerful, but first picking him gives direction to your deck and he makes your other cards better.
Yeah seems like Incendiaryspade underrated or forgot about Upheaval
Seems like a number of people are underrating Ancestral Recall and Time Walk!
Cheers,
rant
Just because of those 4 no-votes (out of 20 voters so far), Recall and Walk are #3 and #4 right now, with Tinker and Jace TMS as the current Top 2.
EDIT: Last year they also had 4 'unpowered' voters, but that was among the final 32 voters. I don't think we're getting that much voters this year (white got 26 this year), so their impact is greater.
If Ancestral winds up behind Tinker/Jace, I wonder how valuable this list will actually be. Like, will this data actually mean anything? It's supposed to be a tool to help people understand pick orders that are unfamiliar with this environment, and passing Ancestrals isn't the way to win in this format.
* This thread will be open until Sunday, May 10th morning
* Voters are to rank the Top 20 cards for the BLUE group according to what they would take at Pack 1, Pick 1 (P1P1) in a regular draft. Partial lists will not be accepted.
* Please rank your cards from #1 through #20, with #1 being the card you would take over all the others.
* The VOTING thread is for posting your votes only. Small discussions about the voting, in particular pointing out errors in other voter's rankings and questions about the voting process, are allowed within reasonable length, but otherwise you should use the main CPR thread for discussions.
* Results will be posted in their own thread after this one is closed and all the votes are compiled.
* You can edit your vote freely, up until the moment the thread is closed.
===
HOW TO VOTE ON SIMILAR CARDS
The following cards are considered to be equal. If you include them in your vote, they must be ranked as a single entry.
* Essence Scatter = Remove Soul = Preemptive Strike
* Time Warp = Capture of Jingzhou = Temporal Manipulation
And the following cards, despite having very similar effects, are not considered equal and must be ranked at separated entries:
* Preordain x Serum Visions
===
CARDS THAT ARE INCLUDED ON THIS VOTING
According to the rules at the main thread, the following cards are included in the BLUE voting group:
* Academy Ruins, Faerie Conclave, Shelldock Isle, Tolarian Academy and any other land able to produce only blue mana, or that produces colorless mana but has abilities that cost blue mana (and no other color).
* Gitaxian Probe, Phyrexian Metamorph and other "hybrid" blue/colorless cards.
* Crystal Shard, Spellskite, Vedalken Shackles and other colorless artifacts with abilities costing blue mana or that requires you to control islands, blue permanents or play blue spells.
CARDS THAT ARE NOT INCLUDED ON THIS VOTING
Also according to the rules, the following cards are included in other voting groups and must not be voted here:
* Vivid Creek and other lands able to produce 'mana of any color', even if their 'main' color is blue. Their voting group is LANDS.
* Shu Yun, the Silent Tempest, Arctic Aven, Forbidden Alchemy, Jilt and any other blue card with abilities that cost mana of other colors or that require you to control lands of other basic types. Their voting group is GUILD or SHARD/WEDGE.
* Judge's Familiar, Frostburn Weird and other hybrids cards with other color. Their voting group is also GUILD or SHARD/WEDGE.
* Mox Sapphire, Silver Myr and other colorless artifacts that produce blue mana but have no ability costing blue mana or that requires you to control plains. Their voting group is COLORLESS.
If you still have any doubt about how to classify a certain card not clarified above, please ask away.
===
PREVIOUS RANKINGS
For reference, here's the BLUE results for the previous three Power Rankings project. I'm including them here to be used as a reference only.
2 Time Walk - 18.2
3 Mana Drain - 15.8
4 Treachery - 15.2
5 Meloku, the Clouded Mirror - 12.2
6 Tinker - 10.9
7 Upheaval - 9.6
8 Bribery - 9.2
9 Gifts Given - 9.2
10 Fact or Fiction - 9.0
11 Gifts Ungiven - 8.7
12 Forbid - 7.2
13 Force of Will - 6.4
14 Capsize - 6.0
15 Timetwister - 6.0
16 Time Spiral - 5.8
17 Cryptic Command - 5.3
18 Morphling - 4.9
19 Keiga, the Tide Star - 3.7
20 Vedalken Shackles - 3.2
2 Time Walk - 18.1
3 Mana Drain - 17.2
4 Treachery - 15.6
5 Tinker - 12.3
6 Bribery - 10.5
7 Fact or Fiction - 9.6
8 Meloku, the Clouded Mirror - 8.7
9 Upheaval - 8.5
9 Time Spiral - 8.5
11 Gifts Ungiven - 8.0
12 Jace, the Mind Sculptor - 7.2
13 Force of Will - 7.1
14 Vedalken Shackles - 7.0
15 Forbid - 6.9
16 Future Sight - 5.9
17 Gifts Given - 5.2
18 Control Magic - 4.5
19 Capsize - 3.9
20 Timetwister - 3.8
2 Time Walk - 16.6
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor - 16.3
4 Mana Drain - 13.8
5 Tinker - 13.5
6 Treachery - 12.8
7 Upheaval - 12.3
8 Snapcaster Mage - 10.7
9 True-Name Nemesis - 8.5
10 Vedalken Shackles - 8.2
11 Vendilion Clique - 8.0
12 Phyrexian Metamorph - 6.4
13 Control Magic - 4.9
14 Fact or Fiction - 4.7
15 Meloku, the Clouded Mirror - 4.2
16 Venser, Shaper Savant - 4.0
17 Glen Elendra Archmage - 3.9
18 Opposition - 3.6
19 Time Spiral - 3.3
20 Bribery - 3.2
PLEASE NOTE! Since the last year's CPR, the following sets have been released:
* Conspiracy
* Magic 2015
* Commander 2014
* Khans of Tarkir
* Fate Reforged
* Dragons of Tarkir
BLUE VOTING IS NOW OPEN!
1. Time Walk
2. Ancestral Recall
3. Tinker
4. Upheaval
5. Jace, The mind sculptor
6. Vedalken Shackles
7. Mana Drain
8. Meloku the Clouded Mirror
9. Snapcaster Mage
10. True-Name Nemesis
11. Time Spiral
12. Treachery
13. Vendilion Clique
14. Phyrexian Metamorph
15. Cryptic Command
16. Dig Through Time
17. Magical Hacker
18. Glen Elendra Archmage
19. Tezzeret the Seeker
20. Crystal Shard
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2. Time Walk
3. Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4. Tinker
5. True-Name Nemesis
6. Snapcaster Mage
7. Aetherling
8. Treachery
9. Mana Drain
10. Fact or Fiction
11. Dig Through Time
12. Morphling
13. Upheaval
14. Vedalken Shackles
15. Sower of Temptation
16. Tezzeret the Seeker
17. Vendilion Clique
18. Force of Will
19. Consecrated Sphinx
20. Opposition
02 Time Walk
03 Mana Drain
04 Tinker
05 Upheaval
06 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
07 Treachery
08 Vendilion Clique
09 Meloku the Clouded Mirror
10 Snapcaster Mage
11 Vedalken Shackles
12 Dig Through Time
13 Sower of Temptation
14 True-Name Nemesis
15 Glen Elendra Archmage
16 Venser, Shaper Savant
17 Bribery
18 Fact or Fiction
19 Control Magic
20 Cryptic Command
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12 Dig Through Time
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18 Show and Tell
19 Gifts Ungiven
20 Cryptic Command
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1. Ancestral Recall
2. Time Walk
3. Snapcaster Mage
4. Jace, the Mind Sculptor
5. Upheaval
6. Mana Drain
7. Opposition
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9. Tinker
10. True-Name Nemesis
11. Meloku the Clouded Mirror
12. Remand
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14. Force of Will
15. Timetwister
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17. Gifts Ungiven
18. Fact or Fiction
19. Vendilion Clique
20. Control Magic
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02 Time Walk
03 Mana Drain
04 Tinker
05 Upheaval
06 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
07 Treachery
08 Vedalken Shackles
09 True-Name Nemesis
10 Tolarian Academy
11 Glen Elendra Archmage
12 Snapcaster Mage
13 Control Magic
14 Aetherling
15 Phantasmal Image
16 Vendilion Clique
17 Bribery
18 Fact or Fiction
19 Dig Through Time
20 Mulldrifter
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2. Time Walk
3. Mana Drain
4. Jace, the Mind Sculptor
5. Tinker
6. Upheaval
7. Show and Tell
8. Treachery
9. Fact or Fiction
10. Vendilion Clique
11. Vedalken Shackles
12. Control Magic
13. Glen Elendra Archmage
14. Opposition
15. True-Name Nemesis
16. Mulldrifter
17. Dig Through Time
18. Snapcaster Mage
19. Remand
20. Phantasmal Image
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2. Time Walk
3. Tinker
4. Jace, the Mind Sculptor
5. Mana Drain
6. Treachery
7. Upheaval
8. Snapcaster Mage
9. Vendilion Clique
10. Fact or Fiction
11. Dig Through Time
12. True-Name Nemesis
13. Vedalken Shackles
14. Glen Elendra Archmage
15. Opposition
16. Phantasmal Image
17. Sower of Temptation
18. Force of Will
19. Venser, Shaper Savant
20. Cryptic Command
2 Time Walk
3 Mana Drain
4 Tinker
5 Upheaval
6 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
7 Treachery
8 Show and Tell
9 Vendilion Clique
10 Vedalken Shackles
11 Snapcaster Mage
12 Fact or Fiction
13 Bribery
14 True-Name Nemesis
15 Meloku the Clouded Mirror
16 Glen Elendra Archmage
17 Dig Through Time
18 Venser, Shaper Savant
19 Opposition
20 Control Magic
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02 Time Walk
03 Mana Drain
04 Upheaval
05 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
06 Tinker
07 Treachery
08 Vendilion Clique
09 Vedalken Shackles
10 True-Name Nemesis
11 Meloku the Clouded Mirror
12 Snapcaster Mage
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15 Fact or Fiction
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17 Sower of Temptation
18 Opposition
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20 Control Magic
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2 Time Walk
3 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4 Mana Drain
5 Tinker
6 Treachery
7 Snapcaster Mage
8 True-Name Nemesis
9 Vedalken Shackles
10 Vendilion Clique
11 Upheavel
12 Control Magic
13 Fact or Fiction
14 Phyrexian Metamorph
15 Meloku, the Clouded Mirror
16 Venser, Shaper Savant
17 Dig Through Time
18 Opposition
19 Bribery
20 Show and Tell
1. Time Walk
2. Ancestral Recall
3. True-name Nemesis
4. Snapcaster Mage
5. Tinker
6. Treachery
7. Upheaval
8. Phyrexian Metamorph
9. Vedalken Shackles
10. Mulldrifter
11. Fact or Fiction
12. Arcane Denial
13. Control Magic
14. Dig Through Time
15. Glen Elendra Archmage
16. Sphinx of Jwar Isle
17. Man-'O-War
18. Aetherling
19. Forbid
20. Tamiyo, the Moon Sage
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02 Time Walk
03 Mana Drain
04 Snapcaster Mage
05 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
06 Tinker
07 Treachery
08 Vendilion Clique
09 Show and Tell
10 Upheaval
11 Mulldrifter
12 Vedalken Shackles
13 Dig Through Time
14 Sower of Temptation
15 True-Name Nemesis
16 Glen Elendra Archmage
17 Phyrexian Metamorph
18 Venser, Shaper Savant
19 Fact or Fiction
20 Cryptic Command
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1. Ancestral Recall
2. Time Walk
3. Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4. Mana Drain
5. Upheaval
6. Tinker
7. Treachery
8. Snapcaster Mage
9. True-Name Nemesis
10. Vendilion Clique
11. Dig Through Time
12. Vedalken Shackles
13. Glen Elandra Archmage
14. Show and Tell
15. Fact or Fiction
16. Sower of Temptation
17. Control Magic
18. Venser, Shaper Savant
19. Opposition
20. Phyrexian Metamorph
I agree with IncendiarySpade and put Snapcaster Mage just below what I consider to be the "unpassables" as it were.
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1. Time Walk
2. Ancestral Recall
3. Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4. Mana Drain
5. Tinker
6. Vedalken Shackles
7. True Name Nemesis
8. Treachery
9. Talrand, Sky Summoner
10. Phyrexian Metamorph
11. Snapcaster Mage
12. Upheaval
13. Opposition
14. Control Magic
15. Mystical Tutor
16. Time Spiral
17. Tezzeret, the Seeker
18. Phantasmal Image
19. Cryptic Command
20. Venser, Shaper Servant
Honorable mention: Mana Leak, Force of Will, Tolarian Academy and Clever Impersonator.
Blue is so strong! This execise shows that forcing blue remains an acceptable tactic in almost any cube draft.
Talrand, number 9! He has been such a power horse for us. Carrying deck by himself. In a vacuum other cards are more powerful, but first picking him gives direction to your deck and he makes your other cards better.
I feel compelled to repeat everything I hear
Seems like a number of people are underrating Ancestral Recall and Time Walk!
Cheers,
rant
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Just because of those 4 no-votes (out of 20 voters so far), Recall and Walk are #3 and #4 right now, with Tinker and Jace TMS as the current Top 2.
EDIT: Last year they also had 4 'unpowered' voters, but that was among the final 32 voters. I don't think we're getting that much voters this year (white got 26 this year), so their impact is greater.
1. Ancestral Recall
2. Time Walk
3. Jace, the Mind Sculptor
4. Mana Drain
5. Tinker
6. Treachery
7. Snapcaster Mage
8. True-Name Nemesis
9. Vedalken Shackles
10. Upheaval
11. Phyrexian Metamorph
12. Vendillion Clique
13. Opposition
14. Dig Through Time
15. Control Magic
16. Glen-Elendra Archmage
17. Consecrated Sphinx
18. Fact or Fiction
19. Cryptic Command
20. Show and Tell
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