We talk about all kinds of cube design stuff, but as a player, what do you most like playing? I'm in a new state now and haven't found a group to draft with yet, so I'm itchy.
I know many of us love the artifact deck and Wildfire, but what about others?
My couple of off-the-beaten track favorites:
1. BW Mean Girls with Thalias and Braids. In my old playgroup where I used to live, everyone wanted to draft planeswalkers and Mystic Confluences and stuff, so the aggro 1-drops were always available, and the payoffs of the Mean Girls were plenty good to crush durdling decks.
2. GW Elfgeddon. Draft a white aggro deck with some elves, Lotus Cobra, and Ramunap Excavator to go with your Geddons and Strip Mine.
3. UB tempo: again, the aggro 1-drops were underdrafted in my old group, so I'd snatch up all the 2/2s for B and the "bad" permission spells. Bob is huge here, but the other payoffs are thin as neither black nor blue have great 4 mana finishers here. So you just crush them with Zombies and Remand all their garbage.
What about you? I've found that I very much prefer being the aggressor, which is something that happened naturally in response to my last group loving the durdling decks.
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I tend to play more janky brews than set archetypes.
fun one i played a while ago was sulfuric vortex and moat with hellkite and avacyn to finish. dont see boros moat decks very often.
I'm very much a midrange player so i prefer creature decks.
I do like Black white stax with braids and bitterblossom/ophiomancer
Wildfire decks and the artifact.dec are my two favorite archetypes. I also love Braids/Stax decks and anything that I can use Loam/Crucible/Excavator in.
I'm obsessed with "Tog" decks, either in control, Oath of Druids, reanimator, or Upheaval. I also really enjoy grindy "Lark" decks! They are so puzzling and fun to pilot!
Mono W, BR aristocrats, recurring nightmare, fastbond.dec (was especially fun when I had gitrog) or 100 counterspell.dec (UR spells probably my fav, but miracles/mentor/top is fun too)
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I predominantly draft aggro, so my favorite cube archetype is RDW. I guess I just love the mindlessness of it. Obviously aggro does have some decision trees and can be skill intensive at times, but dropping dude after dude turn after turn and getting in is my favorite thing.
Beyond RDW and other versions of that aggressive archetype, I also love UB tempo. Like MikePemulis my group often undervalues the black aggro dorks, so snatching up powerful stuff like Opposition, Bitterblossom, Bob, and counterspells early and then picking up those aggro dorks on the wheel can make for a really interesting and fun deck.
I also love Wildfire decks. Value the namesake cards, artifact ramp, planeswalkers, and X/5 creatures early and pick up additional burn and support spells later. One of my favorite friend quotes from cube comes after I won a match 2-1 with Wildfire. "I won every game you didn't cast Wildfire." And that's true. That game I lost, I just couldn't find my Wildfires. It's such a powerful card and can sometimes just spell victory on the spot.
Lastly, I love Stax decks where I get to abuse cards like Braids and Crucible of Worlds. A mono black control version is my absolute favorite, but I also love adding in green for Loam, Excavator, Titania, and Gitrog. It's a really fun deck with lots of great synergy and it can be super oppressive when the cards fall in line correctly.
I know many of us love the artifact deck and Wildfire, but what about others?
My couple of off-the-beaten track favorites:
1. BW Mean Girls with Thalias and Braids. In my old playgroup where I used to live, everyone wanted to draft planeswalkers and Mystic Confluences and stuff, so the aggro 1-drops were always available, and the payoffs of the Mean Girls were plenty good to crush durdling decks.
2. GW Elfgeddon. Draft a white aggro deck with some elves, Lotus Cobra, and Ramunap Excavator to go with your Geddons and Strip Mine.
3. UB tempo: again, the aggro 1-drops were underdrafted in my old group, so I'd snatch up all the 2/2s for B and the "bad" permission spells. Bob is huge here, but the other payoffs are thin as neither black nor blue have great 4 mana finishers here. So you just crush them with Zombies and Remand all their garbage.
What about you? I've found that I very much prefer being the aggressor, which is something that happened naturally in response to my last group loving the durdling decks.
EDH: UGEdric
Pauper: UR Delver
Modern: UGR Delver
Draft my cube: Eric's 390 Unpowered
I tend to play more janky brews than set archetypes.
fun one i played a while ago was sulfuric vortex and moat with hellkite and avacyn to finish. dont see boros moat decks very often.
I'm very much a midrange player so i prefer creature decks.
I do like Black white stax with braids and bitterblossom/ophiomancer
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I predominantly draft aggro, so my favorite cube archetype is RDW. I guess I just love the mindlessness of it. Obviously aggro does have some decision trees and can be skill intensive at times, but dropping dude after dude turn after turn and getting in is my favorite thing.
Beyond RDW and other versions of that aggressive archetype, I also love UB tempo. Like MikePemulis my group often undervalues the black aggro dorks, so snatching up powerful stuff like Opposition, Bitterblossom, Bob, and counterspells early and then picking up those aggro dorks on the wheel can make for a really interesting and fun deck.
I also love Wildfire decks. Value the namesake cards, artifact ramp, planeswalkers, and X/5 creatures early and pick up additional burn and support spells later. One of my favorite friend quotes from cube comes after I won a match 2-1 with Wildfire. "I won every game you didn't cast Wildfire." And that's true. That game I lost, I just couldn't find my Wildfires. It's such a powerful card and can sometimes just spell victory on the spot.
Lastly, I love Stax decks where I get to abuse cards like Braids and Crucible of Worlds. A mono black control version is my absolute favorite, but I also love adding in green for Loam, Excavator, Titania, and Gitrog. It's a really fun deck with lots of great synergy and it can be super oppressive when the cards fall in line correctly.
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