I'm curious where you got your proxies. Did you make them yourself? Or did you purchase them? They look SEEEXY. Especially the full art duals and alexandria.
Whoo Hoo! Great to be back with new sets! Hope everyone had a great holiday break!
Here are my changes for Fate Reforged. I stuck to a pretty thin list of changes - mainly because I officially have a freshman attending the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts and I have to pay for that too!
Yeah I was on the fence with him, but given that I think Bone Shredder has become way outclassed, I'm going to stick him in and see how he does I updated the post above!
I may add some of the other tribids after I see which ones most people seem to keep over time. I am trying to limit the amount of thrash that occurs in the cube with hype of the next great thing not lasting after the new shiny wears off. I tend to buy cards on impulse I really am not into running a wedge / shard cycle, but I will run the ones that become staples for sure.
Not a good change IMO. In fact a lot of the changes seem to be just for the sake of change. You just removed one of the best White utility cards for another agressive 1-drop. Not sure what's the logic behind that. It seems like you update your cube just to have new cards despite them not being necessary. At least change cards according to their role in the game. Ugin over Ratchet Bomb is also weird, a 2-drop colorless utility artifact against an 8-drop "finisher" that's basically worst than Karn in every single way.
I agree that despite the 1/1 Weathered Wayfarer is a good utility card and he will probably end up back in the cube with the vanilla Elite Vanguard being removed. My group does not get together a lot but they do like to see new cards so I try and rotate a few in each set. That doesn't mean cards stay in forever. In fact, in my cube if a card doesn't earn its spot as a "staple" over time most of the time those are the same slots that are changed out for a new card in a new set.
As for card roles I consider this for every change I make, but it should be noted that the theme of this cube is all-foil so for a long time I was running less than optimal cards in some slots because the best card was not available in foil - and there are still a few in there. When a new set comes out I have the opportunity to tighten up archetypes with cards that have a foil version. On occasion this means sometimes cards get exchanged out that do not fill the same role. Feel free to update your cube however you like, but I update for my playgroup and cube archetypes and not to please the forum at large.
As for Ugin, I run a 450 card powered cube. I support super-ramp so I need quite a few targets for the end game. My environment is one that has seen Emrakul, the Aeons Torn hard cast several times. Ugin, the Spirit Dragon has the upside of being colorless, making him attractive to folks outside of green (artifact ramp). Yes - Karn is better, IMO, but that doesn't take away from the fact Ugin is a solid card. If you can cast it you will most likely take the game. I took out Ratchet Bomb because honestly I enjoy everything in my Artifact section better, and it rarely sees play.
Sorry it has taken me so long to post my Dragons of Tarkir update. I have been going through some life changes, which is an understatement... more to come in a few days. I have also moved to sunny Beaverton Oregon, so if anyone knows a 30's 40's cube group than needs another let me know! The nine day, 3,137 mile drive had me a little pre-occupied, but I caught up on my cube podcasts! Thanks for the company on the road guys!
Here are my changes. Note that I haven't gone the route of a triple color or morph package so I am only putting in three new cards.
IN ----- OUT
W Dragon Hunter ----- Soldier of the Pantheon
Yes, I know this is like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, but I like the flavor of this card better and I don't think it hurts the cube.
Also on my drive I pondered the future of my cube and I have decided to change the rules a bit. Previously my cube had a "gimmick" it was "all-foil" No card could touch my cube's world unless it was printed in shiny. I have decided to amend that a bit. All cards will be foil - unless they are on the Reserved List. Reserved List cards may be proxied until obtained.
So... Ben has gotten me all squared away over at CubeTutor, so for anyone that cares or is a bit confused by all the name changes I have been transitioning and full time since December. I'm going by Geena now. So if you are going to gossip about me just use "she" and ""her" and I'll be fine with it.
In all seriousness, it has taken me a long time to get to this place and Magic and the cube community pulled me through some pretty dark times without even knowing what was going on.
I don't expect negativity here, but if you are so inclined you always have the ability to just ignore my posts or block my user. It will be easier on both of us.
Anyway, thanks for being there, and I now return you to the previously scheduled cube list thread.
-- Geena --
BTW it apparently gets an act of Congress to get someone at Curse to change a user name. If anyone knows who I can PM to get it done let me know
Funny aside, While a not insignificant portion of the country was watching the Bruce Jenner interview I was at a comic book store playing Friday Night Magic and getting my clock cleaned since I haven't had time to play any of the cards in this block. Everyone was laid back and the few times that they referred to me it was as "Geena" or "her" and that is all I wanted out of the entire night anyway. They invited me back in two weeks to play in another tournament and to stay after at the store with the group and play casual games after it was over (I didn't bring any decks with me tonight). It was a good evening.
Here's my Origins update! Kind of conservative this time around. Origins is a fantastic set, I'm just waiting to see how things go with a few cards before adding them. I've also been spending most of my cube budget on replacing the Remaining Power 9 proxies with collector's edition cards! (That would be Black Lotus, Time Walk, Ancestral Recall and Mox Sapphire). I also added an Unlimited Mox Jet and Mox Pearl bringing the real Power 9 cards to five!
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I'm curious where you got your proxies. Did you make them yourself? Or did you purchase them? They look SEEEXY. Especially the full art duals and alexandria.
I can direct you to a person that can help you make some proxies. PM me and I will give you some info.
Here are my changes for Fate Reforged. I stuck to a pretty thin list of changes - mainly because I officially have a freshman attending the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts and I have to pay for that too!
IN -----> OUT
W
Mardu Woe-Reaper -----> Weathered Wayfarer
Monastery Mentor -----> Precinct Captain
B
Mardu Strike Leader -----> Bone Shredder
G
Warden of the First Tree -----> River Boa
X
Ugin, the Spirit Dragon -----> Ratchet Bomb
Cheers,
rant
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I may add some of the other tribids after I see which ones most people seem to keep over time. I am trying to limit the amount of thrash that occurs in the cube with hype of the next great thing not lasting after the new shiny wears off. I tend to buy cards on impulse I really am not into running a wedge / shard cycle, but I will run the ones that become staples for sure.
Not a good change IMO. In fact a lot of the changes seem to be just for the sake of change. You just removed one of the best White utility cards for another agressive 1-drop. Not sure what's the logic behind that. It seems like you update your cube just to have new cards despite them not being necessary. At least change cards according to their role in the game. Ugin over Ratchet Bomb is also weird, a 2-drop colorless utility artifact against an 8-drop "finisher" that's basically worst than Karn in every single way.
As for card roles I consider this for every change I make, but it should be noted that the theme of this cube is all-foil so for a long time I was running less than optimal cards in some slots because the best card was not available in foil - and there are still a few in there. When a new set comes out I have the opportunity to tighten up archetypes with cards that have a foil version. On occasion this means sometimes cards get exchanged out that do not fill the same role. Feel free to update your cube however you like, but I update for my playgroup and cube archetypes and not to please the forum at large.
As for Ugin, I run a 450 card powered cube. I support super-ramp so I need quite a few targets for the end game. My environment is one that has seen Emrakul, the Aeons Torn hard cast several times. Ugin, the Spirit Dragon has the upside of being colorless, making him attractive to folks outside of green (artifact ramp). Yes - Karn is better, IMO, but that doesn't take away from the fact Ugin is a solid card. If you can cast it you will most likely take the game. I took out Ratchet Bomb because honestly I enjoy everything in my Artifact section better, and it rarely sees play.
Sorry it has taken me so long to post my Dragons of Tarkir update. I have been going through some life changes, which is an understatement... more to come in a few days. I have also moved to sunny Beaverton Oregon, so if anyone knows a 30's 40's cube group than needs another let me know! The nine day, 3,137 mile drive had me a little pre-occupied, but I caught up on my cube podcasts! Thanks for the company on the road guys!
Here are my changes. Note that I haven't gone the route of a triple color or morph package so I am only putting in three new cards.
IN ----- OUT
W
Dragon Hunter ----- Soldier of the Pantheon
Yes, I know this is like rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic, but I like the flavor of this card better and I don't think it hurts the cube.
R
Zurgo Bellstriker ----- Generator Servant
BG
Kolaghan's Command ----- Grenzo, Dungeon Warden
Also on my drive I pondered the future of my cube and I have decided to change the rules a bit. Previously my cube had a "gimmick" it was "all-foil" No card could touch my cube's world unless it was printed in shiny. I have decided to amend that a bit. All cards will be foil - unless they are on the Reserved List. Reserved List cards may be proxied until obtained.
This will give me some new cards to chase!
So effective immediately real versions of Mox Ruby, Mox Emerald, Timetwister, ABUR Duals, Pox, Recurring Nightmare and Moat are in the cube along with this additional change:
IN ----- OUT
B
The Abyss ------ Snuff Out
I'd run both Hunter and Soldier.
I'd cut a lot of things before Snuff Out. My top suggestions are Puppeteer Clique, Doom Blade, and Liiana's Reaver.
Cheers,
rant
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Cube Tutor: http://cubetutor.com/viewcube/1963
In all seriousness, it has taken me a long time to get to this place and Magic and the cube community pulled me through some pretty dark times without even knowing what was going on.
I don't expect negativity here, but if you are so inclined you always have the ability to just ignore my posts or block my user. It will be easier on both of us.
Anyway, thanks for being there, and I now return you to the previously scheduled cube list thread.
-- Geena --
BTW it apparently gets an act of Congress to get someone at Curse to change a user name. If anyone knows who I can PM to get it done let me know
Cheers,
rant
My Cube
CubeCobra: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/5f5d0310ed602310515d4c32
Cube Tutor: http://cubetutor.com/viewcube/1963
Anyway here's the changes....
IN -----> OUT
W
Kytheon, Hero of Akros -----> Savannah Lions
B
Kokusho, The Evening Star -----> Priest of the Blood Rite
Languish -----> Black Sun's Zenith
G
Nissa, Vastwood Seer -----> Omnath, Locus of Mana
Cheers,
rant
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CubeCobra: https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/5f5d0310ed602310515d4c32
Cube Tutor: http://cubetutor.com/viewcube/1963