I'm a fan of the UG flash deck, and think I might want to try supporting it a bit more in my cube. Are there any cards you consider must include for the archetype? Also have you ever tried Beast Attack? Card seems sweet in this sort of deck
You and me both. The most important cards that I'd advise anyone to have in their cube to support the U/G archetype is Frilled Mystic and Brineborn Cutthroat. Otherwise, the key to supporting the flash archetype is to have flash creatures at all CMCs and run counters/bounce spells in your cube. It's not hard to support, but it's just about balancing the flash creatures at the different CMCS.
I obviously support that as my main archetype in Simic, so all 4 of my guildspots are dedicated to it.
Flash creatures/Counterspells/Bounce spells. I think that's the recipe for a solid flash deck. It's incredibly powerful to be able to hold up mana waiting to interact with your opponent with a counterspell or cheap bounce spell and then have them do nothing, which in turn lets you cast your flash creature EoT.
As for Beast Attack... the card definitely seems decent, but I probably overlooked it because of the triple green casting cost. I need a bigger payoff if I'm using triple green to cast it.
With this whole pandemic going on in the world, it's been near impossible to get a cube going for the past few months. I finally have a cube lined up for this afternoon, so I'm excited to get back into it.
I still have a winning decklist from a few months ago that I'll post right now. As for the new set, changes will be made as soon as I can obtain some of the new cards. I haven't done anyting magic related for a few months, so I'll slowly get back into cubing on a regular basis hopefully. I really missed playing paper magic with actual human beings.
I keep wishing to be more active on this forum too. I'll try to chime in on more threads.
Anyways, here's the winning deck from a few months back.
Been a little behind posting these decks. I'm making M21 changes today and getting a cube in this evening. Jumpstart changes will be made soon as well.
Here's the previous two winners that I have delayed posting out of sheer laziness:
We got a 4-man cube draft in last week. I made the Jumpstart Changes for that cube and it was a ton of fun.
I played a Rakdos aggro deck, and we also had a 4-color deck, Selesnya Midrange, and U/W Fliers. I ended up taking it down with a pretty cool list. Very synergistic. Synergy is something I've been focusing on a lot more lately, making sure that my guilds are very much supporting what I want them to be and making sure every color has the tools it needs to synergize with other colors.
We got a 4-man cube draft in a few weekends ago. I included 2 of each color of the MDFCs and found that they either didn't make that big of a difference OR they had players playing less lands.. not sure if I like that type of gameplay.
My presence on this forum has been little to none as of late, since life and other things have been getting in the way. I still cube and make updates, but it's been getting increasingly harder to follow up with my decklists and power rankings. I have made the decision to stop recording every deck and compiling the power rankings or Seasons. It's been really fun to do this for all these years for over 300+ cubes, but I can't find the motivation or energy to continue it. I am retiring from that aspect of my cubing, but hopefully a few of you Peasant cubers got something from it. I'll still post decklists from time to time if I can manage to find the motivation or if I think the deck was super fun. It was really a labor of love to document all those decks and compile all that information. It was never really meant to be for anyone else but me, but if anyone got a kick out of it or if it helped them make any changes to their cubes at all, then it was even more worth it. I wish I could spend more time on this forum, but it's been tough for me. I still cube a few times a month, and will continue to post some decklists, but that aspect of my forum will certainly end.
As for a decklist, I had a 4-man cube draft earlier today and I ended up kicking some butt with my U/B Control deck.
Alrighty.. I've finally updated my cube change log, deleted the cube seasons on the original post, and updated my info page. Also updated my signature to Cube Cobra, which I think we can all agree has taken the place of cubetutor for many of us.
We got 2 cubes in yesterday. A nice back to backer. There has been a lot of changes to my cube recently - focusing primarily on 2-color archetypes and synergy. The cube is in a really great place as all of our games yesterday were super competitive and synergistic.
Even though I've stopped showing every winning decklist on my thread, I will like to showcase some winning lists time to time that I think are cool. With this said, I'd like to show you my winning list from the 2nd cube of the doubleheader. I played a mono-blue brew and it completely dominated. Take a look!
On a side note, my playgroup and I have been having concerns about the power level of Merchant Raiders. We all understand that it's a powerful effect, but having 4 toughness and a corner-case 2nd line of text that has actually been relevant in numerous games will be getting this card banned. The will of the playgroup has spoken. I don't think it's necessarily a broken card and there have been some cubes where its not a game-changer, but in the games where it's 2nd line of text mattered or it was being playing too defensively, it felt oppressive and at times unfun. At least cards like Flametongue Kavu and Ravenous Chupacabra have 2 toughness and can't block as effectively. Its a conversation we've been having for a few weeks now and we finally will be putting him to rest.
You and me both. The most important cards that I'd advise anyone to have in their cube to support the U/G archetype is Frilled Mystic and Brineborn Cutthroat. Otherwise, the key to supporting the flash archetype is to have flash creatures at all CMCs and run counters/bounce spells in your cube. It's not hard to support, but it's just about balancing the flash creatures at the different CMCS.
I obviously support that as my main archetype in Simic, so all 4 of my guildspots are dedicated to it.
Flash creatures/Counterspells/Bounce spells. I think that's the recipe for a solid flash deck. It's incredibly powerful to be able to hold up mana waiting to interact with your opponent with a counterspell or cheap bounce spell and then have them do nothing, which in turn lets you cast your flash creature EoT.
As for Beast Attack... the card definitely seems decent, but I probably overlooked it because of the triple green casting cost. I need a bigger payoff if I'm using triple green to cast it.
My Peasant Cube thread !!! (380 cards)
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We got a 4-man cube draft in the other night!
I ended up playing a Boros control/midrange deck and it won the draft! Take a look:
1x Thraben Inspector
1x Cliffside Rescuer
1x Seeker of the Way
1x Daxos, Blessed by the Sun
1x Filigree Familiar
1x Fire Imp
1x Aerial Responder
1x Anax, Hardened in the Forge
1x Kitchen Finks
1x Cunning Sparkmage
1x Baird, Steward of Argive
1x Ravenous Giant
1x Charging Monstrosaur
1x Blaze Commando
1x Spitebellows
1x Flame Slash
1x Dismember
1x Incinerate
1x Lightning Helix
1x Stoke the Flames
Enchantment (2)
1x Journey to Nowhere
1x Recumbent Bliss
Planeswalker (1)
1x The Wanderer
8x Plains
8x Mountain
1x Ash Barrens
Power Rankings: This is Anax, Hardened by the Forge, Baird, Steward of Argive, Blaze Commando, Cliffside Rescuer, Daxos, Blessed by the Sun, Ravenous Giant, Recumbent Bliss, Spitebellows, and The Wanderer's 1st win!
Season 9 (Draft #23 of 24): Murderous Cut and Demonic Tutor still lead going into the final draft!
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With this whole pandemic going on in the world, it's been near impossible to get a cube going for the past few months. I finally have a cube lined up for this afternoon, so I'm excited to get back into it.
I still have a winning decklist from a few months ago that I'll post right now. As for the new set, changes will be made as soon as I can obtain some of the new cards. I haven't done anyting magic related for a few months, so I'll slowly get back into cubing on a regular basis hopefully. I really missed playing paper magic with actual human beings.
I keep wishing to be more active on this forum too. I'll try to chime in on more threads.
Anyways, here's the winning deck from a few months back.
1x Joraga Treespeaker
1x Epochrasite
1x Mogg War Marshal
1x Goblin Instigator
1x Orcish Hellraiser
1x Destiny Spinner
1x Savvy Hunter
1x Fire Imp
1x Reclamation Sage
1x Bloodbraid Elf
1x Renata, Called to the Hunt
1x Scampering Scorcher
1x Skysnare Spider
1x Vines of Vastwood
1x Nature's Way
1x Brimstone Volley
1x Blightning
1x Harmonize
1x Enlarge
1x Hurricane
Enchantment (3)
1x Goblin Bombardment
1x Sylvan Library
1x Gaea's Embrace
1x Skull Catapult
Land (18)
7x Forest
5x Mountain
1x Swamp
1x Evolving Wilds
1x Crumbling Necropolis
1x Jungle Shrine
1x Vivid Crag
1x Vivid Marsh
Power Rankings: This is Destiny Spinner, Gaea's Embrace, Enlarge, Goblin Instigator, Orcish Hellraiser, Savvy Hunter, Scampering Scorcher, Vines of Vastwood, and Skull Catapult's 1st win!
Season 9 (Draft #24 of 24): Murderous Cut and Demonic Tutor both win Season 9!!!
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Here's the previous two winners that I have delayed posting out of sheer laziness:
1x Mother of Runes
1x Thraben Inspector
1x Daxos, Blessed by the Light
1x Perilous Myr
1x Seeker of the Way
1x Kor Skyfisher
1x Saddled Rimestag
1x Danitha Capashen, Paragon
1x Trusted Pegasus
1x Wolfir Avenger
1x Eternal Witness
1x Galvanic Juggernaut
1x Briarhorn
1x Pack Guardian
1x Cloudgoat Ranger
1x Path to Exile
1x Gods Willing
1x Mutagenic Growth
1x Great Teacher's Decree
Artifact (3)
1x O-Naginata
1x Mortarpod
1x Heirloom Blade
Enchantment (1)
1x Gaea's Embrace
9x Plains
9x Forest
and
1x Seeker of the Way
1x Sunhome Guildmage
1x Sigiled Starfish
1x Sea Gate oracle
1x Jhessian Thief
1x Dagger Caster
1x Seraph of the Dawn
1x Spitemare
1x Elite Guardmage
1x Mulldrifter
1x Charging Monstrosaur
1x Flame Slash
1x Abrade
1x Lightning Helix
1x Impulse
1x Pyroclasm
1x Complicate
1x Fact or Fiction
1x Aetherize
1x Condescend
Enchantment (2)
1x Recumbent Bliss
1x Banishing Light
1x Icy Manipulator
Land (17)
5x Mountain
4x Island
4x Plains
1x Seaside Citadel
1x Crumbling Necropolis
1x Nomad Outpost
1x Jungle Shrine
Power Rankings: Mulldrifter joins the tie for 1st at 52 wins!
Season 10 (Draft #1 and #2 of 24): Seeker of the Way comes out strong with 2 straight wins!
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Here's the list:
1x Chainweb Aracnir
1x Paradise Druid
1x Baleful Strix
1x Eternal Witness
1x Thrashing Brontodon
1x Llanowar Visionary
1x Savvy Hunter
1x Tomebound Lich
1x Ravenous Chupacabra
1x Briarhorn
1x Vampire Sovereign
1x Mulldrifter
1x Skysnare Spider
1x Goremand
1x Ulcerate
1x Reanimate
1x Chart a Course
1x Cry of the Carnarium
1x Compulsive Research
1x Fact or Fiction
Artifact (2)
1x Prismatic Lens
1x Mortarpod
Land (18)
7x Forest
4x Swamp
2x Island
1x Sandsteppe Citadel
1x Seaside Citadel
1x Ash Barrens
1x Mirrodin's Core
1x Evolving Wilds
Power Rankings: Mulldrifter is now in 1st place overall with its 53rd win! This is Chainweb Aracnir, Paradise Druid, Llanowar Visionary, Goremand, Cry of the Carnarium and Ulcerate's 1st win!
Season 10 (Draft #3 of 24): There is a 7-way tie for 1st with 2 wins!
JUMPSTART CHANGES -- Coming soon.. Thriving lands are definitely coming in and we have a few other cards I liked as well. Will post soon.
My Peasant Cube thread !!! (380 cards)
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We got a 4-man cube draft in last week. I made the Jumpstart Changes for that cube and it was a ton of fun.
I played a Rakdos aggro deck, and we also had a 4-color deck, Selesnya Midrange, and U/W Fliers. I ended up taking it down with a pretty cool list. Very synergistic. Synergy is something I've been focusing on a lot more lately, making sure that my guilds are very much supporting what I want them to be and making sure every color has the tools it needs to synergize with other colors.
Anyways, here's the list:
1x Chained Brute
1x Blood Artist
1x Lazotep Reaver
1x Lampad of Death's Vigil
1x Nocturnal Feeder
1x Spiteful Prankster
1x Fire Imp
1x Cunning Sparkmage
1x Mayhem Devil
1x Beetleback Chief
1x Skinrender
1x Sling-Gang Lieutenant
1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
1x Charging Monstrosaur
1x Inquisition of Kozilek
1x Dismember
1x Lightning Bolt
1x Burst Lightning
1x Incinerate
1x Forbidden Friendship
1x Wrangle
1x Lava Coil
1x Hordeling Outburst
1x Goblin War Party
8x Mountain
7x Swamp
1x Thriving Isle
Power Rankings: No major movers.
Season 10 (Draft #4 of 20) Charging Monstrosaur joins the tie for 1st with it's 2nd win!
My Peasant Cube thread !!! (380 cards)
Draft my Peasant Cube on Cube Cobra !!!
We got a 4-man cube draft in a few weekends ago. I included 2 of each color of the MDFCs and found that they either didn't make that big of a difference OR they had players playing less lands.. not sure if I like that type of gameplay.
Anyways, here's the winner:
1x Zulaport Duelist
1x Vampire of the Dire Moon
1x Faerie Duelist
1x Deadly Recluse
1x Perilous Myr
1x Baleful Strix
1x Vampire Nighthawk
1x Eternal Witness
1x Springbloom Druid
1x Tomebound Lich
1x Grimdancer
1x Hypnotic Specter
1x Falkenrath Noble
1x Mulldrifter
1x Syr Konrad, the Grim
1x Stingerfling Spider
1x Goremand
1x Blossoming Defense
1x Fatal Push
1x Beyeen Veil
1x Golgari Charm
1x Pelakka Predation
1x Read the Bones
Artifact (2)
1x Spare Supplies
1x Bonder's Ornament
Planeswalker (1)
1x Vraska, Swarm's Eminence
Land (14)
5x Swamp
4x Forest
3x Island
1x Crumbling Necropolis
1x Vivid Marsh
Power Rankings: Mulldrifter is in 1st place overall with its 54th win! Perilous Myr in 2nd with its 52nd win!
Season 10 (Draft #5 of 20): Mulldrifter and Eternal Witness lead the chrage with their 3rd win! This is Beyeen Veil, Pelakka Predation, Spare Supplies, Bonder's Ornament, Grimdancer, Faerie Duelist, and Zulaport Duelist's 1st win!
PS: BIG UPDATE TONIGHT OR TOMORROW - Will be addressing deathtouch issues, adding new effect packages, and adding synergy and replacing underwhelmers.
My Peasant Cube thread !!! (380 cards)
Draft my Peasant Cube on Cube Cobra !!!
My presence on this forum has been little to none as of late, since life and other things have been getting in the way. I still cube and make updates, but it's been getting increasingly harder to follow up with my decklists and power rankings. I have made the decision to stop recording every deck and compiling the power rankings or Seasons. It's been really fun to do this for all these years for over 300+ cubes, but I can't find the motivation or energy to continue it. I am retiring from that aspect of my cubing, but hopefully a few of you Peasant cubers got something from it. I'll still post decklists from time to time if I can manage to find the motivation or if I think the deck was super fun. It was really a labor of love to document all those decks and compile all that information. It was never really meant to be for anyone else but me, but if anyone got a kick out of it or if it helped them make any changes to their cubes at all, then it was even more worth it. I wish I could spend more time on this forum, but it's been tough for me. I still cube a few times a month, and will continue to post some decklists, but that aspect of my forum will certainly end.
As for a decklist, I had a 4-man cube draft earlier today and I ended up kicking some butt with my U/B Control deck.
Take a gander at this beast:
1x Siren Stormtamer
1x Baleful Strix
1x Sigiled Starfish
1x Brain Maggot
1x Omenspeaker
1x Crypt Rats
1x Sea Gate Oracle
1x Falkenrath Noble
1x Merchant Raiders
1x Gilt-Leaf Winnower
1x Vampire Sovereign
1x Darksteel Sentinel
1x Gut Shot
1x Preordain
1x Deliberate
1x Moment of Craving
1x Neutralize
1x Poison the Cup
1x Read the Bones
1x Cry of the Carnarium
1x Tergrid's Shadow
1x Treasure Cruise
1x Ashiok, Dream Render
Land (17)
7x Swamp
7x Island
1x Vivid Creek
1x Thriving Isle
1x Thriving Moor
My Peasant Cube thread !!! (380 cards)
Draft my Peasant Cube on Cube Cobra !!!
We got 2 cubes in yesterday. A nice back to backer. There has been a lot of changes to my cube recently - focusing primarily on 2-color archetypes and synergy. The cube is in a really great place as all of our games yesterday were super competitive and synergistic.
Even though I've stopped showing every winning decklist on my thread, I will like to showcase some winning lists time to time that I think are cool. With this said, I'd like to show you my winning list from the 2nd cube of the doubleheader. I played a mono-blue brew and it completely dominated. Take a look!
1x Brinebarrow Intruder
1x Spectral Sailor
1x Omenspeaker
1x Brineborn Cutthroat
1x Sea Gate Oracle
1x Skyscanner
1x Vexing Gull
1x Jhessian Thief
1x Nevermaker
1x Merchant Raiders
1x Riftwing Cloudskate
1x Gut Shot
1x Preordain
1x Jace's Scrutiny
1x Into the Roil
1x Complicate
1x Forbid
1x Dissolve
1x Fact or Fiction
1x Pacification Array
1x Bag of Holding
1x Mind Stone
1x Icy Manipulator
Enchantment (1)
1x Control Magic
Land (16)
16x Island
On a side note, my playgroup and I have been having concerns about the power level of Merchant Raiders. We all understand that it's a powerful effect, but having 4 toughness and a corner-case 2nd line of text that has actually been relevant in numerous games will be getting this card banned. The will of the playgroup has spoken. I don't think it's necessarily a broken card and there have been some cubes where its not a game-changer, but in the games where it's 2nd line of text mattered or it was being playing too defensively, it felt oppressive and at times unfun. At least cards like Flametongue Kavu and Ravenous Chupacabra have 2 toughness and can't block as effectively. Its a conversation we've been having for a few weeks now and we finally will be putting him to rest.
My Peasant Cube thread !!! (380 cards)
Draft my Peasant Cube on Cube Cobra !!!