I remember there was a big debate between freebooter and mesmeric fiend. Thoughts after testing?
I was originally in the pro-Fiend camp of the debate. But after playing with Freebooter more, the +0/+1 and flying matters a lot more in practice than I thought it would on paper.
I see that you’ve changed the size of your cube a couple times, How did you come up with 405 vs. all the previous sizes?
What’s your favorite color/archtype to draft in your cube?
I think I went into a pretty detailed explanation about how I settled on that size somewhere over the past few pages, but I can't remember. Basically, given the number of players in our average draft and what draft styles we use, 405 creates the strongest pools for us in comparison to any other cube size (including 360).
I love Wildfire decks of all shapes and sizes.
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Edit: OP fully updated with the current 405 list. I'll continue to work out kinks and tinker with the exact list over the next several months, but the basic structure is there, and the current list is probably 95% where I want it to be.
The basic reason for the change was the implementation of Sight Drafting into our event structure. It changed the ideal draft numbers for our commonly played events rather significantly, which drove the desire for the change. Here's the event breakdown:
Current Event Structures (at 405 cards):
2-player: Glimpse Draft (67% of the cube pool)
3-player: Glimpse Draft (100% of the cube pool)
4-player: Sight Draft (89% of the cube pool)
5-player: Booster Draft (56% of the cube pool)
6-player: Booster Draft (67% of the cube pool)
7-player: Booster Draft (78% of the cube pool)
8-player: Booster Draft (89% of the cube pool)
Old Event Structures (at 540 cards):
2-player: Glimpse Draft (50% of the cube pool)
3-player: Glimpse Draft (75% of the cube pool)
4-player: Glimpse Draft (100% of the cube pool)
5-player: Sight Draft (83% of the cube pool)
6-player: Sight Draft (100% of the cube pool)
7-player: Booster Draft (58% of the cube pool)
8-player: Booster Draft (67% of the cube pool)
As you can see, the overall percentages are rather similar. When you factor in all the events from 2-8 players, the change is minimal. But when you focus on the change it makes to the average 2-4 player events, there's a pretty significant pool % increase after the drop to 405. The straw that broke the camel's back, so to speak, is the increase in the quality of the Sealed Deck event. Which went from 17% (540) to 22% (405). The average draft quality at 540 for 2-4 player events went from 75% to 85%, which is a huge increase in draft quality. Most importantly, our 2-man Glimpse Drafts went from an event structure low of 50% to a very respectable 67%. It's important to note that all cube sizes between 360 and 720 (in every 45 card increase) were factored into the decision-making process, and 405 provided the strongest numbers for the 2-4 player events without sacrificing the quality of the 2-8 player overall % values. I've been working on the numbers and the cuts for months, and finally arrived at a list I think will perform well for us.
I had to sacrifice a lot to get down, most notably the loss of the artifact.dec as an archetype and green aggro as a base 2-color theater (not to mention some cool alters and several "pet" cards). But in doing so, the overall card quality increased significantly, and the quality of the other archetypes will be a lot better.
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Visitor would be the next 2-drop I'd add back in, so quite possibly, yes.
I was originally in the pro-Fiend camp of the debate. But after playing with Freebooter more, the +0/+1 and flying matters a lot more in practice than I thought it would on paper.
I'm not in love with Harsh Mentor, but it pulls it's weight just fine until we get another creature of the Kari Zev variety.
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I have tokens and dice in my cube box, yes. I use the OMA Classic Art tokens everywhere possible.
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What’s your favorite color/archtype to draft in your cube?
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I think I went into a pretty detailed explanation about how I settled on that size somewhere over the past few pages, but I can't remember. Basically, given the number of players in our average draft and what draft styles we use, 405 creates the strongest pools for us in comparison to any other cube size (including 360).
I love Wildfire decks of all shapes and sizes.
Edit: Here is that post:
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