Is that one good as well or is it just a matter of prefrence. I know eventually I will change things to my liking but I want a solid base and not have to spend major on anything. I have been sorting my stuff the last few days and for either would prob have to spend only like $40 to complete them.
You can't really call any cube objectively better than another. What is important is the drafting experience you want to play with. Some people use a max power philosophy, while other people try to push specific archetypes. Stybs has a really high power level in his pauper cards, which IMO makes drafting sort of unbalanced, what are you supposed to do when you open stuff like Esper Cormorants and the person to your left opens stuff like Lightning Bolt and Maze of Ith? His recent updates have been pushing archetypes pretty hard, though. Both cubes seem to have different archetypes pushed, you should probably just run a few drafts of both and see which you like more.
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Warning: Not for the durdly-hearted!
You can't really call any cube objectively better than another. What is important is the drafting experience you want to play with. Some people use a max power philosophy, while other people try to push specific archetypes. Stybs has a really high power level in his pauper cards, which IMO makes drafting sort of unbalanced, what are you supposed to do when you open stuff like Esper Cormorants and the person to your left opens stuff like Lightning Bolt and Maze of Ith? His recent updates have been pushing archetypes pretty hard, though. Both cubes seem to have different archetypes pushed, you should probably just run a few drafts of both and see which you like more.
to me they looked pretty similar but i ave only ever drafted the mtgo cubes so im not sure here
My advice is to just pick *something* and start playing with it; you'll realize pretty quickly what you do and don't agree with and then you can start making changes. What you'll probably quickly realize is that there is a core of 150-200ish cards that are found in the vast majority of pauper cubes; what makes individual pauper cubes play drastically differently is what you do with the remainder of the card slots.
I am looking to make a pauper cube and probably eventually upgrade it to peasant based on what my lgs people want.
One warning here is that pauper cubes often play *very* differently from peasant cubes due to the wider range of effects printed at uncommon as well as a drastic power level ceiling increase. Pauper cube decks tend to exemplify fundamental limited archetypes while a lot of peasant cubes feel more like a light version of unpowered cubes. So starting with a pauper cube and then morphing it into a peasant cube isn't a trivial task.
I don't think starting with Adam's cube is necessarily a bad idea (I originally started with his list 5ish years ago or so and he's certainly put a lot of effort into his cube over the years), but I think you'll find a lot of people on this forum and in other places (me included) who have pretty fundamental disagreements about how he evaluates cards and balances his cube.
In terms of saving money when building an initial cube list, I'd recommend starting by omitting the most expensive cards so you can meet your initial budget and then adding them later if you think they're needed. There are very few commons currently over $1 USD that I'd consider strictly necessary for the format.
My advice is to just pick *something* and start playing with it; you'll realize pretty quickly what you do and don't agree with and then you can start making changes. What you'll probably quickly realize is that there is a core of 150-200ish cards that are found in the vast majority of pauper cubes; what makes individual pauper cubes play drastically differently is what you do with the remainder of the card slots.
I am looking to make a pauper cube and probably eventually upgrade it to peasant based on what my lgs people want.
One warning here is that pauper cubes often play *very* differently from peasant cubes due to the wider range of effects printed at uncommon as well as a drastic power level ceiling increase. Pauper cube decks tend to exemplify fundamental limited archetypes while a lot of peasant cubes feel more like a light version of unpowered cubes. So starting with a pauper cube and then morphing it into a peasant cube isn't a trivial task.
I don't think starting with Adam's cube is necessarily a bad idea (I originally started with his list 5ish years ago or so and he's certainly put a lot of effort into his cube over the years), but I think you'll find a lot of people on this forum and in other places (me included) who have pretty fundamental disagreements about how he evaluates cards and balances his cube.
In terms of saving money when building an initial cube list, I'd recommend starting by omitting the most expensive cards so you can meet your initial budget and then adding them later if you think they're needed. There are very few commons currently over $1 USD that I'd consider strictly necessary for the format.
I think that cube is a decent starting point, especially since Ixoran playtests their cube quite a bit.
I think im going to leave out some things most notably Predatory Nightstalker because of that cost :D. Otherwise I have like 70% of the most expensive things
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I was looking and i know of the main cube http://www.cubetutor.com/viewcube/5961
but i found this one too that looks slightly more powerfull. http://www.cubetutor.com/viewcube/359;jsessionid=F9A5F3A1E9C084FA5489E6631692D006
Is that one good as well or is it just a matter of prefrence. I know eventually I will change things to my liking but I want a solid base and not have to spend major on anything. I have been sorting my stuff the last few days and for either would prob have to spend only like $40 to complete them.
Warning: Not for the durdly-hearted!
to me they looked pretty similar but i ave only ever drafted the mtgo cubes so im not sure here
One warning here is that pauper cubes often play *very* differently from peasant cubes due to the wider range of effects printed at uncommon as well as a drastic power level ceiling increase. Pauper cube decks tend to exemplify fundamental limited archetypes while a lot of peasant cubes feel more like a light version of unpowered cubes. So starting with a pauper cube and then morphing it into a peasant cube isn't a trivial task.
I don't think starting with Adam's cube is necessarily a bad idea (I originally started with his list 5ish years ago or so and he's certainly put a lot of effort into his cube over the years), but I think you'll find a lot of people on this forum and in other places (me included) who have pretty fundamental disagreements about how he evaluates cards and balances his cube.
In terms of saving money when building an initial cube list, I'd recommend starting by omitting the most expensive cards so you can meet your initial budget and then adding them later if you think they're needed. There are very few commons currently over $1 USD that I'd consider strictly necessary for the format.
what are your thoughts on that other one i posted
I think that cube is a decent starting point, especially since Ixoran playtests their cube quite a bit.
I think im going to leave out some things most notably Predatory Nightstalker because of that cost :D. Otherwise I have like 70% of the most expensive things