If you need more sweepers, Damnation is a good start. You could also consider the new Toxic Deluge, although I dunno how good it'd be in a deck with little to no life gain, so YMMV. And are you really not running Mycosynth Lattice? With Hellkite Tyrant and Darksteel Forge in their, its pretty great.
If you are only going to run one of theSanguine Bond / Exquisite Blood combo I'd consider blood over bond. Paired with Oloro (if you cast him) and mass mana it deals a ton of damage to all opponents and draws you lots of cards.
I probably have more suggestions but posting is a little inconvenient right now so I'll hit this thread up later.
Right, that should have been on my wishlist. The reason I only have Sanguine is because I only *have* Sanguine haha.
I'm not going to claim this is a hugely original idea for a deck, as I've seen several lists for Oloro pillow fort already, but I wanted to get my list up somewhere and am hoping for some input. So without further ado, its time to watch me screw up [.deck] tags terribly.
I'm thinking Daxos means that Medomai isn't UW. If the name and number crunch is correct, we have 20 multicolor, so I'm thinking a full cycle for Destructive Revelry and Anax and Cymede.
The problem with focusing just on the mana cost is you are ignoring card quality. If you are adding Claustrophobia or Ripscale Predator to your deck to increase your devotion to blue, you are making your deck worse. The cards keying off Devotion would need to be like auto game enders. It's like Mazes End, you need to cram your deck full of awful cards to make it work.
Cards like Boros Reckoner and Chandra's Pheonix will be good devotion enablers, because they are good cards already. Possibility Storm? Skourge of Valkas? All they do is make your deck terrible.
I will say one thing, they sure got the name right with this mechanic, a lot of people really seem hopelessly devoted to it.
I'd say you're doing something wrong if you're running Ripscale Predator in order to increase devotion to blue.
I haven't looked through the list itself, but I saw where you were talking about un-cards, and I recommend Booster Tutor for black, its a lot of fun, especially if you can pick up some more unusual packs for it.
I'd also maybe question whether you want so many sideboard only/matchup dependent cards. Things like Grafdigger's Cage and Active Volcano etc.
The reasoning behind that would be. . . Alright, there's not much of one. This is just the first draft of the cube, so I haven't gotten it perfect just yet (As is obvious by the One with Nothing that I forgot to remove.). I'm planning to run through the list again later today/tonight and make changes, but I wanted to go ahead and get some outside input.
Speaking of which, most of your suggested changes will probably make it, although I'm thinking of letting Trait Doctoring work on Evergreen Keywords, just for laughs. /shrug
This is my first cube, and first post, so here goes nothing. I'll organize it better and maybe add sample hands later, but I do not have time right now.
Basic Information Cube Size: 360 Breakdown: 60 of each color, 21 multicolor, 29 artifacts Standard or Theme: Only One-Drops Snow Lands: No Average Number of Players: Hopefully 6-8 How Often Drafted: Unsure yet.
Card Selection Proxies: One (Ancestral Recall, more expensive than the rest of the cube.) Powered: Not really, but is in. Portal: Yes "Un" Cards: Yes, one. Banned Cards for Power-Level: Nothing Currently Banned Cards for Time Constraints: ^ Banned Cards for "fun" factor: ^
Cube Design Standard or Multiplayer: Standard, although I'd like multiplayer to work. Sideboards?: Yes Color : Yes Gold : No Hybrid/Split/Kicker as Gold: No Color Triggers as Gold: No Perfectly Balanced CMC: Technically yes.
Potential M14 Additions:
Artificer's Hex: I will definitely be looking for a way to swap this in, given the number of powerful equipments.
Barrage of Expendables: I *will* fit this in if its the last thing I do.
Elvish Mystic: I *might* get this in, as I could use some more elves.
Galerider Sliver: Definitely going in.
Savage Summoning: Replacing Insist, easy swap.
Shadowborn Apostle: No.
Soulmender: Potentially useful, but unlikely to find a spot.
Striking Sliver: Will find a space, I want Slivers to be a valid tribe.
Tenacious Dead: I'll probably look for a slot for this, it could be handy.
Vial of Poison: Eh. Could work.
Right, that should have been on my wishlist. The reason I only have Sanguine is because I only *have* Sanguine haha.
Edit: Aura Shards also did wonderful for me when I ran Sliver Queen superfriends. Its hard to beat machine-gunning enchantments and artifacts for (2)
1 Oloro, Ageless Ascetic
Creatures
1 Serene Master
1 Drogskol Reaver
Artifacts
1 Elixir of Immortality
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Sol Ring
1 Scroll Rack
1 Swiftfoot Boots
1 Chalice of Life
1 Crawlspace
1 Darksteel Ingot
1 Obelisk of Esper
1 Pristine Talisman
1 Etherwrought Page
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
1 Well of Lost Dreams
1 Gilded Lotus
Enchantments
1 Bitterblossom
1 Darksteel Mutation
1 Planar Collapse
1 Act of Authority
1 Detention Sphere
1 Ghostly Prison
1 Karmic Justice
1 Necropotence (foil)
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Propoganda
1 Solitary Confinement
1 Words of Worship
1 Cradle of Vitality
1 Humility
1 Lethal Vapors
1 No Mercy
1 Pendrell Mists
1 Exquisite Blood
1 Sanguine Bond
1 Martyr's Bond
1 Jace Beleren (Jap DD Foil)
1 Elspeth Tirel
1 Liliana Vess
1 Sorin Markov
Instants
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Cyclonic Rift
1 Impulse
1 Dissipate (promo)
1 Dromar's Charm
1 Hinder (textless)
1 Reckless Spite
1 Rend Flesh
1 Evacuation
Sorceries
1 Survival Cache
1 Toxic Deluge
1 Deep Analysis
1 Damnation (textless)
1 Rite of Replication (foil)
1 Wrath of God (textless)
1 Increasing Ambition
1 Merciless Eviction
1 Terminus
1 Decree of Pain (MMA Foil)
Nonbasic Lands
1 Arcane Sanctum
1 Bojuka Bog
1 Command Tower
1 Evolving Wilds
1 Glimmervoid
1 Godless Shrine
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 High Market (FtV)
1 Jwar Isle Refuge
1 Lonely Sandbar
1 Miren, the Moaning Well
1 Mystifying Maze (foil)
1 Reliquary Tower
1 Tainted Isle
1 Temple of the False God
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth (FtV)
1 Watery Grave
6 Island
9 Plains
6 Swamp
- Vindicate
- Ulamog, the Infinite Gyre
- Cabal Coffers
- Maze of Ith
- Silent Arbiter
- Crucible of Worlds
The missing fetches/ABURs (haha, not happening)http://tmblr.co/ZUrCEtw8dSlP
Wizards only has "he" because the Chicago Manual of Style that they use doesn't recognize a gender neutral singular pronoun.
I'd say you're doing something wrong if you're running Ripscale Predator in order to increase devotion to blue.
Edit: Look at the contest that that site is currently running.
Him, Mana Echoes, the charge counter -> colored mana artifact and a sac outlet.
The reasoning behind that would be. . . Alright, there's not much of one. This is just the first draft of the cube, so I haven't gotten it perfect just yet (As is obvious by the One with Nothing that I forgot to remove.). I'm planning to run through the list again later today/tonight and make changes, but I wanted to go ahead and get some outside input.
Speaking of which, most of your suggested changes will probably make it, although I'm thinking of letting Trait Doctoring work on Evergreen Keywords, just for laughs. /shrug
7/9/2013:
Pre-M14 Changes.
Unsure of exact changes.
6/7/2013:
-Grafdigger's Cage
-One with Nothing
-Wolfhunter's Quiver
-Active Volcano
-Aegis of Honor
-Martyr of Bones
-Avoid Fate
-Autumn's Veil
-Dryad Militant
-Red Elemental Blast
+Mass Hysteria
+Figure of Destiny
+Taunting Elf
+Essence Warden
+Tragic Slip
+Tireless Tribe
+Goblin Taskmaster
+Viridian Longbow
+Darkblast
Basic Information
Cube Size: 360
Breakdown: 60 of each color, 21 multicolor, 29 artifacts
Standard or Theme: Only One-Drops
Snow Lands: No
Average Number of Players: Hopefully 6-8
How Often Drafted: Unsure yet.
Card Selection
Proxies: One (Ancestral Recall, more expensive than the rest of the cube.)
Powered: Not really, but is in.
Portal: Yes
"Un" Cards: Yes, one.
Banned Cards for Power-Level: Nothing Currently
Banned Cards for Time Constraints: ^
Banned Cards for "fun" factor: ^
Cube Design
Standard or Multiplayer: Standard, although I'd like multiplayer to work.
Sideboards?: Yes
Color : Yes
Gold : No
Hybrid/Split/Kicker as Gold: No
Color Triggers as Gold: No
Perfectly Balanced CMC: Technically yes.
White:60
1 Alabaster Leech
1 Alliance of Arms
1 Apothecary Initiate
1 Ardent Recruit
1 Awe Strike
1 Bandage
1 Benediction of Moons
1 Benevolent Bodyguard
1 Black Scarab
1 Blue Scarab
1 Boros Elite
1 Burrenton Forge-Tender
1 Bushi Tenderfoot
1 Capashen Standard
1 Caravan Escort
1 Cenn's Tactician
1 Champion of the Parish
1 Civic Guildmage
1 Daily Regimen
1 Dega Disciple
1 Doomed Traveler
1 Empty-Shrine Kannushi
1 Faith's Shield
1 Foothill Guide
1 Genju of the Fields
1 Gerrard's Battle Cry
1 Glint Hawk
1 Glittering Lynx
1 Goldenglow Moth
1 Green Scarab
1 Isamaru, Hound of Konda
1 Kitesail Apprentice
1 Kor Duelist
1 Land Tax
1 Loam Lion
1 Mana Tithe
1 Martyr of Sands
1 Mikaeus, the Lunarch
1 Opal Caryatid
1 Oust
1 Path to Exile
1 Plated Sliver
1 Porphyry Nodes
1 Pride Guardian
1 Red Scarab
1 Savannah Lions
1 Scout's Warning
1 Serra Ascendant
1 Shadow Lance
1 Sidewinder Sliver
1 Silence
1 Soltari Foot Soldier
1 Soul Snare
1 Soul Warden
1 Spurnmage Advocate
1 Student of Warfare
1 Sunlance
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Tireless Tribe
1 White Scarab
Blue:60
1 Abjure
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Aven Envoy
1 Backfire
1 Blustersquall
1 Chain of Vapor
1 Cloud Pirates
1 Condescend
1 Crab Umbra
1 Curiosity
1 Delver of Secrets
1 Divert
1 Dizzy Spell
1 Drifter il-Dal
1 Electric Eel
1 Enclave Cryptologist
1 Ertai's Meddling
1 Flood
1 Flying Men
1 Force Spike
1 Genju of the Falls
1 Hapless Researcher
1 Increasing Confusion
1 Martyr of Frost
1 Mental Misstep
1 Mind Bomb
1 Mind Harness
1 Mizzium Skin
1 Mystic Remora
1 Mystic Speculation
1 Phantasmal Bear
1 Ponder
1 Pongify
1 Preordain
1 Quicken
1 Rapid Hybridization
1 Realmwright
1 Rootwater Diver
1 Rootwater Mystic
1 Sage of Epityr
1 Sandbar Merfolk
1 Screeching Sliver
1 Seal of Removal
1 Shadow Rift
1 Shrieking Drake
1 Silent Departure
1 Soothsaying
1 Spell Pierce
1 Spindrift Drake
1 Telepathy
1 Thought Nibbler
1 Thought Scour
1 Tideshaper Mystic
1 Trusted Advisor
1 Twiddle
1 Unsummon
1 Vapor Snag
1 Vedalken Certarch
1 Veil of Birds
1 Whispers of the Muse
1 Accursed Centaur
1 Blood Celebrant
1 Blood Pet
1 Boggart Birth Rite
1 Bond of Agony
1 Bone Splinters
1 Booster Tutor
1 Bubbling Muck
1 Bump in the Night
1 Carnophage
1 Circling Vultures
1 Dark Ritual
1 Darkness
1 Deadly Allure
1 Death's Shadow
1 Deviant Glee
1 Diregraf Ghoul
1 Disciple of the Vault
1 Disembowel
1 Disfigure
1 Drainpipe Vermin
1 Dreadwing
1 Duress
1 Duskwalker
1 Duty-Bound Dead
1 Entrails Feaster
1 Evil Presence
1 Executioner's Capsule
1 Facevaulter
1 Festering Goblin
1 Genju of the Fens
1 Initiates of the Ebon Hand
1 Innocent Blood
1 Kederekt Parasite
1 Knucklebone Witch
1 Lab Rats
1 Lose Hope
1 Lurking Jackals
1 Maggot Carrier
1 Mindlash Sliver
1 Molting Harpy
1 Prickly Boggart
1 Pulse Tracker
1 Putrid Imp
1 Quag Vampires
1 Raven's Crime
1 Reanimate
1 Skull Fracture
1 Sleeper Agent
1 Stir the Grave
1 Thrull Parasite
1 Tragic Slip
1 Unearth
1 Vampire Bats
1 Vampire Lacerator
1 Vebulid
1 Vendetta
1 Will-o'-the-Wisp
1 Wretched Banquet
1 Zulaport Enforcer
Red:60
1 Akki Avalanchers
1 Assault Strobe
1 Banefire
1 Bloodcrazed Goblin
1 Bloodhall Ooze
1 Brightstone Ritual
1 Brute Force
1 Burrowing
1 Burst Lightning
1 Chain Lightning
1 Cinder Wall
1 Crack the Earth
1 Crazed Goblin
1 Devastating Summons
1 Dragonmaster Outcast
1 Electrickery
1 Flailing Soldier
1 Frenzied Goblin
1 Genju of the Spires
1 Goblin Bushwhacker
1 Goblin Chirurgeon
1 Goblin Fireslinger
1 Goblin Gaveleer
1 Goblin Grenade
1 Goblin Taskmaster
1 Goblin Vandal
1 Goblin Welder
1 Gut Shot
1 Illuminate
1 Kird Ape
1 Lava Spike
1 Legion Loyalist
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Martyr of Ashes
1 Mass Hysteria
1 Mogg Fanatic
1 Mogg Sentry
1 Primordial Ooze
1 Quest for the Goblin Lord
1 Raging Goblin
1 Reckless Waif
1 Rites of Initiation
1 Roc Hatchling
1 Seething Anger
1 Shattering Spree
1 Shock
1 Skirk Prospector
1 Skitter of Lizards
1 Slumbering Dragon
1 Spark Elemental
1 Spikeshot Elder
1 Stonewright
1 Tarfire
1 Torpid Moloch
1 Toxic Iguanar
1 Unstable Footing
1 Vexing Devil
1 Warbreak Trumpeter
1 Weapon Surge
1 Winds of Change
1 Abundant Growth
1 Animate Land
1 Arbor Elf
1 Avacyn's Pilgrim
1 Basking Rootwalla
1 Berserk
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Bond Beetle
1 Centaur's Herald
1 Chatter of the Squirrel
1 Eladamri's Vineyard
1 Elves of Deep Shadow
1 Elvish Eulogist
1 Elvish Lyrist
1 Elvish Pioneer
1 Elvish Scrapper
1 Essence Warden
1 Fastbond
1 Feral Hydra
1 Genju of the Cedars
1 Giant Growth
1 Green Sun's Zenith
1 Greenseeker
1 Hidden Gibbons
1 Hidden Guerrillas
1 Hidden Spider
1 Insist
1 Joraga Warcaller
1 Llanowar Elite
1 Llanowar Elves
1 Magus of the Candelabra
1 Magus of the Vineyard
1 Martyr of Spores
1 Mold Adder
1 Nimble Mongoose
1 Noxious Revival
1 Protean Hydra
1 Root Maze
1 Scute Mob
1 Serene Remembrance
1 Simic Initiate
1 Skarrgan Pit-Skulk
1 Skyshroud Ridgeback
1 Sprout
1 Sylvan Safekeeper
1 Taunting Elf
1 Thallid
1 Utopia Mycon
1 Vines of Vastwood
1 Viridescent Wisps
1 Viridian Acolyte
1 Virulent Sliver
1 Vitality Charm
1 Wall of Vines
1 Wall of Wood
1 Wasteland Viper
1 Weatherseed Elf
1 Wild Nacatl
1 Wolfbitten Captive
1 Wurmcalling
Gold:21
1 Barkshell Blessing
1 Beckon Apparition
1 Boros Recruit
1 Clout of the Dominus
1 Deathrite Shaman
1 Dryad Militant
1 Edge of the Divinity
1 Elvish Hexhunter
1 Figure of Destiny
1 Judge's Familiar
1 Nivmagus Elemental
1 Odious Trow
1 Rakdos Cackler
1 Riot Spikes
1 Scar
1 Scuzzback Scrapper
1 Seedcradle Witch
1 Slitherhead
1 Stream Hopper
1 Wax // Wane
1 Wild Cantor
Artfifact:39
1 AEther Spellbomb
1 AEther Vial
1 Adventuring Gear
1 Avacyn's Collar
1 Avarice Totem
1 Basilisk Collar
1 Bonesplitter
1 Brittle Effigy
1 Chronomaton
1 Darksteel Axe
1 Dead-Iron Sledge
1 Elixir of Immortality
1 Flayer Husk
1 Flight Spellbomb
1 Glaring Spotlight
1 Golem-Skin Gauntlets
1 Hex Parasite
1 Horizon Spellbomb
1 Infiltration Lens
1 Juju Bubble
1 Leonin Scimitar
1 Liar's Pendulum
1 Lifespark Spellbomb
1 Metallic Sliver
1 Necrogen Spellbomb
1 Nihil Spellbomb
1 Origin Spellbomb
1 Panic Spellbomb
1 Peregrine Mask
1 Pyrite Spellbomb
1 Runed Stalactite
1 Sai of the Shinobi
1 Shuko
1 Skullclamp
1 Springleaf Drum
1 Steel Wall
1 Sunbeam Spellbomb
1 Trusty Machete
1 Viridian Longbow
Potential M14 Additions:
Artificer's Hex: I will definitely be looking for a way to swap this in, given the number of powerful equipments.
Barrage of Expendables: I *will* fit this in if its the last thing I do.
Elvish Mystic: I *might* get this in, as I could use some more elves.
Galerider Sliver: Definitely going in.
Savage Summoning: Replacing Insist, easy swap.
Shadowborn Apostle: No.
Soulmender: Potentially useful, but unlikely to find a spot.
Striking Sliver: Will find a space, I want Slivers to be a valid tribe.
Tenacious Dead: I'll probably look for a slot for this, it could be handy.
Vial of Poison: Eh. Could work.