Ensoul/Shrapnel Blast sounds like a Budget Affinity deck. Check out MTGGoldfish on YouTube. There's a Budget Magic (a series where a man by the name of Seth, or Saffron Olive, builds competitive Magic decks for under $100 across Standard and Modern) for UW Tempered Steel, which is a great start toward Affinity. The deck is also FNM competitive from the get-go. Keep in mind that prices fluctuate over time, so check the article in the description to see the deck with the up-to-date price by TCG Mid pricing. However, Affinity is not a control deck. But your also in luck, because MTGGoldfish has done episode on Budget Magic for mono white Emeria/Titan Control and Esper Evoke Control. (If other readers can't tell by now, I LOVE the Budget Magic series. It's a great resource.) There is a primer for Emeria Control here. I'm on mobile so I can't link to the thread right now. You'll have to do some digging, but I think it's in the Developing Competitive Decks section. Should be towards the top, actually. While your Jaces and Ashioks don't get into either deck, they also don't typically see play in Modern, although it isn't unusual to see Jace AoT in a control list. Do you prefer tap-out control or draw-go styles? This would help me out a lot. [/quote]
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I had little hope that this thread was active. As for wellspring i meant the artifact cycle mycosynth and ichor wellsring. I have no real preference with control. I prefer draw go but when im not facing another blue player I love to tap out.
Ill take a look at the mtggoldfish, see what i can find. I went through my collection and can update the list of cards i have. Ive traditionally plaed BUG, its my fave colours.
4 Sylvan Caryatid 3 Ashiok 1 Liliana Vess 2 Llanowar Wastes 3 Temple of Mystery 3 Temple of Deceit
4 Courser of Kruphix 2 Kiora, Crashing wave 2 Whip of Erebos 1 Yavimaya Coast 4 Overgrown Tomb 1 Taasigur, Golden fang
I really, really, really wanna play bug but i cant afford fetches. Id prefer to play draw and go, but tap out works fine for me. Thank you again for replying
Ok thanks you guys so much for the input. I have checked out cube tutor and it has been a great help. I really appreciate your inputs, sorry it took em so long to get back to you guys on this. I put my cube together and it was a pretty good success. I did a lot of tweaking etc. After some while of playing my cubing playgroup got smaller so i cut my cube down to 180 cards built specifically for a 4 man cube. it works pretty good for now im just working on some finishing touches.
Hey guys, im looking for a general consensus on what the best spread is for card distribution in a 360 card unpowered cube. I want my cube to evenly support aggro, control, and midrange. Im assuiming the colour distribution wshould allow for most of the control elements to exist in blue and black with soem amount in white. The aggro to exist mostly in red and white with some amount in green. The midrange to exist mostly in green with some amount in white and black. Does that sound correct or goodÉ if not please inform me as im no expert on these things.
What Im really asking here is, in your opinion, what is the best distribution of mana costs across each colour.
For example, how many 1 drops in red, how many 3 drops in green, how many creature spells in white, how many non creatures in black, etc. (percentage wise or actual count out of 360)
Also what do you think is the best colour distribution, how many nonbasiclands/colorless cards vs how meany multicolored and cards of each single colour should there be for the best balance in a 360 card cube.
I recognize that this may be a difficult and very broad question but any suggestions may help.
The importance of this question for me is twofold. Once because I want to make a generally good and balance peasant cube that supports many archetypes and synergies. Second because I plan to create my own set of 360 cards specifically for cubing and i want it to feel relatively like a nonpowered set built specifically for cubing.
What are your thoughts guys? I can even upload some of the cards im working on currently if you're interested in seeing them.
Heres what I worked out as what I feel is the best colour distribution skeleton for my 360 peasant cube. please tell me what you agree or disagree with
mono coloured: 42 (X5colours) = 250 (total of all monocoloured cards)
multicoloured: 40 (im thinking half hybrid half gold)
colourless: 40 (artifacts, colourless spells)
Nonbasic Land: 30 (10 guild/dual lands, 10 ETB effect lands-colroless or monocolored)
Rares: 24
(5 clr walkers, 10 champions, 1 colorless walker, 3 Artifacts, 5 mono creatures.)
MY FRIENDS LOVE THIS CUBE!!!!!!!!!
Ensoul/Shrapnel Blast sounds like a Budget Affinity deck. Check out MTGGoldfish on YouTube. There's a Budget Magic (a series where a man by the name of Seth, or Saffron Olive, builds competitive Magic decks for under $100 across Standard and Modern) for UW Tempered Steel, which is a great start toward Affinity. The deck is also FNM competitive from the get-go. Keep in mind that prices fluctuate over time, so check the article in the description to see the deck with the up-to-date price by TCG Mid pricing. However, Affinity is not a control deck. But your also in luck, because MTGGoldfish has done episode on Budget Magic for mono white Emeria/Titan Control and Esper Evoke Control. (If other readers can't tell by now, I LOVE the Budget Magic series. It's a great resource.) There is a primer for Emeria Control here. I'm on mobile so I can't link to the thread right now. You'll have to do some digging, but I think it's in the Developing Competitive Decks section. Should be towards the top, actually. While your Jaces and Ashioks don't get into either deck, they also don't typically see play in Modern, although it isn't unusual to see Jace AoT in a control list. Do you prefer tap-out control or draw-go styles? This would help me out a lot. [/quote]
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I had little hope that this thread was active. As for wellspring i meant the artifact cycle mycosynth and ichor wellsring. I have no real preference with control. I prefer draw go but when im not facing another blue player I love to tap out.
Ill take a look at the mtggoldfish, see what i can find. I went through my collection and can update the list of cards i have. Ive traditionally plaed BUG, its my fave colours.
4 Sylvan Caryatid 3 Ashiok 1 Liliana Vess 2 Llanowar Wastes 3 Temple of Mystery 3 Temple of Deceit
4 Courser of Kruphix 2 Kiora, Crashing wave 2 Whip of Erebos 1 Yavimaya Coast 4 Overgrown Tomb 1 Taasigur, Golden fang
I really, really, really wanna play bug but i cant afford fetches. Id prefer to play draw and go, but tap out works fine for me. Thank you again for replying
I own Overgrown tombs and the BUG Scryland cycle.
I like to play control.
I own Ashioks and jace architects.
Everythign else i own sucks.
I also wanted to build a wellspring ensoul/shrapnel blst deck.
Anything that uses crackling perimeter. Lol i love that card
What Im really asking here is, in your opinion, what is the best distribution of mana costs across each colour.
For example, how many 1 drops in red, how many 3 drops in green, how many creature spells in white, how many non creatures in black, etc. (percentage wise or actual count out of 360)
Also what do you think is the best colour distribution, how many nonbasiclands/colorless cards vs how meany multicolored and cards of each single colour should there be for the best balance in a 360 card cube.
I recognize that this may be a difficult and very broad question but any suggestions may help.
The importance of this question for me is twofold. Once because I want to make a generally good and balance peasant cube that supports many archetypes and synergies. Second because I plan to create my own set of 360 cards specifically for cubing and i want it to feel relatively like a nonpowered set built specifically for cubing.
What are your thoughts guys? I can even upload some of the cards im working on currently if you're interested in seeing them.
Heres what I worked out as what I feel is the best colour distribution skeleton for my 360 peasant cube. please tell me what you agree or disagree with
mono coloured: 42 (X5colours) = 250 (total of all monocoloured cards)
multicoloured: 40 (im thinking half hybrid half gold)
colourless: 40 (artifacts, colourless spells)
Nonbasic Land: 30 (10 guild/dual lands, 10 ETB effect lands-colroless or monocolored)
Rares: 24
(5 clr walkers, 10 champions, 1 colorless walker, 3 Artifacts, 5 mono creatures.)