Thanks, yah I didn't promote the video because the video quality wasn't great in the end, its a new thing for me but I'll get the hang of it. The 2X is a pain and there are alternatives obviously, but previously we didn't have any expensive transform cards, so I basically just didn't want to change my method when they came out, so I dropped some $$ (in puca points mostly)
Hey all, were doing our first audio only podcast tonight about AsFan in cube. Anybody have AsFan or other cube related mailbag question(s)? If so, post, pm or send an email to plaidmagic@outlook.com. Thanks?
More videos up for those of you who haven't seen them, I also just posted my first article in a series regarding cube design: http://iplaidmagic.blogspot.com/2015/07/cub-ed-starting-cube-walkthrough.html
If you're not just starting, you can skip around, I spoke to some folks who were new to magic about cube and that's where I got some of the points I bring up here, from the beginning. More in-depth fun stuff to come!
Gonna do a highlite for when audio is working. We have the technical issues worked out and got some viewer feedback. Next cast will be 11pm on 1/21, Fate Reforged. We may do a live draft cast before that as well.
Hey all, new here, but I just posted my cube in the cubes list section
We are going to start a twitchcast regarding our cube and general cube discussion. Our channel is twitch.tv/plaidmagic, you can follow us at @plaidmagic and facebook.com/plaidmagic. Our flagship episode will be tomorrow (12/17/2014) at 10:30 EST.
I'd love to get some feedback on the cube in general and would like to know if anyone else has done theme folding. I would also love feedback regarding the twitchcast (for those interested and able to join us) and our blog
This is my first post, please be gentle and I apologize in advance for any formatting/content issues. Glad to be here!
Greetings all - I am a new member, long time leech here. It is my understanding that this is the place to go for cube discussion. I am about to celebrate 2 years of cubing with my co-curator, and my playgroup. I run a 360 cube with a close-knit playgroup of about 13 players, but only 8 per cube round.
Quick History:
My brother and I have been playing since 4th. We are exclusively casual, and fun-factor oriented. As such, we have named our group/cube "Plaid Magic" - since we're casual, and so is plaid (genius...right?). That said, we follow a lot of blogs, feeds, podcasts, twitchcasts, etc. We have been doing block drafts for a long time, and in 2013 we decided it was time to next level and cube it up. We started with a powered template, but quickly found that we didn't enjoy the draft experience of a powered cube. There were a lot of "auto-picks" with the power, and the general power level of cards was higher than we liked. We wanted to play with cards we thought were fun, but needed the right environment to shine in. At this point in time we put together a "Graveyard Matters" cube which was very close to an Odyssey/Innistrad cube, with some support from elsewhere. A few drafts in, we found that there was too much filler, and we decided that although we liked the theme and a lot of the mechanics that went along with it, it was too narrow. My brother/cohort suggested something that he had been thinking about, which was a "Counters Matter" theme. This time around, we didn't start from scratch, we instead "folded" the counters matters theme into the pre-existing graveyard matters theme by removing filler and gave priority to cards that were relevant to both themes (think Lotleth Troll, Varolz, The Scar Striped). We have since folded in a few more themes, and I feel we've ended up with a full bodied, fun and interesting cube.
We decided on the following regarding cube management and design:
Fun comes first - We are willing to break "rules" (singleton, etc) in the name of fun Turn'm Sideways - We like attacking, so we like to keep a 3:1 ratio of Creatures:non-creatures. "On a stick" effects are preferred Gold=Good - To eliminate the difficulty with mono colored decks and balance, we provide mana-base support (lots of duals, double fetches) to make 2-4 color decks possible and reward players for going for the gold. Multi-Colored cards Communicate supported themes - We have not fully implemented this, but the idea here is that we don't pack the guild slots with a lot of "just good" cards, but rather with cards that give our drafters an idea of supported archetypes and "packages"
Cube/Draft Management: Inventory:Deckbox Official Cube List:CubeTutor Drafting:TappedOut.net (we e-draft prior to meeting up) Blog/Changelist:BlogSpot
Basic Information Cube Size: 360 Cards Breakdown: 47 Mono Colored, 25 Artifacts, 54 Multicolor, 46 Lands Standard or Theme: Graveyard/Counters/Tokens Snow Lands: No Average Number of Players: 6-8 How Often Drafted: ~Once a month
Card Selection Proxies: No Powered: No Portal: Not Yet "Un" Cards: No Functional Reprints:: Yes Banned Cards for Power-Level: No Banned Cards for Time Constraints: No Banned Cards for "fun" factor: No
Cube Design Standard or Multiplayer: Standard Sideboards?: Yes Color Balance: Yes Gold Balance: No Hybrid/Split/Kicker as Gold: Yes Color Triggers as Gold: Yes Perfectly Balanced CMC: No
THanks for the clarification, I felt that the wording was vague enough - IE he is a "Spirit Dragon" hence could could be "dead". I wish I had better storyline sources than just wikis.
If others want to check it out, it's here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keNCwntGF18
We had an awesome time talking about breaking the rules of cube with Brian - check it out, it wasn't terrible
http://mtgcast.com/mtgcast-podcast-shows/active-podcast-shows/plaid-magic/thinking-inside-the-box-02-breaking-the-rules-part-1
Any feedback is appreciated!
If you're not just starting, you can skip around, I spoke to some folks who were new to magic about cube and that's where I got some of the points I bring up here, from the beginning. More in-depth fun stuff to come!
We are going to start a twitchcast regarding our cube and general cube discussion. Our channel is twitch.tv/plaidmagic, you can follow us at @plaidmagic and facebook.com/plaidmagic. Our flagship episode will be tomorrow (12/17/2014) at 10:30 EST.
I'd love to get some feedback on the cube in general and would like to know if anyone else has done theme folding. I would also love feedback regarding the twitchcast (for those interested and able to join us) and our blog
This is my first post, please be gentle and I apologize in advance for any formatting/content issues. Glad to be here!
Quick History:
My brother and I have been playing since 4th. We are exclusively casual, and fun-factor oriented. As such, we have named our group/cube "Plaid Magic" - since we're casual, and so is plaid (genius...right?). That said, we follow a lot of blogs, feeds, podcasts, twitchcasts, etc. We have been doing block drafts for a long time, and in 2013 we decided it was time to next level and cube it up. We started with a powered template, but quickly found that we didn't enjoy the draft experience of a powered cube. There were a lot of "auto-picks" with the power, and the general power level of cards was higher than we liked. We wanted to play with cards we thought were fun, but needed the right environment to shine in. At this point in time we put together a "Graveyard Matters" cube which was very close to an Odyssey/Innistrad cube, with some support from elsewhere. A few drafts in, we found that there was too much filler, and we decided that although we liked the theme and a lot of the mechanics that went along with it, it was too narrow. My brother/cohort suggested something that he had been thinking about, which was a "Counters Matter" theme. This time around, we didn't start from scratch, we instead "folded" the counters matters theme into the pre-existing graveyard matters theme by removing filler and gave priority to cards that were relevant to both themes (think Lotleth Troll, Varolz, The Scar Striped). We have since folded in a few more themes, and I feel we've ended up with a full bodied, fun and interesting cube.
We decided on the following regarding cube management and design:
Fun comes first - We are willing to break "rules" (singleton, etc) in the name of fun
Turn'm Sideways - We like attacking, so we like to keep a 3:1 ratio of Creatures:non-creatures. "On a stick" effects are preferred
Gold=Good - To eliminate the difficulty with mono colored decks and balance, we provide mana-base support (lots of duals, double fetches) to make 2-4 color decks possible and reward players for going for the gold.
Multi-Colored cards Communicate supported themes - We have not fully implemented this, but the idea here is that we don't pack the guild slots with a lot of "just good" cards, but rather with cards that give our drafters an idea of supported archetypes and "packages"
Cube/Draft Management:
Inventory: Deckbox
Official Cube List: CubeTutor
Drafting: TappedOut.net (we e-draft prior to meeting up)
Blog/Changelist: BlogSpot
Basic Information
Cube Size: 360 Cards
Breakdown: 47 Mono Colored, 25 Artifacts, 54 Multicolor, 46 Lands
Standard or Theme: Graveyard/Counters/Tokens
Snow Lands: No
Average Number of Players: 6-8
How Often Drafted: ~Once a month
Card Selection
Proxies: No
Powered: No
Portal: Not Yet
"Un" Cards: No
Functional Reprints:: Yes
Banned Cards for Power-Level: No
Banned Cards for Time Constraints: No
Banned Cards for "fun" factor: No
Cube Design
Standard or Multiplayer: Standard
Sideboards?: Yes
Color Balance: Yes
Gold Balance: No
Hybrid/Split/Kicker as Gold: Yes
Color Triggers as Gold: Yes
Perfectly Balanced CMC: No
1x Cloudfin Raptor
1x Cosi's Trickster
1x Enclave Cryptologist
1x Jace's Phantasm
1x Dreamscape Artist
1x Quickling
1x Snapcaster Mage
1x Thrummingbird
1x Thrummingbird
1x Waterfront Bouncer
1x Chasm Skulker
1x Man-o'-War
1x Razorfin Abolisher
1x Sea Gate Oracle
1x Vendilion Clique
1x Volrath's Shapeshifter
1x Wormfang Drake
1x Clever Impersonator
1x Cytoplast Manipulator
1x Glen Elendra Archmage
1x Havengul Runebinder
1x Master of Waves
1x Ninja of the Deep Hours
1x Talrand, Sky Summoner
1x Venser, Shaper Savant
1x Wonder
1x Mulldrifter
1x River Kelpie
1x Aetherling
1x Frost Titan
1x Geralf's Mindcrusher
1x Jace, Architect of Thought
Blue Instant
1x Force Spike
1x Arcane Denial
1x Counterspell
1x Impulse
1x Mana Leak
1x Memory Lapse
1x Miscalculation
1x Remand
1x Complicate
1x Ghostly Flicker
Blue Sorcery
1x Ponder
1x Preordain
1x Show and Tell
1x Deep Analysis
1x Control Magic
1x Cenn's Tactician
1x Champion of the Parish
1x Doomed Traveler
1x Mother of Runes
1x Soldier of the Pantheon
1x Spurnmage Advocate
1x Tireless Tribe
1x Accorder Paladin
1x Ajani's Pridemate
1x Kor Skyfisher
1x Loyal Cathar
1x Suture Priest
1x Unruly Mob
1x Aven Riftwatcher
1x Blade Splicer
1x Brimaz, King of Oreskos
1x Flickerwisp
1x Hallowed Spiritkeeper
1x Mirror Entity
1x Twilight Drover
1x Goldnight Commander
1x Meadowboon
1x Restoration Angel
1x Archangel of Thune
1x Cloudgoat Ranger
1x Reveillark
1x Dearly Departed
1x Mikaeus, the Lunarch
1x Ajani Goldmane
1x Elspeth Tirel
White Instant
1x Enlightened Tutor
1x Path to Exile
1x Swords to Plowshares
1x Disenchant
White Sorcery
1x Lingering Souls
1x Battle Screech
1x Wrath of God
1x Terminus
White Enchantment
1x Land Tax
1x Journey to Nowhere
1x Spirit Loop
1x Temporal Isolation
1x Oblivion Ring
1x Faith's Fetters
1x Parallax Wave
1x Seance
1x Spear of Heliod
1x Goblin Arsonist
1x Goblin Guide
1x Grim Lavamancer
1x Kird Ape
1x Monastery Swiftspear
1x Slumbering Dragon
1x Spikeshot Elder
1x Stromkirk Noble
1x Ash Zealot
1x Ashling the Pilgrim
1x Gore-House Chainwalker
1x Hellspark Elemental
1x Keldon Marauders
1x Stormblood Berserker
1x Torch Fiend
1x Young Pyromancer
1x Blood Ogre
1x Dualcaster Mage
1x Feldon of the Third Path
1x Goblin Rabblemaster
1x Manic Vandal
1x Splatter Thug
1x Anger
1x Flametongue Kavu
1x Goblin Razerunners
1x Gorehorn Minotaurs
1x Ogre Battledriver
1x Siege-Gang Commander
1x Zealous Conscripts
1x Chandra, Pyromaster
Red Instant
1x Burst Lightning
1x Lightning Bolt
1x Incinerate
1x Magma Jet
1x Smash to Smithereens
1x Brimstone Volley
1x Staggershock
Red Sorcery
1x Faithless Looting
1x Firebolt
1x Arc Trail
1x Anger of the Gods
1x Molten Rain
1x Wheel of Fortune
1x Devil's Play
1x Ion Storm
1x Sulfuric Vortex
Red Enchantment Creature
1x Purphoros, God of the Forge
1x Birds of Paradise
1x Experiment One
1x Llanowar Elves
1x Llanowar Mentor
1x Simic Initiate
1x Young Wolf
1x Aquastrand Spider
1x Fauna Shaman
1x Gyre Sage
1x Melira, Sylvok Outcast
1x Sakura-Tribe Elder
1x Scavenging Ooze
1x Strangleroot Geist
1x Tarmogoyf
1x Wall of Blossoms
1x Werebear
1x Renegade Krasis
1x Spike Feeder
1x Tuskguard Captain
1x Yavimaya Elder
1x Brawn
1x Cytoplast Root-Kin
1x Forgotten Ancient
1x Fungal Behemoth
1x Polukranos, World Eater
1x Vengevine
1x Acidic Slime
1x Golgari Grave-Troll
1x Indrik Stomphowler
1x Kalonian Hydra
1x Mycoloth
1x Thragtusk
1x Titania, Protector of Argoth
1x Hooded Hydra
1x Krosan Tusker
1x Garruk Wildspeaker
Green Artifact
1x Birthing Pod
Green Instant
1x Beast Within
1x Harrow
Green Sorcery
1x Farseek
1x Life from the Loam
1x Regrowth
1x Call of the Herd
1x Green Sun's Zenith
Green Enchantment
1x Rancor
1x Survival of the Fittest
Green Enchantment Artifact
1x Bow of Nylea
Green Land
1x Llanowar Reborn
1x Carrion Feeder
1x Gravecrawler
1x Mortician Beetle
1x Putrid Imp
1x Blood Scrivener
1x Butcher Ghoul
1x Dark Confidant
1x Oona's Blackguard
1x Thrill-Kill Assassin
1x Dead Reveler
1x Flesh Carver
1x Fleshbag Marauder
1x Lifebane Zombie
1x Spike Cannibal
1x Undead Gladiator
1x Vampire Nighthawk
1x Desecration Demon
1x Graveborn Muse
1x Hell's Caretaker
1x Mindwarper
1x Nekrataal
1x Skinrender
1x Hunter of Eyeblights
1x Grave Titan
1x Mikaeus, the Unhallowed
1x Tombstalker
1x Liliana of the Veil
Black Instant
1x Dark Ritual
1x Tragic Slip
1x Vampiric Tutor
1x Doom Blade
1x Go for the Throat
1x Dismember
1x Snuff Out
Black Sorcery
1x Duress
1x Inquisition of Kozilek
1x Reanimate
1x Chainer's Edict
1x Demonic Tutor
1x Exhume
1x Killing Wave
1x Quest for the Gravelord
1x Animate Dead
1x Zombie Infestation
1x Necromancy
1x Phyrexian Arena
Black Enchantment Artifact
1x Whip of Erebos
1x Geist of Saint Traft
1x Brago, King Eternal
1x Venser, the Sojourner
1x Mirrorweave
1x Detention Sphere
1x Flooded Strand
1x Flooded Strand
1x Hallowed Fountain
1x Seachrome Coast
1x Tundra
Dimir
1x Nightveil Specter
1x Psychatog
1x Baleful Strix
1x Far // Away
1x Polluted Delta
1x Polluted Delta
1x Underground Sea
1x Watery Grave
Rakdos
1x Rakdos Cackler
1x Hellhole Flailer
1x Murderous Redcap
1x Olivia Voldaren
1x Kulrath Knight
1x Dreadbore
1x Badlands
1x Blood Crypt
1x Bloodstained Mire
1x Bloodstained Mire
Gruul
1x Burning-Tree Emissary
1x Ghor-Clan Rampager
1x Ulasht, the Hate Seed
1x Apocalypse Hydra
1x Savageborn Hydra
1x Xenagos, the Reveler
1x Clan Defiance
1x Stomping Ground
1x Taiga
1x Wooded Foothills
1x Wooded Foothills
1x Rhys the Redeemed
1x Voice of Resurgence
1x Kitchen Finks
1x Sigil Captain
1x Selesnya Charm
1x Gavony Township
1x Savannah
1x Temple Garden
1x Windswept Heath
1x Windswept Heath
Orzhov
1x Cartel Aristocrat
1x Magister of Worth
1x Cauldron Haze
1x Vindicate
1x Athreos, God of Passage
1x Godless Shrine
1x Marsh Flats
1x Marsh Flats
1x Scrubland
Golgari
1x Deathrite Shaman
1x Lotleth Troll
1x Dreg Mangler
1x Varolz, the Scar-Striped
1x Corpsejack Menace
1x Vraska the Unseen
1x Abrupt Decay
1x Bayou
1x Overgrown Tomb
1x Verdant Catacombs
1x Verdant Catacombs
Simic
1x Zameck Guildmage
1x Gilder Bairn
1x Plaxcaster Frogling
1x Master Biomancer
1x Prophet of Kruphix
1x Breeding Pool
1x Misty Rainforest
1x Misty Rainforest
1x Tropical Island
1x Dack's Duplicate
1x Ral Zarek
1x Izzet Charm
1x Electrolyze
1x Scalding Tarn
1x Scalding Tarn
1x Steam Vents
1x Volcanic Island
Boros
1x Figure of Destiny
1x Firemane Avenger
1x Balefire Liege
1x Ajani Vengeant
1x Boros Charm
1x Rise of the Hobgoblins
1x Arid Mesa
1x Arid Mesa
1x Plateau
1x Sacred Foundry
1x Mindless Automaton
1x Solemn Simulacrum
1x Triskelion
1x Wurmcoil Engine
1x Myr Battlesphere
Colourless Artifact
1x Everflowing Chalice
1x Mox Diamond
1x Bonesplitter
1x Skullclamp
1x Contagion Clasp
1x Fellwar Stone
1x Chromatic Lantern
1x Cloudstone Curio
1x Coalition Relic
1x Crystal Shard
1x Grafted Wargear
1x Mimic Vat
1x Sword of Body and Mind
1x Sword of Feast and Famine
1x Sword of Fire and Ice
1x Sword of Light and Shadow
1x Sword of War and Peace
1x Nevinyrral's Disk
1x Batterskull
1x Gilded Lotus
1x City of Brass
1x Gemstone Mine
1x Mutavault