Given that my cube has a modal theme:
- enemy-colored commands
- white-ling and black-ling, to completethecycle
- shard-colored hybrid cards like the FRFlegendsandbombs
- more escalate!
What are people's thoughts on Deadeye Navigator, specifically to consistently blink Deepglow Skate for repeat counter doubling, but in general to get more value out of any etb trigger?
Since this deck tends to be creature-light, it isn't great. You are only going to get both cards every so often, and deadeye alone doesn't do enough for you. You are better of comboing the skate with venser, the sojourner.
After months of tinkering, I am finally ready to share my cube with the world. I am quite proud of it, as it creates some very unique draft and play environments.
This cube is dedicated to cards that require decision making, and inspire complex plays and combat tricks. Almost every card can be utilized in a variety of ways. Every turn offers a world of options to each player, but choosing when to use each resource is always a challenge!
Dynamic Creatures: flip, evoke, bestow, dash, exploit, etc.
Combat Tricks: flash, prowess, morph, etc.
Synergies: spells-matter, tokens/anthems, discard/madness, ETB/blink and numerous others!
Basic Info Standard or Themed Cube: Themed. Modal and dynamic cards. Cube Size: 360 cards Color Breakdown:
40 of each color
10 of each guild
2 of each shard
4 of each wedge
29 colorless
1 rainbow
Card Selection Powered: No Portal: No "Un-" Cards: Yes, Blast From the Past and Who/What/When/Where/Why are both on theme and don't introduce any "meta" mechanics. Conspiracies: Yes, 9. Banned Cards: No
Cube Design 1v1 or Multiplayer: intended for 1v1, though multiplayer works very well. Even Color Balance: Yes Perfect Creature/Non-Creature Balance: Yes Gold Balance: Yes Hybrid/Split/Kicker as Gold: Yes Ability Costs as Gold: Yes Perfectly Balanced CMC: No Average CMC: 2.748 (excluding lands)
earthquake and co can kill an opposing planeswalker by redirect the player damage. Though, I suppose you could always choose to redirect the damage to yourself to one of your walkers to soak the damage.
I just think they should've announced a "preliminar banlist" now - even if it was not official and final. This creates a void of 2 months where you don't even know where to start brewing and you just can't keep playing the older decks anymore. This sounds unprepared and badly though out. The only obvious unban is Serra Ascendant. Dig Through Time and Treasure Cruise feel safer too. Sensei Top and Mystical may be need to come back to help control.
My thoughts as well.
TC and DTT would be far less oppressive with 33% less time to stabilize. Mystical is definitely a possibility, though the terminus and bonfire of the damned interactions probably had more to do with the ban.
Side note: this discussion should really have its own thread. Putting the announcement on page 15 of the last announcement is not very good for visibility. Do the Mods want to correct this?
I see her as being a second keranos or JTMS. They survive all of our wipes, help us rebuild and can slowly win the game. I think she is very versatile. The fact she has abilities that help you stabilize pre-wipe and win post-wipe is a big deal.
If you can stick her and then wildfire/burning/jokulhaups/devastation/obliterate, you can slowly close the game on her first +1. I count 16 spells in my list that would not be castable off of this, which granted may not be ideal. Early game this could help dig for a wipe, after that you are more than happy to use the shock mode.
Her second +1 makes it easier to cast the game winning spells, or keep up mana for counters (e.g. T4 chandra, T5 keranos with 2-mana backup). Post-wipe, it can help you get off a spell if short on lands.
-3 is removal, which can help you stabilize.
probably only getting to her ult once you stabilize post-wipe, but this should win the game faster than keranos can. The fact you can hit creatures is relevant if your opponent manages to recover board position.
so chandra, torch of defiance is a card. Seems like it does a lot of things that this deck would be interested in. Question is what to take out for it?
That card is hilarious. Absolute flavour win. Potentially a lot more interesting than earthquake in a number of situations. Doesn't hit players, but has several rider effects.
FearDRepaer, I really like the look of your list. Seems like a nice mix of combo potential, control elements and pressure. That is the general direction I was going, I might tweak a few things myself, but that would be more personal preference than right/wrong cards.
So reviewed the rulings on teferi's puzzle box, seems you do draw for the turn before the trigger, so this + leovold = opponents can never have a hand. That is much more brutal than I initially thought.
I'd want to balance more permanent cards into the fold, to gain more advantage over the abilities setting up targettable threats seems best.
You don't need to force the targeting thing for it to be valuable. You get the same amount of value from your opponent's lightning bolt regardless of what they target. Playing too many creatures makes you more vulnerable to a board wipe, which already gets around the ability. The only card I can think of to make this ability better is Kira, Great Glass-Spinner, which turns their spot removal into a 4-for-1 in your favor (takes two spells, you draw two cards). Might be overkill though.
My favorite card would have to be Gifts Ungiven. It requires some careful strategy to assemble the right package, but when you do, your opponent is left choosing how they lose. How I wish this card was legal in Commander. Oh well, I'll sit on my artist signed playset.
- enemy-colored commands
- white-ling and black-ling, to complete the cycle
- shard-colored hybrid cards like the FRF legends and bombs
- more escalate!
Since this deck tends to be creature-light, it isn't great. You are only going to get both cards every so often, and deadeye alone doesn't do enough for you. You are better of comboing the skate with venser, the sojourner.
Frasmage's Decision Cube
After months of tinkering, I am finally ready to share my cube with the world. I am quite proud of it, as it creates some very unique draft and play environments.
This cube is dedicated to cards that require decision making, and inspire complex plays and combat tricks. Almost every card can be utilized in a variety of ways. Every turn offers a world of options to each player, but choosing when to use each resource is always a challenge!
Card themes include:
Standard or Themed Cube: Themed. Modal and dynamic cards.
Cube Size: 360 cards
Color Breakdown:
- 40 of each color
- 10 of each guild
- 2 of each shard
- 4 of each wedge
- 29 colorless
- 1 rainbow
Card SelectionPowered: No
Portal: No
"Un-" Cards: Yes, Blast From the Past and Who/What/When/Where/Why are both on theme and don't introduce any "meta" mechanics.
Conspiracies: Yes, 9.
Banned Cards: No
Cube Design
1v1 or Multiplayer: intended for 1v1, though multiplayer works very well.
Even Color Balance: Yes
Perfect Creature/Non-Creature Balance: Yes
Gold Balance: Yes
Hybrid/Split/Kicker as Gold: Yes
Ability Costs as Gold: Yes
Perfectly Balanced CMC: No
Average CMC: 2.748 (excluding lands)
All critiques and suggestions welcome!
My thoughts as well.
TC and DTT would be far less oppressive with 33% less time to stabilize. Mystical is definitely a possibility, though the terminus and bonfire of the damned interactions probably had more to do with the ban.
hyperbole aside, this really does completely reshape the format, so fsecco has a point.
Control is going to take a pretty big hit. As a control player, this makes me sad. again.
If you can stick her and then wildfire/burning/jokulhaups/devastation/obliterate, you can slowly close the game on her first +1. I count 16 spells in my list that would not be castable off of this, which granted may not be ideal. Early game this could help dig for a wipe, after that you are more than happy to use the shock mode.
Her second +1 makes it easier to cast the game winning spells, or keep up mana for counters (e.g. T4 chandra, T5 keranos with 2-mana backup). Post-wipe, it can help you get off a spell if short on lands.
-3 is removal, which can help you stabilize.
probably only getting to her ult once you stabilize post-wipe, but this should win the game faster than keranos can. The fact you can hit creatures is relevant if your opponent manages to recover board position.
my 2c.
You don't need to force the targeting thing for it to be valuable. You get the same amount of value from your opponent's lightning bolt regardless of what they target. Playing too many creatures makes you more vulnerable to a board wipe, which already gets around the ability. The only card I can think of to make this ability better is Kira, Great Glass-Spinner, which turns their spot removal into a 4-for-1 in your favor (takes two spells, you draw two cards). Might be overkill though.