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Basic Information Cube Size:270 Breakdown:40 of each color, 20 Multicolor, 30 Lands and 20 Artifacts Standard or Theme:Standard Snow Lands:No Average Number of Players:2-4 How Often Drafted:None (yet)
Card Selection Proxies:No Powered:No Portal:Nope "Un" Cards: None Banned Cards for Power-Level:None Banned Cards for Time Constraints:None Banned Cards for "fun" factor:None
Cube Design Standard or Multiplayer:Standard Sideboards?:Yes Color Balance:Even Gold Balance:Even Hybrid/Split/Kicker as Gold:Yes Color Triggers as Gold:Yes Perfectly Balanced CMC:No
White has a fair amount of token generation and a lot of one drops
The fact that most casuals will never play something else than kitchen Magic make them the black matter of Magic: 90% of the universe, but undetectable except by the side effects of their presence.
It would be helpful to know what the "ceiling" is for a single card for your budget cube, since "budget" means different things to different people. Also, put a 1 and a space before each card name so it will be formatted properly.
Black: I would include Nightscape Familiar under your multicolor section, since it's pretty awful if neither of its discount abilities are online. Keeper of the Dead seems really bad/slow. You can't use her ability until a minimum of two of your creatures are in your 'yard! Chainer's Edict is a lot better than Darkblast and also has recursion. Sever the Bloodline is pretty awful in a highlander format. Diabolic Edict >> Geth's Verdict because it's easier to cast. I think Killing Wave is just awful... Imagine casting it for 3B while they have three guys on the table and you have none. They can just pay six to keep two and keep on beating face, or pay three to keep their best guy. Cards like this that give your opponent options are just bad imho.
Artifacts: Karn technically isn't an artifact, but you should definitely include him!
The fact that most casuals will never play something else than kitchen Magic make them the black matter of Magic: 90% of the universe, but undetectable except by the side effects of their presence.
Unburial Rites --> Desolation Angel
I've always been extremely impressed with her, and I think she'll add a lot of power to WB for you.
Diabolic Vision & Evil Twin --> Psychatog & Shadowmage Infiltrator
Psychatog was once called the best creature in the game. He may not be as good as he once was, but he's not far off. Infiltrator is a 3CMC evasive draw engine and equipment carrier.
Darkslick Shores --> Dimir Aqueduct
More blue + bouncelands. You're shooting for the long game, so shores is weaker than the catacomb
Just got to say, you've definitely earned distinction as an MTGS hero
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The fact that most casuals will never play something else than kitchen Magic make them the black matter of Magic: 90% of the universe, but undetectable except by the side effects of their presence.
The fact that most casuals will never play something else than kitchen Magic make them the black matter of Magic: 90% of the universe, but undetectable except by the side effects of their presence.
I like Stonehorn because I am trying to get a Venser which will make a terrible combo that loses to removal. I'm running Saltblast Because I really don't like Archon and it is an immediate answer to a 'walker.
The fact that most casuals will never play something else than kitchen Magic make them the black matter of Magic: 90% of the universe, but undetectable except by the side effects of their presence.
The fact that most casuals will never play something else than kitchen Magic make them the black matter of Magic: 90% of the universe, but undetectable except by the side effects of their presence.
Just got to say, you've definitely earned distinction as an MTGS hero
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Because he's the hero MTGS deserves, and the one it needs right now. So we'll global him. Because he can take it. Because he's not just our hero. He's a silent guardian, a watchful protector. An expired rascal.
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ExpiredRascals you sir are a god-like hero.
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ER is a masterful god who cannot be beaten in any endeavour.
The fact that most casuals will never play something else than kitchen Magic make them the black matter of Magic: 90% of the universe, but undetectable except by the side effects of their presence.
The fact that most casuals will never play something else than kitchen Magic make them the black matter of Magic: 90% of the universe, but undetectable except by the side effects of their presence.
Basic Information
Cube Size:270
Breakdown:40 of each color, 20 Multicolor, 30 Lands and 20 Artifacts
Standard or Theme:Standard
Snow Lands:No
Average Number of Players:2-4
How Often Drafted:None (yet)
Card Selection
Proxies:No
Powered:No
Portal:Nope
"Un" Cards: None
Banned Cards for Power-Level:None
Banned Cards for Time Constraints:None
Banned Cards for "fun" factor:None
Cube Design
Standard or Multiplayer:Standard
Sideboards?:Yes
Color Balance:Even
Gold Balance:Even
Hybrid/Split/Kicker as Gold:Yes
Color Triggers as Gold:Yes
Perfectly Balanced CMC:No
White has a fair amount of token generation and a lot of one drops
1 Isamaru, Hound of Konda
1 Elite Vanguard
1 Icatian Javelineers
1 Steppe Lynx
1 Savannah Lions
1 Mother of Runes
1 Leonin Relic-Warder
1 Accorder Paladin
1 War Priest of Thune
1 Lone Missionary
Three CMC
1 Fiend Hunter
1 Mentor of the Meek
1 Porcelain Legionnaire
1 Flickerwisp
1 Celestial Crusader
1 Galepowder Mage
1 Ranger of Eos
Five CMC
1 Baneslayer Angel
Six Plus
1 Eternal Dragon
1 Journey to Nowhere
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Aura of Silence
1 Ghostly Prison
1 Faith's Fetters
Instant
1 Condemn
1 Path to Exile
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Righteous Blow
1 Brave the Elements
1 Raise the Alarm
1 Return to Dust
1 Sejiri Steppe
1 Drifting Meadow
Planeswalker
1 Elspeth, Knight Errant
Sorcery
1 Saltblast
1 Timely Reinforcements
1 Balance
1 Day of Judgment
1 Wrath of God
1 Increasing Devotion
1 Spectral Procession
I'm trying to push Mono Blue Tempo as a deck, as well as control
1 Phantasmal Bear
1 Cursecatcher
Two CMC
1 Azure Mage
1 Willbender
1 Looter Il-Kor
1 Coralhelm Commander
1 Man-o'-War
1 Tandem Lookout
1 Sea Gate Oracle
1 Trinket Mage
1 Aether Adept
1 Scroll Thief
1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
1 Mist Raven
Five CMC
1 Mnemonic Wall
1 Mulldrifter
Six Plus
1 Keiga, the Tide Star
1 Crystal Shard
Enchantment
1 Standstill
1 Legacy's Allure
Instant
1 Force Spike
1 Brainstorm
1 Spell Pierce
1 Capsize
1 Repeal
1 Memory Lapse
1 Mana Leak
1 Think Twice
1 Miscalculation
1 Peel from Reality
1 Psionic Blast
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Evacuation
1 Vanishment
1 Faerie Conclave
Planeswalker
1 Jace Beleren
Sorcery
1 Ponder
1 Preordain
1 Compulsive Research
1 Deep Analysis
1 Devastation Tide
Black is mostly discard, draw and removal
1 Guul Draz Assassin
1 Vampire Lacerator
1 Carnophage
1 Diregraf Ghoul
1 Sarcomancy
Two CMC
1 Vampire Hexmage
1 Bloodghast
1 Order of the Ebon Hand
1 Knight of Stromgald
1 Dauthi Slayer
1 Vampire Nighthawk
Four CMC
1 Bloodline Keeper
1 Faceless Butcher
Five CMC
1 Bloodgift Demon
1 Throat Slitter
1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
1 Anowon, the Ruin Sage
1 Okiba-Gang Shinobi
1 Dark Tutelage
1 Night of Souls' Betrayal
Instant
1 Dark Ritual
1 Tragic Slip
1 Undying Evil
1 Chainer's Edict
1 Geth's Verdict
1 Doom Blade
1 Go for the Throat
1 Polluted Mire
Planeswalker
1 Liliana of the Veil
Sorcery
1 Duress
1 Innocent Blood
1 Sign in Blood
1 Black Sun's Zenith
1 Sever the Bloodline
I haven't really worked on red much yet.
1 Reckless Waif
1 Goblin Guide
1 Grim Lavamancer
1 Vexing Devil
1 Stormblood Berserker
1 Hellspark Elemental
Three CMC
1 Keldon Vandals
1 Hell's Thunder
1 Flametongue Kavu
1 Hero of Oxid Ridge
Six Plus
1 Inferno Titan
1 Sulfuric Vortex
Instant
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Smash to Smithereens
1 Smoldering Crater
1 Ghitu Encampment
Sorcery
1 Faithless Looting
1 Devil's Play
1 Boom // Bust
1 Arc Trail
1 Pyroclasm
Green has a lot of ramp and creatures
1 Pouncing Jaguar
1 Llanowar Elves
Two CMC
1 Jade Mage
1 Skinshifter
1 Fauna Shaman
1 Strangleroot Geist
1 Viridian Emissary
1 Mayor of Avabruck
1 Frontier Guide
1 Borderland Ranger
1 Wood Elves
1 Civic Wayfinder
1 Yavimaya Granger
1 Yavimaya Elder
1 Cartographer
1 Champion of Lambholt
1 Oracle of Mul Daya
1 Vengevine
Five CMC
1 Acidic Slime
1 Genesis
Six Plus
1 Pelakka Wurm
1 Krosan Tusker
1 Centaur Glade
Instant
1 Noxious Revival
1 Beast Within
1 Slippery Karst
1 Treetop Village
Planeswalker
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
1 Prey Upon
1 Edge of Autumn
1 Cultivate
1 Kodama's Reach
1 Harmonize
I am planning to do two cards of each two-color combination and two lands of each two-color combination
1 Drogskol Reaver
1 Mistmeadow Witch
1 Azorius Chancery
1 Glacial Fortress
Blue/Black
1 Shadowmage Infiltrator
1 Psychatog
1 Dimir Aqueduct
1 Drowned Catacomb
Black/Red
1 Terminate
1 Army Ants
1 Graven Cairns
1 Dragonskull Summit
Red/Green
1 Bloodbraid Elf
1 Stormbind
1 Rootbound Crag
1 Copperline Gorge
1 Loxodon Hierarch
1 Knight of the Reliquary
1 Sunpetal Grove
1 Horizon Canopy
White/Black
1 Lingering Souls
1 Desolation Angel
1 Isolated Chapel
1 Orzhov Basilica
Blue/Red
1 Desolate Lighthouse
1 Electrolyze
1 Sulfur Falls
1 Izzet Boilerworks
Black/Green
1 Putrefy
1 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Woodland Cemetery
1 Golgari Rot Farm
1 Lightning Helix
1 Ajani Vengeant
1 Clifftop Retreat
1 Battlefield Forge
Green/Blue
1 Mystic Snake
1 Trygon Predator
1 Hinterland Harbor
1 Simic Growth Chamber
The artifacts are mostly just mana rocks but I might stick a Karn Liberated in.
1 Palladium Myr
1 Phyrexian Revoker
Equipment
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Swiftfoot Boots
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Grafted Wargear
1 Bonesplitter
Manafacts
1 Azorius Signet
1 Dimir Signet
1 Rakdos Signet
1 Gruul Signet
1 Selesnya Signet
1 Orzhov Signet
1 Izzet Signet
1 Golgari Signet
1 Boros Signet
1 Simic Signet
1 Prismatic Lens
1 Darksteel Ingot
1 Wayfarer's Bauble
1 Everflowing Chalice
1 Brittle Effigy
1 Skullclamp
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Relic of Progenitus
1 Mimic Vat
The colorless or all color lands.
1 City of Brass
1 Grand Coliseum
1 Shimmering Grotto
1 Tectonic Edge
1 Mystifying Maze
5-12: +Accorder Paladin - Stonehorn Dignitary
5-12: - Spelstutter Sprite
5-12: +Ranger of Eos
5-13: +Okiba-Gang Shinobi -Chainer, Dementia Master
5-13: +Throat Slitter -Ashling, The Extinguisher
5-13: +Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni -Dimir House Guard
5-13: +Treetop Village
5-16: +Liliana of the Veil
5-20: +Army Ants -Fulmanator Mage
5-20: +Knight of Stromgald
5-20: +Dauthi Slayer
5-20: +Order of the Ebon Hand
5-20: +Memory Lapse
5-20: +Miscalculation
5-20: +Mist Raven -Commandeer
5-20: +Scroll Thief -Gitaxian Probe
5-20: +Mulldrifter -Reality Strobe
5-20: +Psionic Blast
5-20: +Miscalculation
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It would be helpful to know what the "ceiling" is for a single card for your budget cube, since "budget" means different things to different people.
E.g.
Initial thoughts...
White: Suppression Field seems quite narrow/weak. Try Pithing Needle or Phyrexian Revoker instead. Kirtar's Desire: if you want this effect, wouldn't you rather just spend 1 extra for Pacifism and know that their guy definitely won't be able to block?
Blue: Why do you want Graceful Adept? Voidmage Husher seems pretty clunky at four mana. You definitely want an Aether Adept in here. Dispel and Mental Misstep are too narrow I think. You should pick up a Force Spike. They're like 10 cents. Other cheap and standard counterspells you aren't running yet include Memory Lapse and Miscalculation.
Black: I would include Nightscape Familiar under your multicolor section, since it's pretty awful if neither of its discount abilities are online. Keeper of the Dead seems really bad/slow. You can't use her ability until a minimum of two of your creatures are in your 'yard! Chainer's Edict is a lot better than Darkblast and also has recursion. Sever the Bloodline is pretty awful in a highlander format. Diabolic Edict >> Geth's Verdict because it's easier to cast. I think Killing Wave is just awful... Imagine casting it for 3B while they have three guys on the table and you have none. They can just pay six to keep two and keep on beating face, or pay three to keep their best guy. Cards like this that give your opponent options are just bad imho.
Artifacts: Karn technically isn't an artifact, but you should definitely include him!
More soon...
I mostly play EDH so a lot of the cards are EDH tech like Sever and Husher.
The budget is about >5 a card
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For non-aligned lands, City of Brass and Grand Coliseum should be top priorities
Multicolour Suggestions
Nimbus Maze --> Azorius Chancery
Blue decks really love the bounce lands for their effective card advantage.
Izzet Chronarch --> any of the following: Desolate Lighthouse, Prophetic Bolt, Fire//Ice
Boros Garrison --> Battlefield Forge
RW tends to be a rather aggressive colour pair, so the tempo hit of a bounce land is a big deal
Burning Oil-->Ajani Vengeant or Figure of Destiny
These are nearing your upper price constraint, but both are excellent.
Lorescale Coatl & Coiling Oracle --> Mystic Snake & Trygon Predator
These are two of the best cards in UG and both are within .50 of $2
Ray of Revelation --> Loxodon Heirarch, Watchwolf, or Armadillo Cloak
All three of these are quite strong. Cloak vs Sledge is also an interesting comparison (I personally prefer cloak for example due to the lower tempo hit)
Ancient Grudge --> Stormbind
Artifact hate is fairly easy to get in red and green, stormbind on the other hand is one of a kind
Unburial Rites --> Desolation Angel
I've always been extremely impressed with her, and I think she'll add a lot of power to WB for you.
Diabolic Vision & Evil Twin --> Psychatog & Shadowmage Infiltrator
Psychatog was once called the best creature in the game. He may not be as good as he once was, but he's not far off. Infiltrator is a 3CMC evasive draw engine and equipment carrier.
Darkslick Shores --> Dimir Aqueduct
More blue + bouncelands. You're shooting for the long game, so shores is weaker than the catacomb
I'll comment further later
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Red: Do you really want a color hoser like Sulfur Elemental? What if you're playing white, too? Also Smash to Smithereens >> Rack and Ruin.
Green: Cartographer is quite narrow and Frontier Guide seems very slow. Centaur Glade is too slow outside of (maybe) peasant. Think of it as a 5GGGG investment before your first 3/3. Get Sakura-Tribe Elder and Yavimaya Elder in here, stat! Also Cultivate and Farseek or Edge of Autumn.
Your multicolor section looks pretty good. I have Drogskol Reaver in my cube for the moment, too; but it fails the "Terminate test" pretty hard.
I will try to get the other cards you mentioned tomorrow at FNM.
@Eidolon232: That list is great! I will be sure to use that to figure out my final 270
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Also: I got an Elspeth!!
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Nice, it's certainly going to stand out as one of the most powerful cards in there.
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In the future, please indicate what changes were made to the OP rather than simply saying "Bump".
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