It sounds like a good idea, but I'm not sure how to implement it without skewing the answers.
The first step would be to implement rules. Only powered cubes, only whatever cubes, only...etc Because for cards like Gorilla Shaman, it matters. Even Wtwlf's cube doesn't include portal cards, which are perfectly legal in Magic. A new player might think that Rolling Earthquake isn't that great for cube because so few people actually include it. (No offense meant, I consider his a great cube and is generally one of the ones I look at for guidance, I myself don't even use portal cards)
The second would be to get a large sampling size. But getting a large sample with specific rules might be fairly difficult.
So yeah, I don't know how to do it and I don't have any ideas at the moment. =\
Edit: Just do what Eidolon says!
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I say you make the list by comparing ALL "finished" cubes. Then, we'll throw out the P9, Un- cards and Portal cards, and see what we've got left. That way, every cube can be used, and people can just add in their cube-specific cards if they want to later on.
1 Elite Vanguard
1 Isamaru, Hound of Konda
1 Mother of Runes
1 Savannah Lions
1 Steppe Lynx
1 Student of Warfare
1 Weathered Wayfarer
1 Blade of the Sixth Pride
1 Eight-and-a-Half-Tails
1 Kami of Ancient Law
1 Knight of Meadowgrain
1 Knight of the White Orchid
1 Kor Skyfisher
1 Lone Missionary
1 Ronom Unicorn
1 Silver Knight
1 Soltari Monk
1 Soltari Priest
1 Soltari Trooper
1 Wall of Omens
1 White Knight
1 Mirror Entity
1 Mystic Crusader
1 Paladin en-Vec
1 Pianna, Nomad Captain
1 Soltari Champion
1 Calciderm
1 Celestial Crusader
1 Kor Sanctifiers
1 Baneslayer Angel
1 Cloudgoat Ranger
1 Karmic Guide
1 Reveillark
1 Exalted Angel
1 Yosei, the Morning Star
1 Eternal Dragon
1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Land Tax
1 Mana Tithe
1 Path to Exile
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Balance
1 Disenchant
1 Journey to Nowhere
1 Seal of Cleansing
1 Temporal Isolation
1 Glorious Anthem
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Spectral Procession
1 Ajani Goldmane
1 Armageddon
1 Day of Judgment
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
1 Faith's Fetters
1 Moat
1 Wrath of God
1 Gideon Jura
1 Rout
1 Akroma's Vengeance
1 Catastrophe
1 Decree of Justice
1 Martial Coup
1 Sacred Mesa
1 Kjeldoran Outpost
1 Enclave Cryptologist
1 Gilded Drake
1 Looter il-Kor
1 Waterfront Bouncer
1 Man-o'-War
1 Serendib Efreet
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Willbender
1 Glen Elendra Archmage
1 Sower of Temptation
1 Thieving Magpie
1 Venser, Shaper Savant
1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror
1 Morphling
1 Mulldrifter
1 Keiga, the Tide Star
1 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
1 Palinchron
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Force of Will
1 Misdirection
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Force Spike
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ponder
1 Arcane Denial
1 Counterspell
1 Impulse
1 Mana Drain
1 Mana Leak
1 Memory Lapse
1 Miscalculation
1 Remand
1 Time Walk
1 Capsize
1 Crystal Shard
1 Forbid
1 Frantic Search
1 Jace Beleren
1 Psionic Blast
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Timetwister
1 Tinker
1 Vedalken Shackles
1 Control Magic
1 Cryptic Command
1 Deep Analysis
1 Dismiss
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Bribery
1 Desertion
1 Future Sight
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Treachery
1 Time Spiral
1 Upheaval
1 Condescend
1 Repeal
1 Academy Ruins
1 Faerie Conclave
1 Shelldock Isle
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Carnophage
1 Sarcomancy
1 Vampire Lacerator
1 Black Knight
1 Bloodghast
1 Dark Confidant
1 Dauthi Horror
1 Nantuko Shade
1 Nezumi Graverobber
1 Nezumi Shortfang
1 Oona's Prowler
1 Skittering Skirge
1 Bane of the Living
1 Bone Shredder
1 Hypnotic Specter
1 Undead Gladiator
1 Vampire Nighthawk
1 Braids, Cabal Minion
1 Graveborn Muse
1 Juzam Djinn
1 Nekrataal
1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
1 Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
1 Shriekmaw
1 Thrashing Wumpus
1 Kokusho, the Evening Star
1 Tombstalker
1 Contagion
1 Slaughter Pact
1 Snuff Out
1 Dark Ritual
1 Disfigure
1 Duress
1 Entomb
1 Innocent Blood
1 Reanimate
1 Thoughtseize
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Animate Dead
1 Bitterblossom
1 Chainer's Edict
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Doom Blade
1 Exhume
1 Hymn to Tourach
1 Night's Whisper
1 Sinkhole
1 Necromancy
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Recurring Nightmare
1 Stupor
1 Sudden Death
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Consuming Vapors
1 Damnation
1 Makeshift Mannequin
1 Nether Void
1 Decree of Pain
1 Liliana Vess
1 Sorin Markov
1 Yawgmoth's Bargain
1 Mind Twist
1 Profane Command
1 Volrath's Stronghold
1 Goblin Guide
1 Goblin Patrol
1 Goblin Welder
1 Gorilla Shaman
1 Greater Gargadon
1 Grim Lavamancer
1 Jackal Pup
1 Magus of the Scroll
1 Mogg Fanatic
1 Blood Knight
1 Dwarven Blastminer
1 Fireslinger
1 Hearth Kami
1 Hellspark Elemental
1 Kargan Dragonlord
1 Keldon Marauders
1 Plated Geopede
1 Blistering Firecat
1 Ghitu Slinger
1 Keldon Vandals
1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
1 Zo-Zu the Punisher
1 Avalanche Riders
1 Flametongue Kavu
1 Goblin Ruinblaster
1 Keldon Champion
1 Ravenous Baboons
1 Siege-Gang Commander
1 Crater Hellion
1 Hellkite Charger
1 Bogardan Hellkite
1 Fireblast
1 Burst Lightning
1 Chain Lightning
1 Firebolt
1 Firestorm
1 Flame Slash
1 Forked Bolt
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Rift Bolt
1 Incinerate
1 Magma Jet
1 Pyroclasm
1 Sudden Shock
1 Volcanic Hammer
1 Arc Lightning
1 Char
1 Flame Javelin
1 Molten Rain
1 Pillage
1 Staggershock
1 Stone Rain
1 Sulfuric Vortex
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Words of War
1 Aftershock
1 Chandra Nalaar
1 Wildfire
1 Banefire
1 Demonfire
1 Earthquake
1 Fireball
1 Starstorm
1 Barbarian Ring
1 Ghitu Encampment
1 Basking Rootwalla
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Fyndhorn Elves
1 Joraga Treespeaker
1 Llanowar Elves
1 Noble Hierarch
1 Pouncing Jaguar
1 Twinblade Slasher
1 Wild Dogs
1 Albino Troll
1 Lotus Cobra
1 Mire Boa
1 River Boa
1 Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
1 Tarmogoyf
1 Vinelasher Kudzu
1 Viridian Zealot
1 Wall of Blossoms
1 Wall of Roots
1 Wild Mongrel
1 Call of the Herd
1 Caller of the Claw
1 Eternal Witness
1 Great Sable Stag
1 Nantuko Vigilante
1 Ohran Viper
1 Troll Ascetic
1 Uktabi Orangutan
1 Viridian Shaman
1 Yavimaya Elder
1 Blastoderm
1 Chameleon Colossus
1 Phantom Centaur
1 Spike Weaver
1 Vengevine
1 Wickerbough Elder
1 Acidic Slime
1 Deranged Hermit
1 Genesis
1 Indrik Stomphowler
1 Kodama of the North Tree
1 Thornling
1 Mold Shambler
1 Woodfall Primus
1 Berserk
1 Rancor
1 Vines of Vastwood
1 Worldly Tutor
1 Constant Mists
1 Life from the Loam
1 Regrowth
1 Survival of the Fittest
1 Sylvan Library
1 Harrow
1 Ice Storm
1 Kodama's Reach
1 Krosan Tusker
1 Creeping Mold
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
1 Stonewood Invocation
1 Plow Under
1 Hurricane
1 Gaea's Cradle
1 Treetop Village
1 Bottle Gnomes
1 Chimeric Idol
1 Juggernaut
1 Lodestone Golem
1 Masticore
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Karn, Silver Golem
1 Razormane Masticore
1 Triskelion
1 Sundering Titan
1 Bonesplitter
1 Skullclamp
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Grafted Wargear
1 Loxodon Warhammer
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Sword of Light and Shadow
1 Black Lotus
1 Chrome Mox
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Diamond
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Grim Monolith
1 Mind Stone
1 Coalition Relic
1 Azorius Signet
1 Boros Signet
1 Dimir Signet
1 Golgari Signet
1 Gruul Signet
1 Izzet Signet
1 Orzhov Signet
1 Rakdos Signet
1 Selesnya Signet
1 Simic Signet
1 Zuran Orb
1 Black Vise
1 Cursed Scroll
1 Pithing Needle
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Ankh of Mishra
1 Isochron Scepter
1 Powder Keg
1 Scroll Rack
1 Winter Orb
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Oblivion Stone
1 Ring of Gix
1 Tangle Wire
1 Erratic Portal
1 Icy Manipulator
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
1 Phyrexian Processor
1 Smokestack
1 Memory Jar
1 Mindslaver
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Wall of Denial
1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
1 Absorb
1 Celestial Colonnade
1 Psychatog
1 Shadowmage Infiltrator
1 Oona, Queen of the Fae
1 Creeping Tar Pit
1 Murderous Redcap
1 Terminate
1 Bituminous Blast
1 Void
1 Kird Ape
1 Bloodbraid Elf
1 Stormbind
1 Sarkhan Vol
1 Loam Lion
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Mirari's Wake
1 Stillmoon Cavalier
1 Desolation Angel
1 Mortify
1 Vindicate
1 Figure of Destiny
1 Lightning Helix
1 Goblin Trenches
1 Ajani Vengeant
1 Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
1 Fire // Ice
1 Electrolyze
1 Prophetic Bolt
1 Trygon Predator
1 Mystic Snake
1 Simic Sky Swallower
1 Voidslime
1 Spiritmonger
1 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Pernicious Deed
1 Putrefy
1 Wild Nacatl
1 Rafiq of the Many
1 Broodmate Dragon
1 Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Ancient Tomb
1 City of Brass
1 Dust Bowl
1 Gemstone Mine
1 Grand Coliseum
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Maze of Ith
1 Mishra's Factory
1 Mutavault
1 Reflecting Pool
1 Rishadan Port
1 Strip Mine
1 Thawing Glaciers
1 Undiscovered Paradise
1 Wasteland
1 Badlands
1 Bayou
1 Plateau
1 Savannah
1 Scrubland
1 Taiga
1 Tropical Island
1 Tundra
1 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
1 Arid Mesa
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Flooded Strand
1 Marsh Flats
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Azorius Chancery
1 Boros Garrison
1 Dimir Aqueduct
1 Golgari Rot Farm
1 Gruul Turf
1 Izzet Boilerworks
1 Orzhov Basilica
1 Rakdos Carnarium
1 Selesnya Sanctuary
1 Simic Growth Chamber
1 Adarkar Wastes
1 Battlefield Forge
1 Brushland
1 Caves of Koilos
1 Karplusan Forest
1 Llanowar Wastes
1 Shivan Reef
1 Sulfurous Springs
1 Underground River
1 Yavimaya Coast
1 Blood Crypt
1 Breeding Pool
1 Godless Shrine
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Steam Vents
1 Stomping Ground
1 Temple Garden
1 Watery Grave
would someone be willing to help me post my cube up as well for everyone to see. i know i haven't posted much here but our group (in Toronto!) has been cubing since 2006 and we are quite proud of our list. however, i don't really know how to post it up all nicely like some of you have but i do appreciate any help :tongue:. it's a 400 card cube that is fully powered and is pretty pimped out (i can also post pictures if someone teaches me how:)).
If your going to use every thread, I would suggest cutting out the cubes that at the very least don't have worldwake updated yet. No use including non up to date cubes.
Well to be fair in essence that defeats the point of a cube in away. Perhaps someone had a fairly great cube, then a new set comes out and they don't feel like removing anything, they are still up todate.
The problem I am now starting to see with cube building is this pseudo, elitist attitude towards others cubes if they don't have best of the best.
I think it is perfectly fine to take a look at every cube that has been reported to the sticky, see how many are counted and use that data.
I mean sure, look at mine, I freaking run Snapping drake. How many others do that? So I don't see him breaking his way into the staple, so the precious rare slots are going to be safe.
Well to be fair in essence that defeats the point of a cube in away. Perhaps someone had a fairly great cube, then a new set comes out and they don't feel like removing anything, they are still up todate.
The problem I am now starting to see with cube building is this pseudo, elitist attitude towards others cubes if they don't have best of the best.
I think it is perfectly fine to take a look at every cube that has been reported to the sticky, see how many are counted and use that data.
I mean sure, look at mine, I freaking run Snapping drake. How many others do that? So I don't see him breaking his way into the staple, so the precious rare slots are going to be safe.
IMO just take all the cubes and average it.
I know that I repeat myself, but we can do better than just take all the cubes and average it. If we do that, we will have a list without Library of Alexandria and some of us will feel that such a list is just wrong (and that, in turn, might be experienced as an elitist attitude by others).
What we can do is to take all the cubes and combine all the cards in these cubes into one list. Then everybody can define the cards from this list that he did not include in his list, but not because they are not powerful enough but because of some other reason. That can be well-defined groups of cards such as P9, Un-, Snow- and Portal-cards or individual cards like Sol Ring, Armageddon, Damnation, Baneslayer Angel etc.
This is an important step, because by putting a card on your cube list you explicitly say: this card is among the best cards ever printed. By not putting a card on your cube list, you implicitly say: this card is not one of the best cards ever printed. This, however, might not be what you intend to say, and that is why we need a second list explicitly stating the cards we exclude, but not for being not powerful enough.
The resulting list should be one everybody is happy with. When I look at it I will see that Rolling Earthquake has a perfect score; everybody runs Rolling Earthquake if his cube allows Portal cards. However I will just move on to the next entry on the list for red X-spells, because I do not allow Portal cards in my cube.
edit: that solves the problem with not including the most recent sets as well, say your cube does not include cards past ZEN, fine: just put WWK and RoE on the exclude list.
There's already a couple of things I'm surprised by. First of all I noticed that I'm the only one that runs Talismans. I personally think they are better than Signets, so it surprised me that everyone else have removed them.
Well that depends on what the research topic is, exactly. If we focus on 'what cards are actually played in cubes out there' it does not gain useful information. If we want to find the cards people on this forum consider to be the best cube cards by counting in how many cubes a given card is actually played, then I think yes, we gain useful information.
Cards should be listed from best to worst (all cards that are played in all cubes are equally good from this point of view, of course). Doing exclude lists will move Mana Drain to the top (it will be a card that is played in all cubes that allow it), still the information that it is not a widely played card will remain in the absolute number of cubes that run it.
It is a matter of how to present the results, which in turn is a matter of what question the cube comparison should give an answer to.
The question I am most interested in is 'what cards are considered the best cards for cube, if the quality of a card is defined as a ratio R to A where R is the number of cubes that run this card and A is the number of cubes that would allow this card to be played'.
That would give a list that can be sorted best to worst, and the number of cubes that actually run a given card can be put next to the card along with some other information like $$$, Portal and so on.
That's why they should not be created beforehand but after compiling a list with all the cards that actually came up and of course it is the cube designers responsibility.
It is not failsafe but for the high-profile cards we will notice when looking at the results (one of the first comments in the old thread was who did not put LoA in his list).
Sure, we can always aggregate the results with additional information about certain choices afterwards or sort everything through other criteria, but for now our main goal should be to get as many people to participate here.
That's right. Keep them cubes coming!
@hardb0dy: You asked for help with posting your cube... the hardest part is the one only you can do, that is to come up with a digital list of all the cards that are in your cube. From there to a posted list it is not far and I am sure many of us here (I for one) would be willing to help you once you have this digital list.
@hardb0dy: You asked for help with posting your cube... the hardest part is the one only you can do, that is to come up with a digital list of all the cards that are in your cube. From there to a posted list it is not far and I am sure many of us here (I for one) would be willing to help you once you have this digital list.
Thanks so much!
I will make this list and send it over. a spreadsheet on google docs work?
Well that depends on what the research topic is, exactly. If we focus on 'what cards are actually played in cubes out there' it does not gain useful information. If we want to find the cards people on this forum consider to be the best cube cards by counting in how many cubes a given card is actually played, then I think yes, we gain useful information.
Cards should be listed from best to worst (all cards that are played in all cubes are equally good from this point of view, of course). Doing exclude lists will move Mana Drain to the top (it will be a card that is played in all cubes that allow it), still the information that it is not a widely played card will remain in the absolute number of cubes that run it.
It is a matter of how to present the results, which in turn is a matter of what question the cube comparison should give an answer to.
The question I am most interested in is 'what cards are considered the best cards for cube, if the quality of a card is defined as a ratio R to A where R is the number of cubes that run this card and A is the number of cubes that would allow this card to be played'.
That would give a list that can be sorted best to worst, and the number of cubes that actually run a given card can be put next to the card along with some other information like $$$, Portal and so on.
Why is that the goal. We already have many many lists that tell us what the absolute best cards are. Those are pretty well known. What we want to know are what are the cards that are absolute essentials to cube. As awesome as Library of Alexandria is I can imagine plenty of cubes without it. I can't imagine a non C/U cube without counterspell. I think figuring out those kinds of cards would be quite useful.
There's already a couple of things I'm surprised by. First of all I noticed that I'm the only one that runs Talismans. I personally think they are better than Signets, so it surprised me that everyone else have removed them.
I think that the Talismen are great, and very cubeable. I'm just worried that there will be too many 'signets' in the cube with two different cycles plus the random other ones like Prismatic Lens.
Why is that the goal. We already have many many lists that tell us what the absolute best cards are. Those are pretty well known. What we want to know are what are the cards that are absolute essentials to cube. As awesome as Library of Alexandria is I can imagine plenty of cubes without it. I can't imagine a non C/U cube without counterspell. I think figuring out those kinds of cards would be quite useful.
The good thing is that a post-processing with exclude lists would not destroy the information you are interested in and add information I am interested in.
There's already a couple of things I'm surprised by. First of all I noticed that I'm the only one that runs Talismans. I personally think they are better than Signets, so it surprised me that everyone else have removed them.
The first step would be to implement rules. Only powered cubes, only whatever cubes, only...etc Because for cards like Gorilla Shaman, it matters. Even Wtwlf's cube doesn't include portal cards, which are perfectly legal in Magic. A new player might think that Rolling Earthquake isn't that great for cube because so few people actually include it. (No offense meant, I consider his a great cube and is generally one of the ones I look at for guidance, I myself don't even use portal cards)
The second would be to get a large sampling size. But getting a large sample with specific rules might be fairly difficult.
So yeah, I don't know how to do it and I don't have any ideas at the moment. =\
Edit: Just do what Eidolon says!
1 Elite Vanguard
1 Isamaru, Hound of Konda
1 Mother of Runes
1 Savannah Lions
1 Steppe Lynx
1 Student of Warfare
1 Weathered Wayfarer
1 Blade of the Sixth Pride
1 Eight-and-a-Half-Tails
1 Kami of Ancient Law
1 Knight of Meadowgrain
1 Knight of the White Orchid
1 Kor Skyfisher
1 Lone Missionary
1 Ronom Unicorn
1 Silver Knight
1 Soltari Monk
1 Soltari Priest
1 Soltari Trooper
1 Wall of Omens
1 White Knight
1 Mirror Entity
1 Mystic Crusader
1 Paladin en-Vec
1 Pianna, Nomad Captain
1 Soltari Champion
1 Calciderm
1 Celestial Crusader
1 Kor Sanctifiers
1 Baneslayer Angel
1 Cloudgoat Ranger
1 Karmic Guide
1 Reveillark
1 Exalted Angel
1 Yosei, the Morning Star
1 Eternal Dragon
1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Land Tax
1 Mana Tithe
1 Path to Exile
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Balance
1 Disenchant
1 Journey to Nowhere
1 Seal of Cleansing
1 Temporal Isolation
1 Glorious Anthem
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Spectral Procession
1 Ajani Goldmane
1 Armageddon
1 Day of Judgment
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
1 Faith's Fetters
1 Moat
1 Wrath of God
1 Gideon Jura
1 Rout
1 Akroma's Vengeance
1 Catastrophe
1 Decree of Justice
1 Martial Coup
1 Sacred Mesa
1 Kjeldoran Outpost
1 Enclave Cryptologist
1 Gilded Drake
1 Looter il-Kor
1 Waterfront Bouncer
1 Man-o'-War
1 Serendib Efreet
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Willbender
1 Glen Elendra Archmage
1 Sower of Temptation
1 Thieving Magpie
1 Venser, Shaper Savant
1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror
1 Morphling
1 Mulldrifter
1 Keiga, the Tide Star
1 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
1 Palinchron
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Force of Will
1 Misdirection
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Brainstorm
1 Force Spike
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ponder
1 Arcane Denial
1 Counterspell
1 Impulse
1 Mana Drain
1 Mana Leak
1 Memory Lapse
1 Miscalculation
1 Remand
1 Time Walk
1 Capsize
1 Crystal Shard
1 Forbid
1 Frantic Search
1 Jace Beleren
1 Psionic Blast
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Timetwister
1 Tinker
1 Vedalken Shackles
1 Control Magic
1 Cryptic Command
1 Deep Analysis
1 Dismiss
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Bribery
1 Desertion
1 Future Sight
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Treachery
1 Time Spiral
1 Upheaval
1 Condescend
1 Repeal
1 Academy Ruins
1 Faerie Conclave
1 Shelldock Isle
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Carnophage
1 Sarcomancy
1 Vampire Lacerator
1 Black Knight
1 Bloodghast
1 Dark Confidant
1 Dauthi Horror
1 Nantuko Shade
1 Nezumi Graverobber
1 Nezumi Shortfang
1 Oona's Prowler
1 Skittering Skirge
1 Bane of the Living
1 Bone Shredder
1 Hypnotic Specter
1 Undead Gladiator
1 Vampire Nighthawk
1 Braids, Cabal Minion
1 Graveborn Muse
1 Juzam Djinn
1 Nekrataal
1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
1 Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
1 Shriekmaw
1 Thrashing Wumpus
1 Kokusho, the Evening Star
1 Tombstalker
1 Contagion
1 Slaughter Pact
1 Snuff Out
1 Dark Ritual
1 Disfigure
1 Duress
1 Entomb
1 Innocent Blood
1 Reanimate
1 Thoughtseize
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Animate Dead
1 Bitterblossom
1 Chainer's Edict
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Doom Blade
1 Exhume
1 Hymn to Tourach
1 Night's Whisper
1 Sinkhole
1 Necromancy
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Recurring Nightmare
1 Stupor
1 Sudden Death
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Consuming Vapors
1 Damnation
1 Makeshift Mannequin
1 Nether Void
1 Decree of Pain
1 Liliana Vess
1 Sorin Markov
1 Yawgmoth's Bargain
1 Mind Twist
1 Profane Command
1 Volrath's Stronghold
1 Goblin Guide
1 Goblin Patrol
1 Goblin Welder
1 Gorilla Shaman
1 Greater Gargadon
1 Grim Lavamancer
1 Jackal Pup
1 Magus of the Scroll
1 Mogg Fanatic
1 Blood Knight
1 Dwarven Blastminer
1 Fireslinger
1 Hearth Kami
1 Hellspark Elemental
1 Kargan Dragonlord
1 Keldon Marauders
1 Plated Geopede
1 Blistering Firecat
1 Ghitu Slinger
1 Keldon Vandals
1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
1 Zo-Zu the Punisher
1 Avalanche Riders
1 Flametongue Kavu
1 Goblin Ruinblaster
1 Keldon Champion
1 Ravenous Baboons
1 Siege-Gang Commander
1 Crater Hellion
1 Hellkite Charger
1 Bogardan Hellkite
1 Fireblast
1 Burst Lightning
1 Chain Lightning
1 Firebolt
1 Firestorm
1 Flame Slash
1 Forked Bolt
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Rift Bolt
1 Incinerate
1 Magma Jet
1 Pyroclasm
1 Sudden Shock
1 Volcanic Hammer
1 Arc Lightning
1 Char
1 Flame Javelin
1 Molten Rain
1 Pillage
1 Staggershock
1 Stone Rain
1 Sulfuric Vortex
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Words of War
1 Aftershock
1 Chandra Nalaar
1 Wildfire
1 Banefire
1 Demonfire
1 Earthquake
1 Fireball
1 Starstorm
1 Barbarian Ring
1 Ghitu Encampment
1 Basking Rootwalla
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Fyndhorn Elves
1 Joraga Treespeaker
1 Llanowar Elves
1 Noble Hierarch
1 Pouncing Jaguar
1 Twinblade Slasher
1 Wild Dogs
1 Albino Troll
1 Lotus Cobra
1 Mire Boa
1 River Boa
1 Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
1 Tarmogoyf
1 Vinelasher Kudzu
1 Viridian Zealot
1 Wall of Blossoms
1 Wall of Roots
1 Wild Mongrel
1 Call of the Herd
1 Caller of the Claw
1 Eternal Witness
1 Great Sable Stag
1 Nantuko Vigilante
1 Ohran Viper
1 Troll Ascetic
1 Uktabi Orangutan
1 Viridian Shaman
1 Yavimaya Elder
1 Blastoderm
1 Chameleon Colossus
1 Phantom Centaur
1 Spike Weaver
1 Vengevine
1 Wickerbough Elder
1 Acidic Slime
1 Deranged Hermit
1 Genesis
1 Indrik Stomphowler
1 Kodama of the North Tree
1 Thornling
1 Mold Shambler
1 Woodfall Primus
1 Berserk
1 Rancor
1 Vines of Vastwood
1 Worldly Tutor
1 Constant Mists
1 Life from the Loam
1 Regrowth
1 Survival of the Fittest
1 Sylvan Library
1 Harrow
1 Ice Storm
1 Kodama's Reach
1 Krosan Tusker
1 Creeping Mold
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
1 Stonewood Invocation
1 Plow Under
1 Hurricane
1 Gaea's Cradle
1 Treetop Village
1 Bottle Gnomes
1 Chimeric Idol
1 Juggernaut
1 Lodestone Golem
1 Masticore
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Karn, Silver Golem
1 Razormane Masticore
1 Triskelion
1 Sundering Titan
1 Bonesplitter
1 Skullclamp
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Grafted Wargear
1 Loxodon Warhammer
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Sword of Light and Shadow
1 Black Lotus
1 Chrome Mox
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Diamond
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Mana Vault
1 Sol Ring
1 Grim Monolith
1 Mind Stone
1 Coalition Relic
1 Azorius Signet
1 Boros Signet
1 Dimir Signet
1 Golgari Signet
1 Gruul Signet
1 Izzet Signet
1 Orzhov Signet
1 Rakdos Signet
1 Selesnya Signet
1 Simic Signet
1 Zuran Orb
1 Black Vise
1 Cursed Scroll
1 Pithing Needle
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Ankh of Mishra
1 Isochron Scepter
1 Powder Keg
1 Scroll Rack
1 Winter Orb
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Oblivion Stone
1 Ring of Gix
1 Tangle Wire
1 Erratic Portal
1 Icy Manipulator
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
1 Phyrexian Processor
1 Smokestack
1 Memory Jar
1 Mindslaver
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Wall of Denial
1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
1 Absorb
1 Celestial Colonnade
1 Psychatog
1 Shadowmage Infiltrator
1 Oona, Queen of the Fae
1 Creeping Tar Pit
1 Murderous Redcap
1 Terminate
1 Bituminous Blast
1 Void
1 Kird Ape
1 Bloodbraid Elf
1 Stormbind
1 Sarkhan Vol
1 Loam Lion
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Mirari's Wake
1 Stillmoon Cavalier
1 Desolation Angel
1 Mortify
1 Vindicate
1 Figure of Destiny
1 Lightning Helix
1 Goblin Trenches
1 Ajani Vengeant
1 Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
1 Fire // Ice
1 Electrolyze
1 Prophetic Bolt
1 Trygon Predator
1 Mystic Snake
1 Simic Sky Swallower
1 Voidslime
1 Spiritmonger
1 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Pernicious Deed
1 Putrefy
1 Wild Nacatl
1 Rafiq of the Many
1 Broodmate Dragon
1 Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Ancient Tomb
1 City of Brass
1 Dust Bowl
1 Gemstone Mine
1 Grand Coliseum
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Maze of Ith
1 Mishra's Factory
1 Mutavault
1 Reflecting Pool
1 Rishadan Port
1 Strip Mine
1 Thawing Glaciers
1 Undiscovered Paradise
1 Wasteland
1 Badlands
1 Bayou
1 Plateau
1 Savannah
1 Scrubland
1 Taiga
1 Tropical Island
1 Tundra
1 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
1 Arid Mesa
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Flooded Strand
1 Marsh Flats
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Azorius Chancery
1 Boros Garrison
1 Dimir Aqueduct
1 Golgari Rot Farm
1 Gruul Turf
1 Izzet Boilerworks
1 Orzhov Basilica
1 Rakdos Carnarium
1 Selesnya Sanctuary
1 Simic Growth Chamber
1 Adarkar Wastes
1 Battlefield Forge
1 Brushland
1 Caves of Koilos
1 Karplusan Forest
1 Llanowar Wastes
1 Shivan Reef
1 Sulfurous Springs
1 Underground River
1 Yavimaya Coast
1 Blood Crypt
1 Breeding Pool
1 Godless Shrine
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Steam Vents
1 Stomping Ground
1 Temple Garden
1 Watery Grave
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1 Elite Vanguard
1 Goldmeadow Harrier
1 Icatian Javelineers
1 Isamaru, Hound of Konda
1 Mother of Runes
1 Savannah Lions
1 Steppe Lynx
1 Student of Warfare
1 Weathered Wayfarer
1 Jotun Grunt
1 Kataki, War's Wage
1 Kor Skyfisher
1 Lone Missionary
1 Mistral Charger
1 Soltari Trooper
1 Spectral Lynx
1 Squall Drifter
1 Ronom Unicorn
1 Temple Acolyte
1 Wall of Omens
1 Eight-and-a-Half-Tails
1 Knight of Meadowgrain
1 Knight of the White Orchid
1 Order of Leitbur
1 Order of the White Shield
1 Sigiled Paladin
1 Silver Knight
1 Soltari Monk
1 Soltari Priest
1 Whipcorder
1 White Knight
1 White Shield Crusader
1 Aven Riftwatcher
1 Kor Sanctifiers
1 Mirror Entity
1 Soltari Champion
1 Stonecloaker
1 Flickerwisp
1 Mangara of Corondor
1 Mystic Crusader
1 Paladin en-Vec
1 Pianna, Nomad Captain
1 Academy Rector
1 Galepowder Mage
1 Ranger of Eos
1 Wall of Reverence
1 Windborn Muse
1 Calciderm
1 Celestial Crusader
1 Emeria Angel
1 Guardian Seraph
1 Hokori, Dust Drinker
1 Kongming, Sleeping Dragon
1 Archon of Justice
1 Battlegrace Angel
1 Baneslayer Angel
1 Cloudgoat Ranger
1 Karmic Guide
1 Reveillark
1 World Queller
1 Akroma, Angel of Wrath
1 Exalted Angel
1 Iona, Shield of Emeria
1 Pristine Angel
1 Serra Avatar
1 Yosei, the Morning Star
1 Condemn
1 Enlightened Tutor
1 Harm's Way
1 Land Tax
1 Mana Tithe
1 Orim's Chant
1 Path to Exile
1 Porphyry Nodes
1 Swords to Plowshares
1 Balance
1 Crusade
1 Disenchant
1 Journey to Nowhere
1 Luminarch Ascension
1 Pacifism
1 Seal of Cleansing
1 Temporal Isolation
1 Arrest
1 Exile
1 Ghostly Prison
1 Griffin Guide
1 Oblivion Ring
1 Radiant's Judgment
1 Terashi's Grasp
1 Glorious Anthem
1 Prison Term
1 Scepter of Dominance
1 Spectral Procession
1 Armageddon
1 Faith's Fetters
1 Worship
1 Ajani Goldmane
1 Cataclysm
1 Day of Judgment
1 Elspeth, Knight-Errant
1 Humility
1 Marshal's Anthem
1 Moat
1 Parallax Wave
1 Wrath of God
1 Hallowed Burial
1 Miraculous Recovery
1 Rout
1 Winds of Rath
1 Akroma's Vengeance
1 Austere Command
1 Catastrophe
1 Decree of Justice
1 Martial Coup
1 Shining Shoal
1 Enclave Cryptologist
1 Jushi Apprentice
1 Looter il-Kor
1 Merfolk Looter
1 Thought Courier
1 Waterfront Bouncer
1 Man-o'-War
1 Raven Familiar
1 Sea Drake
1 Sea Gate Oracle
1 Serendib Efreet
1 Trinket Mage
1 Wake Thrasher
1 Calcite Snapper
1 Kira, Great Glass-Spinner
1 Old Man of the Sea
1 Vendilion Clique
1 Clone
1 Glen Elendra Archmage
1 Ninja of the Deep Hours
1 Master Transmuter
1 Thieving Magpie
1 Lu Xun, Scholar General
1 Sower of Temptation
1 Venser, Shaper Savant
1 Ethersworn Adjudicator
1 Meloku the Clouded Mirror
1 Mulldrifter
1 Djinn of Wishes
1 Morphling
1 Sphinx of Lost Truths
1 Teferi, Mage of Zhalfir
1 Vesuvan Doppelganger
1 Vesuvan Shapeshifter
1 Draining Whelk
1 Inkwell Leviathan
1 Keiga, the Tide Star
1 Memnarch
1 Palinchron
1 Sphinx of Magosi
1 Sphinx of Jwar Isle
1 Ancestral Recall
1 Ancestral Vision
1 Brainstorm
1 Force Spike
1 Mystical Tutor
1 Ponder
1 Portent
1 Serum Visions
1 Arcane Denial
1 Copy Artifact
1 Daze
1 Impulse
1 Mana Leak
1 Memory Lapse
1 Miscalculation
1 Negate
1 Remand
1 Remove Soul
1 Snap
1 Standstill
1 Time Walk
1 Treasure Hunt
1 Counterspell
1 Deprive
1 Mana Drain
1 Withdraw
1 Compulsive Research
1 Crystal Shard
1 Exclude
1 Fabricate
1 Propaganda
1 Psionic Blast
1 Repulse
1 Thirst for Knowledge
1 Timetwister
1 Tinker
1 Vedalken Shackles
1 Capsize
1 Dissipate
1 Forbid
1 Hinder
1 Jace Beleren
1 Undo
1 Deep Analysis
1 Fact or Fiction
1 Gifts Ungiven
1 Mystical Teachings
1 Ray of Command
1 Careful Consideration
1 Concentrate
1 Control Magic
1 Cryptic Command
1 Dismiss
1 Jace, the Mind Sculptor
1 Opposition
1 Rewind
1 Rite of Replication
1 Bribery
1 Desertion
1 Force of Will
1 Future Sight
1 Gush
1 Mind Control
1 Persuasion
1 Tezzeret the Seeker
1 Confiscate
1 Opportunity
1 Time Spiral
1 Upheaval
1 Braingeyser
1 Condescend
1 Power Sink
1 Repeal
1 Stroke of Genius
1 Carnophage
1 Vampire Lacerator
1 Will-o'-the-Wisp
1 Crypt Sliver
1 Dark Confidant
1 Dauthi Horror
1 Mesmeric Fiend
1 Nezumi Shortfang
1 Oona's Prowler
1 Black Knight
1 Bloodghast
1 Dauthi Slayer
1 Gatekeeper of Malakir
1 Knight of Stromgald
1 Nantuko Shade
1 Order of the Ebon Hand
1 Vampire Hexmage
1 Bone Shredder
1 Dauthi Marauder
1 Phyrexian Rager
1 Chittering Rats
1 Hypnotic Specter
1 Undead Gladiator
1 Vampire Nighthawk
1 Bane of the Living
1 Body Snatcher
1 Braids, Cabal Minion
1 Faceless Butcher
1 Graveborn Muse
1 Grinning Demon
1 Nekrataal
1 Phyrexian Scuta
1 Plague Sliver
1 Ob Nixilis, the Fallen
1 Predatory Nightstalker
1 Puppeteer Clique
1 Shriekmaw
1 Thrashing Wumpus
1 Wei Assassins
1 Ink-Eyes, Servant of Oni
1 Kokusho, the Evening Star
1 Laquatus's Champion
1 Scion of Darkness
1 Silent Specter
1 Skeletal Vampire
1 Tombstalker
1 Visara the Dreadful
1 Dark Ritual
1 Disfigure
1 Duress
1 Entomb
1 Innocent Blood
1 Inquisition of Kozilek
1 Raven's Crime
1 Reanimate
1 Sarcomancy
1 Thoughtseize
1 Unearth
1 Vampiric Tutor
1 Vendetta
1 Animate Dead
1 Bitterblossom
1 Chainer's Edict
1 Dance of the Dead
1 Demonic Tutor
1 Diabolic Edict
1 Doom Blade
1 Exhume
1 Last Gasp
1 Night's Whisper
1 Smother
1 Terror
1 Hymn to Tourach
1 Sign in Blood
1 Sinkhole
1 Smallpox
1 Wrench Mind
1 Corpse Dance
1 Expunge
1 Necromancy
1 Recurring Nightmare
1 Slaughter Pact
1 Stupor
1 Victimize
1 Yawgmoth's Will
1 Ashes to Ashes
1 Necropotence
1 Phyrexian Arena
1 Sudden Death
1 The Abyss
1 Consuming Vapors
1 Diabolic Servitude
1 Makeshift Mannequin
1 Nether Void
1 Snuff Out
1 Tendrils of Corruption
1 Barter in Blood
1 Damnation
1 Mutilate
1 Persecute
1 Pestilence
1 Beacon of Unrest
1 Consume the Meek
1 Liliana Vess
1 Living Death
1 Ribbons of Night
1 Corrupt
1 Decree of Pain
1 Sorin Markov
1 Yawgmoth's Bargain
1 Drain Life
1 Mind Twist
1 Mind Shatter
1 Profane Command
1 Skeletal Scrying
1 Goblin Arsonist
1 Goblin Guide
1 Goblin Patrol
1 Goblin Welder
1 Grim Lavamancer
1 Jackal Pup
1 Magus of the Scroll
1 Mogg Fanatic
1 Blood Knight
1 Dwarven Blastminer
1 Fireslinger
1 Hearth Kami
1 Hellspark Elemental
1 Keldon Marauders
1 Mogg War Marshal
1 Plated Geopede
1 Slith Firewalker
1 Viashino Slaughtermaster
1 Fire Imp
1 Ghitu Slinger
1 Goblin Ruinblaster
1 Goblin Sharpshooter
1 Keldon Vandals
1 Squee, Goblin Nabob
1 Sulfur Elemental
1 Viashino Heretic
1 Ball Lightning
1 Countryside Crusher
1 Hell's Thunder
1 Jaya Ballard, Task Mage
1 Zo-Zu the Punisher
1 Avalanche Riders
1 Flametongue Kavu
1 Lavaborn Muse
1 Skizzik
1 Blistering Firecat
1 Dragon Whelp
1 Keldon Champion
1 Lightning Dragon
1 Obsidian Fireheart
1 Rakka Mar
1 Kiki-Jiki, Mirror Breaker
1 Kumano, Master Yamabushi
1 Ogre Arsonist
1 Siege-Gang Commander
1 Torchling
1 Akroma, Angel of Fury
1 Bogardan Hellkite
1 Crater Hellion
1 Flameblast Dragon
1 Greater Gargadon
1 Hellkite Charger
1 Rorix Bladewing
1 Shivan Dragon
1 Brute Force
1 Burst Lightning
1 Chain Lightning
1 Firebolt
1 Flame Jab
1 Flame Slash
1 Forked Bolt
1 Lava Dart
1 Lightning Bolt
1 Reckless Charge
1 Red Elemental Blast
1 Fire Ambush
1 Fork
1 Incinerate
1 Lash Out
1 Magma Jet
1 Pyroclasm
1 Searing Blaze
1 Smash to Smithereens
1 Sudden Shock
1 Tribal Flames
1 Volcanic Hammer
1 Arc Lightning
1 Char
1 Puncture Blast
1 Resounding Thunder
1 Rift Bolt
1 Scrap
1 Staggershock
1 Urza's Rage
1 Wheel of Fortune
1 Words of War
1 Fiery Temper
1 Flame Javelin
1 Hammer of Bogardan
1 Molten Rain
1 Pillage
1 Seismic Assault
1 Sulfuric Vortex
1 Volcanic Fallout
1 Aftershock
1 Sneak Attack
1 Violent Eruption
1 Chandra Nalaar
1 Chandra Ablaze
1 Fireblast
1 Form of the Dragon
1 Jokulhaups
1 Pyrokinesis
1 Stone Idol Trap
1 Wildfire
1 Banefire
1 Comet Storm
1 Demonfire
1 Disintegrate
1 Earthquake
1 Fireball
1 Ghitu Fire
1 Kaervek's Torch
1 Rolling Earthquake
1 Rolling Thunder
1 Arbor Elf
1 Basking Rootwalla
1 Birds of Paradise
1 Fyndhorn Elves
1 Jungle Lion
1 Llanowar Elves
1 Noble Hierarch
1 Pouncing Jaguar
1 Scute Mob
1 Twinblade Slasher
1 Gemhide Sliver
1 Lotus Cobra
1 Mire Boa
1 River Boa
1 Rofellos, Llanowar Emissary
1 Sakura-Tribe Elder
1 Tarmogoyf
1 Vinelasher Kudzu
1 Viridian Zealot
1 Wall of Blossoms
1 Wall of Roots
1 Werebear
1 Wild Mongrel
1 Call of the Herd
1 Caller of the Claw
1 Farhaven Elf
1 Grazing Gladehart
1 Loaming Shaman
1 Manaplasm
1 Spawnwrithe
1 Uktabi Orangutan
1 Viridian Shaman
1 Carven Caryatid
1 Eternal Witness
1 Great Sable Stag
1 Ohran Viper
1 Troll Ascetic
1 Yavimaya Elder
1 Briarhorn
1 Erhnam Djinn
1 Mold Shambler
1 Nantuko Vigilante
1 Oracle of Mul Daya
1 Thelonite Hermit
1 Wickerbough Elder
1 Blastoderm
1 Chameleon Colossus
1 Ifh-Biff Efreet
1 Iwamori of the Open Fist
1 Masked Admirers
1 Phantom Centaur
1 Ravenous Baloth
1 Spike Weaver
1 Wolfbriar Elemental
1 Acidic Slime
1 Ant Queen
1 Deranged Hermit
1 Genesis
1 Hystrodon
1 Indrik Stomphowler
1 Kodama of the North Tree
1 Mycoloth
1 Spectral Force
1 Thornling
1 Cloudthresher
1 Deadwood Treefolk
1 Krosan Tusker
1 Protean Hulk
1 Rampaging Baloths
1 Silvos, Rogue Elemental
1 Terastodon
1 Terra Stomper
1 Woodfall Primus
1 Berserk
1 Drop of Honey
1 Fastbond
1 Giant Growth
1 Rancor
1 Vines of Vastwood
1 Worldly Tutor
1 Channel
1 Constant Mists
1 Farseek
1 Life from the Loam
1 Naturalize
1 Regrowth
1 Seal of Primordium
1 Survival of the Fittest
1 Sylvan Library
1 Sylvan Scrying
1 Growth Spasm
1 Harrow
1 Ice Storm
1 Kodama's Reach
1 Krosan Grip
1 Realms Uncharted
1 Riding the Dilu Horse
1 Creeping Mold
1 Explosive Vegetation
1 Garruk Wildspeaker
1 Harmonize
1 Natural Order
1 Stonewood Invocation
1 All Suns' Dawn
1 Baloth Cage Trap
1 Overrun
1 Plow Under
1 Primal Command
1 Restock
1 Rude Awakening
1 Saproling Burst
1 Crush of Wurms
1 Tooth and Nail
1 Summoning Trap
1 Hurricane
1 Absorb
1 Dismantling Blow
1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
1 Momentary Blink
1 Teferi's Moat
1 Wall of Denial
1 Azorius Guildmage
1 Plumeveil
1 Swans of Bryn Argoll
1 Agony Warp
1 Nemesis of Reason
1 Psychatog
1 Recoil
1 Shadowmage Infiltrator
1 Soul Manipulation
1 Undermine
1 Wydwen, the Biting Gale
1 Oona, Queen of the Fae
1 Bituminous Blast
1 Blazing Specter
1 Blightning
1 Shambling Remains
1 Terminate
1 Void
1 Wrecking Ball
1 Demigod of Revenge
1 Murderous Redcap
1 Bloodbraid Elf
1 Burning-Tree Shaman
1 Kird Ape
1 Rumbling Slum
1 Sarkhan Vol
1 Stormbind
1 Boggart Ram-Gang
1 Firespout
1 Giant Solifuge
1 Armadillo Cloak
1 Behemoth Sledge
1 Glare of Subdual
1 Loam Lion
1 Loxodon Hierarch
1 Mirari's Wake
1 Qasali Pridemage
1 Kitchen Finks
1 Wilt-Leaf Liege
1 Angel of Despair
1 Death Grasp
1 Desolation Angel
1 Gerrard's Verdict
1 Mortify
1 Tidehollow Sculler
1 Vindicate
1 Debtors' Knell
1 Stillmoon Cavalier
1 Electrolyze
1 Gelectrode
1 Izzet Chronarch
1 Niv-Mizzet, the Firemind
1 Prophetic Bolt
1 Spellbound Dragon
1 Suffocating Blast
1 Fire // Ice
1 Nucklavee
1 Maelstrom Pulse
1 Nath of the Gilt-Leaf
1 Pernicious Deed
1 Putrefy
1 Putrid Leech
1 Spiritmonger
1 Creakwood Liege
1 Life // Death
1 Doomgape
1 Ajani Vengeant
1 Brion Stoutarm
1 Goblin Legionnaire
1 Goblin Trenches
1 Lightning Helix
1 Orim's Thunder
1 Soltari Guerrillas
1 Duergar Hedge-Mage
1 Figure of Destiny
1 Lorescale Coatl
1 Mystic Snake
1 Plaxcaster Frogling
1 Simic Sky Swallower
1 Temporal Spring
1 Trygon Predator
1 Voidslime
1 Snakeform
1 Spitting Image
1 Bant Charm
1 Empyrial Archangel
1 Rafiq of the Many
1 Rhox War Monk
1 Dromar's Charm
1 Sen Triplets
1 Sharuum the Hegemon
1 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
1 Crosis's Charm
1 Cruel Ultimatum
1 Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
1 Thraximundar
1 Bloodhall Ooze
1 Broodmate Dragon
1 Hellkite Overlord
1 Karrthus, Tyrant of Jund
1 Godsire
1 Naya Charm
1 Wild Nacatl
1 Woolly Thoctar
1 Lightning Angel
1 Doran, the Siege Tower
1 Progenitus
1 Sliver Queen
1 Chrome Mox
1 Everflowing Chalice
1 Lotus Bloom
1 Lotus Petal
1 Mana Crypt
1 Mox Diamond
1 Zuran Orb
1 Mox Emerald
1 Mox Jet
1 Mox Pearl
1 Mox Ruby
1 Mox Sapphire
1 Æther Vial
1 Black Vise
1 Bonesplitter
1 Cursed Scroll
1 Expedition Map
1 Mana Vault
1 Pithing Needle
1 The Rack
1 Sensei's Divining Top
1 Skullclamp
1 Sol Ring
1 Wayfarer's Bauble
1 Ankh of Mishra
1 Fellwar Stone
1 Grim Monolith
1 Guardian Idol
1 Isochron Scepter
1 Journeyer's Kite
1 Lightning Greaves
1 Mask of Memory
1 Mind Stone
1 Null Rod
1 Powder Keg
1 Scroll Rack
1 Trip Noose
1 Umezawa's Jitte
1 Winter Orb
1 Azorius Signet
1 Boros Signet
1 Dimir Signet
1 Golgari Signet
1 Gruul Signet
1 Izzet Signet
1 Orzhov Signet
1 Rakdos Signet
1 Selesnya Signet
1 Simic Signet
1 Talisman of Dominance
1 Talisman of Impulse
1 Talisman of Indulgence
1 Talisman of Progress
1 Talisman of Unity
1 Basalt Monolith
1 Bottle Gnomes
1 Chimeric Idol
1 Coalition Relic
1 Crucible of Worlds
1 Darksteel Ingot
1 Ensnaring Bridge
1 Forcefield
1 Grafted Wargear
1 Loxodon Warhammer
1 Metalworker
1 Oblivion Stone
1 Ring of Gix
1 Scuttlemutt
1 Staff of Domination
1 Static Orb
1 Sword of Fire and Ice
1 Sword of Light and Shadow
1 Worn Powerstone
1 Erratic Portal
1 Etched Oracle
1 Icy Manipulator
1 Jade Statue
1 Jester's Cap
1 Juggernaut
1 Lodestone Golem
1 Masticore
1 Nevinyrral's Disk
1 Phyrexian Processor
1 Smokestack
1 Solemn Simulacrum
1 Su-Chi
1 Wand of the Elements
1 Memory Jar
1 Mirari
1 Razormane Masticore
1 Duplicant
1 Obelisk of Alara
1 Triskelion
1 Artisan of Kozilek
1 Bosh, Iron Golem
1 Darksteel Colossus
1 Emrakul, the Aeons Torn
1 Kozilek, Butcher of Truth
1 Platinum Angel
1 Sundering Titan
1 Engineered Explosives
1 Sigil of Distinction
1 Badlands
1 Bayou
1 Plateau
1 Savannah
1 Scrubland
1 Taiga
1 Tropical Island
1 Tundra
1 Underground Sea
1 Volcanic Island
1 Arid Mesa
1 Bloodstained Mire
1 Flooded Strand
1 Marsh Flats
1 Misty Rainforest
1 Polluted Delta
1 Scalding Tarn
1 Verdant Catacombs
1 Windswept Heath
1 Wooded Foothills
1 Azorius Chancery
1 Boros Garrison
1 Dimir Aqueduct
1 Golgari Rot Farm
1 Gruul Turf
1 Izzet Boilerworks
1 Orzhov Basilica
1 Rakdos Carnarium
1 Selesnya Sanctuary
1 Simic Growth Chamber
1 Blood Crypt
1 Breeding Pool
1 Godless Shrine
1 Hallowed Fountain
1 Overgrown Tomb
1 Sacred Foundry
1 Steam Vents
1 Stomping Ground
1 Temple Garden
1 Watery Grave
1 Adarkar Wastes
1 Battlefield Forge
1 Brushland
1 Caves of Koilos
1 Karplusan Forest
1 Llanowar Wastes
1 Shivan Reef
1 Sulfurous Springs
1 Underground River
1 Yavimaya Coast
1 Mystic Gate
1 Sunken Ruins
1 Graven Cairns
1 Fire-Lit Thicket
1 Wooded Bastion
1 Fetid Heath
1 Cascade Bluffs
1 Twilight Mire
1 Rugged Prairie
1 Flooded Grove
1 Creeping Tar Pit
1 Lavaclaw Reaches
1 Raging Ravine
1 Stirring Wildwood
1 Vivid Crag
1 Vivid Creek
1 Vivid Grove
1 Vivid Marsh
1 Vivid Meadow
1 Arcane Sanctum
1 Crumbling Necropolis
1 Jungle Shrine
1 Savage Lands
1 Seaside Citadel
1 Ancient Tomb
1 Dread Statuary
1 Library of Alexandria
1 Maze of Ith
1 Mishra's Factory
1 Mishra's Workshop
1 Mutavault
1 Rishadan Port
1 Strip Mine
1 Wasteland
1 City of Brass
1 Exotic Orchard
1 Gemstone Mine
1 Grand Coliseum
1 Mirrodin's Core
1 Reflecting Pool
1 Rupture Spire
1 Terramorphic Expanse
1 Thawing Glaciers
1 Karakas
1 Kjeldoran Outpost
1 Academy Ruins
1 Faerie Conclave
1 Shelldock Isle
1 Tolarian Academy
1 Urborg, Tomb of Yawgmoth
1 Volrath's Stronghold
1 Pendelhaven
1 Gaea's Cradle
1 Treetop Village
1 Barbarian Ring
1 Ghitu Encampment
1 Krosan Verge
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Well to be fair in essence that defeats the point of a cube in away. Perhaps someone had a fairly great cube, then a new set comes out and they don't feel like removing anything, they are still up todate.
The problem I am now starting to see with cube building is this pseudo, elitist attitude towards others cubes if they don't have best of the best.
I think it is perfectly fine to take a look at every cube that has been reported to the sticky, see how many are counted and use that data.
I mean sure, look at mine, I freaking run Snapping drake. How many others do that? So I don't see him breaking his way into the staple, so the precious rare slots are going to be safe.
IMO just take all the cubes and average it.
What we can do is to take all the cubes and combine all the cards in these cubes into one list. Then everybody can define the cards from this list that he did not include in his list, but not because they are not powerful enough but because of some other reason. That can be well-defined groups of cards such as P9, Un-, Snow- and Portal-cards or individual cards like Sol Ring, Armageddon, Damnation, Baneslayer Angel etc.
This is an important step, because by putting a card on your cube list you explicitly say: this card is among the best cards ever printed. By not putting a card on your cube list, you implicitly say: this card is not one of the best cards ever printed. This, however, might not be what you intend to say, and that is why we need a second list explicitly stating the cards we exclude, but not for being not powerful enough.
The resulting list should be one everybody is happy with. When I look at it I will see that Rolling Earthquake has a perfect score; everybody runs Rolling Earthquake if his cube allows Portal cards. However I will just move on to the next entry on the list for red X-spells, because I do not allow Portal cards in my cube.
edit: that solves the problem with not including the most recent sets as well, say your cube does not include cards past ZEN, fine: just put WWK and RoE on the exclude list.
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Secondly only one run
1x Ravages of War Top20 Portal $$$
1x Burning of Xinye Top20 Portal $$
This must be because of the Portal $$$ factor... These cards are both obviously in the top 500 of magic cards ever printed for cube.
PS: I don't run any of them yet (because I haven't found a good deal).
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Well that depends on what the research topic is, exactly. If we focus on 'what cards are actually played in cubes out there' it does not gain useful information. If we want to find the cards people on this forum consider to be the best cube cards by counting in how many cubes a given card is actually played, then I think yes, we gain useful information.
Cards should be listed from best to worst (all cards that are played in all cubes are equally good from this point of view, of course). Doing exclude lists will move Mana Drain to the top (it will be a card that is played in all cubes that allow it), still the information that it is not a widely played card will remain in the absolute number of cubes that run it.
It is a matter of how to present the results, which in turn is a matter of what question the cube comparison should give an answer to.
The question I am most interested in is 'what cards are considered the best cards for cube, if the quality of a card is defined as a ratio R to A where R is the number of cubes that run this card and A is the number of cubes that would allow this card to be played'.
That would give a list that can be sorted best to worst, and the number of cubes that actually run a given card can be put next to the card along with some other information like $$$, Portal and so on.
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It is not failsafe but for the high-profile cards we will notice when looking at the results (one of the first comments in the old thread was who did not put LoA in his list).
It is more work, that cannot be denied.
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That's right. Keep them cubes coming!
@hardb0dy: You asked for help with posting your cube... the hardest part is the one only you can do, that is to come up with a digital list of all the cards that are in your cube. From there to a posted list it is not far and I am sure many of us here (I for one) would be willing to help you once you have this digital list.
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Thanks so much!
I will make this list and send it over. a spreadsheet on google docs work?
Why is that the goal. We already have many many lists that tell us what the absolute best cards are. Those are pretty well known. What we want to know are what are the cards that are absolute essentials to cube. As awesome as Library of Alexandria is I can imagine plenty of cubes without it. I can't imagine a non C/U cube without counterspell. I think figuring out those kinds of cards would be quite useful.
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I think that the Talismen are great, and very cubeable. I'm just worried that there will be too many 'signets' in the cube with two different cycles plus the random other ones like Prismatic Lens.
I can definitely imagine it, because it's how I cube.
The good thing is that a post-processing with exclude lists would not destroy the information you are interested in and add information I am interested in.
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Wait, I run them both of those (ravages/burning of xinye) in my cube~? and it's posted. I guess that should be at least two people?
EDIT: Der, you mean, only one person runs it. I thought you ran them too. haha. I got confused by the talisman commentary
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it would actually be really great if someone can make a proxy for these cards... they're the only white bordered cards we have in our cube!