I honestly consider Blastoderm better in a generic green deck, than Sprout Swarm. But I still find Sprout Swarm a better pick 1, pack 1 as it leaves me open on colours as I can splash it easily. Also, Sprout Swarm tends to dominate games it comes into unanswered giving slower deck a really reliable win condition.
Although I've ranked the signets and fixing pretty highly, I don't think I actually pick them that much. Obviously with the smaller equipment, draft priority depends on the type of deck and whether it can use the small buffs well. Because of this, I've been very impressed with Morningstar and the Gauntlets especially simply because they make creatures harder to kill and beat harder.
The quality of some of the multicolour cards really shows with the wide range of utility and tricks it has. A large chunk of the list are possible two-for-ones and removal, but I think the most underrated is Feeling of Dread which helps aggro decks get through for an alpha strike or two, or just buys time for the slower control decks. I do hope that with Gatecrash and Sinker some more awesome cards get printed
Basic lands have been omitted because they're clearly not good. Pretty much everything actually cubed is part of a cycle which is probably why restructuring the land section is so tricky.
02 Blastoderm
03 Rancor
04 Penumbra Spider
05 Wickerbough Elder
06 Yavimaya Elder
07 Krosan Tusker
08 Wild Mongrel
09 Sentinel Spider
10 Quirion Ranger
11 Llanowar Elves
12 Trusted Forcemage
13 Wall of Roots
14 Darkthicket Wolf
15 Cultivate
16 River Boa
17 Mire Boa
18 Grazing Gladehart
19 Utopian Sprawl
20 Borderland Ranger
I honestly consider Blastoderm better in a generic green deck, than Sprout Swarm. But I still find Sprout Swarm a better pick 1, pack 1 as it leaves me open on colours as I can splash it easily. Also, Sprout Swarm tends to dominate games it comes into unanswered giving slower deck a really reliable win condition.
2 Rancor
3 Blastoderm
4 Wickerbough Elder
5 Wild Mongrel
6 Yavimaya Elder
7 Llanowar Elves
8 Simian Grunts
9 Quirion Ranger
10 Sentinel Spider
11 Mire Boa
12 River Boa
13 Krosan Tusker
14 Kodama's Reach
15 Trusted Forcemage
16 Penumbra Bobcat
17 Penumbra Spider
18 Grazing Gladehart
19 Festerhide Boar
20 Darkthicket Wolf
02 Rancor
03 Penumbra Spider
04 Prey Upon
05 Festerhide Boar
06 Primal Huntbeast
07 Sentinal Spider
08 Sprout Swarm
09 Yavimaya Elder
10 Cultivate
11 Silhana Ledgewalker
12 Wickerbough Elder
13 Crushing Vines
14 Moment's Peace
15 Trusted Forcemage
16 Havenwood Wurm
17 Krosan Tusker
18 Darkthicket Wolf
19 River Boa
20 Mire Boa
Green has gotten a lot of good stuff recently. Prey Upon could almost be number one.
02 Rancor
03 Sprout Swarm
04 Sakura-Tribe Elder
05 Yavimaya Elder
06 Primal Huntbeest
07 Wickerbough Elder
08 Trusted Forcemage
09 Mire Boa
10 River Boa
11 Krosan Tusker
12 Basking Rootwalla
13 Darkthicket Wolf
14 Wild Mongrel
15 Wildheart Invoker
16 Silhana Ledgewalker
17 Cultivate (Kodama's Reach)
18 Thundering Tanadon
19 Sentinel Spider
20 Ambush Viper
Very different creature/spell ratios here than in the red lists! I probably value the Ledgewalker too highly, but it's been really spectacular for me.
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My Cubes:
Goblin Pile Shuffler's 360 Card Pauper Cube - updated 1/4/2014
Goblin Pile Shuffler's 270 Card One-Drop Cube - updated 1/4/2014
02 Sprout Swarm
03 Rancor
04 Llanowar Elves / Fyndhorn Elves
05 Arbor Elf
06 Fyndhorn Elder
07 Wild Mongrel
08 Avacyn's Pilgrim
09 Darkthicket Wolf
10 River Boa
11 Mire Boa
12 Elves of Deep Shadow
13 Sakura Tribe-Elder
14 Trusted Forcemage
15 Boreal Druid
16 Wickerbough Elder
17 Krosan Tusker
18 Sentinel Spider
19 Cultivate
20 Prey Upon
Draft it on Cubetutor!
Start your Artifact/Colorless Top 20s!
Remember, this includes Ulamog's Crusher! And also, Signets should be considered one entry!
Edit: For all those that voted for "River Boa/Mire Boa", I am taking this to be a vote for River Boa.
Edit edit:
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02 Serrated Arrows
03 Bonesplitter
04 Pristine Talisman
05 Tumble Magnet
06 Vulshok Gauntlets
07 Opaline Bracers
08 Perilous Myr
09 Phyrexian War Beast
10 Scuttlemutt
11 Sylvok Lifestaff
12 Ulamig's Crusher
13 Viridian Longbow
14 Mind Stone
15 Aeolipile
16 Signets
17 Prismatic Lens
18 Adventuring Gear
19 Leonin Scimitar
20 Flayer Husk
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02 Vulshok Gauntlets
03 Vulshok Morningstar
04 Serrated Arrows
05 Bonesplitter
06 Sylvok Lifestaff
07 Opaline Bracers
08 Scuttlemutt
09 Mind Stone
10 Signets
11 Aeolipile
12 Ulamog's Crusher
13 Armillary Sphere
14 Adventuring Gear
15 Perilous Myr
16 Tumble Magnet
17 Flayer Husk
18 Phyrexian War Beast
19 Prismatic Lens
20 Viridian Longbow
Although I've ranked the signets and fixing pretty highly, I don't think I actually pick them that much. Obviously with the smaller equipment, draft priority depends on the type of deck and whether it can use the small buffs well. Because of this, I've been very impressed with Morningstar and the Gauntlets especially simply because they make creatures harder to kill and beat harder.
2 Bonesplitter
3 Pristine Talisman
4 Serrated Arrows
5 Tumble Magnet
6 Opaline Bracers
7 Vulshok Gauntlets
8 Perilous Myr
9 Sylvok Lifestaff
10 Ulamog's Crusher
11 Mind Stone
12 Signets
13 Prismatic Lens
14 Phyrexian War Beast
15 Flayer Husk
16 Adventuring Gear
17 Leonin Scimitar
18 Viridian Longbow
19 Scuttlemutt
20 Prophetic Prism
02 Vulshok Morningstar
03 Kitesail
04 Leonin Bola
05 Flayer Husk
06 Sylvok Lifestaff
07 Signets
08 Pristine Talisman
09 Serrated Arrows
10 Tumble Magnet
11 Ulamog's Crusher
12 Perilous Myr
13 Adventuring Gear
14 Mind Stone
15 Whispersilk Cloak
16 Armillary Sphere
17 Moonglove Extract
18 Darksteel Pendant
19 Viridian Longbow
20 Prismatic Lens
I decided not to include Master's Edition in my Pauper, else Aeolipile and Fellwar Stone would be on my list.
Start your Multicolor Top 20s!
Multicolor is always a headache to categorise, so in this case we're including hybrid and cards like Kird Ape and Travel Preparations
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02 Blind Hunter
03 Branching Bolt
04 Jilt
05 Consume Strength
06 Blightning
07 Orim's Thunder
08 Strangling Soot
09 Pillory of the Sleepless
10 Curse of Chains
11 Qasali Pridemage
12 Sluiceway Scorpion
13 Goblin Legionnaire
14 Terminate
15 Agony warp
16 Feeling of Dread
17 Travel Preparations
18 Assault Zeppelid
19 Izzet Chronarch
20 Probe
The quality of some of the multicolour cards really shows with the wide range of utility and tricks it has. A large chunk of the list are possible two-for-ones and removal, but I think the most underrated is Feeling of Dread which helps aggro decks get through for an alpha strike or two, or just buys time for the slower control decks. I do hope that with Gatecrash and Sinker some more awesome cards get printed
02 Jilt
03 Blightning
04 Blind Hunter
05 Pillory of the Sleepless
06 Qasali Pridemage
07 Consume Strength
08 Agony Warp
09 Curse of Chains
10 Terminate
11 Branching Bolt
12 Strangling Soot
13 Deft Duelist
14 Putrid Leech
15 Assault Zeppelid
16 Feeling of Dread
17 Kird Ape
18 Travel Preparations
19 Thrill of the Hunt
20 Izzet Chronarch
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02 Terminate
03 Consume Strength
04 Feeling of Dread
05 Strangling Soot
06 Kird Ape
07 Desecrator Hag
08 Putrid Leech
09 Assault Zeppelid
10 Izzet Chronarch
11 Goblin Legionarre
12 Qasali Pridemage
13 Pillory of the Sleepless
14 Curse of Chains
15 Jilt
16 Recoil
17 Noggle Bandit
18 Branching Bolt
19 Horned Kavu
20 Deft Duelist
2 Armadillo Cloak
3 Blightning
4 Strangling Soot
5 Pillory of the Sleepless
6 Qasali Pridemage
7 Terminate
8 Recoil
9 Consume Strength
10 Probe
11 Feeling of Dread
12 Putrid Leech
13 Blind Hunter
14 Kird Ape
15 Curse of Chains
16 Branching Bolt
17 Deft Duelist
18 Travel Preparations
19 Assault Zeppelid
20 Goblin Legionnaire
Start your Land Top 10s!
Remember, cycles like Guildgates and Panoramas just take up one entry! And Evolving Wilds/Terramorphic Expanse just takes up one entry, as does Rupture Spire/Transguild Promenade.
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02 Bouncelands
03 Guildgates
04 Borderposts
05 Rupture Spire (Transguild Promenade)
06 Desert
07 Quicksand
08 Panoramas
09 Halimar Depths
10 Teetering Peaks
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02 Bouncelands
03 Borderposts
04 Guildgates
05 Desert
06 Quicksand
07 Transguild Promenade/Rupture Spire
08 Coloured Cycling Lands
09 Halimar Depths
10 Colourless Cycling Lands
11 Panoramas
12 Teetering Peaks
13 Khalni Garden
14 Oasis
15 Shimmering Grotto
16 Soaring Seacliff
17 Sejiri Steppe
18 Artifact Lands
19 Urzatron
20 Snow Lands
Basic lands have been omitted because they're clearly not good. Pretty much everything actually cubed is part of a cycle which is probably why restructuring the land section is so tricky.
2 Guildgates
3 Bouncelands
4 Borderposts
5 Rupture Spire (Transguild Promenade)
6 Desert
7 Quicksand
8 Halimar Depths
9 Panoramas
10 Teetering Peaks
02 Guildgates (eg. Izzet Guildgate)
03 Bouncelands (eg. Dimir Aqueducts)
04 Borderposts (eg. Firewild Borderpost)
05 Desert
06 Quicksand
07 Rupture Spire
08 Halimar Depths
09 Teetering Peaks
10 Panoramas (eg. Naya Panorama)
Sig courtesy of Disappointing Signet Inc.
My Cubes:
Goblin Pile Shuffler's 360 Card Pauper Cube - updated 1/4/2014
Goblin Pile Shuffler's 270 Card One-Drop Cube - updated 1/4/2014
02 Rupture Spire / Transguild Promenade
03 Ravnica Bounce lands
04 Desert
05 Quicksand
06 Teetering Peaks
07 Onslaught Cycle lands
08 Halimar Depths
09 Haunted Fengraf
10 soaring Seacliff
02 Ravnica Bounce lands
03 RTR Gates
04 Borderposts
05 Desert
06 Quicksand
07 Rupture Spire
08 Teetering Peaks
09 Halimar Depths
10 Haunted Fengraf
Draft it on Cubetutor!
02 Terramorphic Expanse (Evolving Wilds)
03 Guildgates
04 Desert
05 Teetering Peaks
06 Halimar Depths
07 Smoldering Spires
08 Khalni Garden
09 Borderposts
10 Quicksand
Start your Overall Top 20s!
We're almost at the end!
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