Thinking about Phyrexian Mana and how it’s categorized in cube, I’ve noticed that not all of the cubeworthy ones are treated equally: some are pretty much solely played in their color and others are played much more often in other colors. With these polls, I’m asking you to say how often you’re willing to play [...]
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[Usman's cube] Avacyn Restored (along with other) changes – 4/29/12 4 comments
Although a lot of the changes involve cards from Avacyn Restored, note that this update isn’t just adding what cards are “good enough” for my cube. Every update in my cube is a Kaizen-style revisiting of the environment, looking for ways to continually improve it. This one is no exception. Changelog to come later, but [...]
Placeholder for Episode 28 1 comment
This should be a Delver deck. 4 comments
In my recent article, I talked about outsourcing of card evaluation to other formats and how that can sometimes lead to misevaluations of cards. This deck was recently drafted in a 6-man draft and had Delver of Secrets, but it was left in the sideboard, which, at least in my opinion, shouldn’t have been. To [...]
Crack a Pack for Episode 27! 2 comments
Note, it’s with Stuart’s Split Card Cube!
GP Indy + Nashville haul Leave a comment
Donations! (mostly by TJ, another friend from STL cracked a Korean DKA box and gave me the Loyal Cathar. Adam Styborski also donated the foil Keldon Champion, featured later.) You may be wondering why Frost Titan is still in a toploader. I’ve got some plans for it… (DUN DUN DUN) Stuff I got on the [...]
Episode 25 3 comments
Possible changes to my list. 3 comments
Too long for twitter, so here’s what I’m considering changing: -Geralf’s Messenger, +Massacre Wurm (have heard very good things about the Wurm, good so far it has been very good in testing, almost always killing something. I’m actually pretty happy with black; Geralf’s Messenger feels like the odd man out as it should b really [...]
DKA update + Crack a Packs for TTP 24 2 comments
Pictures of my cube with Dark Ascension behind the cut.
Common cube update – 1/2/2012 5 comments
Explanations to come later. But for now, updated pics (with Innistrad goodness) behind the cut! [now updated the cube list on the 'cube' tab and explained changes behind the cut!]