I'm strongly considering putting Ruthless Knave in my cube for the sacrifice and artifact theme crossover. Not the most powerful thing ever but hits the right notes. I really wish that activation was cheaper.
What do you guys think about deck size with respect to cycling? In a deck with 10 cycling cards do you ever go up to 42 cards? What about in 2 headed giant?
I agree with the general concensus that this feels like an 18 land format but having 4+ cyclers makes me want to cut a land and go back down to 17. I haven't actually played with cycling in limited before though so this will be enlightening.
My cube isn't optimized for power. I'm closer to 540 power level, maybe even slightly less.
I'm specifically trying to push aggro colorless support because Red is the only primary aggressive color. White and black are secondary aggressive and green and blue want nothing to do with it. Having colorless options makes it easier to define more archetypes within the colors, so that's what I'm attempting.
Vat is pretty awesome and does broken things, but these are desperate times.
Edit: I'm going to update my cube list on cubetutor real quick, so check back in like 20 minutes if you want to be able to examine the whole cube. (Haven't updated it in quite a while.)
Also, Pick 2 from Terramorphic Expanse, Mana Confluence, and Ash Barrens. Basically trying to decided whether City of Brass #2 or Evolving Wilds #2 is more important as I want to test Ash Barrens.
Edit#2: List updated in my signature if you would like context.
Guys, the new influx of awesome colorless aggro creatures is amazing for my cube and solves problems I've had for a long time. I've in trouble though because I run a 180 cube and my artifact section is super tight. Please help.
Currently running: Solemn Simulacrum, Wurmcoil Engine, Mimic Vat. Want to make room for at least one of Fleetwheel Cruiser and Metallic Mimic but maybe both.
I'm also pretty said we didn't get the rest of the cycle. The two we did get are super impressive and pushed for cubing and green and blue are my favorite colors - I expected "big" things from those.
The number one type of card I've been wanting for my cube was colorless Aggro support. This is a slam dunk for that and I'll be playing it in my artifact section. Kind of a ridiculous bonus that this also slots into Stax decks.
A color themes cube could be fun. Mostly multicolor, lots of hybrid mana, lots of devotion cards. Steal cards from Shadowmoor and Theros and Alara.
Artifact cube could be sweet.
Mono blue cube is neat, but I'm not sure you could stretch it to 540.
Innistrad cube is a classic, but you can just draft real Innistrad on MTGO so it loses some appeal.
EDH cube is too similar to legendary cube. A normal finely tuned and well balanced 540 cube is probably out even though I would love to see one on MTGO. Sweet gimmick ideas like Desert Cube can't be programmed in this round sadly. Hmm.
For non-standard cubes that let some cards like Squadren Hawk get drafted as a set of 4 of them, how do these new commons rate? I like the black zombie and maybe the white human. Sorry for not linking them, I'm on mobile.
I run a 180 cube with a strong token theme and supporting some Pox/Stax decks. I still cut Carrion Feeder recently for not being good enough anymore - it was the least played card in Black in my cube.
It's kind of sobering to actually post my stats. I thought I was like the best mafia player ever with 90% win rates, especially after the broken set-ups were removed. I guess I was wrong.
I agree with the general concensus that this feels like an 18 land format but having 4+ cyclers makes me want to cut a land and go back down to 17. I haven't actually played with cycling in limited before though so this will be enlightening.
I'm specifically trying to push aggro colorless support because Red is the only primary aggressive color. White and black are secondary aggressive and green and blue want nothing to do with it. Having colorless options makes it easier to define more archetypes within the colors, so that's what I'm attempting.
Vat is pretty awesome and does broken things, but these are desperate times.
Edit: I'm going to update my cube list on cubetutor real quick, so check back in like 20 minutes if you want to be able to examine the whole cube. (Haven't updated it in quite a while.)
Also, Pick 2 from Terramorphic Expanse, Mana Confluence, and Ash Barrens. Basically trying to decided whether City of Brass #2 or Evolving Wilds #2 is more important as I want to test Ash Barrens.
Edit#2: List updated in my signature if you would like context.
Currently running: Solemn Simulacrum, Wurmcoil Engine, Mimic Vat. Want to make room for at least one of Fleetwheel Cruiser and Metallic Mimic but maybe both.
Artifact cube could be sweet.
Mono blue cube is neat, but I'm not sure you could stretch it to 540.
Innistrad cube is a classic, but you can just draft real Innistrad on MTGO so it loses some appeal.
EDH cube is too similar to legendary cube. A normal finely tuned and well balanced 540 cube is probably out even though I would love to see one on MTGO. Sweet gimmick ideas like Desert Cube can't be programmed in this round sadly. Hmm.
All 3 are relatively close in power but Venser and Revelation are much more unique. Those would be my pick for sure.
I think this card is done.
Please no sarcastic "both" suggestions. I run a 180 cube and its tight.