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Anyone who hasn't played with Forced Fruition in limited is seriously missing out on something.
It's annoyingly broke. Without the right removal spells for it (white/green), you're stuck losing. I experimented with it during my first CUBE Draft, and it was a joykill to see.
Forced Fruition, really? That card blows. It's great if you resolve it and there isn't anything on the board, but that RARELY happens, if ever. So when you don't, you give your opponent their best 3 cards in the a cube draft? Plus whatever they have on the board. Removal, Alpha Strike, Removal, Alpha Strike, X-burn? I've even gone out of my way to draft a Forced Fruition deck in LLM last week, that was the first 0-3 I had in a long, long time.
A milling strategy could work in a cube (i.e. Glimpse the Unthinkable recursion), but I wouldn't chalk it up to Forced Fruition.
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lol I won the lorywn prerelease with forced fruition my sealed, and the only two games I lost all day were the two I played forced fruition (and I was in good board position both times I put it down) after those losses I just left it in my hand and didn't play in the rest of the day.
Forced Fruition, really? That card blows. It's great if you resolve it and there isn't anything on the board, but that RARELY happens, if ever.
Yeah, but your opponent has at most two spells before he/she loses. You have plenty of time to deal with the board. Last time I heard, limited the number of spells your opponent plays with is a good thing.
Srsly, some people need to play with it. The card is amazing.
In Sealed Deck, I've seen this card win as well .. you just have to have an answer for the 2 or 3 spells he plays and you win.
However, in cube, drawing 7 will most likely give the opponent an answer or a game winnning spell because of the power level of every card.
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Yeah, but your opponent has at most two spells before he/she loses.
More likely three and the second two will be chosen from a pretty decent selection. If one of those cards is something like Shriekmaw, Cloudgoat Ranger or similar that can easily be enough. And then there's the possibility of bounce giving them an extra spell. Plus the risk of Oblivion Ring or Rootgrapple if they're in the appropriate colours.
Then there's the fact that casting it loses a lot of tempo by requiring a lot of mana then not affecting the board.
Srsly, some people need to play with it. The card is amazing.
So far I've won three matches because of this card and lost one - all four when my opponent played it. That hasn't impressed me much. (I've also drafted it three times, but never played it.)
Combine this swinginess with the fact that Cube is a high powered format and I think it's a pretty dubious card choice.
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Except that playing more than 40 cards is extremely common in cube draft(I almost always play more than 40 if I am blue to prevent myself from decking..) so they might be able to play 3-4 spells and still not deck.
I don't know why we didn't get the number 1 storm card: Mind's Desire in there. That's what prevented me from voting for the storm strategy. Mind's Desire for 4 in cubes is sometimes good enough if you can't setup for like a Tendrils kill.
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I don't know why we didn't get the number 1 storm card: Mind's Desire in there. That's what prevented me from voting for the storm strategy. Mind's Desire for 4 in cubes is sometimes good enough if you can't setup for like a Tendrils kill.
You aren't really voting for the 3 you want in so much as voting which four don't make it in this voting format. Currently Gorger Laq/Goblin/Fruition/Screw up combat math are not making it in.
You aren't really voting for the 3 you want in so much as voting which four don't make it in this voting format. Currently Gorger Laq/Goblin/Fruition/Screw up combat math are not making it in.
Yeah, it's a bit like American Idol except for the final two...
On that note, the next category will begin in less than 24 hours...
- The Storm Strategy by rantipole
- The Slide Strategy by Fenrisrip25
- The Ideal/Rector Strategy by Green Kamahl
- Worldgorger/Laquatus Strategy by geinsei
- Worldgorger/Necromancy Strategy by FlamingCloud
- Hulk Strategy by Apex
- Aluren Strategy (+ Tendrils of Agony, only because everyone else did it) by bateleur
- Goblin Strategy by neonico
- Tooth and Nail Strategy by Redfalcon
- Illusions of Grandeur/Donate Strategy by jairomy
- Mindslaver Strategy by The Scientist
- 187 Abuse Strategy by burek
- Fruition Lock Strategy by Iammars
- "Screw Up Combat Math" Strategy by Hadoken
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Till then...
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Anyone who hasn't played with Forced Fruition in limited is seriously missing out on something.
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It's annoyingly broke. Without the right removal spells for it (white/green), you're stuck losing. I experimented with it during my first CUBE Draft, and it was a joykill to see.
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A milling strategy could work in a cube (i.e. Glimpse the Unthinkable recursion), but I wouldn't chalk it up to Forced Fruition.
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Yeah, but your opponent has at most two spells before he/she loses. You have plenty of time to deal with the board. Last time I heard, limited the number of spells your opponent plays with is a good thing.
Srsly, some people need to play with it. The card is amazing.
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However, in cube, drawing 7 will most likely give the opponent an answer or a game winnning spell because of the power level of every card.
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540> 360 Powered CubeMore likely three and the second two will be chosen from a pretty decent selection. If one of those cards is something like Shriekmaw, Cloudgoat Ranger or similar that can easily be enough. And then there's the possibility of bounce giving them an extra spell. Plus the risk of Oblivion Ring or Rootgrapple if they're in the appropriate colours.
Then there's the fact that casting it loses a lot of tempo by requiring a lot of mana then not affecting the board.
So far I've won three matches because of this card and lost one - all four when my opponent played it. That hasn't impressed me much. (I've also drafted it three times, but never played it.)
Combine this swinginess with the fact that Cube is a high powered format and I think it's a pretty dubious card choice.
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I'll give you that. Most of my experience with playing Fruition is in Winston draft.
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You aren't really voting for the 3 you want in so much as voting which four don't make it in this voting format. Currently Gorger Laq/Goblin/Fruition/Screw up combat math are not making it in.
Yeah, it's a bit like American Idol except for the final two...
On that note, the next category will begin in less than 24 hours...
Till then...
- Shepherd
Link to current contents of Cube here.
SSC 8-Way Forum Draft
Current Pick: 1-6
Link to team assignments here.
SSC Forum Draft
Current Pick: 2-5
Link to pick here.