I started my cube by building rantipole's 450 powered cube. Its been a great expiriance but now I started to customize it.
rantipole plays 6/10 signets and I like that a lot. Personally I would like to play more colored two mana rocks, and I am going to do that with the new talismans, but I like the thought process behind it:
RW and RG surely want the fixing, but since they are more agressive, they do not want to take the second turn off to play a Signet.
GB and GW are eather similar agressive or they have a lot of fixing though Elves and stuff.
So rantipole plays an additional land in those slots.
I thought about pushing this even further:
Since RW Aggro needs untapped fixing lands the most of all color combinations, why shouldn't I give them more than the other color pairs?
I could see myself cutting an Ajani or a Lightning Helix for a Sunbaked Canyon, since it is a card that makes RW Aggro more accessible.
I compare it to the differance in the creature count. Some colors need more creatures than others, since Aggro needs more than control. But I think the same is true for fixing. If I play GU ramp, it could be totally fine to play just two fixing lands or if I play UW control I could get away with one dual, a signet and a Coalition Relic, but I would be in trouble if I had to play RW Beatdown with just a Plateau.
I think gold cards are meant to drive you into colors or directions, but I think fixing can do the same, so just counting all fixing lands as gold cards and then give some colors more or less lands is an aproach I am looking forward to try.
With the new talismans, I am going to try out playing the following split:
UW Signet
UB Signet
UR Signet
BR Signet
UW Talisman
UB Talisman
UR Talisman
BR Talisman
BW Talisman
UG Talisman
Has anyone of you experimented with an uneven distribution of fixing lands?
Glad you have been enjoying my cube. I have not played around with unequal mana fixing, mainly because I want all the color pairs to be equally viable. I see your reasoning and am curious as to how this works out for you.
Once I get all my Modern Horizons cards, I will be bringing the five Horizon lands. I'm debating on whether to switch out the signets for the talismans.
rantipole plays 6/10 signets and I like that a lot. Personally I would like to play more colored two mana rocks, and I am going to do that with the new talismans, but I like the thought process behind it:
RW and RG surely want the fixing, but since they are more agressive, they do not want to take the second turn off to play a Signet.
GB and GW are eather similar agressive or they have a lot of fixing though Elves and stuff.
So rantipole plays an additional land in those slots.
I thought about pushing this even further:
Since RW Aggro needs untapped fixing lands the most of all color combinations, why shouldn't I give them more than the other color pairs?
I could see myself cutting an Ajani or a Lightning Helix for a Sunbaked Canyon, since it is a card that makes RW Aggro more accessible.
I compare it to the differance in the creature count. Some colors need more creatures than others, since Aggro needs more than control. But I think the same is true for fixing. If I play GU ramp, it could be totally fine to play just two fixing lands or if I play UW control I could get away with one dual, a signet and a Coalition Relic, but I would be in trouble if I had to play RW Beatdown with just a Plateau.
I think gold cards are meant to drive you into colors or directions, but I think fixing can do the same, so just counting all fixing lands as gold cards and then give some colors more or less lands is an aproach I am looking forward to try.
With the new talismans, I am going to try out playing the following split:
UW Signet
UB Signet
UR Signet
BR Signet
UW Talisman
UB Talisman
UR Talisman
BR Talisman
BW Talisman
UG Talisman
Has anyone of you experimented with an uneven distribution of fixing lands?
Glad you have been enjoying my cube. I have not played around with unequal mana fixing, mainly because I want all the color pairs to be equally viable. I see your reasoning and am curious as to how this works out for you.
Once I get all my Modern Horizons cards, I will be bringing the five Horizon lands. I'm debating on whether to switch out the signets for the talismans.
Cheers,
rant
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