How are people finding Checklands like Drowned Catacomb in cube?
How do people feel about the consistency of check lands?
I've had very limited experience with checklands in cube and I'm really not sure how good they are.
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The check lands are fine and probably fall somewhere in lands number 6-8 if you needed that many fixing options. We've gotten some really good duals the past few years that have just pushed them further down the inclusion list.
I do still run them in my lower power list, but I'm not running the big three of shock/fetch/dual in that cube, so I have more room there.
I run the checklands in allied colors and the canopy lands in enemy colors. When the canopy lands are printed for the 4 missing allied colors, I'll swap them to all canopy lands. But since those cycles are the only non-dual/non-fetch/non-5-color lands I run, they pretty much always come in untapped. If I were at a larger size, and needed to run more lands, the checklands might lose their consistency.
I'm actively maintaining a comprehensive article to help explain to new cube players how some complex vintage level cards work in a cube environment. Vintage Cube Cards Explained
How do people feel about the consistency of check lands?
I've had very limited experience with checklands in cube and I'm really not sure how good they are.
Vintage Cube Cards Explained
Here are some other articles I've written about fine tuning your cube:
1. Minimum Archetype Support
2. Improving Green Archetypes
3. Improving White Archetypes
4. Matchup Analysis
5. Cube Combos (Work in Progress)
Draft my Cube - https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/d8i
I do still run them in my lower power list, but I'm not running the big three of shock/fetch/dual in that cube, so I have more room there.
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Fetch, Shock, Dual, Temple, Pain, fast, canopy (Enemy)
(I'm a strong proponent for temples)
I'm not too sure about which of this pool would make the cut:
Manland, Allied Mirage Fetch lands, Duel Cycle lands, Checklands, Filter Lands etc.
One question I always ask myself is do I want Lavaclaw Reaches or Dragonskull summit for the most aggressive color combination?
Vintage Cube Cards Explained
Here are some other articles I've written about fine tuning your cube:
1. Minimum Archetype Support
2. Improving Green Archetypes
3. Improving White Archetypes
4. Matchup Analysis
5. Cube Combos (Work in Progress)
Draft my Cube - https://cubecobra.com/cube/overview/d8i