Hello Cube Enthusiasts! The Ranking Project Continues!
This thread is to vote on your top 2 Shard/Wedge (tricolor) cards (per shard/wedge) for cube per the following prompt:
Please rank the top 2 Shard/Wedge (tricolor) cards (per shard/wedge) in cube in consideration of the below factors:
- How critical this card is to winning.
- How frequently you would maindeck this card in a deck playing this color/guild/shard/wedge (or just in general if colorless).
- How important is this card within your cube.
Voting: You have from M-F. to vote for your top 2 per shard/wedge. You can only vote for cards printed through M20 (this includes anything from M20).
Please list your top 2 cards per shard/wedge using a numbered list with Spoiler Tags/Card Tags (see my vote for a formatting example).
You do not have to vote for options you do not personally have experience with, but you certainly may if you feel comfortable doing so.
Votes after Friday are not guaranteed to count (same goes for edits). Nothing other than your votes should be posted here and no partial lists will be accepted.
Results will be compiled and presented by the Sunday following the day you voted.
What Cards Should be Voted on Here
* Three-colored 'gold', 'hybrid' and 'split' cards. Examples: Empyrial Archangel, Bant Sureblade, Beck // Call.
* Monocolored cards with some kind of cost or requirement for the other two colors. This includes costs of mana (regular or hybrid) and abilities requiring or rewarding you for having cards of both other colors or lands with the other colors' basic land types. Examples include: Thornscape Battlemage, Wild Nacatl, Cliffrunner Behemoth, Thornscape Familiar, Yasova Dragonclaw, Temur Runemark.
* Nonland colorless cards that follow the same rules as above - producing mana of both colors, or requiring/rewarding cards of both colors or lands with both basic types. Examples: Gem of Becoming, Obelisk of Grixis.
What Cards Don't Belong Here
* Mana producing creatures with a single color in their casting cost (i.e. green) and no off-color activation costs that create multiple colors such as Noble Hierarch, Rattleclaw Mystic, or Druid of the Anima. These were already voted on as GREEN.
* All cards with 4 or 5 colors in their casting or activation costs. (This is a change from 2016 which oddly allowed 4 or 5 color cards to be voted on in this section).
* Cards with the CONSPIRACY type (Note that other black cards from Conspiracy or Conspiracy: Take the Crown expansions can be voted on here, including those that reference the draft in their rules text (e.g. Regicide)
* Silver-bordered cards from Unhinged or Unglued (e.g. Booster Tutor) and holiday promo cards (e.g. Evil Presents).
Note: In 2016 the voting/results were done as a general top 20 for 3+ color cards. I'm returning to the 2015 format which went by shard/wedge as there are few, if any 4-5 color top cube cards (Only Progenitus made it into the rankings in 2016). I'm also only going 2 deep rather than three as few cubes even run a tricolor section and if they do it is usually 1 card deep.
The various shards/wedges for reference are:
Abzan: WBG
This thread is to vote on your top 2 Shard/Wedge (tricolor) cards (per shard/wedge) for cube per the following prompt:
Please rank the top 2 Shard/Wedge (tricolor) cards (per shard/wedge) in cube in consideration of the below factors:
- How critical this card is to winning.
- How frequently you would maindeck this card in a deck playing this color/guild/shard/wedge (or just in general if colorless).
- How important is this card within your cube.
Voting: You have from M-F. to vote for your top 2 per shard/wedge. You can only vote for cards printed through M20 (this includes anything from M20).
Please list your top 2 cards per shard/wedge using a numbered list with Spoiler Tags/Card Tags (see my vote for a formatting example).
You do not have to vote for options you do not personally have experience with, but you certainly may if you feel comfortable doing so.
Votes after Friday are not guaranteed to count (same goes for edits). Nothing other than your votes should be posted here and no partial lists will be accepted.
Results will be compiled and presented by the Sunday following the day you voted.
What Cards Should be Voted on Here
* Three-colored 'gold', 'hybrid' and 'split' cards. Examples: Empyrial Archangel, Bant Sureblade, Beck // Call.
* Monocolored cards with some kind of cost or requirement for the other two colors. This includes costs of mana (regular or hybrid) and abilities requiring or rewarding you for having cards of both other colors or lands with the other colors' basic land types. Examples include: Thornscape Battlemage, Wild Nacatl, Cliffrunner Behemoth, Thornscape Familiar, Yasova Dragonclaw, Temur Runemark.
* Nonland colorless cards that follow the same rules as above - producing mana of both colors, or requiring/rewarding cards of both colors or lands with both basic types. Examples: Gem of Becoming, Obelisk of Grixis.
What Cards Don't Belong Here
* Mana producing creatures with a single color in their casting cost (i.e. green) and no off-color activation costs that create multiple colors such as Noble Hierarch, Rattleclaw Mystic, or Druid of the Anima. These were already voted on as GREEN.
* All cards with 4 or 5 colors in their casting or activation costs. (This is a change from 2016 which oddly allowed 4 or 5 color cards to be voted on in this section).
* Cards with the CONSPIRACY type (Note that other black cards from Conspiracy or Conspiracy: Take the Crown expansions can be voted on here, including those that reference the draft in their rules text (e.g. Regicide)
* Silver-bordered cards from Unhinged or Unglued (e.g. Booster Tutor) and holiday promo cards (e.g. Evil Presents).
Note: In 2016 the voting/results were done as a general top 20 for 3+ color cards. I'm returning to the 2015 format which went by shard/wedge as there are few, if any 4-5 color top cube cards (Only Progenitus made it into the rankings in 2016). I'm also only going 2 deep rather than three as few cubes even run a tricolor section and if they do it is usually 1 card deep.
The various shards/wedges for reference are:
Abzan: WBG
2. Siege Rhino
2. Tamiyo, Field Researcher
2. Esper Charm
2. Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
2. Soulfire Grand Master
2. Broodmate Dragon
2. Butcher of the Horde
2. Zacama, Primal Calamity
2. Tasigur, the Golden Fang
2. Maelstrom Wanderer
Voting for Shards/Wedges is now open.
01 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
02 Chromium, the Mutable
01 Nicol Bolas, the Ravager
02 Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
01 Hellkite Overlord
02 Darigaaz Reincarnated
01 Wild Nacatl
02 Ghired, Conclave Exile
01 Empyrial Archangel
02 Bant Charm
01 Soulfire Grand Master
02 Kykar, Wind's Fury
01 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
02 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
01 Alesha, Who Smiles at Death
02 Smiting Helix
01 Yasova Dragonclaw
02 Maelstrom Wanderer
01 Warden of the First Tree
02 Siege Rhino
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Marath, Will of the Wild
Tasigur, the Golden Fang
Leovold, Emissary of Trest
Yasova Dragonclaw
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Jund
01 Hellkite Overlord
02 Darigaaz Reincarnated
Naya
01 Wild Nacatl
02 Ghired, Conclave Exile
Bant
01 Empyrial Archangel
02 Tamiyo, Field Researcher
Esper
01 Sphinx of the Steel Wind
02 Sen Triplets
Grixis
01 Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
02 Nicol Bolas, the Ravager
Jeskai
01 Soulfire Grand Master
02 Kykar, Wind's Fury
Mardu
01 Alesha, Who Smiles at Death
02 Brutal Hordechief
Sultai
01 Tasigur, the Golden Fang
02 Leovold, Emissary of Trest
Abzan
01 Siege Rhino
02 Warden of the First Tree
Temur
01 Yasova Dragonclaw
02 Sarkhan Unbroken
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2. Gyrus, Walker of corpses
1. Soulfire Grand Master
2. Mantis Rider
1. Tamiyo, Field researcher
2. Bant Charm
1. Leovold, Emissary of Trest
2. Tasigur, the Golden Fang
1. Maelstrom Wanderer
2. Yasova Dragonclaw
1. Siege Rhino
2. Warden of the First Tree
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2. Siege Rhino
1. Tamiyo, Field Researcher
2. Bant Charm
1. Sphinx of the Steel Wind
2. Chromium, the Mutable
1. Nicol Bolas, the Ravenger
2. Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
1. Soulfire Grand Master
2. Kykar, Wind's Fury
1. Hellkite Overlord
2. Darigaaz Reincarnated
1. Alesha, Who Smiles at Death
2. Smiting Helix
1. Wild Nacatl
2. Ghired, Conclave Exile
1. Leovold, Emissary of Trest
2. Tasigur, the Golden Fang
1. Yasova Dragonclaw
2. Maelstrom Wanderer
1. Anafenza, the Foremost
2. Siege Rhino
1. rafiq of the many
2. Bant Charm
1. Sen Triplets
2. Dromar's Charm
1. Nicol Bolas, The Ravager
2. Kess, Dissident Mage
1. Lightning Angel
2. Mantis Rider
1. Broodmate Dragon
2. Darigaaz Reincarnated
1. Alesha, Who Smiles at Death
2. Butcher of the Horde
1. Zacama, Primal Calamity
2. Ghired, Conclave Exile
1. Leovold, Emmisary of Trest
2. Tasigur, The Golden Fang
1. Maelstrom Wanderer
2. Savage Knuckleblade
Abzan
1. Warden of the First Tree
2. Siege Rhino
Bant
1. Empyrial Archangel
2. Bant Charm
Esper
1. Sphinx of the Steel Wind
2. Chromium, the Mutable
Grixis
1. Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
2. Nicol Bolas, the Ravager
Jeskai
1. Kykar, Wind's Fury
2. Soulfire Grand Master
Jund
1. Hellkite Overlord
2. Darigaaz Reincarnated
Mardu
1. Alesha, Who Smiles at Death
2. Queen Marchesa
Naya
1. Wild Nacatl
2. Ghired, Conclave Exile
Sultai
1. Tasigur, the Golden Fang
2. Leovold, Emmisary of Trest
Temur
1. Yasova Dragonclaw
2. Maelstrom Wanderer
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Esper
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Grixis
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2. Cruel Ultimatum
Jund
1. Broodmate Dragon
2. Hellkite Overloard
Naya
1. Zecama, Primal Calamity
2. Wild Nacatl
Abzan
1. Warden of the First Tree
2. Siege Rhino
Jeskai
1. Soulfire Grandmaster
2. Kykar, Wind's Fury
Sultai
1. Tasigur, the Golden Fang
2. Villainous Wealth
Mardu
1. Queen Marchesa
2. Alesha, Who Smiles at Death
Temur
1. Yasova Dragonclaw
2. Maelstrom Wanderer
Bant
1. Empyrial Archangel
2. Rhox War monk
Esper
1. Sphinx of the Steel Wind
2. Esper Charm
Grixis
1. Nicol Bolas, Planeswalker
2. Nicol Bolas, Dragon-God
Jund
1. Broodmate Dragon
2. Hellkite Overlord
Naya
1. Wild Nacatl
2. Samut, Voice of Dissent
Abzan
1. Siege Rhino
2. Doran, the Siege Tower
Jeskai
1. Jeskai Ascendancy
2. Soulfire Grand master
Sultai
1. Leovold, Emissary of Trest
2. Tasigur, the Golden Fang
Mardu
1. Alesha, who smiles at death
2. Butcher of the Horde
Temur
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2. Maelstrom Wanderer
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NAYA
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- Ghired, Conclave Exile
BANT
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- Tamiyo, Field Researcher
ESPER
- Sphinx of the Steel Wind
- Chromium, the Mutable
GRIXIS
- Nicol Bolas, God-Pharaoh
- Nicol Bolas, the Ravager
JESKAI
- Soulfire Grandmaster
- Kykar, WInd's Fury
MARDU
- Alesha, Who Smiles at Death
- Queen Marchesa
SULTAI
- Tasigur, the Golden Fang
- Leovold, Emissary of Trest
ABZAN
- Warden of the First Tree
- Siege Rhino
TEMUR
- Yasova Dragonclaw
- Sarkhan Unbroken
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Esper
Sphinx of the steel wind
Dromar's Charm
Grixis
Kess, Dissident Mage
Nicol Bolas the Ravager
Jund
Broodmate Dragon
Gyrus, Walker of corpses
Naya
Samut Voice of Dissent
Ghired, Conclave Exile
Bant
Tamiyo, Field Researcher
Wargate
Jeskai
Soulfire Grand Master
Jeskai Ascendency
Sultai
Tasigur, the Golden Fang
Leovold, Emissary of Trest
Mardu
Alesha, Who Smiles at Death
Fervent Charge
Temur
Sarkhan Unbroken
Maelstrom Wanderer
Abzan
Warden of the First Tree
Siege Rhino